Sir_Edmund_Whittaker_Memorial_Prize

Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize

Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize

Award of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society

The Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize is awarded every four years by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society to an outstanding young mathematician having a specified connection with Scotland. It is named after Sir Edmund Whittaker.

History

After the death of Sir Edmund Whittaker in 1956, his son John Macnaghten Whittaker donated on behalf of the Whittaker Family the sum of £500 to the Edinburgh Mathematical Society to establish a prize for mathematical work in memory of his father. As of 2009, the award money remains £500.[1]

Winners

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Whittaker rules 2013". Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Whittaker Prize : EMS". Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 37 (2): 359–360. June 1994. doi:10.1017/S0013091500006131. ISSN 1464-3839.


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