Wilfrid Norman Bailey

Wilfrid N. Bailey
Born (1893-09-05)5 September 1893
Durham
Died 23 October 1961(1961-10-23) (aged 68)
Citizenship British
Alma mater Victoria University of Manchester
London University
University of Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields Hypergeometric series
Thesis  (1931)
Doctoral advisor Louis Joel Mordell
Doctoral students Lucy Joan Slater

Wilfrid Norman Bailey (born 5 September 1893 Consett, Durham; died 23 October 1961, Eastbourne) was a mathematician who introduced Bailey's lemma and Bailey pairs into the theory of basic hypergeometric series. Bailey chains and Bailey transforms are named after him.

References

  • Slater, L. J. (1962), "Wilfrid Norman Bailey", Journal of the London Mathematical Society, Second Series, 37: 504–512, doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-37.1.504, ISSN 0024-6107, MR 0141583
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