E. T. Whittaker
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British mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics, the theory of special functions, and the history of physics.
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th-century who contributed widely to applied mathematics and was renowned for his research in mathematical physics and numerical analysis, including the theory of special functions, along with his contributions to astronomy, celestial mechanics, the history of physics, and digital signal processing.
E. T. Whittaker's Published Works
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- A Course of Modern Analysis (1903) (9100)
- A treatise on the analytical dynamics of particles and rigid bodies (1168)
- A history of the theories of aether and electricity (1911) (862)
- A Course of Modern Analysis: An Introduction to the General Theory of Infinite Processes and of Analytic Functions; with an Account of the Principal Transcendental Functions (1916) (741)
- XVIII.—On the Functions which are represented by the Expansions of the Interpolation-Theory (689)
- On a New Method of Graduation (1922) (663)
- The Nature of the Physical World (536)
- The Calculus of Observations. (1924) (164)
- On the partial differential equations of mathematical physics (1903) (147)
- The Calculus of Observations - A Treatise on Numerical Mathematics (1924) (112)
- Philosophic Foundations of Quantum Mechanics (1946) (100)
- The Philosophy of Bertrand Russell (1945) (97)
- On Gauss' theorem and the concept of mass in general relativity (1935) (92)
- An expression of certain known functions as generalized hypergeometric functions (1903) (91)
- Classical Physics. (Book Reviews: History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity) (1954) (57)
- A History of Economic Ideas. (1941) (55)
- On the general solution of Mathieu's equation (1913) (48)
- On the Relations of the Tensor-calculus to the Spinor-Calculus (1937) (42)
- From Euclid to Eddington (1950) (42)
- VII.—On the Adelphic Integral of the Differential Equations of Dynamics (38)
- On the Functions associated with the Parabolic Cylinder in Harmonic Analysis (1902) (33)
- On Electric Phenomena in Gravitational Fields (1927) (32)
- Perceptual defense of response suppression? (1952) (30)
- On the numerical solution of integral-equations (1918) (26)
- VIII.—On the Theory of Graduation (26)
- On a class of Differential Equations whose solutions satisfy Integral Equations (1914) (24)
- On the connexion of algebraic functions with automorphic functions (23)
- Schools and Streams of Economic Thought (1960) (22)
- On Lamé's Differential Equation and Ellipsoidal Harmonics (21)
- The Beginning and End of the World (1943) (20)
- Analytische Dynamik der Punkte und starren Körper : mit einer Einführung in das Dreikörperproblem und mit zahlreichen Übungsaufgaben (19)
- On Hyperlemniscate Functions, a Family of Automorphic Functions (1929) (19)
- Chance, freewill and necessity in the scientific conception of the universe (1943) (18)
- On a general solution of hill's equation (1915) (17)
- On Periodic Orbits (1902) (17)
- IV.—On Properties of Null Geodesics, and their Application to the Theory of Radiation (1934) (17)
- Eddington's Theory of the Constants of Nature (1945) (16)
- William Rowan Hamilton (1954) (14)
- Albert Einstein, 1879-1955 (1955) (12)
- Eddington's principle in the philosophy of science : the fifth Arthur Stanley Eddington memorial lecture, 9th August, 1951 (1952) (11)
- Vito Volterra, 1860 - 1940 (1941) (11)
- A Formula for the Solution of Algebraic or Transcendental Equations (1917) (11)
- The Hamiltonian Revival (1940) (10)
- On the reversion of series (1951) (10)
- Note on the law that light-rays are the null geodesics of a gravitational field (1928) (10)
- On the Definition of Distance in Curved Space, and the Displacement of the Spectral Lines of Distant Sources (1931) (10)
- On the Recurrence-Formulae of the Mathieu Functions (1929) (9)
- On the General Solution of Laplace's Equation and the Equation of Wave Motions, and on an undulatory explanation of Gravity (1902) (8)
- XIII.—Some Disputed Questions in the Philosophy of the Physical Sciences (1942) (8)
- X.—On the Quantum Mechanism in the Atom (8)
- On the Theory of Capillarity (1908) (8)
- Space and Spirit (7)
- On Some Disputed Questions of Probability. (7)
- The gravitational field of a rotating cohesive system (1947) (6)
