Dunham Jackson

Dunham Jackson
Born(1888-07-24)24 July 1888
Died6 November 1946(1946-11-06) (aged 58)
NationalityAmerican
AwardsChauvenet Prize (1935)
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematician
Doctoral studentsSally Elizabeth Carlson

Dunham Jackson (July 24, 1888 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts – November 6, 1946) was a mathematician who worked within approximation theory, notably with trigonometrical and orthogonal polynomials.[1] He is known for Jackson's inequality. He was awarded the Chauvenet Prize in 1935.[2] His book Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials (dated 1941) was reprinted in 2004.

  1. ^ Hart, William L. (1948). "Dunham Jackson 1888-1946". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 54 (9): 847–860. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1948-09068-1. MR 1565085.
  2. ^ MAA presidents: Dunham Jackson

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