British mathematician Richard K. Guy dies at 103

March 12, 2020 , a British mathematician who has published over 300 papers in various mathematical fields, died on Monday at 103 years of age. Guy was a mathematics professor at the University of Calgary prior to his death. He retired in 1982 but continued to regularly work at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. In October 2016, the university celebrated Guy's 100th birthday. He was also an original director of the.

Guy has been associated with the discovery of a pattern called a "" in, a &mdash; a discrete model consisting of a grid of cells &mdash; devised by mathematician  around 1970.

From roughly 1948 to 1951, Guy was the endings editor for  and involved in almost 200 studies. He was a co-inventor of the system for representation chess piece positions.

Guy and his wife Nancy Louise Thirian had three children, including computer scientist and mathematician. In his personal time, Richard Guy practiced mountaineering.