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 | 5 September 1893 |
| Died | 23 October 1961 (aged 68) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Victoria University of Manchester London University University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Hypergeometric series |
| Thesis | (1931) |
| Doctoral advisor | Louis Joel Mordell |
| Doctoral students | Lucy Joan Slater |
References
edit- 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