The ''Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize'' is awarded every four years by the

Edinburgh Mathematical Society The Edinburgh Mathematical Society is a mathematical society for academics in Scotland. History The Society was founded in 1883 by a group of Edinburgh school teachers and academics, on the initiative of Alexander Yule Fraser FRSE and Andrew Je ...

to an outstanding young mathematician having a specified connection with

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

. It is named after Sir

Edmund Whittaker Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker (24 October 1873 – 24 March 1956) was a British mathematician, physicist, and historian of science. Whittaker was a leading mathematical scholar of the early 20th-century who contributed widely to applied mathema ...

History

After the death of Sir Edmund Whittaker in 1956, his son

John Macnaghten Whittaker John Macnaghten Whittaker FRS FRSE LLD (7 March 1905 – 29 January 1984) was a British mathematician and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield from 1953 to 1965. Life Whittaker was born 7 March 1905 in Cambridge, the son of math ...

donated on behalf of the Whittaker Family the sum of £500 to the Edinburgh Mathematical Society to establish a prize for mathematical work in memory of his father. As of 2009, the award money remains £500.

Winners

*2017 Arend Bayer (University of Edinburgh) *2013 Stuart White (University of Glasgow) *2009

Agata Smoktunowicz Agata Smoktunowicz FRSE (born 12 October 1973) is a Polish mathematician who works as a professor at the University of Edinburgh. Her research is in abstract algebra.

(University of Edinburgh) *2005 Tom Bridgeland (University of Sheffield) *2001 Michael McQuillan and J A Sherratt *1997 Alan D Rendall (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik) *1993 Mitchell A. Berger and

Alan W. Reid Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Al ...

*1989 A A Lacey and Michael Röckner *1985

John Mackintosh Howie John Mackintosh Howie (23 May 1936 – 26 December 2011) was a Scottish mathematician and prominent semigroup theorist. Biography Howie was educated at Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen, the University of Aberdeen and Balliol College, Oxfo ...

*1981

John M. Ball Sir John Macleod Ball (born 19 May 1948) is a British mathematician and former Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He was the president of the International Mathematical Union from 2003 to 2006 and a Fellow of ...

(University of Oxford) *1977 Gavin Brown and C A Stuart *1973 A M Davie (University of Edinburgh) *1970 Derek J S Robinson (University of Illinois) *1965

John Bryce McLeod John Bryce McLeod, (23 December 1929 – 20 August 2014) was a British mathematician, who worked on linear and nonlinear partial and ordinary differential equations. Life and education McLeod was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, on 23 December 1929. ...

(University of Oxford) *1961 A G Mackie and Andrew H. Wallace

References

External links

* O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F.,
EMS Whittaker Prize
, ''

MacTutor History of Mathematics archive The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive is a website maintained by John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson and hosted by the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It contains detailed biographies on many historical and contemporary mathemati ...

'',

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

* O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F.,
Winners of the EMS Whittaker Prize
, ''

'',

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

* * Mathematics awards Monuments and memorials in Scotland Scottish awards Memorial Prize {{sci-award-stub

History

Winners

See also

References

External links