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Peter Guthrie Tait

Peter Guthrie Tait FRSE (28 April 1831 – 4 July 1901) was a Scottish mathematical physicist and early pioneer in thermodynamics. He is best known for the mathematical physics textbook Treatise on Natural Philosophy, which he co-wrote with Lord Kelvin, and his early investigations into knot theory.

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Known for
Knot theory · Ménage problem · Snark · Tait conjectures · Tait equation
Education
University of Edinburgh · Peterhouse, Cambridge
Academic advisors
William Hopkins
Born
(1831-04-28)28 April 1831 Dalkeith, Scotland
Died
4 July 1901(1901-07-04) (aged 70) Edinburgh, Scotland
Fields
Mathematical physics

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Peter Guthrie Tait → Knot theory, Ménage problem, Snark, Tait conjectures, Tait equation, Tait–Bryan angles, Tait–Kneser theorem
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Peter Guthrie Tait → William Hopkins
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Peter Guthrie Tait → (1831-04-28)28 April 1831 Dalkeith, Scotland
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Peter Guthrie Tait → 4 July 1901(1901-07-04) (aged 70) Edinburgh, Scotland
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Peter Guthrie Tait → Mathematical physics

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