David Vernon Widder (25 March 1898 – 8 July 1990) was an American mathematician. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1924 under George Birkhoff and went on to join the faculty there.
David Widder | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 March 1898 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | 8 July 1990 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral advisor | George D. Birkhoff |
| Doctoral students | R. Creighton Buck Ralph P. Boas, Jr. Solomon W. Golomb Deborah Tepper Haimo I. I. Hirschman Donald J. Newman Harry Pitt Harry Pollard |
He was a co-founder of the Duke Mathematical Journal and the author of the textbook Advanced Calculus (Prentice-Hall, 1947).[1] He wrote also The Laplace transform[2] (in which he gave a first solution to Landau's problem on the Dirichlet eta function),[3] An introduction to transform theory,[4] and The convolution transform (co-author with I. I. Hirschman).
References edit
- ^ Stenger, Allen (September 16, 2015). "Review of Advanced Calculus by David V. Widder". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
- ^ Stenger, Allen (July 19, 2011). "Review of The Laplace Transform by David Vernon Widder". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
- ^ Widder, D.V. (2015). Laplace Transform (PMS-6). Princeton Mathematical Series, No. 6. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7645-7. (pbk reprint of 1941 1st edition)
- ^ Stenger, Allen (January 29, 2015). "Review of An Introduction to Transform Theory by David V. Widder". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
- A Century of Mathematics in America by Peter L. Duren and Richard Askey, American Mathematical Society, 1988, ISBN 0-8218-0130-9.
- A History of the Second Fifty Years, American Mathematical Society 1939-1988 By Everett Pitcher, American Mathematical Society, 1988, ISBN 0-8218-0125-2.
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