Alexander Macfarlane

Alexander Macfarlane
Alexander Macfarlane
Nascimento 21 de abril de 1851
Blairgowrie, Escócia
Morte 28 de agosto de 1913 (62 anos)
Chatham, Ontário
Nacionalidade escocês
Cidadania Escócia, Reino Unido
Alma mater Universidade de Edimburgo
Ocupação matemático, físico, filósofo
Prêmios
  • Membro da Sociedade Real de Edimburgo
Empregador(a) Universidade do Texas em Austin, Universidade de Edimburgo, Universidade de St. Andrews, Universidade Lehigh
Orientador(a)(es/s) Peter Guthrie Tait
Instituições Universidade do Texas em Austin, Universidade Lehigh
Campo(s) matemática, física
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Alexander Macfarlane (Blairgowrie, Escócia, 21 de abril de 1851 – Chatham, Ontário, 28 de agosto de 1913) foi um matemático e físico escocês.

Foi palestrante do Congresso Internacional de Matemáticos em Paris (1900: Application of space analysis to curvilinear coordinates), em Roma (1908) e Cambridge (1912).

Obras

  • 1879: Principles of the Algebra of Logic from Internet Archive.
  • 1885: Physical Arithmetic from Internet Archive.
  • 1887: The Logical Form of Geometrical Theorems from Annals of Mathematics 3: 154,5.
  • 1894: Papers on Space Analysis.
  • 1898: Book Review: “La Mathematique; philosophie et enseignement” by L.A. Laissant in Science 8: 51–3.
  • 1899 The Pythagorean Theorem from Science 34: 181,2.
  • 1899: The Fundamental Principles of Algebra from Science 10: 345–364.
  • 1906: Vector Analysis and Quaternions.
  • 1910: Unification and Development of the Principles of the Algebra of Space from Bulletin of the Quaternion Society.
  • 1911: Book Review: Life and Scientific Work of P.G. Tait by C.G. Knott from Science 34: 565,6.
  • 1912: A System of Notation for Vector-Analysis; with a Discussion of the Underlying Principles from Bulletin of the Quaternion Society.
  • 1913: On Vector-Analysis as Generalized Algebra from Bulletin of the Quaternion Society.
  • Macfarlane, Alexander (1916). Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century. John Wiley and Sons. New York: [s.n.] [1][2]
  • Macfarlane, Alexander (1919). Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century. John Wiley and Sons. New York: [s.n.] [3]
  • Publications of Alexander Macfarlane from Bulletin of the Quaternion Society, 1913

Referências

  1. ↑ Mason, Thomas E. (1917). «Review: Alexander Macfarlane, Ten British Mathematicians». Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 23 (4). pp. 191–192. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1917-02913-8 
  2. ↑ G. B. Mathews (1917) Review:Ten British Mathematicians from Nature 99:221,2 (#2481)
  3. ↑ N.R.C. (1920) Review:Ten British Physicists from Nature 104:561,2 (#2622)
  • Colaw, J. M. (1895). «Alexander Macfarlane, M.A., D. Sc., LL.D». The American Mathematical Monthly. 2. pp. 1–4. doi:10.2307/2971573 
  • Robert de Boer (2009) Biography of Alexander Macfarlane from WebCite.
  • Electric Scotland historical biography
  • Knott, Cargill Gilston (1913) Alexander Macfarlane, Nature.
  • Macfarlane papers at the University of Texas

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