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Frank Smithies FRSE (10 March 1912 – 16 November 2002) was a British mathematician who worked on integral equations, functional analysis, and the history of mathematics. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1961. He was an alumnus and an academic of Cambridge University .
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Nov 16, 2002 · Quick Info. Born. 10 March 1912. Edinburgh, Scotland. Died. 16 November 2002. Cambridge, England. Summary. Frank Smithies was a Scottish mathematician who worked on integral equations, functional analysis, and the history of mathematics. View two larger pictures. Biography.
Frank Smithies FRSE (10 March 1912 – 16 November 2002) was a British mathematician who worked on integral equations, functional analysis, and the history of mathematics. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1961. He was an alumnus and an academic of Cambridge University. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close. Publications.
FRANK SMITHIES was once described by a leading American mathematician as "the father (or grandfather) of functional analysis in Great Britain". Throughout the second half of the 20 th century he fostered the development of modern mathematical analysis in Cambridge, running a weekly research seminar.
844 frank smithies 1912–2002 Mathematical work: integral equations and operator theory For Smithies, the years 1933–1940, two spent in Princeton and the rest in Cambridge, provided a fertile period for mathematical research. The most substantial papers [1, 2, 6, 7] are all concerned with the theory of linear integral equations.
Frank Smithies was born in Edinburgh, on 10 March 1912. His father, also Frank Smithies, and his mother, Mary (née Blakemore) had met through their involvement in the socialist movement. They had two children, Frank and his sister Violet, some four years younger. Type. Obituary.
Frank Smithies was a precocious child who was fortunate to be educated privately, and at no expense, by W. H. Roberts, a retired woollen manufacturer with a passion for education. As a result he ...
