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'''Thomas Joseph Osler''' (April 26, 1940 – March 26, 2023) was an American mathematician, national champion [[distance runner]], and author.
==Mathematics==
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In mathematics, Osler is known for his work on [[fractional calculus]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yang | first1 = Xiao-Jun | last2 = Gao | first2 = Feng | last3 = Ju | first3 = Yang | contribution = Section 2.3: Osler fractional calculus | contribution-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vQrbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 | isbn = 9780128172094 | pages = 107–111 | publisher = Academic Press | title = General Fractional Derivatives with Applications in Viscoelasticity | year = 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Almeida | first = Ricardo | doi = 10.1216/RMJ-2019-49-8-2459 | issue = 8 | journal = The Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics | mr = 4058333 | pages = 2459–2493 | title = Further properties of Osler's generalized fractional integrals and derivatives with respect to another function | volume = 49 | year = 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Nishimoto | first = Katsuyuki | journal = Journal of the College of Engineering of Nihon University, Series B | mr = 486359 | pages = 9–13 | title = Osler's cut and Nishimoto's cut | volume = 18 | year = 1977}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
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Born and raised in [[Camden, New Jersey]], Osler graduated from [[Camden High School (New Jersey)|Camden High School]] in 1957 and then studied physics at [[Drexel University]], graduating in 1962.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://today.rowan.edu/news/2009/09/it-all-adds-running-teaching-and-math.html | title = It All Adds Up: Running, teaching and math | work = Rowan Today | publisher = Rowan University | date = September 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Like a Cat Chases Mice|last=Englehart|first=Richard|year=September 2008|magazine=Marathon & Beyond}}</ref> He completed his PhD at the [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] of [[New York University]],<ref name=rowan/> in 1970. His dissertation, ''Leibniz Rule, the Chain Rule, and Taylor's Theorem for Fractional Derivatives'', was supervised by Samuel Karp.<ref>{{mathgenealogy|id=33798}}</ref> He taught at [[Saint Joseph's University]] and the [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]<ref name=oslerfest/> before joining the mathematics department at [[Rowan University]] in [[New Jersey]] in 1972;<ref name=today2>{{cite web | url = https://today.rowan.edu/news/2009/04/osler-honored-distinguished-teaching-mathematical-association-america.html | title = Osler honored for distinguished teaching by Mathematical Association of America | work = Rowan Today | publisher = Rowan University | date = April 17, 2009}}</ref> he is a full professor at Rowan University.<ref name=rowan>{{cite web |title=Tom Osler, PhD |work=Faculty and Staff|publisher=Rowan University Mathematics Department|url=https://csm.rowan.edu/departments/math/facultystaff/math_full_part/osler.html |access-date=November 22, 2020}}</ref>
Born in 1940 in [[Camden, New Jersey]],<ref name="runencyc">{{cite book|chapter="Tom Osler"|title=Running Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/runningencyclope00rich/|last1=Benyo|first1=Richard|last2=Henderson|first2=Joe|publisher=Human Kinetics|isbn= 0736037349 |year=2002}}</ref> Osler was a graduate of [[Camden High School (New Jersey)|Camden High School]] in 1957 and then studied physics at [[Drexel University]], graduating in 1962.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://today.rowan.edu/news/2009/09/it-all-adds-running-teaching-and-math.html | title = It All Adds Up: Running, teaching and math | work = Rowan Today | publisher = Rowan University | date = September 16, 2009}}</ref><ref name="marathbeyond">{{cite magazine|title=Like a Cat Chases Mice|last=Englehart|first=Richard|date=September 2008|magazine=Marathon & Beyond}}</ref> He completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] at the [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] of [[New York University]],<ref name=rowan/> in 1970. His dissertation, ''Leibniz Rule, the Chain Rule, and Taylor's Theorem for Fractional Derivatives'', was supervised by Samuel Karp.<ref>{{mathgenealogy|id=33798}}</ref>


