John Irwin Hutchinson
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John Irwin Hutchinson was an American
mathematician
born in Bangor, Maine
He was educated at Bates College
, (A.B., 1889), Clark University
(1890–92), and the University of Chicago
(Ph. D., 1896). At Cornell University
he was instructor in mathematics from 1894 to 1902, assistant professor in 1903-09, and professor after 1910. He published reviews chiefly on hyperelliptic, theta, and automorphic functions, on algebraic surfaces, and on birational transformations. With Virgil Snyder he was coauthor of Differential and Integral Calculus (1902) and Elementary Treatise on the Calculus (1912).
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mathematician
Mathematician
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born in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
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He was educated at Bates College
Bates College
Bates College is a highly selective, private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, in the United States. and was most recently ranked 21st in the nation in the 2011 US News Best Liberal Arts Colleges rankings. The college was founded in 1855 by abolitionists...
, (A.B., 1889), Clark University
Clark University
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(1890–92), and the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
(Ph. D., 1896). At Cornell University
Cornell University
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he was instructor in mathematics from 1894 to 1902, assistant professor in 1903-09, and professor after 1910. He published reviews chiefly on hyperelliptic, theta, and automorphic functions, on algebraic surfaces, and on birational transformations. With Virgil Snyder he was coauthor of Differential and Integral Calculus (1902) and Elementary Treatise on the Calculus (1912).
Books
- Differential and integral calculus (New York, American Book Company, 1902)
- Elementary textbook on the calculus. (New York, American Book Company, 1912)
Obituaries
- Virgil Snyder John Irwin Hutchinson—In memoriam Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 42, 164, (1936).