Neal Henry McCoy (March 6, 1905 – January 5, 2001) was an American mathematician, university professor, and author of several textbooks for mathematics undergraduates.
He had an older sister Dorothy McCoy (1903–2001), who became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Iowa.
McCoy's Ph.D. thesis On commutation formulas in the algebra of quantum mechanics[3] was published in abbreviated form in the Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.
[10] In a 1948 review, André Weil praised the book for the optimized simplicity of the mathematical proofs, an "easy and readable style", and "skillful use of examples".
[11] In a 1949 review, C. C. MacDuffee praised the book — "as an introduction to the powerful and highly abstract method of thinking which now characterizes modern algebra, it is a gem.