References for William Spence
Books:
- J Galt, The autobiography of John Galt (Key & Biddle, 1834).
Articles:
- J Cockle, On Critical and Spencian Functions, with Remarks upon Spence's Theory, The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics 4 (1861), 97-111.
- J Galt, The Life of William Spence, in John Herschel (ed.), Mathematical Essays by the late William Spence (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1819), i-v.
- Mathematical Essays by the late William Spence, Esq., The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal 7 (1822), 194.
- L C Maximon, The dilogarithm function for complex argument, Proc. Roy. Soc. London A 459 (2003), 2807-2819.
- William Spence, Leybourn's Mathematical Repository 6 (1819), 75-76.
November 2010
MacTutor History of Mathematics
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