Dunham Jackson
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Dunham Jackson (1888-1946) was a mathematician who worked in trigonometrical and orthogonal polynomials, theory of approximation.
Known for Jackson's inequality.
He was the winner of the Chauvenet Prize in 1935.
His book "Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials" (dated 1941) was reprinted in 2004 (ISBN 0-486-43808-2).
See also:
- Dunham Jackson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- Jackson's photo at Mathematical Association of America site.
- Another (bigger one) photo of Jackson at History of Approximation Theory site.
