John E. Littlewood | |
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Born | John Edensor Littlewood 9 June 1885 |
Died | 6 September 1977 Cambridge, England | (aged 92)
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Mathematical analysis |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Doctoral advisor | Ernest Barnes |
Doctoral students |
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.