Thomas Murray MacRobert
Thomas Murray MacRobert FRSE (4 April 1884, Dreghorn, Ayrshire – 1 November 1962, Glasgow) was a Scottish mathematician. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalization of the generalized hypergeometric series.
References
- Biography of Thomas Murray MacRobert
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Thomas Murray MacRobert", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/MacRobert.html .
- Rankin, Robert A. (1964), "Thomas Murray MacRobert", Journal of the London Mathematical Society. Second Series 39: 176–182, doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-39.1.176, ISSN 0024-6107, MR0160703
| Persondata |
| Name |
Macrobert, Thomas Murray |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Scottish mathematician |
| Date of birth |
4 April 1884 |
| Place of birth |
Dreghorn, Ayrshire |
| Date of death |
1 November 1962 |
| Place of death |
Glasgow |