Alfred Barnard Basset

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.

Alfred Barnard Basset
Born(1854-07-25)25 July 1854
London
Died5 December 1930(1930-12-05) (aged 76)
NationalityBritish
Alma materCambridge University
Known forBasset force
Basset–Boussinesq–Oseen equation
Basset integral
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Physics

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.

Books[1]
  • Alfred B. Basset (1888). A treatise on hydrodynamics: with numerous examples, Vol. 1. Deighton, Bell and Company.
  • Alfred B. Basset (1888). A treatise on hydrodynamics: with numerous examples, Vol. 2. Deighton, Bell and Company.
  • Alfred B. Basset (1890). An elementary treatise on hydrodynamics and sound. Deighton, Bell and Company.
  • Alfred B. Basset (1892). A treatise on physical optics. Deighton, Bell and Company.
  • Alfred B. Basset (1901). An elementary treatise on cubic and quartic curves. Deighton, Bell and Company.
  • Alfred B. Basset (1910). A treatise on the geometry of surfaces. Deighton, Bell and Company.
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References
  1. https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Basset%2C+Alfred+Barnard%2C+1854-1930%22
  • "Obituary Notices", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, 131 (818): i–xxv, 1931, JSTOR 95635
  • H. L. (1931), "Mr. A. B. Basset, F.R.S", Nature, 127 (3198): 244, Bibcode:1931Natur.127..244L, doi:10.1038/127244a0
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