Mathematician:William Leonard Ferrar

Mathematician

English mathematician who focused on interpolation theory and number theory.

Nationality

English

History

• Born: 21 October 1893 in St Pauls, Bristol, England
• Died: 22 January 1990 in Oxford, England

Publications

• 1938: A Textbook of Convergence

• 1941: Algebra: a Textbook of Determinants, Matrices and Quadratic Forms
  • 1957: Algebra: a Textbook of Determinants, Matrices and Quadratic Forms (2nd ed.)

• 1945: Higher Algebra for Schools
• 1951: Finite Matrices
• 1965: Mathematics for Science
• 1966: Integral Calculus
• 1967: Calculus for Beginners
• 1969: Advanced Mathematics for Science

Also known as

Known informally as Bill Ferrar.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "William Leonard Ferrar": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive