Category:E. T. Whittaker
British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics. (*1873 – †1956) | |||||
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Date of birth | 24 October 1873 Southport Edmund Taylor Whittaker | ||||
Date of death | 24 March 1956 Edinburgh | ||||
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English: E. T. Whittaker (born 24 October 1873 in Southport, Lancashire died 24 March 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics.
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Media in category "E. T. Whittaker"
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A Course of Modern Analysis - 3rd edition - 1920.jpg 920 × 1,465; 97 KB
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A Course of Modern Analysis plain cover.jpg 1,122 × 1,800; 173 KB
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A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity 1st cover.jpg 1,000 × 1,600; 263 KB
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Edmund Taylor Whitakker by Arthur Trevor Haddon.jpg 639 × 800; 49 KB
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ET Whittaker Analytical Dynamics 1989 cover.jpg 333 × 500; 23 KB
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St. Andrews colloquium 1913.jpg 1,600 × 845; 131 KB
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The Theory of Optical Instruments cover.jpg 1,100 × 1,700; 122 KB
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Whittaker Memorial Volume Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1957.jpg 800 × 1,236; 181 KB
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- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Recipients of the Copley Medal
- De Morgan Medallists
- Recipients of the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Births in Southport
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Manchester Grammar School
- Mathematicians from the United Kingdom
- Physicists from the United Kingdom
- Historians of science
- Academics of the University of Edinburgh