Mathematician:Horatio Scott Carslaw

Mathematician

Scottish-Australian mathematician best known for his work on the conduction of heat in solids.

Nationality

Scottish

History

• Born: 12 February 1870 in Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
• Died: 11 November 1954 in Burradoo, Bowral, New South Wales, Australia

Publications

• 1905: An introduction to infinitesimal calculus

• 1906: Introduction to the Theory of Fourier's Series and Integrals
  • 1921: Introduction to the Theory of Fourier's Series and Integrals, 2nd ed.
  • 1930: Introduction to the Theory of Fourier's Series and Integrals, 3rd ed.

• 1916: The Elements of Non-Euclidean Plane Geometry and Trigonometry
• 1925: A historical note on Gibbs' phenomenon in Fourier's series and integrals (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. Vol. 31: pp. 420 – 424)
• 1941: Operational methods in applied mathematics (with John Conrad Jaeger)
• 1947: Conduction of Heat in Solids (with John Conrad Jaeger)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Horatio Scott Carslaw": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive