Stanley Skewes

Stanley Skewes
Born1899
Germiston, South African Republic
Died1988 (Aged 89)
Cape Town, South Africa
Alma materUniversity of Cape Town
University of Cambridge
Known forSkewes's numbers
SpouseEna Allen
Scientific career
Academic advisorsJohn Edensor Littlewood
Skewes (left) in Zürich 1932
Ms. Skewes (left, foreground) accompanied Stanley Skewes at the ICM, Zürich 1932.

Stanley Skewes (/skjuːz/; 1899–1988) was a South African mathematician, best known for his discovery of the Skewes's number in 1933. He was one of John Edensor Littlewood's students at Cambridge University.[1][2] Skewes's numbers contributed to the refinement of the theory of prime numbers.

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