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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Charles Leonard Bouton (April 25, 1869 – February 20, 1922) was an American mathematician.

Early life and education

Charles L. Bouton was born in St. Louis, Missouri, where his father was an engineer.[1] He studied in the public schools of St. Louis. He later received a Master of Science degree from Washington University in St. Louis.[1] In 1898 he received his doctorate from Leipzig University. His Ph.D. advisor was Sophus Lie.[2]

Teaching

He taught at the Smith Academy, Washington University and Harvard University.[1] From 1900 to 1902 Bouton was an editor of the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.[1]

He died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on February 20, 1922.[3]

Publications

In 1902 Bouton published a solution of the game Nim.[4] This result is today viewed as the birth of combinatorial game theory.

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