Robert Tucker (mathematician)

Robert Tucker
Born (1832-04-26)April 26, 1832
Walworth, Surrey, England
Died January 29, 1905(1905-01-29) (aged 72)
Worthing, England
Alma mater St. John's College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University College London
Influences William Kingdon Clifford

Robert Tucker (1832–1905) was an English mathematician, who was secretary of the London Mathematical Society for more than 30 years.

Life and work

Son of a soldier who fought in the Peninsular War, Tucker studied at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was 35th wrangler in 1855.[1] He mastered mathematics at University College London from 1865 to 1899.

He is known by the now known as Tucker circles, a family of circles invariant on parallel displacing.[2]

He is also known by his edition of the Mathematical Papers of William Kingdon Clifford in 1882.

Tucker acted as secretary of the London Mathematical Society from 1867 to 1902.[3]

He was also a collector of mathematician's photographs. His collection, named Tucker collection is preserved by the London Mathematical Society at De Morgan house.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Rice, Wilson & Gardner 1995, p. 420.
  2. ↑ Weisstein, MathWorld.
  3. ↑ Rice, Wilson & Gardner 1995, p. 413.
  4. ↑ O'Connor & Robertson, MacTutor History of Mathematics.

Bibliography

  • Clifford, William Kingdon (2007). William Tucker (ed.), ed. Mathematical Papers. AMS Chelsea Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8218-4252-2.
  • Rice, Adrian C.; Wilson, Robin J.; Gardner, J. Helen (1995). "From Student Club to National Society: The Founding of the London Mathematical Society in 1865". Histhoria Mathematica. 22 (4): 402–421. doi:10.1006/hmat.1995.1032. ISSN 0315-0860.
  • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Robert Tucker (mathematician)", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews .
  • "Tucker Collection of Photographs". London Mathematical Society. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  • Weisstein, Eric W. "Tucker Circles". MathWorld. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
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