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词条 Webster Wells
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  1. History

  2. Textbooks

  3. Notes

  4. References

  5. External links

Webster Wells (4 September 1851 in Boston – 23 May 1916) was a United States mathematician known primarily for his authorship of a series of mathematical textbooks.

History

Wells graduated in 1873 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was an instructor from 1873 to 1880, and later became successively an assistant professor (1883), an associate professor (1885), and a full professor (1893-1911) of mathematics.

Textbooks

Wells' textbooks were used in many schools and colleges in the United States. Among the titles were:

  • Elementary Treatise on Logarithms (1878)
  • University Algebra (1878)
  • Plane and Spherical Trigonometry (1884)
  • Plane and Solid Geometry (1887)
  • Higher Algebra (1889)
  • College Algebra (1890)
  • Academic Arithmetic (1893)
  • Complete Trigonometry (1900)
  • New High School Algebra (1912)

Notes

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References

  • {{Cite NIE|wstitle=Wells, Webster|year=1905}}
  • {{Cite web|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/ACV1962.0001.001|title=New plane geometry|publisher=University of Michigan Library|author=Webster Wells|origyear=1909|year=2005|accessdate=4 March 2011}}

External links

  • {{Internet Archive author |sname=Webster Wells |birth=1851 |death=1916}}
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7 : 1851 births|1916 deaths|Mathematics educators|Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty|Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni|Writers from Massachusetts|People from Boston

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