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James A. Wilson

American mathematician

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James A. Wilson was an American mathematician.

James Arthur Wilson is a mathematician working on special functions and orthogonal polynomials who introduced Wilson polynomials, Askey–Wilson polynomials, and the Askey–Wilson beta integral.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison
Also known as
James Arthur Wilson

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American mathematician

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James A. Wilson was a mathematician.

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James A. Wilson was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: James A. Wilson

· Wikidata: Q6128319

· DBpedia: James A. Wilson

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