William J. Ellison Explained

William John Ellison (1943 - 16 March 2022^[1]) was a British mathematician who worked on number theory.

Ellison studied at the University of Cambridge, where he earned his bachelor's degree and then, after spending the academic year 1969/70 at the University of Michigan, his PhD in 1970 under John Cassels with thesis Waring's and Hilbert's 17th Problems. Subsequently, he became a postdoc at the University of Bordeaux. In 1972 he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize and a Lester Randolph Ford Award for his article "Waring's Problem“,^[2] an exposition of Waring's problem

Selected works

• with Fern Ellison: Prime Numbers (Les nombres premiers, 1975). Wiley, New York 1985,
• with Fern Ellison: Zahlentheorie In: Jean Dieudonné (ed.): Geschichte der Mathematik 1700 bis 1900 (Abrege d'histoire des mathematiques 1700–1900, 1978). Vieweg, Braunschweig 1985, online at archive.org, pp. 171–358,

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hommage à William Ellison – wikipédien de la Cubale bordelaise. Sarah Krichen. CéCédille. 9 July 2022. wikimedia.fr. Wikimédia France. 12 July 2022. fr.
2. Ellison, W. J.. Waring's problem. Amer. Math. Monthly. 78. 1971. 1. 10–36. 10.2307/2317482. 2317482.