Mathematician:Oliver Heaviside

Mathematician
Largely self-taught English mathematician and physicist who was one of the pioneers in the field of electrical engineering.

Invented a considerable amount of the mathematics and terminology used in electromagnetism.

Significantly developed the theory of Laplace transforms and developed innovative techniques as to its applications in differential equations.

Nationality
English

History

 * Born: 18 May 1850, Camden Town, London, England
 * Died: 3 February 1925, Torquay, Devon, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Heaviside Step Function

Publications

 * 1885, 1886, 1887: Electromagnetic Induction and its Propagation
 * 1887: Electrical Papers
 * 1888/89: Electromagnetic Waves, the Propagation of Potential, and the Electromagnetic Effects of a Moving Charge
 * 1889: On the Electromagnetic Effects due to the Motion of Electrification through a Dielectric
 * 1892: On the Forces, Stresses, and Fluxes of Energy in the Electromagnetic Field
 * 1893: A Gravitational and Electromagnetic Analogy