Edward J. McShane

Edward J. McShane
Born(1904-05-10)10 May 1904
New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Died1 June 1989(1989-06-01) (aged 85)
Charlottesville, Virginia, US
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
AwardsChauvenet Prize (1953)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorsGilbert Ames Bliss

Edward James McShane (May 10, 1904 – June 1, 1989) was an American mathematician noted for his advancements of the calculus of variations, integration theory, stochastic calculus, and exterior ballistics.[2][3][4][5] His name is associated with the McShane–Whitney extension theorem[6] and McShane integral. McShane was professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia,[2][4] president of the American Mathematical Society,[2][3][5] president of the Mathematical Association of America,[5] a member of the National Science Board[5] and a member of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[2][3][5][7]

  1. ^ McShane, E. J. (1952). "Partial Orderings and Moore-Smith Limits". Amer. Math. Monthly. 59 (1): 1–11. doi:10.2307/2307181. JSTOR 2307181.
  2. ^ a b c d National Academies Press: Biographical Memoirs: Edward James McShane, By Leonard D. Berkovitz and Wendell H. Fleming
  3. ^ a b c New York Times:Edward McShane, 85, Mathematician, Dies; June 06, 1989
  4. ^ a b New York Times:4 New Members Named To National Science Boards;July 17, 1962
  5. ^ a b c d e Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol 140, no. 4, Dec 1996, pp. 572–578
  6. ^ arXiv:1005.3727 Smoothness and smooth extensions; Generalization of MWK functions and gradually varied functions;Li Chen;Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Columbia University]
  7. ^ "E. J. McShane". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.