G. N. Watson
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For other people named George Neville, see George Neville (disambiguation).
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George Neville Watson FRS FRSE (31 January 1886 – 2 February 1965) was an English mathematician, who applied complex analysis to the theory of special functions. His collaboration on the 1915 second edition of E. T. Whittaker's A Course of Modern Analysis (1902) produced the classic "Whittaker and Watson" text. In 1918 he proved a significant result known as Watson's lemma, that has many applications in the theory on the asymptotic behaviour of exponential integrals.[1][3][4]
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Born | George Neville Watson (1886-01-31)31 January 1886 Westward Ho!, England |
Died | 2 February 1965(1965-02-02) (aged 79) Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Whittaker and Watson text Watson's quintuple product identity |
Awards | Smith's Prize (1909) Sylvester Medal (1946) De Morgan Medal (1947) Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Birmingham University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | E. T. Whittaker[2] |
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