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Hardy, G. H. (Godfrey Harold), 1877-1947.
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Mathematics -- History -- 19th century.
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Mathematics -- History -- 20th century.
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Descript |
xv, 395 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Part I. Biography: 1. Hardy's life, 2. The letter from Ramanujan to Hardy, 16 January 1913, 3. A letter from Bertrand Russell to Lady Ottoline Morrell, 2 February 1913, 4. The Indian mathematician Ramanujan, 5. Epilogue from the man who knew infinity, 6. Posters of 'Hardy's years at Oxford', 7. A glimpse of J. E. Littlewood, 8. A letter from Freeman Dyson to C. P. Snow, 22 May 1967, and two letters from Hardy to Dyson, 9. Miss Gertrude Hardy, Part II. Writings by and about G. H. Hardy: 10. Hardy on writing books, 11. Selections from Hardy's writings, 12. Selections from what others have said about Hardy, Part III. Mathematics: 13. An introduction to the theory of numbers, 14. Prime numbers, 15. The theory of numbers, 16. The Riemann zeta-function and lattice point problems, 17. Four Hardy gems, 18. What is geometry?, 19. The case against the mathematical tripos, 20. The mathematician on cricket, 21. Cricket for the rest of us, 22. A mathematical theorem about golf, 23. Mathematics in war-time, 24. Mathematics, 25. Asymptotic formul' in combinatory analysis (excerpts) with S. Ramanujan, 26. A new solution of Waring's problem (excerpts), with J. E. Littlewood, 27. Some notes on certain theorems in higher trigonometry, 28. The Integral _ 0sin xx dx and further remarks on the integral 0sin xx dx; Part IV. Tributes: 29. Dr. Glaisher and the 'messenger of mathematics'; 30. David Hilbert; 31. Edmund Landau (with H. Heilbronn); 32. Gosta Mittag-Leffler; Part V. Book Reviews: 33. Osgood's calculus and Johnson's calculus; 34. Hadamard: the psychology of invention in the mathematical field; 35. Hulburt: differential and integral calculus; 36. Bocher: an introduction to the study of integral equations. |
Alt author |
Albers, Donald J., 1941-
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Alexanderson, Gerald L.
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Dunham, William, 1947-
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ISBN |
9781107594647 (pbk.) |
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