Edward Charles "Ted" Titchmarsh (June 1, 1899 – January 18, 1963) was a leading British mathematician.
Education
Titchmarsh was educated at
King Edward VII School (Sheffield)
King Edward VII School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
History
King Edward VII School, named after the reigning monarch, was formed in 1905 when Wesley College was merged w ...
and
Balliol College, Oxford, where he began his studies in October 1917.
Career
Titchmarsh was known for work in
analytic number theory,
Fourier analysis and other parts of
mathematical analysis
Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...
. He wrote several classic books in these areas; his book on the
Riemann zeta-function
The Riemann zeta function or Euler–Riemann zeta function, denoted by the Greek letter (zeta), is a mathematical function of a complex variable defined as \zeta(s) = \sum_^\infty \frac = \frac + \frac + \frac + \cdots for \operatorname(s) > ...
was reissued in an edition edited by
Roger Heath-Brown
David Rodney "Roger" Heath-Brown FRS (born 12 October 1952), is a British mathematician working in the field of analytic number theory.
Education
He was an undergraduate and graduate student of Trinity College, Cambridge; his research supervi ...
.
Titchmarsh was
Savilian Professor of Geometry
The position of Savilian Professor of Geometry was established at the University of Oxford in 1619. It was founded (at the same time as the Savilian Professorship of Astronomy) by Sir Henry Savile, a mathematician and classical scholar who was ...
at the
University of Oxford
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from 1932 to 1963. He was a Plenary Speaker at the
ICM in 1954 in Amsterdam.
He was on the governing body of
Abingdon School from 1935-1947.
Awards
*
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemat ...
, 1931
*
De Morgan Medal
The De Morgan Medal is a prize for outstanding contribution to mathematics, awarded by the London Mathematical Society. The Society's most prestigious award, it is given in memory of Augustus De Morgan, who was the first President of the society ...
, 1953
*
Sylvester Medal
The Sylvester Medal is a bronze medal awarded by the Royal Society (London) for the encouragement of mathematical research, and accompanied by a £1,000 prize. It was named in honour of James Joseph Sylvester, the Savilian Professor of Geometry a ...
, 1955
*
Berwick Prize The Berwick Prize and Senior Berwick Prize are two prizes of the London Mathematical Society awarded in alternating years in memory of William Edward Hodgson Berwick, a previous Vice-President of the LMS. Berwick left some money to be given to the ...
winner, 1956
Publications
*''The Zeta-Function of Riemann'' (1930);
*''Introduction to the Theory of Fourier Integrals'' (1937) 2nd. edition(1939) 2nd. edition (1948);
*''The Theory of Functions '' (1932);
*''Mathematics for the General Reader'' (1948);
*''The Theory of the Riemann Zeta-Function'' (1951)
2nd edition revised by
D. R. Heath-Brown (1986)
*''Eigenfunction Expansions Associated with Second-order Differential Equations. Part I '' (1946) 2nd. edition (1962);
*''Eigenfunction Expansions Associated with Second-order Differential Equations. Part II '' (1958);
References
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1899 births
1963 deaths
People from Newbury, Berkshire
20th-century British mathematicians
Number theorists
Mathematical analysts
Fellows of the Royal Society
People educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield
Savilian Professors of Geometry
Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
Governors of Abingdon School