Nathan Fine
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Nathan Jacob Fine was a mathematician
who worked on basic hypergeometric series
. He is best known for his lecture notes on the subject which for four decades served as an inspiration to experts in the field until they were finally published as a book. He solved the Jeep problem in 1946.
Nathan Fine retired in 1978 as a professor at Pennsylvania State University
. Prior to that he worked as a faculty at the University of Pennsylvania
and Cornell University
. For a brief period (1946–1947) he also worked at the Operations Evaluation Group, affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. Beside the book he published about 40 papers in several fields of mathematics.
Nathan Fine received his Ph.D. in 1946 from University of Pennsylvania
, where he was a student of Antoni Zygmund
.
He wrote the book Basic Hypergeometric Series and Applications ISBN 0-8218-1524-5.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who worked on basic hypergeometric series
Basic hypergeometric series
In mathematics, Heine's basic hypergeometric series, or hypergeometric q-series, are q-analog generalizations of generalized hypergeometric series, and are in turn generalized by elliptic hypergeometric series....
. He is best known for his lecture notes on the subject which for four decades served as an inspiration to experts in the field until they were finally published as a book. He solved the Jeep problem in 1946.
Nathan Fine retired in 1978 as a professor at Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...
. Prior to that he worked as a faculty at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. For a brief period (1946–1947) he also worked at the Operations Evaluation Group, affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. Beside the book he published about 40 papers in several fields of mathematics.
Nathan Fine received his Ph.D. in 1946 from University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, where he was a student of Antoni Zygmund
Antoni Zygmund
Antoni Zygmund was a Polish-born American mathematician.-Life:Born in Warsaw, Zygmund obtained his PhD from Warsaw University and became a professor at Stefan Batory University at Wilno...
.
He wrote the book Basic Hypergeometric Series and Applications ISBN 0-8218-1524-5.
External links
- "Nathan Fine 1916–1994" – biography article by George Andrews
- Fine's Equation – in MathWorldMathWorldMathWorld is an online mathematics reference work, created and largely written by Eric W. Weisstein. It is sponsored by and licensed to Wolfram Research, Inc. and was partially funded by the National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library grant to the University of Illinois at...
- "On Fine's Partition Theorems, Dyson, Andrews and Missed Opportunities" – popular article by Igor PakIgor PakIgor Pak is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, working in combinatorics and discrete probability...