John Stephen Roy Chisholm

John Stephen Roy Chisholm
Born (1926-11-26) November 26, 1926
Barnet, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields Mathematical physicist
Institutions University of Kent
Doctoral advisor Nicholas Kemmer

J. S. R. Chisholm (born 26 November 1926) is an English mathematical physicist. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at the University of Kent.[1]

He developed a method for rational approximations of two variable functions generalising Padé approximant.[2]

Books

  • An Introduction to Statistical Mechanics, with A.H.de Borde, Pergamon Press (1958)
  • Mathematical Methods in Physics, with Rosa Morris, North-Holland (1964)
  • Vectors in Three-Dimensional Space (Cambridge University Press,1978)
  • Clifford Algebras and Their Applications in Mathematical Physics, co-edited with A.K.Common (Reidel 1986)
  • Clifford Analysis and its Applications, co-eds F.Brackx & V.Soucek (Kluwer 2001)
  • Changing Stations, a Campus Drama (Moat Sole 2014)

Notes

  1. J.S.R.Chisholm's on-line autobiography
  2. Chisholm, J. S. R. (1973). "Rational approximants defined from double power series". Mathematics of Computation. 27 (124): 841–848. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1973-0382928-6. ISSN 0025-5718.
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