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E. T. Whittaker

E. T. Whittaker

British mathematician

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Is a
Person
Person
Author of
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A Course of Modern Analysis: An Introduction to the General Theory of Infinite Series and of
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A course of modern analysis
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A history of the theories of aether and electricity from the age of Descartes to the close of the nineteenth century
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From Euclid to Eddington
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Eddington's principle in the philosophy of science
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Birth Name
Edmund Taylor Whittaker
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Child
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John Macnaghten Whittaker
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Citizenship
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Birthdate
October 24, 1873
Date of Death
March 24, 1956
Doctoral Advisor
Andrew Forsyth
Andrew Forsyth
Doctoral Students
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Shu Xingbei
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Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy
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Arthur Eddington
Arthur Eddington
G. H. Hardy
G. H. Hardy
W. V. D. Hodge
W. V. D. Hodge
Alexander Aitken
Alexander Aitken
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G. N. Watson
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George C. McVittie
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James Jeans
James Jeans
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Arthur Geoffrey Walker
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Educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
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Manchester Grammar School
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University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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ISNI
0000000121223869
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Notable Work
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Whittaker function
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Whittaker model
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Whittaker–Shannon interpolation formula
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A Course of Modern Analysis
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Occupation
Scientist
Scientist
Mathematician
Mathematician
Astronomer
Astronomer
Historian
Historian
Author
Author
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Writer
Writer
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Open Library ID
OL134090A
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Birthplace
Southport
Southport
Place of Death
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
VIAF
17285013
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Wikidata ID
Q909884

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