Mathematician:Ernest William Hobson

Mathematician

English mathematician, now remembered mostly for his books.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 27 October 1856 in Derby, England
• Died: 19 April 1933 in Cambridge, England

Theorems and Definitions

• Tonelli-Hobson Test (with Leonida Tonelli)

Results named for Ernest William Hobson can be found here.

Publications

• 1891: A Treatise on Trigonometry
• 1907: Theory of Functions of a Real Variable
  • 1921: The theory of functions of a real variable and the theory of Fourier's series. Vol. I (2nd ed.)
    • 1927: The theory of functions of a real variable and the theory of Fourier's series. Vol. I (3rd ed.)
  • 1926: The theory of functions of a real variable and the theory of Fourier's series. Vol. II (2nd ed.)
• 1912: Mathematics, from the points of view of the Mathematician and of the Physicist
• 1913: Squaring the Circle
• 1914: John Napier and the Invention of Logarithms, 1614
• 1923: The Domain of Natural Science
• 1931: The Theory of Spherical and Ellipsoidal Harmonics

As editor

• 1913: Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Mathematicians

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Ernest William Hobson": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive