Ralph P. Boas Jr.

Ralph P. Boas Jr.
Born(1912-08-08)August 8, 1912
Walla Walla, Washington
DiedJuly 25, 1992(1992-07-25) (aged 79)
Seattle, Washington
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
AwardsLester R. Ford Award (1970, 1978)[1][2]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Duke University
Doctoral advisorDavid Widder
Doctoral studentsCreighton Buck
Philip J. Davis
Christopher Imoru
Dale Mugler

Ralph Philip Boas Jr. (August 8, 1912 – July 25, 1992) was a mathematician, teacher, and journal editor. He wrote over 200 papers, mainly in the fields of real and complex analysis.[3]

  1. ^ Boas, Ralph P. (1969). "Inequalities for the derivatives of polynomials". Mathematics Magazine. 42 (4): 165–174. doi:10.2307/2688534. JSTOR 2688534.
  2. ^ Boas, Ralph P. (1977). "Partial sums of infinite series, and how they grow". Amer. Math. Monthly. 84 (4): 237–258. doi:10.2307/2318865. JSTOR 2318865.
  3. ^ Gasper, George (1993), "In memoriam Ralph P. Boas Jr", Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 173: 1–2, doi:10.1006/jmaa.1993.1048.