Some unknown documents associated with William Wallace (1768-1843)

DOI10.1080/17498430.2010.503555MaRDI QIDQ3083752zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors J. J. O'Connor, A. D. D. Craik

Publication date 23 March 2011

Published in BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2010.503555

zbMATH Keywords

Butterfly theoremWallace

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70)

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Cites work

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• William Wallace and the introduction of continental calculus to Britain: A letter to George Peacock
• Mary Somerville's early contributions to the circulation of differential calculus

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