标题： 麦卡莱恩少校的生平与工作 显示英文标题

标题： The life and work of Major Percy Alexander MacMahon

摘要： 我的论文描述了数学家珀西·亚历山大·麦克马洪（1854-1929）的生平和工作。 他在皇家炮兵团作为士兵的早期生活以及导致他开始从事数学研究和教学事业的事件在前两章中进行了阐述。 后续章节解释了他在不变量理论和分拆理论方面的工作，使他引起了英国数学界注意，并最终获得了皇家学会会士、伦敦数学学会主席以及三项享有盛誉的数学奖和四次荣誉博士学位。 追溯并讨论了他休闲数学工作的发展和重要性。 还描述了麦克马洪在商务部担任标准副看守官的公务员生涯。 在整个论文中，他参与英国科学促进协会和其他科学组织的情况得到了突出显示。 论文还探讨了麦克马洪的工作在当时受到极高评价，但为何没有像他的一些同时代人一样获得持久的声誉的可能原因。 包含了他个人和社会生活的细节，以展示麦克马洪作为一个努力在困难环境中取得成功的真正人物的形象。 显示英文摘要

摘要： My thesis describes the life and work of the mathematician Major Percy Alexander MacMahon (1854-1929). His early life as as a soldier in the Royal Artillery and the events which led to him embarking on a career in mathematical research and teaching are dealt with in the first two chapters. Succeeding chapters explain the work in invariant theory and partition theory which brought him to the attention of the British mathematical community and eventually resulted in a Fellowship of the Royal Society, the presidency of the London Mathematical Society, and the award of three prestigious mathematical medals and four honorary doctorates. The development and importance of his recreational mathematical work is traced and discussed. MacMahon's career in the Civil Service as Deputy Warden of the Standards at the Board of Trade is also described. Throughout the thesis, his involvement with the British Association for the Advancement of Science and other scientific organisations is highlighted. The thesis also examines possible reasons why MacMahon's work, held in very high regard at the time, did not lead to the lasting fame accorded to some of his contemporaries. Details of his personal and social life are included to give a picture of MacMahon as a real person working hard to succeed in a difficult context.