==Career==
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In 2009 the New Jersey Section of the [[Mathematical Association of America]] gave him their Distinguished Teaching Award.<ref name=SJTimes>{{cite news | title = Running Man | date = May 7, 2009 | url = https://www.nj.com/southjerseylife/2009/05/running_man.html | first = Bob | last = Shryock | newspaper = South Jersey Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/Archives.html | title = New Jersey Section Archives | publisher = Mathematical Association of America | accessdate = 2020-11-23}}</ref> A mathematics conference was held at Rowan University in honor of his 70th birthday in 2010.<ref name=oslerfest>{{cite web | url = https://today.rowan.edu/news/2010/04/oslerfest-prominent-mathematicians-pay-tribute-legendary-rowan-prof.html | title = Oslerfest: Prominent mathematicians to pay tribute to legendary Rowan prof | work = Rowan Today | publisher = Rowan University | date = April 12, 2010}}</ref>
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Osler taught at [[Saint Joseph's University]] and the [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]]<ref name=oslerfest/> before joining the mathematics department at [[Rowan University]] in [[New Jersey]] in 1972;<ref name=today2>{{cite web | url = https://today.rowan.edu/news/2009/04/osler-honored-distinguished-teaching-mathematical-association-america.html | title = Osler honored for distinguished teaching by Mathematical Association of America | work = Rowan Today | publisher = Rowan University | date = April 17, 2009}}</ref> he was a full professor at Rowan University until his death.<ref name=rowan>{{cite web |title=Tom Osler, PhD |work=Faculty and Staff|publisher=Rowan University Mathematics Department|url=https://csm.rowan.edu/departments/math/facultystaff/math_full_part/osler.html |access-date=March 27, 2023}}</ref>


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In mathematics, Osler is best known for his work on [[fractional calculus]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Yang | first1 = Xiao-Jun | last2 = Gao | first2 = Feng | last3 = Ju | first3 = Yang | contribution = Section 2.3: Osler fractional calculus | contribution-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vQrbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 | isbn = 9780128172094 | pages = 107–111 | publisher = Academic Press | title = General Fractional Derivatives with Applications in Viscoelasticity | year = 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Almeida | first = Ricardo | doi = 10.1216/RMJ-2019-49-8-2459 | issue = 8 | journal = The Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics | mr = 4058333 | pages = 2459–2493 | title = Further properties of Osler's generalized fractional integrals and derivatives with respect to another function | volume = 49 | year = 2019| hdl = 10773/27488 | s2cid = 214139065 | hdl-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last = Nishimoto | first = Katsuyuki | journal = Journal of the College of Engineering of Nihon University, Series B | mr = 486359 | pages = 9–13 | title = Osler's cut and Nishimoto's cut | volume = 18 | year = 1977}}</ref> He also gave a series of product formulas for <math>\pi</math> that interpolate between the formula of [[Viète's formula|Viète]] and that of [[Wallis product|Wallis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Arndt |first1=Jörg |last2=Haenel |first2=Christoph |title=π Unleashed |date=2001 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MMMPBwAAQBAJ|location=Berlin Heidelberg New York |isbn=3-540-66572-2 |pages=160–162 |chapter=12.8 Viète ✕ Wallis = Osler}}</ref>
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==Running==
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Osler has won three national [[Amateur Athletic Union]] championships at 25&nbsp;km (1965), 30&nbsp;km and 50&nbsp;mi (1967).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hmrrc.com/View/PDFs/EventHistorys/natchamp.htm |title=United States Champions (with Local Connections)|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2020}} Osler won the 1965 [[Philadelphia Marathon]], finishing the race in freezing-cold weather in a time of 2:34:07.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145003396/ "Osler Captures Phila. Marathon"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 27, 1965. Accessed November 24, 2020. "Philadelphia - Tom Osler of the South Jersey Track Club, 25-year-old New York University graduate student from Camden, N.J., scored an easy victory in the Ruthrauff Marathon race yesterday through Fairmount Park. Osier braved sub-freezing temperatures and stiff winds to cover the 26 miles, 385 yards in two hours, 34 minutes and seven seconds."</ref> In the course of his career has won races of nearly every length from one mile to 100 miles.{{cn|date=November 2020}}


