Fritz Ursell

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Fritz J. Ursell
J. N. Newman
E. O. Tuck
David Evans[2]

Fritz Joseph Ursell

Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester from 1961 to 1990,[7] was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972 and retired in 1990.[2]

Education

Ursell came to

bachelor degree
in mathematics.

Career

At the end of 1943 Ursell joined the

post-doctoral
fellowship in applied mathematics at Manchester University without a
Arthur Ippen. In 1961 Ursell moved back to Manchester.[10]

In 1994 Ursell was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to mathematics and its applications over a period of years".[11]

Scientific work

In 1957 he published together with Clive R. Chester and Bernard Friedman a classic paper that introduced a method to find asymptotic expansions for contour integrals with coalescing saddle points.[12] The method is now called method of Chester–Friedman–Ursell.

Personal life

Fritz Ursell was married to Katharina Renate Zander in 1959. They had two daughters.[3] Susie and Ruth, Susie is married and has two children.[5] Following his death on 11 May, in hospital, Ursell's funeral took place on 15 May 2012 at Manchester Crematorium.[4]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 72445938
    .
  2. ^ a b Fritz Ursell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ a b c Ursell (1994, p. 975)
  4. ^
    MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
    . Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Obituary – Fritz Joseph Ursell". The Times. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  6. ^ Ursell (1994)
  7. doi:10.1016/S0165-2125(00)00059-7
    . This contains also information on Fritz Ursell and the Beyer Chair.
  8. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Fritz Joseph Ursell", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
  9. ISBN 978-0-521-41414-2
    .
  10. ISBN 978-981-02-1950-5
    . In two volumes, 1004 pp.
  11. ^ "IMA Gold Medal". Retrieved 16 May 2018. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
  12. S2CID 122589439
    .
Preceded by
Beyer Chair of Applied Mathematics at University of Manchester

1961 – 1990 		Succeeded by
Philip Hall
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