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Wilfrid Norman Bailey

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Wilfrid N. Bailey
Born(1893-09-05)5 September 1893
Died23 October 1961(1961-10-23) (aged 68)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materVictoria University of Manchester
London University
University of Cambridge
Scientific career
FieldsHypergeometric series
Thesis (1931)
Doctoral advisorLouis Joel Mordell
Doctoral studentsLucy Joan Slater

Wilfrid Norman Bailey (born 5 September 1893, Consett, Durham; died 23 October 1961, Eastbourne) was a mathematician who introduced Bailey's lemma and Bailey pairs into the theory of basic hypergeometric series. Bailey chains and Bailey transforms are named after him.

References

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  • Slater, L. J. (1962), "Wilfrid Norman Bailey", Journal of the London Mathematical Society, Second Series, 37: 504–512, doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-37.1.504, ISSN 0024-6107, MR 0141583
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