ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Charles Alfred Coulson

British mathematician whose main area of research was in applications to molecular physical chemistry.

Published widely in the field of applied mathematics.

Nationality

British

History

• Born: 13 Dec 1910, Dudley, near Birmingham, England
• Died: 7 Jan 1974, Oxford, England

Books and Papers

• 1941: Waves
• 1942: Two-centre integrals occurring in the theory of molecular structure
• 1947: Note on the random-walk problem
• 1948: Electricity
• 1950: Notes on the secular determinant in molecular orbital theory
• 1951: The evaluation of integrals occurring in the theory of molecular structure
• 1952: Valence
• 1965: The use of commutator relationships in determining Schrödinger wave functions
• 1974: Mathematical models

Also see

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Charles Alfred Coulson": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive