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John Edensor Littlewood

John Littlewood

English mathematician (1885–1977).

Statements about John Edensor Littlewood

Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
University Teacher

Field of Work

Mathematical Analysis
Number Theory
Mathematics
Theory of Differential Equations
Calculus

Member Of

Royal Society
 (5/11/1916 - )
Start Time
: 5/11/1916
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences

Place of Death

Cambridge

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom

Date of Birth

6/9/1885

Date of Death

9/6/1977

Instance Of

Human

Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
 (1916)
Point in Time
: 1916
Copley Medal
 (1958)
Award Rationale
: In recognition of his distinguished contributions to many branches of analysis, including Tauberian theory, the Riemann zeta function, and non-linear differential equations.
Point in Time
: 1958
Royal Medal
 (1929)
Point in Time
: 1929
De Morgan Medal
 (1938)
Point in Time
: 1938
Senior Berwick Prize
 (1960)
Point in Time
: 1960
Sylvester Medal
 (1943)
Point in Time
: 1943
Smith's Prize
 (1908)
Point in Time
: 1908

Given Name

John

Educated At

Trinity College
 (1903 - 1906)
Start Time
: 1903
End Time
: 1906
St Paul's School
 (1900 - 1903)
Student Of
:
Francis Sowerby Macaulay
Start Time
: 1900
End Time
: 1903
University of Cambridge

Described by Source

Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
Section
:Литлвуд Джон Идензор
Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q124412082

Place of Birth

Rochester

Doctoral Advisor

Ernest Barnes

Name in Native Language

John Edensor Littlewood

Employer

Victoria University of Manchester
 (1907 - 1910)
Start Time
: 1907
End Time
: 1910
Trinity College
 (1910 - 1928)
Start Time
: 1910
End Time
: 1928
University of Cambridge
 (1928 - 1950)
Start Time
: 1928
End Time
: 1950

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Family Name

Littlewood

Student Of

Francis Sowerby Macaulay

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Notable Work

16 items
First Hardy–Littlewood Conjecture
Second Hardy–Littlewood Conjecture
Hardy–Littlewood Circle Method
Hardy–Littlewood Inequality
Hardy–Littlewood Tauberian Theorem
Hardy–Littlewood Maximal Function
Hardy–Littlewood Zeta-Function Conjectures
Q31840454
Littlewood Conjecture
Littlewood Subordination Theorem
Littlewood's 4/3 Inequality
Littlewood–Paley Theory
Littlewood's Three Principles of Real Analysis
Littlewood Polynomial
Littlewood–Offord Problem
Littlewood's Law

Position Held

Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics
 (1928 - 1950)
Replaced By
:
Abram Besicovitch
Start Time
: 1928
End Time
: 1950

Relative

William Edensor Littlewood
Kinship to Subject
:
Grandfather

Religion or Worldview

Anglicanism

Student

Srinivasa Ramanujan
Raymond Paley

Different From

Dudley E. Littlewood

Interested In

Dynamical System
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