| Alexander Macfarlane | |
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| Nascimento | 21 de abril de 1851 Blairgowrie, Escócia |
| Morte | 28 de agosto de 1913 (62 anos) Chatham, Ontário |
| Sepultamento | Maple Leaf Cemetery |
| Nacionalidade | escocês |
| Cidadania | Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e Irlanda |
| Alma mater | Universidade de Edimburgo |
| Ocupação | matemático, físico, filósofo |
| Distinções |
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| 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 |
| Obras destacadas | Lectures on Ten British Physicists of the Nineteenth Century |
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
editar- 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ G. B. Mathews (1917) Review:Ten British Mathematicians from Nature 99:221,2 (#2481)
- ↑ 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
Ligações externas
editar- Obras de Alexander Macfarlane (em inglês) no Projeto Gutenberg
