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Name
  
Ian Sneddon


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Born
  
Ian Naismith Sneddon 8 December 1919 (
1919-12-08
)

Doctoral students
  
Morton Lowengrub Anthony Spencer John Welch

Notable awards
  
FRS Eringen Medal (1979)

Died
  
2000, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Books
  
Elements of partial differential equations

Ian Naismith Sneddon FRS (8 December 1919 Glasgow, Scotland – 4 November 2000 Glasgow, Scotland) was a Scottish mathematician who worked on analysis and applied mathematics.

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Research

Sneddon's research was published widely including:

  • with Nevill Mott: Wave mechanics and its applications, 1948
  • Fourier transforms, 1951
  • Special functions of mathematical physics and chemistry, 1956
  • Elements of partial differential equations, 1957
  • with James George Defares: An introduction to the mathematics of medicine and biology, 1960
  • Mixed boundary problems in potential theory, 1966
  • Lectures on transform methods, 1967
  • with Morton Lowengrub: Crack problems in the classical theory of elasticity, 1969
  • The use of integral transforms, 1972
  • The linear theory of thermoelasticity, 1974
  • Encyclopaedic dictionary of mathematics for engineers and applied scientists, 1976
  • The use of operators of fractional integration in applied mathematics, 1979
  • with E. L. Ince: The solution of ordinary differential equations, 1987

    • Awards and honours

    Sneddon received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 1982

    Sneddon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1983.

    References

    Ian Sneddon Wikipedia
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