References for Edmund Whittaker
- D Martin, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830904632.html
- Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9076891/Sir-Edmund-Taylor-Whittaker
Articles:
- A C Aitken, The contributions of E T Whittaker to algebra and numerical analysis, Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 11 (1958), 31-38.
- H Dingle, Edmund T Whittaker, mathematician and historian, Science 124 (1956), 208-209.
- A Erdélyi, Sir Edmund Whittaker, 1873-1956, Math. Tables Aids Comput. 11 (1957), 53-54.
- G Julia, Notice nécrologique sur Sir Edmund Whittaker, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 242 (1956), 2493-2495.
- D Martin, Sir Edmund Whittaker, F R S, Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 11 (1958), 1-9.
- W H McCrea, Edmund Taylor Whittaker, J. London Math. Soc. 32 (1957), 234-256.
- R A Rankin, Sir Edmund Whittaker's work on automorphic functions, Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 11 (1958), 25-30.
- G F J Temple, Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society of London 2 (1956), 299-325.
- Whittaker Memorial Volume, Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 11 (1958), 1-70.
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