Dr John O'Connor

Dr John O'Connor

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Email
joc@st-andrews.ac.uk
Location
Mathematical Institute

 

Biography

I graduated MA and DPhil from St Catherine's College, Oxford. My doctorate was in topology, supervised by Graeme Segal.

In forty years at ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø I was lucky to be able to teach a wide variety of courses. Notes for some of these courses are available from my personal home page.

Since my retirement I have amused myself with the upkeep and expansion of the .

My personal home page is at .

Research areas

My interests are now mainly in the History of Mathematics.

Selected publications

  • Open access
    Peres, T., Gomez Mena, J., Robertson, E., Falconer, I. & O'Connor, J., 1 Feb 2019, In: Astronomy & Geophysics. 60, 1, p. 1.40-1.42

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Open access
    Talbot, G., Shand, I., Falconer, I., Robertson, E. & O'Connor, J., 1 Feb 2018, In: Astronomy and Geophysics. 59, 1, p. 1.20-1.21 aty025.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Open access
    O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 22 Aug 2017, In: Quanta. 6, 1, p. 48-52 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Falconer, K. J. & O'Connor, J. J., Apr 2007, In: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 39, 2, p. 272-282 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2005, In: OCTOGON Mathematical Magazine. 2005, p. 108-115

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2005, In: OCTOGON Mathematical Magazine. 2005, p. 102-107

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2004, Biographical Dictionary of British Economists. Rutherford, D. (ed.). Thoemmes Continuum

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2004

    Research output: Other contribution

  • O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2004, Biographical Dictionary of British Economists. Rutherford, D. (ed.). Thoemmes Continuum

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • O'Connor, J. J. & Robertson, E. F., 2003, Fields Medallists' Lectures. Atiyah, S. M. & Iagolnitzer, D. (eds.). World Scientific, p. 3-4

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter