Author:William Fleetwood Sheppard

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William Fleetwood Sheppard
(1863–1936)

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Australian-British civil servant, mathematician and statistician remembered for his work in finite differences, interpolation and statistical theory, known in particular for the eponymous "Sheppard’s corrections"

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "W. F. Sh."

Works

From Determinant to Tensor (1923)
"Algebra," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (except for Special Kinds of Algebra and History)
"Arithmetic," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Differences, Calculus of," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Interpolation," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Mensuration," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1936, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 87 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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Author:William Fleetwood Sheppard

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