The Rapid Fitting of a Certain Class of Empirical Formulae by the Method of Least Squares (and) A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1927. Also in this booklet: A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree by Raymond T. Birge and John D. Shea. Good condition. Spine a little nicked. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Reprinted from University of California Publications in Mathematics, Volume 2; No. 4, pp. 55-66; and Volume 2; No. 5, pp. 67-118. Bound in the original gray wraps, stamped in black. This is the original 1927 edition -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. This volume was among several dozen books from Temple Rice Hollcroft's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Several of the books contain his ink stamp, signature, or a presentation inscription to him. Unfortunately, this volume does not have those signs of his ownership. [But please check our inventory for several others that do]. The American mathematician Temple Rice Hollcroft (1889 - 1967) received B.S. in 1912 and A.B. in 1914 from Hanover College and then A.M. in 1915 from the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. in 1917 from Cornell University under Virgil Snyder. Hollcroft was a mathematics professor at Wells College from 1918 to 1954, from which he retired as professor emeritus. Hollcroft served for 14 years as Associate Secretary of the American Mathematical Society. In 1932 in Zurich he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematician (ICM). His subject was THE GENERAL WEB OF SURFACES AND THE SPACE INVOLUTION DEFINED BY IT. Being invited to talk at the ICM has been called "the equivalent of induction to a hall of fame." - from Wikipedia. Softcover (stapled wraps). Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.…