Wilfrid Norman Bailey

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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.

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

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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