Mathematician:Edmund Taylor Whittaker

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Mathematician

English mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions.

Principally interested in numerical analysis.

Worked on celestial mechanics and the history of physics.


Nationality

English


History

  • Born: 24 October 1873 in Southport, Lancashire, England
  • Died: 24 March 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland


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