This mathematician created a base 13 function to give a counterexample to the converse of the intermediate value theorem. This mathematician and Simon Norton showed the Fourier coefficients of the Klein j-invariant were given by linear combinations of the irreducible representations of the monster group, leading this mathematician to coin the name of “monstrous moonshine” theory. This man posited the number epsilon, which is positive but smaller than every real number, in his system of (*) surreal numbers. A construct created by this man was inspired by a similar cellular automata pioneered by von Neumann. “Blinkers” and “gliders” appear as stable configurations in a zero player game created by, for 10 points, what mathematician who developed his namesake Game of Life? ■END■
ANSWER: John Conway [or John Horton Conway]
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