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In 2009, the New Jersey Section of the [[Mathematical Association of America]] gave him their Distinguished Teaching Award.<ref name=SJTimes>{{cite news | title = Running Man | date = May 7, 2009 | url = https://www.nj.com/southjerseylife/2009/05/running_man.html | first = Bob | last = Shryock | newspaper = South Jersey Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/Archives.html | title = New Jersey Section Archives | publisher = Mathematical Association of America | accessdate = November 23, 2020}}</ref> A mathematics conference was held at Rowan University in honor of his 70th birthday in 2010.<ref name=oslerfest>{{cite web | url = https://today.rowan.edu/news/2010/04/oslerfest-prominent-mathematicians-pay-tribute-legendary-rowan-prof.html | title = Oslerfest: Prominent mathematicians to pay tribute to legendary Rowan prof | work = Rowan Today | publisher = Rowan University | date = April 12, 2010}}</ref>
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Osler was involved in the creation of the [[Road Runners Club of America]] with Olympian [[Browning Ross]]; together they were elected as co-secretaries in 1959<ref name="rrcahistory">{{cite web |title=History of Road Runners Club of America |url=https://www.rrca.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/rrca_detailed_history_from_handbook.pdf |publisher=Road Runners Club of America|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref> and were among the four first official elected officers of the newly formed club.<ref>{{cite web |title=50th Anniversary Report|publisher=Road Runners Club of America |url=https://issuu.com/rrcaexecdir/docs/50th_anniversary_report_pt_1|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref> He served on the Amateur Athletic Union Standards Committee in 1979.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pertinent Trivia |journal=Measurement News |date=March 1988 |issue=88 |page=14 |url=https://runscore.com/coursemeasurement/MeasurementNews/088_98a.pdf}}</ref>

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===Running===
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Osler won three national [[Amateur Athletic Union]] championships at 25&nbsp;km (1965), 30&nbsp;km and 50&nbsp;mi (1967).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hmrrc.com/View/PDFs/EventHistorys/natchamp.htm |title=United States Champions (with Local Connections)|access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/usa2.htm United States Championships (Men)]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2020.</ref> Osler won the 1965 [[Philadelphia Marathon]], finishing the race in freezing-cold weather in a time of 2:34:07.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/145003396/ "Osler Captures Phila. Marathon"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 27, 1965. Accessed November 24, 2020. "Philadelphia – Tom Osler of the South Jersey Track Club, 25-year-old New York University graduate student from Camden, N.J., scored an easy victory in the Ruthrauff Marathon race yesterday through Fairmount Park. Osier braved sub-freezing temperatures and stiff winds to cover the 26 miles, 385 yards in two hours, 34 minutes and seven seconds."</ref>
[[File:Tom Osler at Fort Meade 50 mile track race (August 9 1975), later in race (solo profile shot).jpg|thumb|Osler during 50-mile track race at Fort Meade in 1975]]

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Osler was involved in the creation of the [[Road Runners Club of America]] with Olympian [[Browning Ross]]; together they were elected as co-secretaries in 1959<ref name="rrcahistory">{{cite web |title=History of Road Runners Club of America |url=https://www.rrca.org/docs/default-source/default-document-library/rrca_detailed_history_from_handbook.pdf |publisher=Road Runners Club of America|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref> and were among the four first official elected officers of the newly formed club.<ref>{{cite web |title=50th Anniversary Report|date=December 15, 2011 |publisher=Road Runners Club of America |url=https://issuu.com/rrcaexecdir/docs/50th_anniversary_report_pt_1|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref> He served on the Amateur Athletic Union Standards Committee in 1979.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Pertinent Trivia |journal=Measurement News |date=March 1988 |issue=88 |page=14 |url=https://runscore.com/coursemeasurement/MeasurementNews/088_98a.pdf}}</ref> He has been credited with helping to popularize the idea of [[long slow distance|walk breaks]] among US [[marathon]] runners.<ref name="runencyc"/><ref name="marathbeyond"/>


In 1980, Osler was inducted into the [[Road Runners Club of America]] Hall of fame.<ref name="rrcahistory"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rrcahistory.org/rrcahistory/rrcaawardwinners.html|title=Distance Running History|publisher=Road Runner's Club of America|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>
In 1980, Osler was inducted into the [[Road Runners Club of America]] Hall of fame.<ref name="rrcahistory"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rrcahistory.org/rrcahistory/rrcaawardwinners.html|title=Distance Running History|publisher=Road Runner's Club of America|accessdate=November 24, 2020}}</ref>


