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William Trail (23 June 1746 – 3 February 1831) was a mathematician from Scotland in the 18th century, known by his text books. == Life and work == Trail was the son of William Trail (1712–1756) minister of St Monance, Fife; his parents died both in 1756. In 1759, he entered in Marischal College (Aberdeen) and in 1763 he moved to university of Glasgow where he studied under Robert Simson and graduated M.A. in 1766.〔, page 192〕 In 1766 he was successful to obtain the chair of mathematics in Marischal College (in competence with John Playfair and Robert Hamilton).〔, page 86〕 In 1770 he published ''Elements of Algebra for the use of Students in Universities'' which was his most famous opera and became a very popular book.〔 In 1779 he resigned the professorship, obtaining a place in the Church of Ireland and playing his religious duties for the following fifty years.〔, pages 86–87〕 Trail is also well known by a biography of Robert Simson published in 1812;〔, page 270〕 as biography it is not well-regarded, though it does give a lot of first-hand information about Simson and his geometrical studies.〔, page 87〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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