A Course of Modern Analysis

E. T. Whittaker info, G. N. Watson info

First published 1902

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Special functions and complex analysis. The reference physicists and mathematicians have used for a century.

1873–1956 · British mathematician

Profession: Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Professor
Worked at: Edinburgh, Cambridge, Trinity College, Dublin, Royal Astronomer of Ireland
Studied at: Cambridge
Studied under: George Howard Darwin, Andrew Forsyth
Prizes: Copley Medal (1954), Sylvester Medal (1931), De Morgan Medal (1935), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1912), Fellow of the Royal Society, Tyson Medal (1896), Smith's Prize (1897), Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize (1924), Guthrie Lecture (1943)

Wrote a classic history of the theories of aether and electricity.

1886–1965 · English mathematician who applied complex analysis to the theory of special functions

Profession: Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: UCL, Cambridge, University of Birmingham
Studied at: Cambridge
Studied under: E. T. Whittaker
Prizes: Sylvester Medal (1946), De Morgan Medal (1947), Fellow of the Royal Society (1919), Smith's Prize (1909)

Spent years proving claims left in Ramanujan's notebooks.