G. N. Watson

25.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

G. N. Watson is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Algebra and Number Theory and Mathematical Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, G. N. Watson has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Geometry and Topology, 3 papers in Algebra and Number Theory and 2 papers in Mathematical Physics. Recurrent topics in G. N. Watson's work include Mathematics and Applications (5 papers), Advanced Mathematical Identities (3 papers) and Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations (1 paper). G. N. Watson is often cited by papers focused on Mathematics and Applications (5 papers), Advanced Mathematical Identities (3 papers) and Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations (1 paper). G. N. Watson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. G. N. Watson's co-authors include E. T. Whittaker, Chandrashekar Adiga and Bruce C. Berndt and has published in prestigious journals such as Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society and Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society.

In The Last Decade

G. N. Watson

12 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Course of Modern Analysis

1996 3.1k citations E. T. Whittaker, G. N. Watson Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G. N. Watson United Kingdom	6	805	779	621	615	579	13	3.2k
E. T. Whittaker United States	10	1.5k 1.8×	813 1.0×	583 0.9×	978 1.6×	731 1.3×	25	5.0k
Fritz Oberhettinger United States	16	788 1.0×	1.2k 1.5×	451 0.7×	1.5k 2.4×	229 0.4×	27	4.9k
Raj Pal Soni United States	9	639 0.8×	945 1.2×	340 0.5×	1.2k 2.0×	202 0.3×	21	3.6k
S. Sternberg United States	14	846 1.1×	654 0.8×	588 0.9×	199 0.3×	1.6k 2.8×	25	3.1k
Shlomo Sternberg United States	26	1.3k 1.6×	691 0.9×	743 1.2×	312 0.5×	1.6k 2.8×	70	3.9k
J. J. Duistermaat Netherlands	25	1.2k 1.5×	842 1.1×	332 0.5×	420 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	64	3.3k
Wolfgang Wasow United States	21	725 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	146 0.2×	622 1.0×	341 0.6×	49	5.1k
Daniel W. Lozier United States	10	661 0.8×	765 1.0×	206 0.3×	910 1.5×	220 0.4×	30	3.8k
Einar Hille United States	17	595 0.7×	1.6k 2.1×	219 0.4×	243 0.4×	751 1.3×	55	3.6k
Yudell L. Luke United States	16	382 0.5×	956 1.2×	239 0.4×	401 0.7×	120 0.2×	91	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by G. N. Watson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G. N. Watson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of G. N. Watson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of G. N. Watson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with G. N. Watson. G. N. Watson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Whittaker, E. T. & G. N. Watson. (1996). A Course of Modern Analysis. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3058 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adiga, Chandrashekar, et al.. (1985). Chapter 16 of Ramanujan’s second notebook: theta-functions and 𝑞-series. Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 53(315). 0–0. 67 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1962). A Proof of Kirkman's Hypothesis. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 13(2). 131–138. 5 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1959). 2871. A Quadruple Integral. The Mathematical Gazette. 43(346). 280–283. 5 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1959). A Note on Gamma Functions. 42. 7–9. 38 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1959). A Theorem on Continued Fractions. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 11(3). 167–174. 4 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1959). A Note on Gamma Functions. 42. 7–9. 2 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1956). A bilinear transformation. 40. 1–7. 5 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1956). Some Identities Associated with a Discriminant. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society. 10(3). 101–107. 3 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1955). 2559. A Pretty Series. (Note 2419.). The Mathematical Gazette. 39(330). 297–297.

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Watson, G. N.. (1955). Schur’s Inequality. The Mathematical Gazette. 39(329). 207–208. 1 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1954). A Reduction Formula. Proceedings of the Glasgow Mathematical Association. 2(2). 57–61. 3 indexed citations

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Watson, G. N.. (1952). Periodic Sigma Functions. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. s3-2(1). 129–149. 2 indexed citations

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