Sheila Scott Macintyre
Sheila Scott Macintyre | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sheila Scott 23 April 1910 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 21 March 1960 (aged 49) Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | work on the Whittaker function |
| Spouse |
Archibald James Macintyre
(m. 1940) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mathematics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Some Problems in Interpolatory Function Theory (1947) |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Maitland Wright |
Sheila Scott Macintyre FRSE (23 April 1910 – 21 March 1960) was a Scottish mathematician best known for her work on the Whittaker constant. Macintyre is also known for co-authoring a German–English mathematics dictionary with Edith Witte.