Question

This mathematician created a base 13 function to give (15[1])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. (15[1])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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