S. L. Loney
S. L. Loney | |
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| Born | March 16, 1860 Chevithorne, Devon, England |
| Died | May 16, 1939 (aged 79) |
| Alma mater | Maidstone Grammar School Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author |
| Organization | Royal Holloway College |
Sidney Luxton Loney, M.A. (16 March 1860 – 16 May 1939) was a Professor of Mathematics at the Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey, and a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] He authored a number of mathematics texts, some of which have been reprinted numerous times. He is known as an early influence on Srinivasa Ramanujan.[2]
Loney was educated at Maidstone Grammar School, in Tonbridge and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA as 3rd Wrangler in 1882.[3]
He has authored numerous books on mathematics.
Bibliography
- Loney, SL (1889), A treatise on elementary dynamics, Cambridge: University Press, JFM 21.0845.01
- Loney, SL (1893), Mechanics and hydrostatics for beginners, Cambridge: University Press, JFM 25.1331.02
- Loney, SL (1895), The elements of coordinate geometry, London: Macmillan and Co., JFM 26.0640.01
- Loney, SL (1897), The elements of statics and dynamics, Cambridge: University Press, JFM 23.0903.08
- Loney, SL (1909), An elementary treatise on the dynamics of a particle and of rigid bodies, Cambridge: University Press, JFM 21.0845.02
- Loney, SL (1912), An elementary treatise on statics, Cambridge: University Press, JFM 43.0799.06
- Loney, SL (1912), Plane Trigonometry, Cambridge: University Press, JFM 25.0892.12
- Loney, SL (1903), A Shilling Arithmetic, London: Macmillan and Co.,
References
- ^ "List of Members of The London Mathematical Society", Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society (PDF), vol. 35, 13 November 1902
- ^ Berndt, Bruce C.; Rankin, Robert A. (2000). "The books studied by Ramanujan in India". The American Mathematical Monthly. 107 (7): 595–601. doi:10.1080/00029890.2000.12005244. JSTOR 2589114.
- ^ "Loney, Sidney Luxton (LNY878SL)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
Sources
- Harold Simpson (1939), "Sidney Luxton Loney", J. London Math. Soc., s1-14: 240, doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-14.3.240
- Higgins, E. C. (17 June 1939), "Prof. S. L. Loney", Nature, 143 (3633): 1011–1012, doi:10.1038/1431011a0
External links
- Plane Trigonometry, 1st Edition (1893) at the Internet Archive
- Plane Trigonometry, 2nd Edition (1895) at the Internet Archive
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