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Dunham Jackson

Dunham Jackson
Born (1888-07-24)24 July 1888
Died 6 November 1946(1946-11-06) (aged 58)
Nationality American
Fields mathematician
Notable awards Chauvenet Prize (1935)

Dunham Jackson (July 24, 1888 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts – November 6, 1946) was a mathematician who worked within approximation theory, notably with trigonometrical and orthogonal polynomials. He is known for Jackson's inequality. He was awarded the Chauvenet Prize in 1935. His book Fourier Series and Orthogonal Polynomials (dated 1941) was reprinted in 2004.


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