- On Periodic Orbits in the restricted Problem of Three Bodies (1902) (6)
- On the Solution of Differential Equations by Definite Integrals (1931) (6)
- I.—On Hamilton's Principal Function in Quantum Mechanics (1941) (5)
- Parallelism and Teleparallelism in the Newer Theories of Space (5)
- A short course in interpolation (5)
- On Determinants whose elements are Determinants (1917) (5)
- On Sylvester's Dialytic Method of Elimination (1921) (5)
- VII.—On an Integral-Equation whose Solutions are the Functions of Lamé (4)
- On the dynamical nature of the molecular systems which emit spectra of the banded type (1911) (4)
- ARISTOTLE, NEWTON, EINSTEIN. (1943) (4)
- On a New Connexion of Bessel Functions with Legendre Functions (1902) (4)
- On the Resolving Power of Spectroscopes (1906) (3)
- On the Solution of Dynamical Problems in terms of Trignometric Series (1901) (3)
- Andrew Russell Forsyth, 1858-1942 (1942) (3)
- The Modern Approach to Descartes' Problem (1949) (3)
- On the Distribution of Energy in the Continuous Spectrum (1906) (3)
- George David Blrkhoff (1945) (3)
- ARISTOTLE, NEWTON, EINSTEIN. II. (1943) (3)
- On the Latent Roots of Compound Determinants and Brill's Determinants (1916) (3)
- Курс современного анализа (1963) (3)
- XVI.–On the Theory of Continued-Fractions (3)
- On Hilbert's World-Function (3)
- On the continued fractions which represent the functions of Hermite and other functions defined by differential equations (1913) (2)
- Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947 (1948) (2)
- G. F. FitzGerald (1953) (2)
- On the Potential of Electromagnetic Phenomena in a Gravitational Field (1928) (2)
- Hector Munro Macdonald, 1865-1935 (1935) (2)
- THE OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS OF RELATIVITY. (1927) (2)
- The origin, nature, and influence of relativity (1926) (2)
- On the Law which governs the Variations of SS Cygni: Preliminary paper (1911) (2)
- W. W. Rouse Ball (1925) (2)
- Arthur William Conway, 1875-1950 (1951) (2)
- Prinzipien der Störungstheorie und allgemeine Theorie der Bahnkurven in dynamischen Problemen (2)
- Symposium: The New Physics and Metaphysical Materialism (1943) (2)
- Edward Lindsay Ince: 1891—1941 (1941) (2)
- I. The new algebras and their significance for physics and philosophy (1944) (2)
- Ellice Martin Horsburgh M.A., D.SC., A.M.INST.C.E., F.R.S.E. (1936) (1)
- Prof. A. N. Whitehead, O.M., F.R.S. (1948) (1)
- Economic Analysis Vol 2 (1956) (1)
- Edinburgh Mathematical Tracts (1)
- Philip Herbert Cowell, 1870-1949 (1949) (1)
- Alfred Cardew Dixon, 1865-1936 (1936) (1)
- Cargill Gilston Knott, LL.D., F.R.S., General Secretary (1)
- Calculus of observations: Treatise on Numerical Mathematics 3rd Edition. (1940) (1)
- The Philosophy of Mathematics. (1951) (1)
- Probability and Induction . By William Kneale, Fellow of Exeter College and Lecturer in Philosophy in the University of Oxford. (Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1949. Pp. 264. Price 15s. net.) (1949) (1)
- Arnold Johannes Wilhelm Sommerfeld (1953) (1)
- Die Eigenschaften der Integrale dynamischer Systeme (0)
- NICHOLAS KALDOR. Essays on Value and Distribution. Pp. 238. Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, 1960. $6.00. and Essays on Economic Stability and Growth. Pp. 302. Glencoe, Ill.: Free Press, 1960. $6.75 (1961) (0)
- The Periodogram Analysis of the Variations of SS Cygni. (Plate 16.) (1914) (0)
- Economics: DENNIS H. ROBERTSON. Lectures on Eco nomic Principles. (Vol. III.) Pp. 164. London: Staples Press, 1959. Dis tributed by John de Graff, New York. $3.50 (1960) (0)
- ALLEN M. SIEVERS. Revolution, Evolution, and the Economic Order. Pp. vii, 173. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall (A Spectrum Book), 1962. $3.95 cloth bound; $1.95 paper-bound (1962) (0)
- I.—On Tubes of Electromagnetic Force (0)
- Leçons sur les Séries Divergentes. Par E. Borel. Pp. viii. 184. 1901. (Paris: Gauthier-Villars.) (1901) (0)
- Philosophical problems of mathematics (1953) (0)
- XXX. Aristotle, Newton, Einstein (1943) (0)
- XX.—Aristotle, Newton, Einstein (1943) (0)
- Address of the President Dr E. D. Adrian, O. M., at the Anniversary Meeting, 30 November 1954 (1955) (0)
- British Colonial Theories, 1570–1850. By Klaus E. Knorr. With a Foreword by H. A. Innis. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1944. Pp. xix, 429. $4.00 (1945) (0)
- Social Thought and Economic Theory (1945) (0)
