The G. H. Hardy Reader
The G. H. Hardy Reader
Gerald L. Alexanderson, Santa Clara University, California
William Dunham, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania
£43.99
GBPG. H. Hardy (1877–1947) ranks among the great mathematicians of the twentieth century. He did essential research in number theory and analysis, held professorships at Cambridge and Oxford, wrote important textbooks as well as the classic A Mathematician's Apology, and famously collaborated with J. E. Littlewood and Srinivasa Ramanujan. Hardy was a colorful character with remarkable expository skills. This book is a feast of G. H. Hardy's writing. There are selections of his mathematical papers, his book reviews, his tributes to departed colleagues. Some articles are serious, whereas others display a wry sense of humor. And there are recollections by those who knew Hardy, along with biographical and mathematical pieces written explicitly for this collection. Fans of Hardy should find much here to like. And for those unfamiliar with his work, The G. H. Hardy Reader provides an introduction to this extraordinary individual.
- Introduces the extraordinary life of G. H. Hardy
- Provides samples of his essays, book reviews, and personal stories of his colleagues
- A treat for anyone from amateurs to serious mathematicians
Reviews & endorsements
'The editors are to be congratulated on putting together this beautiful 'reader' with material from so many different sources, which illustrates so well the life, character and work of one of the great mathematicians of the twentieth century, Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947). Even if you are familiar with Hardy's masterpiece A Mathematician's Apology or his book on Ramanujan, Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work you will find a wealth of new and fascinating material in this 'reader' about Hardy.' Kenneth S. Williams, Canadian Mathematical Society Notes
Product details
April 2016Paperback
9781107594647
410 pages
228 × 153 × 23 mm
0.58kg
24 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Part I. Biography:
- 1. Hardy's life
- 2. The letter from Ramanujan to Hardy, 16 January 1913
- 3. A letter from Bertrand Russell to Lady Ottoline Morrell, 2 February 1913
- 4. The Indian mathematician Ramanujan
- 5. Epilogue from the man who knew infinity
- 6. Posters of 'Hardy's years at Oxford'
- 7. A glimpse of J. E. Littlewood
- 8. A letter from Freeman Dyson to C. P. Snow, 22 May 1967, and two letters from Hardy to Dyson
- 9. Miss Gertrude Hardy
- Part II. Writings by and about G. H. Hardy:
- 10. Hardy on writing books
- 11. Selections from Hardy's writings
- 12. Selections from what others have said about Hardy
- Part III. Mathematics:
- 13. An introduction to the theory of numbers
- 14. Prime numbers
- 15. The theory of numbers
- 16. The Riemann zeta-function and lattice point problems
- 17. Four Hardy gems
- 18. What is geometry?
- 19. The case against the mathematical tripos
- 20. The mathematician on cricket
- 21. Cricket for the rest of us
- 22. A mathematical theorem about golf
- 23. Mathematics in war-time
- 24. Mathematics
- 25. Asymptotic formulæ in combinatory analysis (excerpts) with S. Ramanujan
- 26. A new solution of Waring's problem (excerpts), with J. E. Littlewood
- 27. Some notes on certain theorems in higher trigonometry
- 28. The Integral _∞0sin xx dx and further remarks on the integral _∞0sin xx dx
- Part IV. Tributes:
- 29. Dr. Glaisher and the 'messenger of mathematics'
- 30. David Hilbert
- 31. Edmund Landau (with H. Heilbronn)
- 32. Gösta Mittag-Leffler
- Part V. Book Reviews:
- 33. Osgood's calculus and Johnson's calculus
- 34. Hadamard: the psychology of invention in the mathematical field
- 35. Hulburt: differential and integral calculus
- 36. Bôcher: an introduction to the study of integral equations.
