Mathematician:Richard Allen Askey

Mathematician

American mathematician, known for his expertise in the area of special functions.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: 4 June 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri
• Died: 9 October 2019

Theorems and Definitions

• Askey-Gasper Inequality (with George Gasper)

• Askey Scheme

• Askey-Wilson Polynomial (with James Arthur Wilson)
• Askey-Wilson Beta Integral (with James Arthur Wilson)

Results named for Richard Allen Askey can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Richard Allen Askey can be found here.

Publications

• 1999: Special Functions (with George E. Andrews and Ranjan Roy)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Richard Allen Askey": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive