Dunham Jackson | |
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Born | 24 July 1888 |
Died | 6 November 1946 | (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.