About Alfred Barnard Basset
Lived 1854 – 1930 (aged 76). Alfred Barnard Basset was a British mathematician, physicist, barrister and conveyancer, known for Basset force, Basset integral and Basset–Boussinesq–Oseen equation.
Alfred Barnard Basset FRS (25 July 1854 – 5 December 1930) was a British mathematician working on algebraic geometry, electrodynamics and hydrodynamics. In fluid dynamics, the Basset force—also known as the Boussinesq–Basset force—describes history effects on the force experienced by a body in unsteady motion (relative to a viscous fluid). He also worked on Bessel functions: the term Basset function was at one time used for modified Bessel functions of the second kind but is now obsolete.
Biography Basset graduated B.A. from Trinity college, Cambridge in 1877 as 13th wrangler and finished his M.A. in 1881. He started his career in law, but soon abandoned it to continue his mathematical research. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1889.
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Who was Alfred Barnard Basset?
British mathematician
When was Alfred Barnard Basset born?
Alfred Barnard Basset was born on 25 July 1854 in London.
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Alfred Barnard Basset died on 5 December 1930 in Holyport.
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Alfred Barnard Basset was a mathematician, physicist, barrister and conveyancer.
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Alfred Barnard Basset was known for Basset force, Basset integral and Basset–Boussinesq–Oseen equation.
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Alfred Barnard Basset was British.
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