Mathematician:Philip Franklin

Mathematician

American mathematician and professor whose work was primarily focused in analysis.

Also famous for his work on the Four Color Theorem.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: October 5, 1898 in New York City, New York, US
• Died: January 27, 1965 in Belmont, Massachusetts, US

Theorems and Definitions

• Franklin Graph
• Franklin's System

Definitions of concepts named for Philip Franklin can be found here.

Publications

• 1922: The Four Color Problem (Amer. J. Math. Vol. 44: pp. 225 – 236)
• 1928: A set of continuous orthogonal functions (Math. Ann. Vol. 100: pp. 522 – 529)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Philip Franklin": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive