Thomas Murray MacRobert
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Thomas Murray MacRobert was a Scottish
mathematician
. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow
and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalization of the generalized hypergeometric series.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalization of the generalized hypergeometric series.