Hardy

John von Neumann's 1935 letter to Oswald Veblen

The book John von Neumann: Selected Letters* by Miklós Rédei (2005) is a fascinating collection of 150 of John von Neumann (1903-57)’s correspondences…

Aug 30, 2024 •

Jørgen Veisdal

The Hardy-Ramanujan Number

“I remember once going to see him when he was ill at Putney.

Sep 24, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

Ramanujan’s Early Work on Continued Fractions

“I had never seen anything in the least like [it] before” — G.H. Hardy

Jul 7, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

Ramanujan’s First Letter to G.H. Hardy (1913)

On or about the 31st of January 1913, mathematician G.H. Hardy (1877-1947) of Trinity College at Cambridge University received a parcel of papers from…

Jun 1, 2021 •

Jørgen Veisdal

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