Mathematician:Joseph Wolstenholme

Mathematician

English mathematician and educator, best known for Wolstenholme's Theorem.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 30 September 1829 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, England
• Died: 18 November 1891 in Maida Vale, London, England

Theorems and Definitions

• Wolstenholme Number
• Wolstenholme Prime
• Wolstenholme Pseudoprime

• Wolstenholme's Conjecture
• Wolstenholme's Theorem

Results named for Joseph Wolstenholme can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Joseph Wolstenholme can be found here.

Publications

• 1862: On certain properties of prime numbers (Quart. J. Pure Appl. Math. Vol. 5: pp. 35 – 39) (in which Wolstenholme's Theorem is presented)

• 1867: A Book of Mathematical Problems, on subjects included in the Cambridge course
• 1888: Examples for Practice in the Use of Seven-figure Logarithms

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Joseph Wolstenholme": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive