David Widder

David Widder
Born	25 March 1898(1898-03-25) Harrisburg
Died	8 July 1990(1990-07-08) (aged 92)
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Harvard University
Alma mater	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	George D. Birkhoff
Doctoral students	Ralph P. Boas, Jr. Solomon W. Golomb Donald J. Newman Roger Pinkham Harry Pitt

David Vernon Widder (25 March 1898 – 8 July 1990) was an American mathematician. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1924 under George Birkhoff and went on to join the faculty there.

He was a co-founder of the Duke Mathematical Journal and the author of the textbook Advanced Calculus. He wrote also The Laplace transform, An introduction to transform theory, and The convolution transform ( co-author with I. I. Hirschman).

References

• A Century of Mathematics in America by Peter L. Duren and Richard Askey, American Mathematical Society, 1988, ISBN 0821801309.
• A History of the Second Fifty Years, American Mathematical Society 1939-1988 By Everett Pitcher, American Mathematical Society, 1988, ISBN 0821801252.

External links

• David Widder at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Date of birth	25 March 1898
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Date of death	8 July 1990
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