Ronald Ross and Hilda Hudson: a surprising collaboration on the mathematical theory of epidemics

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• June Barrow-Green (The Open University)
• Monday 08 April 2024, 15:30-16:30
• Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

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In 1916 the physician Ronald Ross published the first of three papers on the mathematical study of epidemiology or, as he called it, ‘pathometry’.  The second and third of these papers appeared the following year co-authored with the mathematician Hilda Hudson.   At the time Hudson, who had ranked equivalent to the 7th wrangler in the 1903 Cambridge Mathematical Tripos, was well known for her work on Cremona Transformations.  So how and why did Hudson, a geometer, end up collaborating with Ross on the theory of epidemics? And what role did she play?  In my talk I shall discuss the nature and extent of their collaboration, as well as the genesis, content, and significance of their work.

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