===Running publications===
===Running publications===
Osler is the author of several books and booklets on running:
Osler was the author of several books and booklets on running:
*''Guide to Long Distance Running'' (a 20 page booklet coauthored with Edward Dodd) was published in 1965 by the South Jersey Track Club.<ref name=morrison>{{cite thesis|type=Master's thesis|last=Morison|first=Ray Leon|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED147271.pdf|via=[[Education Resources Information Center]]|publisher=San Jose State University|title=An Annotated Bibliography of Track and Field Books Published in the United States Between 1960–1974|date=June 1975|pages=23, 33}}</ref>
*''Guide to Long Distance Running'' (a 20-page booklet coauthored with Edward Dodd) was published in 1965 by the South Jersey Track Club.<ref name=morison>{{cite thesis|type=Master's thesis|last=Morison|first=Ray Leon|url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED147271.pdf|via=[[Education Resources Information Center]]|publisher=San Jose State University|title=An Annotated Bibliography of Track and Field Books Published in the United States Between 1960–1974|date=June 1975|pages=23, 33}}</ref>
*''The Conditioning of Distance Runners'' (a 29-page self-published booklet from 1967)<ref name=morrison/> was reprinted in 1984–1985 in ''[[Runner's World]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |title=The Conditioning of Distance Runners (part 1) |journal=Runner's World |date=December 1984 |pages=52—57, 87}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |title=The Conditioning of Distance Runners (part 2) |journal=Runner's World |date=January 1985 |pages=44—47, 80}}</ref> and reprinted with a new foreword by [[Amby Burfoot]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Thomas J. |title=The Conditioning of Distance Runners | url=https://books.google.si/books?id=oOK_DwAAQBAJ |date=1967 |publisher=Y42K Publishing |isbn=9781710036725 |edition=2019}}</ref>
*''The Conditioning of Distance Runners'' (a 29-page booklet) was published in 1967 by the ''[[Long Distance Log]]''.<ref name="runencyc"/><ref name="marathbeyond"/><ref name=morison/> It was reprinted in 1984–1985 in ''[[Runner's World]]'' magazine<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |title=The Conditioning of Distance Runners (part 1) |journal=Runner's World |date=December 1984 |pages=52–57, 87}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |title=The Conditioning of Distance Runners (part 2) |journal=Runner's World |date=January 1985 |pages=44–47, 80}}</ref> and reprinted with a new foreword by [[Amby Burfoot]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Thomas J. |title=The Conditioning of Distance Runners | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oOK_DwAAQBAJ |date=1967 |publisher=Y42K Publishing |isbn=9781710036725 |edition=2019}}</ref>
*''Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of your Running Questions'' (187 pages) was published by World Publications in 1978.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |title=Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of Your Running Questions |date=1978 |publisher=World Publications, Inc |location=Mountain View, California, USA |isbn=0-89037-126-1}} Briefly reviewed in {{cite magazine|magazine=The Marine Corps Gazette|title=Books|date=1978|at=pp. 57–60; see in particular [https://books.google.com/books?id=R3VNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA21-PA59 p. 59]}}</ref>
*''Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of your Running Questions'' (187 pages) was published by World Publications in 1978.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |title=Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of Your Running Questions |date=1978 |publisher=World Publications, Inc |location=Mountain View, California, USA |isbn=0-89037-126-1}} Briefly reviewed in {{cite magazine|magazine=The Marine Corps Gazette|title=Books|date=1978|at=pp. 57–60; see in particular [https://books.google.com/books?id=R3VNAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA21-PA59 p. 59]}}</ref>
*''Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge'' (299 pages, coauthored with Edward Dodd) was also published by World Publications, in 1979.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |last2=Dodd |first2=Ed |title=Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge |date=1979 |publisher=World Publications, Inc |location=Mountain View, California, USA |isbn=0-89037-169-5}} See also {{cite magazine|quote=The book ''Ultramarathoning'' by Tom Osler and Ed Dodd had a shelf life of about 2 years, with 6,000 copies printed before the publisher (World Publications) discontinued it.|magazine=UltraRunning Magazine|title=Ultramarathoning—A Dying Sport|date=September 1983|first=Sally|last=Edwards|url=https://ultrarunning.com/featured/ultramarathoning-a-dying-sport/}}</ref>
*''Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge'' (299 pages, coauthored with Edward Dodd) was also published by World Publications, in 1979.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osler |first1=Tom |last2=Dodd |first2=Ed |title=Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge |date=1979 |publisher=World Publications, Inc |location=Mountain View, California, USA |isbn=0-89037-169-5}} See also {{cite magazine|quote=The book ''Ultramarathoning'' by Tom Osler and Ed Dodd had a shelf life of about 2 years, with 6,000 copies printed before the publisher (World Publications) discontinued it.|magazine=UltraRunning Magazine|title=Ultramarathoning—A Dying Sport|date=September 1983|first=Sally|last=Edwards|url=https://ultrarunning.com/featured/ultramarathoning-a-dying-sport/}}</ref>


