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Nationality
  
American

Fields
  
Mathematician


Role
  
Mathematician

Name
  
Dunham Jackson

Awards
  
Chauvenet Prize

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Born
  
24 July 1888 (
1888-07-24
)

Died
  
November 6, 1946, Minnesota, United States

Books
  
Fourier series and orthogonal polynomials, The theory of approximation

Education
  
Harvard University, University of Gottingen

Notable awards
  
Chauvenet Prize (1935)

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. He is known for Jackson's inequality. He was awarded the Chauvenet Prize in 1935. His book Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials (dated 1941) was reprinted in 2004.

Publications

  • Dunham Jackson: The Theory of Approximation. AMS, 1930.
  • Dunham Jackson: Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials. Carus Mathematical Monographs, 1941.
  • References

    Dunham Jackson Wikipedia