Messenger of Mathematics

Messenger of Mathematics
Messenger of Mathematics  
Discipline Mathematics
Language English
Publication details
Publisher Macmillan and Co. (England)
Publication history 1871–1929
Indexing
OCLC number 2448539

The Messenger of Mathematics is a defunct mathematics journal.

The editor-in-chief was William Allen Whitworth with Charles Taylor[1] and volumes 1–58 were published between 1872 and 1929.[2] James Whitbread Lee Glaisher was the editor-in-chief after Whitworth.[3]

In the nineteen century, foreign contributions represented 4.7% of all pages of mathematics in the journal.[4]

History

The journal was originally titled Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin Messenger of Mathematics. It was supported by mathematics students, and conducted by a board of editors composed of members of the three universities. Volumes 1–5 were published between 1862 and 1871.[2]

It merged with The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics to form the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics.

References

  1. ^ J. O. Irwin (1967). "William Allen Whitworth and a Hundred Years of Probability". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General) 130 (2): pp. 147–176. doi:10.2307/2343399. JSTOR 2343399. 
  2. ^ a b "Journals: O". The Royal Society library collections. http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=2433. Retrieved 2007-06-13. 
  3. ^ Mary Croarken (2003). "Table making by committee: British table makers 1871–1965". In Martin Campbell-Kelly. The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets. Oxford University Press. pp. 253. ISBN 0198508417. 
  4. ^ Sloan Evans Despeaux (2002). "4. International Contributions to British Scientific Journals, 1800–1900". In Karen Hunger Parshall, Adrian Clifford Rice. Mathematics Unbound: The Evolution of an International Mathematical Research Community, 1800–1945. Providence, RI: AMS. pp. 76. ISBN 0-8218-2124-5. 

Further reading

  • Sloan Evans Despeaux (2007). "Launching mathematical research without a formal mandate: The role of university-affiliated journals in Britain, 1837–1870". Historia Mathematica 34 (1): 89. doi:10.1016/j.hm.2006.02.005. ISSN 0314-0860. 



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