==Personal==
==Personal life and death==
Osler has been a resident of [[Glassboro, New Jersey]].<ref name=SJTimes/>
Osler was a resident of [[Glassboro, New Jersey]].<ref name=SJTimes/>

Osler died on March 26, 2023, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/southjerseytimes/name/thomas-osler-obituary?id=51490540|title=Thomas J. Osler|date=March 27, 2023|access-date=March 27, 2023|work=South Jersey Times|via=Legacy.com}}</ref>


==References==
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Thomas J. Osler
Osler at whiteboard in 2020
Born(1940-04-26)April 26, 1940
Camden, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedMarch 26, 2023(2023-03-26) (aged 82)
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsRowan University

Thomas Joseph Osler (April 26, 1940 – March 26, 2023) was an American mathematician, national champion distance runner, and author.

Early life and education

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Born in 1940 in Camden, New Jersey,[1] Osler was a graduate of Camden High School in 1957 and then studied physics at Drexel University, graduating in 1962.[2][3] He completed his PhD at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University,[4] in 1970. His dissertation, Leibniz Rule, the Chain Rule, and Taylor's Theorem for Fractional Derivatives, was supervised by Samuel Karp.[5]

Career

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Osler taught at Saint Joseph's University and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute[6] before joining the mathematics department at Rowan University in New Jersey in 1972;[7] he was a full professor at Rowan University until his death.[4]

In mathematics, Osler is best known for his work on fractional calculus.[8][9][10] He also gave a series of product formulas for that interpolate between the formula of Viète and that of Wallis.[11]

In 2009, the New Jersey Section of the Mathematical Association of America gave him their Distinguished Teaching Award.[12][13] A mathematics conference was held at Rowan University in honor of his 70th birthday in 2010.[6]

Running

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Osler won three national Amateur Athletic Union championships at 25 km (1965), 30 km and 50 mi (1967).[14][15] Osler won the 1965 Philadelphia Marathon, finishing the race in freezing-cold weather in a time of 2:34:07.[16]

Osler during 50-mile track race at Fort Meade in 1975

Osler was involved in the creation of the Road Runners Club of America with Olympian Browning Ross; together they were elected as co-secretaries in 1959[17] and were among the four first official elected officers of the newly formed club.[18] He served on the Amateur Athletic Union Standards Committee in 1979.[19] He has been credited with helping to popularize the idea of walk breaks among US marathon runners.[1][3]

In 1980, Osler was inducted into the Road Runners Club of America Hall of fame.[17][20]

Running publications

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Osler was the author of several books and booklets on running:

  • Guide to Long Distance Running (a 20-page booklet coauthored with Edward Dodd) was published in 1965 by the South Jersey Track Club.[21]
  • The Conditioning of Distance Runners (a 29-page booklet) was published in 1967 by the Long Distance Log.[1][3][21] It was reprinted in 1984–1985 in Runner's World magazine[22][23] and reprinted with a new foreword by Amby Burfoot in 2019.[24]
  • Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of your Running Questions (187 pages) was published by World Publications in 1978.[25]
  • Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge (299 pages, coauthored with Edward Dodd) was also published by World Publications, in 1979.[26]

