George Chrystal

George Chrystal ( born March 8, 1851 in Oldmeldrum, † November 3, 1911 in Edinburgh) was a Scottish mathematician

The family moved Chrystal end of 1862 to Aberdeen, where the Chrystal Aberdeen Grammar School visited. From 1871, he studied mathematics and natural philosophy at Aberdeen, was awarded as the best student and won a scholarship to Peterhouse at Cambridge University. There he received his doctorate in 1875 at James Clerk Maxwell, then taught for two years mathematics and physics and worked at the Maxwell experimental verification of Ohm's law. Since 1877 he had held the chair of mathematics at University of St Andrews. In St Andrews he created article for the Encyclopaedia Britannica on topics related to electrical theory. 1879 Chrystal moved to Edinburgh University, where he remained until the end of his career.

Chrystal 's mathematical publications cover many topics, including the non-Euclidean geometry, determinants, conic sections, optics and differential equations. In addition, he wrote a famous book on algebra ( Algebra. An Elementary Text -Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools and for Colleges, ISBN 0-8218-1648-9 ).

George Chrystal was elected in 1880 to the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was an honorary member of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, in whose development he was a major player. For his hydrological studies on the lochs Earn, Tay and Lubnaig he was awarded the Gunning Victoria Award of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The royal confirmation to the award of the Royal Medal of the Royal Society met only a two hours after his death.

Joseph Wedderburn was his pupil.

Swell

  • George Chrystal in Mathematics Genealogy Project ( English)
  • JJ O'Connor, EF Robertson: John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson: George Chrystal. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive (English)
  • Mathematicians ( 20th century)
  • University teachers (St. Andrews )
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Briton
  • Scotsman
  • Born in 1851
  • Died in 1911
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