Mary Cartwright
Dame Mary Lucy Cartwright DBE FRS FRSE (17 December 1900 – 3 April 1998) was a British mathematician. She was one of the pioneers of what would later become known as chaos theory. Along with J. E. Littlewood, Cartwright saw many solutions to a problem which would later be seen as an example of the butterfly effect.
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| Born | 17 December 1900 Aynho, England |
| Died | 3 April 1998 (aged 97) Cambridge, England |
| Alma mater | St Hugh's College, Oxford |
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| Doctoral advisor | G. H. Hardy |
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| Other notable students | Sheila Scott Macintyre |
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