Percey F. Smith
Percey Franklyn Smith (21 August 1867 – 1956) was an American mathematician and professor of mathematics at Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University.[1][2]
Smith was born in
Berlin, Paris.[3] After returning to Yale in 1896 he was assistant professor of mathematics until 1900, then professor until 1936.[4]
He wrote several papers related to Lie sphere geometry,[P 1][P 2][P 3][P 4] and is the author of several textbooks such as The elements of analytic geometry (1904), New analytic geometry (1912), Theoretical mechanics (1910).[P 5]
The title "Percey F. Smith Professor of Mathematics" is still used in Yale.[5] He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Publications (selection)
- JSTOR 1967282.
- JSTOR 1986361.
- JSTOR 1967644.
- MR 1500566.
- ^ Works by Percey F. Smith at Open Library
References
- ^ a b c Chamberlain, Joshua L., ed. (1899). "Smith, Percey Franklyn". Universities and Their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities, With Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Alumni and Recipients of Honorary Degrees. Bosoton: R. Herndon Company. pp. 469โ470.
- ISBN 0821801309.
- ^ Dorwart, p. 89
- ^ Dorwart, pp. 91โ92.
- ^ Van Ha Vu is appointed the Percey F. Smith Professorship of Mathematics
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