Milton Abramowitz

Milton Abramowitz
Born(1915-02-13)February 13, 1915
Brooklyn, New York, US
DiedJuly 5, 1958(1958-07-05) (aged 43)
Washington, D.C., US
Academic background
EducationBrooklyn College
New York University
ThesisOn the Backflow of a Viscous Fluid in a Diverging Channel (1948)
Academic work
Notable worksA Handbook of Mathematical Functions (1964)

Milton Abramowitz (19 February 1915 – 5 July 1958) was an American mathematician at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) who, with Irene Stegun, edited a classic book of mathematical tables called Handbook of Mathematical Functions, widely known as "Abramowitz and Stegun".

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