Mathematician:Charles Alfred Coulson

Mathematician

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

Publications

• 1941: Waves
  • 1943: Waves, 2nd ed.
  • 1944: Waves, 3rd ed.
  • 1947: Waves, 4th ed.
  • 1949: Waves, 5th ed.
  • 1952: Waves, 6th ed.
  • 1955: Waves, 7th ed.

• 1942: Two-centre integrals occurring in the theory of molecular structure
• 1947: Note on the random-walk problem

• 1948: Electricity
  • 1951: Electricity, 2nd ed.
  • 1953: Electricity, 3rd ed.
  • 1956: Electricity, 4th ed.
  • 1958: Electricity, 5th ed.

• 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

Sources

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