Personal life and death

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Osler was a resident of Glassboro, New Jersey.[12]

Osler died on March 26, 2023, at the age of 82.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). ""Tom Osler"". Running Encyclopedia. Human Kinetics. ISBN 0736037349.
  2. ^ "It All Adds Up: Running, teaching and math". Rowan Today. Rowan University. September 16, 2009.
  3. ^ a b c Englehart, Richard (September 2008). "Like a Cat Chases Mice". Marathon & Beyond.
  4. ^ a b "Tom Osler, PhD". Faculty and Staff. Rowan University Mathematics Department. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. ^ Thomas J. Osler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ^ a b "Oslerfest: Prominent mathematicians to pay tribute to legendary Rowan prof". Rowan Today. Rowan University. April 12, 2010.
  7. ^ "Osler honored for distinguished teaching by Mathematical Association of America". Rowan Today. Rowan University. April 17, 2009.
  8. ^ Yang, Xiao-Jun; Gao, Feng; Ju, Yang (2020). "Section 2.3: Osler fractional calculus". General Fractional Derivatives with Applications in Viscoelasticity. Academic Press. pp. 107–111. ISBN 9780128172094.
  9. ^ Almeida, Ricardo (2019). "Further properties of Osler's generalized fractional integrals and derivatives with respect to another function". The Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics. 49 (8): 2459–2493. doi:10.1216/RMJ-2019-49-8-2459. hdl:10773/27488. MR 4058333. S2CID 214139065.
  10. ^ Nishimoto, Katsuyuki (1977). "Osler's cut and Nishimoto's cut". Journal of the College of Engineering of Nihon University, Series B. 18: 9–13. MR 0486359.
  11. ^ Arndt, Jörg; Haenel, Christoph (2001). "12.8 Viète ✕ Wallis = Osler". π Unleashed. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag. pp. 160–162. ISBN 3-540-66572-2.
  12. ^ a b Shryock, Bob (May 7, 2009). "Running Man". South Jersey Times.
  13. ^ "New Jersey Section Archives". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  14. ^ "United States Champions (with Local Connections)". Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  15. ^ United States Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  16. ^ "Osler Captures Phila. Marathon", Asbury Park Press, December 27, 1965. Accessed November 24, 2020. "Philadelphia – Tom Osler of the South Jersey Track Club, 25-year-old New York University graduate student from Camden, N.J., scored an easy victory in the Ruthrauff Marathon race yesterday through Fairmount Park. Osier braved sub-freezing temperatures and stiff winds to cover the 26 miles, 385 yards in two hours, 34 minutes and seven seconds."
  17. ^ a b "History of Road Runners Club of America" (PDF). Road Runners Club of America. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
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  21. ^ a b Morison, Ray Leon (June 1975). An Annotated Bibliography of Track and Field Books Published in the United States Between 1960–1974 (PDF) (Master's thesis). San Jose State University. pp. 23, 33 – via Education Resources Information Center.
  22. ^ Osler, Tom (December 1984). "The Conditioning of Distance Runners (part 1)". Runner's World: 52–57, 87.
  23. ^ Osler, Tom (January 1985). "The Conditioning of Distance Runners (part 2)". Runner's World: 44–47, 80.
  24. ^ Osler, Thomas J. (1967). The Conditioning of Distance Runners (2019 ed.). Y42K Publishing. ISBN 9781710036725.
  25. ^ Osler, Tom (1978). Serious Runner's Handbook: Answers to Hundreds of Your Running Questions. Mountain View, California, USA: World Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-89037-126-1. Briefly reviewed in "Books". The Marine Corps Gazette. 1978. pp. 57–60; see in particular p. 59.
  26. ^ Osler, Tom; Dodd, Ed (1979). Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge. Mountain View, California, USA: World Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-89037-169-5. See also Edwards, Sally (September 1983). "Ultramarathoning—A Dying Sport". UltraRunning Magazine. The book Ultramarathoning by Tom Osler and Ed Dodd had a shelf life of about 2 years, with 6,000 copies printed before the publisher (World Publications) discontinued it.
  27. ^ "Thomas J. Osler". South Jersey Times. March 27, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via Legacy.com.
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