# Lucy Joan Slater

British mathematician (1922-2008)

Lucy Joan Slater (5 January 1922 – 6 June 2008) was a British mathematician who studied mathematical functions. Many mathematical identities have been named after her.[1][2] For example, there is the Jackson-Slater identity[3] and the Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater identity.[4][5][6][7] She is also known for her books about special functions[8][9] and Fortran.[10][11][12]

## References

1. Andrews, G. E., Knopfmacher, A., Paule, P., & Prodinger, H. (2001). ${\displaystyle q}$ -Engel series expansions and Slater's identities. Quaestiones Mathematicae, 24(3), 403-416.
2. Hikami, K., & Kirillov, A. (2006). Hypergeometric generating function of 𝐿-function, Slater’s identities, and quantum invariant. St. Petersburg Mathematical Journal, 17(1), 143-156.
3. Weisstein, Eric W. "Jackson-Slater Identity." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Jackson-SlaterIdentity.html
4. Mc Laughlin, J., Sills, A. V., & Zimmer, P. (2008). Rogers-Ramanujan-Slater Type Identities. the electronic journal of combinatorics, 1000, 15-31.
5. Sills, A. V. (2007). Identities of the Rogers–Ramanujan–Slater type. International Journal of Number Theory, 3(02), 293-323.
6. McLaughlin, J., & Sills, A. V. (2008). Ramanujan–Slater type identities related to the moduli 18 and 24. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 344(2), 765-777.
7. McLaughlin, J., & Sills, A. V. (2008). Combinatorics of Ramanujan-Slater type identities. In Combinatorial Number Theory: Proceedings of the Integers Conference 2007' (p. 125).
8. Slater, Lucy Joan (1960), Confluent hypergeometric functions, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
9. Slater, Lucy Joan (1966), Generalized hypergeometric functions, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
10. Fortran programs for economists, Cambridge University Press, 1967
11. First steps in basic Fortran, London: Chapman & Hall, 1971
12. More Fortran programs for economists, Cambridge University Press, 1972