John Edensor Littlewood
British mathematician (1885–1977) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Edensor Littlewood FRS (9 June 1885 – 6 September 1977) was a British mathematician. He worked on topics relating to analysis, number theory, and differential equations and had lengthy collaborations with G. H. Hardy, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Mary Cartwright.
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Born | John Edensor Littlewood (1885-06-09)9 June 1885 |
Died | 6 September 1977(1977-09-06) (aged 92) Cambridge, England |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Mathematical analysis |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Ernest Barnes |
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