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G. N. Watson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 60 years ago |
Date of birth | January 31,1886 |
Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
Born | Westward Ho! |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | February 2,1965 |
Died | Royal Leamington Spa |
United Kingdom | |
Field | Mathematics |
Job | Mathematician |
Awards | Sylvester Medal |
De Morgan Medal | |
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Smith's Prize | |
Education | Trinity College |
St Paul's Juniors | |
Known for | Whittaker and Watson |
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ID | 1463075 |
G. N. Watson Life story
George Neville Watson FRS FRSE was an English mathematician, who applied complex analysis to the theory of special functions. His collaboration on the 1915 second edition of E. T. Whittaker's A Course of Modern Analysis produced the classic "Whittaker and Watson" text.