- Leçons nouvelles sur les applications géométriques du calcul différentiel. Par W. de Tannenberg, Professeur à la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université de Bordeaux. Paris, Hermann, 1899; 8vo, 192 pp. (1900) (0)
- Ernest William Barnes, 1874-1953 (1954) (0)
- Hamiltonsche Systeme und ihre Integralinvarianten (0)
- A study of profits, with special reference to the profits of farms in the East of Scotland (1932) (0)
- CVI.On a simple light-quantum (1926) (0)
- VIII. Spin in the universe (1945) (0)
- Études sur la connaissance mathématique Essais sur la pensée géométrique Prolégomènes à la théorie des quanta (1944) (0)
- Die lösbaren Probleme der Dynamik starrer Körper (0)
- Surgical emphysema. (1948) (0)
- Book Review:The Choice before South Africa E. S. Sachs (1954) (0)
- Elements of economics (1947) (0)
- The Idea of Nature . By R. G. Collingwood. (Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1945.) (1945) (0)
- The Rise of Scientific Philosophy . By Hans Reichenbach. (University of California Press, 1951: Cambridge University Press, agents. Pp. 333. Price 28s. net.) (1952) (0)
- Elements of Economics.@@@An Introduction to Modern Economics.@@@The Theory of Price.@@@The Theory of Competitive Price.@@@History of Economic Doctrines: An Introduction to Economic Theory.@@@Beyond Supply and Demand: A Re-appraisal of Institutional Economics. (1948) (0)
- Die Sätze von Bruns und Poincaré (0)
- A simple nomogram for the solution of quadratic equations (1915) (0)
- DOUGLAS VICKERS. Studies in the Theory of Money, 1690-1776. Pp. ix, 313. Philadelphia: Chilton Company, 1959. $6.50 (1960) (0)
- HIGGINS, BENJAMIN. What Do Economists Know? Pp. ix, 166. Carlton, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1951; and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1952. $2.75 (1952) (0)
- Die Transformationstheorie der Dynamik (0)
- Some Problems in Natural Philosophy (1950) (0)
- Die Reduktion des Dreikörperproblems (0)
- Ralph Allen Sampson, 1866 - 1939 (1940) (0)
- Are There Quantum Jumps (1953) (0)
- Allgemeine Theorie der Bahnkurven (0)
- The Structure of the Universe. By G. J. Whitrow. (Hutchinson. 1949. Pp. 172. 7s. 6d.) (1950) (0)
- Theorie der Schwingungen (0)
- Nicht-holonome Systeme. Systeme mit Energiezerstreuung (0)
- Das dynamische Verhalten starrer Körper (0)
- Laplace (1949) (0)
- G. D. Birkhoff's Collected Papers (1951) (0)
- Economics (1960) (0)
- Основнын операции анализа (1963) (0)
- Einleitendes aus der Kinematik (0)
- The Mobility of Agricultural People (0)
- XII.—On the Adjustment of Sir J. J. Thomson's Theory of Light to the Classical Electromagnetic Theory (0)
- THE EXTENT OF SPECULATION IN COMPANY SECURITIES (1936) (0)
- Buchbesprechung über: From Euclid to Eddington. (Ref. P. LORENZEN) (1960) (0)
- Theory of Observations. By T. N. Thiele, Directory of the Copenhagen Observatory. London, C. and E. Layton (56 Farringdon Street). Pp. 144 + vi. 4to. 1903. 12s. (1904) (0)
- Government Establishment of Small Farms in England and Scotland (1937) (0)
- TOO MUCH GOLD—AMERICA'S PROBLEM (1937) (0)
- NEWMAN, PHILIP CHARLES. The Devel opment of Economic Thought. Pp. xiv, 456. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952. $5.00 (1952) (0)
- The Annual Meeting of the Mathematical Association—Report of the Council for 1920 (1921) (0)
- Die lösbaren Probleme der Punktdynamik (0)
- FLUBACHER, JOSEPH F. The Concept of Ethics in the History of Economics. Pp. v, 460, ix. New York: Vantage Press, 1950. $5.00 (1951) (0)
- To the Editor of the Mathematical Gazette (1940) (0)
- GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMIC CONTROL (1934) (0)
- George Macritchie Low, F.I.A., F.F.A. (0)
- William Leslie Thomson: 1868–1951 (1952) (0)
- Hector Munro Macdonald (1935) (0)
- HARLAN L. MCCRACKEN. Keynesian Economics in the Stream of Economic Thought. Pp. xv, 201. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1961. $5.00 (1962) (0)
- GOLOB, EUGENE O. The "Isms": A His tory and Evaluation. Pp. xii, 681. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1954. $6.00 (1954) (0)
- What Is Energy? (1929) (0)
- Die Prinzipien der kleinsten Wirkung und kleinsten Krümmung (0)
- The professional training of astronomers (1909) (0)
- Integration durch trigonometrische Reihen (0)
- Book Review:Capital Investment in Africa: Its Course and Effects S. Herbert Frankel (1939) (0)
- On the Variable RW Cassiopeiæ. (Plate 12.) (1911) (0)
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