Celebratio Mathematica

Gilbert Ames Bliss

Students

Egbert J. Miles :The absolute minimum of a definite integral in a special field University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1910
Marion Ballantyne White :The dependence of the focal point on curvature in space problems of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1910
Lloyd Lyne Dines :The highest common factor of a system of polynomials, with an application to implicit functions University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1911
Charles Albert Fischer :A generalization of Volterra’s derivative of a function of a curve University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1913
William Vernon Lovitt :A type of singular points for a transformation of three variables University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1914
Gillie Aldah Larew :Necessary conditions for the problem of Mayer in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1916
Archibald Sherard Merrill :An isoperimetric problem with variable end points University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1916
David Melville Smith :Jacobi’s condition for the problem of Lagrange in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1916
Kenneth Worcester Lamson :A general Implicit Function Theorem, with an application to problems of relative minimum University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1917
Elizabeth Flora Le Sturgeon :Minima of functions of lines University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1917
William Pinkerton Ott :The general problem of the type of the brachistochrone with variable endpoints University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1917
Isaac Albert Barnett :Differential equations with a continuous infinitude of variables University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1918
Elbert Howard Clarke :On the minimum of the sum of a definite integral and a function of a point University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1922
Joel David Eshleman :The Lagrange problem in parametric form in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1922
Lawrence Murray Graves :The derivative as independent function in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1924
Jewell Constance Hughes :A problem in the Calculus of Variations in which one endpoint is variable on a one-parameter family of curves University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1924
James Henry Taylor :A generalization of Levi-Civita’s parallelism and the Frenet formulas University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1924
Harvey Alexander Simmons :The first and second variation of double integral for the case of variable limits University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1925
Irvine Rudsdale Pounder :A method of successive approximations for a partial differential equation of hyperbolic type University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1926
Marion Elizabeth Stark :A self-adjoint boundary-value problem associated with a problem of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1926
Frederic Richard Bamforth :A classification of boundary-value problems for a system of ordinary differential equations of the second order University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1927
Thomas Frederic Cope :An analogue of Jacobi’s condition for the problem of Mayer with variable end points University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1927
David Roy Davis :The inverse problem of the Calculus of Variations in higher space University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1927
Ernest Lloyd Mackie :The Jacobi condition for a problem of Mayer with variable end points University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1927
Arthur Owen Hickson :An application of the Calculus of Variations to boundary-value problems University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1928
Rosa Lea Jackson :The boundary-value problem of the second variation for parametric problems in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1928
Marie Mathilda Johnson :Tensors of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1928
Lincoln La Paz :An inverse problem of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1928
Harold Hardesty Downing :Absolute minima for space problems of the Calculus of Variations in parametric form University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1929
Moffatt Grier Boyce :An envelope theorem and necessary conditions for a problem of Mayer with variable end-points University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1930
William Larkin Duren, Jr. :The development of sufficient conditions in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1930
Aline Huke :An historical and critical study of the Fundamental Lemma in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1930
Edward James McShane :Semi-continuity in the Calculus of Variations, and absolute minima for isoperimetric problems University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1930
David Anton Frederick Robinson :Fourier expansions of pseudo doubly periodic functions with applications University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1930
Frank Lynwood Wren :A new theory of parametric problems in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1930
Max Coral :The Euler–Lagrange multiplier rule for double integrals University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1931
Ralph Grafton Sanger :Functions of lines and the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1931
Magnus Rudolph Hestenes :Sufficient conditions for the general problem of Mayer with variable end-points University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1932
Kuen-Sen Hu :The problem of Bolza and its accessory boundary-value problem University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1932
Albert William Raab :Jacobi’s condition for multiple integral problems of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1932
Julia Wells Bower :The problem of Lagrange with finite side conditions University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1933
Byron Cosby, II :Fields for multiple integrals in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1934
Irwin Earl Perlin :Sufficient conditions for a minimum in the problem of Lagrange with isoperimetric conditions University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1935
Ross Harvey Bardell :The inequalities of Morse for a parametric problem of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1936
Evelyn Prescott Wiggin :A boundary-value problem of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1936
Carl Herbert Denbow :A generalized form of the problem of Bolza University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1937
Alston Scott Householder :The dependence of a focal point upon curvature in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1937
Nathan Abraham Moscovitch :Studies of the inverse problem of the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1937
Frederick Albert Valentine :The problem of Lagrange with differential inequalities as added side conditions University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1937
Carroll Parker Brady :The minimum of a function of integrals in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1938
Mary Kenny Landers :The Hamilton–Jacobi theory for the problems of Bolza and Mayer University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1939
Aubrey Wilfred Landers, Jr. :Invariant multiple integrals in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1939
Edward Alfred Nordhaus :The problem of Bolza for double integrals in the Calculus of Variation University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1939
Ellen Clayton Stokes :Applications of the covariant derivative of Cartan in the Calculus of Variations University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1939