Oliver Heaviside
Oliver Heaviside FRS (; 18 May 1850 – 3 February 1925) was an English
self-taught mathematician and
physicist who invented a new technique for solving
differential equations (equivalent to the
Laplace transform), independently developed
vector calculus, and rewrote
Maxwell's equations in the form commonly used today. He significantly shaped the way Maxwell's equations are understood and applied in the decades following Maxwell's death. His formulation of the
telegrapher's equations became commercially important during his own lifetime, after their significance went unremarked for a long while, as few others were versed at the time in his novel methodology. Although at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside changed the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science.
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