Alfred Cardew Dixon (May 22, 1865 – May 4, 1936) was an English mathematician. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Dixon was born on May 22, 1865 in Northallerton, Yorkshire, England. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year He studied at the University of London and graduated with an MA. The University of London is a university based primarily in London, England, UK. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge in 1883 and graduated as Senior Wrangler in the Mathematical Tripos in 1886. Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. In 1888, Dixon was awarded the second Smith's prize, and also appointed a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He took the degree of Sc. D. at Cambridge University in 1897. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the He was Professor of Mathematics at Queen's College, Galway from 1893 to 1901. The National University of Ireland Galway ( NUI Galway) ( Irish Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh or OÉ Gaillimh) is a tertiary-level In 1901 he was appointed to the chair at Queen's University Belfast, which he held till 1930, receiving the title of Emeritus Professor on retirement.
Dixon was elected to the Royal Society in 1904 and after he retired from Queen's University Belfast, he served as president of the London Mathematical Society from 1931 until 1933. Queen's University Belfast is a university in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Queen's University Belfast conferred on him the honorary degree of D. Sc. in 1932.
Dixon was well-known for his work in differential equations. He did early work on Fredholm integrals independently of Fredholm. He worked both on ordinary differential equations and on partial differential equations studying abelian integrals, automorphic functions, and functional equations.
References
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F. , “Alfred Cardew Dixon”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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