User:Tomruen/Jonathan Bowers

Jonathan Bowers (November 27, 1969) is an amateur mathematician known for his work on polychora (higher-dimensional analogues of polyhedra), and on the representation of very large numbers. He sometimes refers to himself as Hedrondude or Dimension dude.

Bowers is one of the participants in the Uniform Polychora Project, an attempt to name higher-dimensional polychora, higher dimensional analogues of uniform polyhedra. He independently began his search for polychora in 1990. Circa 1993, he invented his short names for the uniform polyhedra and polychora, which have come to be known as the Bowers style acronyms (or pet name). In 1997, he contacted others who are also interested in the subject, such as Magnus Wenninger, Vincent Matsko, and George Olshevsky. Bowers has discovered and named the majority of the uniform polychora.

He also invented names and notations for identifying large numbers. His array notation goes far, far beyond Conway chained arrow notation in its power for expressing very large numbers. See Jonathan Bowers' array notation and Jonathan Bowers' large numbers for details.