Glaisher on the Inclusion of the Theory of Jacobian Elliptic Functions in Mathematics Curricula
I quote below excerpts from a Presidential Address delivered by J. W. L. Glaisher to the London Mathematical Society and published in its Proceedings in November 1886. He discusses the theory of Jacobian elliptic functions. "I have felt that, as one who has resided and lectured in Cambridge for the past fifteen years, the most appropriate subjects for my address would be those upon which my residence in tho University during an eventful period, or my experience as a lecturer, might to some extent qualify me to speak. Still, even when so restricted, I have found it no easy matter to decide upon the subjects to which I was most desirous of drawing your attention to-night. I should have liked to speak at length upon the theory of elliptic functions. For fourteen years I have lectured regularly, each year, upon this subject, and no lectures of mine have been of so much interest to me. I believe that the time is rapidly approaching when the elementary portions of the th...