John Edensor Littlewood. John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 – 6 September 1977) [ 1 ] was a British mathematician , best known for the results achieved in collaboration with G.
H. Hardy . Life [ edit ] Littlewood was born in Rochester in Kent . He lived in Wynberg in Cape Town from 1892 to 1900 where his father (a 9th wrangler ) was a headmaster. John Edensor Littlewood was born in 1885, the son of Edward Thornton Littlewood and Sylvia Ackland. Work [ edit ] Most of his work was in the field of mathematical analysis . He coined Littlewood's law , which states that individuals can expect miracles to happen to them, at the rate of about one per month. He continued to write papers into his eighties, particularly in analytical areas of what would become the theory of dynamical systems . He is also remembered for his book of reminiscences, A Mathematician's Miscellany (new edition published in 1986). Among his own Ph. With Hardy [ edit ] He collaborated for many years with G.
See also [ edit ] Notes [ edit ] G. H. Hardy. Godfrey Harold "G.
H. " Hardy FRS[1] (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947)[2] was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.[3][4] He is usually known by those outside the field of mathematics for his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics, A Mathematician's Apology, which is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman. Starting in 1914, he was the mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, a relationship that has become celebrated.[5][6] Hardy almost immediately recognised Ramanujan's extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erdős, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan.
Early life and career[edit] G. Hardy's own natural affinity for mathematics was perceptible at a young age. Srinivasa Ramanujan. Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar FRS (pronunciation: i/sriː.ni.vaː.sə raː.maː.nʊ.dʒən/) (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.
Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation; it was quickly recognized by Indian mathematicians. When his skills became apparent to the wider mathematical community, centred in Europe at the time, he began a famous partnership with the English mathematician G. H. Hardy. Early life[edit] Ramanujan's home on Sarangapani Street, Kumbakonam Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency (now Pallipalayam, Erode, Tamil Nadu), at the residence of his maternal grandparents in a Brahmin family.[5] His father, K. Since Ramanujan's father was at work most of the day, his mother took care of him as a child. Mr. For all , and.