Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize
The Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize is awarded every four years by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society to an outstanding young mathematician having a specified connection with Scotland. It is named after Sir Edmund Whittaker.
History[edit]
After the death of Sir Edmund Whittaker in 1956, his son John Macnaghten Whittaker donated on behalf of the Whittaker Family the sum of £500 to the Edinburgh Mathematical Society to establish a prize for mathematical work in memory of his father. As of 2009, the award money remains £500.[1]
Winners[edit]
- 2023 Jonathan Fraser (University of St Andrews)
- 2021 Ben Davison (University of Edinburgh)
- 2019 Michela Ottobre (Heriot-Watt University)
- 2016 Arend Bayer (University of Edinburgh)
- 2013 Stuart White (University of Glasgow)
- 2009 Agata Smoktunowicz (University of Edinburgh)[2]
- 2005 Tom Bridgeland (University of Sheffield)
- 2001 Michael McQuillan and J A Sherratt
- 1997 Alan D Rendall (Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik)
- 1993 Mitchell A. Berger and Alan W. Reid[3]
- 1989 A A Lacey and Michael Röckner
- 1985 John Mackintosh Howie
- 1981 John M. Ball (University of Oxford)
- 1977 Gavin Brown and C A Stuart
- 1973 A M Davie (University of Edinburgh)
- 1970 Derek J S Robinson (University of Illinois)
- 1965 John Bryce McLeod (University of Oxford)
- 1961 A G Mackie and Andrew H. Wallace
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Whittaker rules 2013". Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Whittaker Prize : EMS". Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Sir Edmund Whittaker Memorial Prize". Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 37 (2): 359–360. June 1994. doi:10.1017/S0013091500006131. ISSN 1464-3839.
External links[edit]
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "EMS Whittaker Prize", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Winners of the EMS Whittaker Prize", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews
- "Edinburgh Mathematical Society". Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Archived from the original on 14 July 2001. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- "Prizes". Edinburgh Mathematical Society. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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