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Tutte was born in Newmarket in Suffolk, the son of a gardener. At age 18 he studied chemistryChemistry is the science of matter and its interactions with energy (see physics, biology). Because of the diversity of matter (which is mostly atomic), Chemists are often engaged in the pursuit of studying how atoms interact to form molecules, and how mo at Cambridge University. As a student he worked on the problem of squaring the squareA square with sides equal to a unit length multiplied by an integer is called an integral square''. The squaring-the-square problem consists of tiling a square with such squares. Squaring the square is a trivial task unless additional conditions are set.. His tutor suggested he join the Government Code and Cipher School, which he did in 19411941 is also the title of a Steven Spielberg movie made in 1979 see 1941 (film). Events January January 6 Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms Speech in the State of the Union Address. January 10 Lend-Lease is introduced into the United St.
His later career concentrated on graph theoryGraph theory is the branch of mathematics that examines the properties of graphs . A graph with 6 vertices and 7 edges. Informally, a graph is a set of objects called vertices (or nodes) connected by links called edges (or arcs). Typically, a graph is dep. Among other achievements, he disproved Tait's conjectureGraph theory Conjectures Tait's conjecture states that "Every polyhedron has a Hamiltonian cycle (along the edges) through all its vertices". It was proposed in 1886 by P. Tait and disproved in 1946, when W. Tutte constructed a counterexample with 25 face using the construction known as Tutte's fragment . A majority of his later work was done at the University of WaterlooIn Detail) Motto: Concordia cum veritate ( Latin: In harmony with truth Chancellor Mike Lazaridis President David L. Johnston School type Public Religious affiliation Main campus: None Conrad Grebel: Mennonite Renison: Anglican St. Jerome's: Catholic St. in Waterloo, Canada.