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 operational calculus, which are still used in modern-day mathematics in the context of Laplace transforms.

Developed a vector calculus independent of that of, completely independent of him.

Nationality
English

History

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

Theorems and Definitions

 * Heaviside Step Function
 * Heaviside Expansion Formula

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

Notable Quotes

 *  'Quaternion' was, I think, defined by an American schoolgirl to be 'an ancient religious ceremony'. This was, however, a complete mistake. The ancients -- unlike -- knew not and did not worship Quaternions.
 * --Preface to Electromagnetic Theory


 * Logic can be patient, for it is eternal.
 * -- Quoted in : Preface