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E. W. Hobson

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Gender Male
Born Derby
United Kingdom
DiedCambridge
United Kingdom
Known for Real analysis
Siblings John A. Hobson
Job Mathematician
Education Christ's College Cambridge
Derby School
Royal School of Mines
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Date of Upd.
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The Theory of Spherical and Ellipsoidal Harmonics
A treatise on plane trigonometry
The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series
Squaring the circle
John Napier and the Invention of Logarithms, 1614
The domain of natural science
Mathematics, from the Points of View of the Mathematician and of the Physicist: An Address Delivered to the Mathematical and Physical Society of University College, London
Squaring the Circle: And Other Monographs
John Napier and the Invention of Logarithms, 1614; a Lecture - Scholar's Choice Edition
An Elementary Treatise on Plane Trigonometry - Scholar's Choice Edition
The Theory of Functions of a Real Variable and the Theory of Fourier's Series Volume 1 - Scholar's Choice Edition
The Ideal Aim of Physical Science: A Lecture Delivered on November 7, 1924 Before the University of London, at King's College
An Essential Dictionary: Exercises
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E. W. Hobson Life story


Ernest William Hobson FRS was an English mathematician, now remembered mostly for his books, some of which broke new ground in their coverage in English of topics from mathematical analysis. He was Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge from 1910 to 1931.

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