A Course of Modern Analysis

E. T. Whittaker info, G. N. Watson info

First published 1902

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About this book

Special functions and complex analysis. The reference physicists and mathematicians have used for a century.

The authors

E. T. Whittaker

1873–1956 · British mathematician

Copley Medal
Professor at Cambridge
Professor at Edinburgh
Fellow of the Royal Society

Profession: Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer, Professor
Worked at: Edinburgh, Cambridge, Trinity College, Dublin, Royal Astronomer of Ireland
Studied at: Cambridge
Studied under: George Howard Darwin, Andrew Forsyth
Prizes: Copley Medal (1954), Sylvester Medal (1931), De Morgan Medal (1935), Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1912), Fellow of the Royal Society, Tyson Medal (1896), Smith's Prize (1897), Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize (1924), Guthrie Lecture (1943)

Wrote a classic history of the theories of aether and electricity.

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G. N. Watson

1886–1965 · English mathematician who applied complex analysis to the theory of special functions

Professor at Cambridge
Professor at UCL
Fellow of the Royal Society

Profession: Mathematician, Professor
Worked at: UCL, Cambridge, University of Birmingham
Studied at: Cambridge
Studied under: E. T. Whittaker
Prizes: Sylvester Medal (1946), De Morgan Medal (1947), Fellow of the Royal Society (1919), Smith's Prize (1909)

Spent years proving claims left in Ramanujan's notebooks.

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Reading order

Prerequisite: A Course of Pure Mathematics (Hardy)

In print

Yes · Cambridge University Press, 5th edition

Which edition

The 4th edition (1927) was the standard for nearly a century. The 5th (2021, edited by Victor H. Moll) keeps the text and adds notes on later work.

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Editions

54 editions · 3 hardcover, 9 paperback

First published 1902

Earliest edition listed: 1902 · University Press

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1920 · University Press · 3d ed.
1920 · University Press · 3d ed.
1927 · Cambridge University Press · 4th edition.
1927 · Cambridge University Press · Paperback · 4 edition · ISBN 9780521091893
1927 · Cambridge University Press · Hardcover · 4 edition · ISBN 9780521067942
1927 · University press · 4th ed.
1935 · The University Press
1940 · The University Press · 4th ed., reprinted.
1943 · The University Press · American ed.
1946
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1950 · The University Press · 4th ed., reprinted.
1950 · The University Press · 4th ed., reprinted
1958 · University Press · 4th ed., reprinted.
1962 · University Press · 4th ed.
1962 · Cambridge U.P · 4th ed. reprinted.
1963 · The University Press · 4th ed., reprinted.
1973 · Cambridge University Press · 4th ed. · ISBN 9780521091893
1979 · AMS Press · 1st AMS ed. · ISBN 9780404147365
1992 · Cambridge University Press · 4th ed., reprinted · ISBN 9780521067942
1996 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9781107263284
1996 · Cambridge University Press · Paperback · 4 edition · ISBN 9780521588072
2008 · Merchant Books · ISBN 9781603861212
2009 · Cornell University Library · Paperback · ISBN 9781112342509
2012 · Watchmaker Publishing · ISBN 9781603864541
2013 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780511608759
2013 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9781107266438
2017 · Andesite Press · Paperback · ISBN 9781375592765
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780344975325
2018 · Franklin Classics · Hardcover · ISBN 9780342938438
2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780341826545
2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780342601172
2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780342046232
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780344006456
2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780344006449
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780342046249
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780342601189
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780343784256
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780344572401
2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780341826552
2020 · Dover Publications, Incorporated · ISBN 9780486842868
2021 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ISBN 9781316518939
2021 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ISBN 9781009004091
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015495975
2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015500587
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Subjects

Mathematics Physics