Ian Sneddon
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| Ian Sneddon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ian Naismith Sneddon 8 December 1919 |
| Died | 4 November 2000 (aged 80) |
| Doctoral students |
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| Notable awards |
FRS[3] Eringen Medal (1979) |
Ian Naismith Sneddon FRS[3] (8 December 1919 Glasgow, Scotland – 4 November 2000 Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish mathematician who worked on analysis and applied mathematics.[4][5]
Research
Sneddon's research was published widely including:
- with Nevill Mott: Wave mechanics and its applications, 1948
- Fourier transforms, 1951[6]
- Special functions of mathematical physics and chemistry, 1956[7]
- Elements of partial differential equations, 1957[8]
- with James George Defares: An introduction to the mathematics of medicine and biology, 1960[9]
- Mixed boundary problems in potential theory, 1966
- Lectures on transform methods, 1967
- with Morton Lowengrub: Crack problems in the classical theory of elasticity, 1969
- The use of integral transforms, 1972
- The linear theory of thermoelasticity, 1974
- Encyclopaedic dictionary of mathematics for engineers and applied scientists, 1976
- The use of operators of fractional integration in applied mathematics, 1979
- with E. L. Ince: The solution of ordinary differential equations, 1987
Awards and honours
Sneddon received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1982 [10]
Sneddon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1983.[3]
References
- ↑ Chadwick, P.; England, A. H.; Parker, D. F. (2015). "Anthony James Merrill Spencer 23 August 1929 — 26 January 2008". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society publishing. 61. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0003. ISSN 0080-4606.
- ↑ Ian Sneddon at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- 1 2 3 Chadwick, P. (2002). "Ian Naismith Sneddon, O.B.E. 8 December 1919 - 4 November 2000". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 48: 417. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2002.0025.
- ↑ McBride, Adam (15 Jan 2001). "Death of I. N. Sneddon". OP-SF NET.
- ↑ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ian Sneddon", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- ↑ Heins, Albert E. (1952). "Review: I. Sneddon, Fourier transforms". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 58 (4): 512–513. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1952-09636-1.
- ↑ Cohen, E. Richard (1956). "Review: Special functions of mathematical physics and chemistry". Physics Today. 9 (11): 46. doi:10.1063/1.3059825.
- ↑ Polkinghorne, J. C. (1957). "Review: Elements of partial differential equations". Physics Today. 10 (5): 36. doi:10.1063/1.3060371.
- ↑ Jones, D. S. (1961). "Review: An introduction to the mathematics of medicine and biology". Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 12 (3): 166–167. doi:10.1017/S0013091500002911.
- ↑ webperson@hw.ac.uk. "Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh: Honorary Graduates". www1.hw.ac.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
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