Alfred George Greenhill

Sir Alfred George Greenhill, MA, FRS (November 29, 1847, London — February 10, 1927, London) was a British mathematician. He was professor of mathematics at The Artillery College, Woolwich, England. His textbook on applications of elliptic functions is of acknowledged excellence.

Textbooks

* A. G. Greenhill "Differential and integral calculus, with applications" ( London, MacMillan, 1886) [http://www.archive.org/details/differentialinte00greeuoft archive.org]
* A. G. Greenhill, "The applications of elliptic functions" (MacMillan & Co, New York, 1892). [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=umhistmath;idno=ACQ7072 University of Michigan Historical Mathematical Collection.]
* A. G. Greenhill, "A treatise on hydrostatics" (MacMillan, London, 1894) [http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseonhydros00greeuoft archive.org]
* A. G. Greenhill "The dynamics of mechanical flight" (Constable, London, 1912) [http://www.archive.org/details/dynamicsofmechan00greerich archive.org]

External links

* Alfred George Greenhill. [http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Greenhill.html The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive]