nLab M. H. A. Newman

Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman (1897–1984) was a mathematician at the University of Cambridge and later at the University of Manchester.

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Selected writings

Introducing what came to be called Newman's theorem:

• M. H. A. Newman, A theorem on periodic transformations of spaces, The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics os-2:1 (1931), 1-8. DOI.

On the analog of the Poincaré conjecture in higher dimensions:

• M. H. A. Newman, Theorem 7 in: The Engulfing Theorem for Topological Manifolds, Annals of Mathematics Second Series 84 3 (1966) 555-571 [jstor:1970460]

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