John Edensor Littlewood

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British mathematician human mathematician

John Edensor Littlewood was a prominent 20th-century British mathematician known for his influential work in analysis, number theory, and the theory of functions, as well as his long and celebrated collaboration with G. H. Hardy.

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instanceOf British mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicDiscipline pure mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived De Morgan Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Smith’s Prize ⓘ
Sylvester Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1885-06-09 ⓘ
coAuthor G. H. Hardy ⓘ
collaboratedWith G. H. Hardy ⓘ
countryOfBirth England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1977-09-06 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ernest William Barnes ⓘ
educatedAt Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
employer Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form: University of Cambridge
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Littlewood ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematical analysis ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
theory of functions ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
influenced 20th-century analysis ⓘ
modern analytic number theory ⓘ
knownFor Tauberian theorems ⓘ
surface form: Hardy–Littlewood Tauberian theorem

Hardy–Littlewood circle method ⓘ
Hardy–Littlewood conjectures ⓘ
surface form: Hardy–Littlewood conjectures in number theory

Hardy–Littlewood maximal function ⓘ
Littlewood–Paley theory ⓘ
Littlewood’s three principles of real analysis ⓘ
work on the Riemann zeta function ⓘ
work on the distribution of prime numbers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
name John Edensor Littlewood self-link ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableFor collaboration with G. H. Hardy ⓘ
work in analysis ⓘ
work in number theory ⓘ
work in theory of functions ⓘ
notableStudent Mary Cartwright ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rochdale ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge
title Fellow of the Royal Society ⓘ

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Sylvester Medal → hasNotableRecipient → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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De Morgan Medal → notableRecipient → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge → hasGraveOf → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Inequalities → author → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics → hasNotableHolder → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
Hardy–Littlewood circle method → introducedBy → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Hardy–Littlewood circle method → namedAfter → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Hardy–Littlewood maximal function → namedAfter → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Hardy–Littlewood conjectures → namedAfter → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge → firstHolder → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Mary Cartwright → coAuthor → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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University of Cambridge Mathematical Tripos → hasNotableAlumni → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
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Littlewood–Paley theory → namedAfter → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ
Littlewood–Paley theory → developedBy → John Edensor Littlewood ⓘ