[djf]

John Horton Conway, mathematician. He invented the game of Life, a set of rules for two-dimensional automatons, that take on a life of their own.

He has succesfully proved that there are a limited number of problems in math.. I think the number he came up with is 19.

Thats all there is. Every math problem is one of the 19 types.

[longshadow]

He has succesfully proved that there are a limited number of problems in math.. I think the number he came up with is 19.

Thats all there is. Every math problem is one of the 19 types.

Do you have a citation available? A link would be even better.

[Physicist]

I know who John Horton Conway is, although I confess I've never heard him referred to as "Horton". (I wrote a VAXStation implementation of "Life" once, but that's another story.)

But before you all give me too much credit, I was making a Dr. Seuss reference. (Coincidentally, Theodor Seuss Geisel is almost exclusively referred to by his middle name.)