Today is the birthday of one of the greatest pure mathematicians & #Ramanujan champion, Prof.G.H. Hardy.
Godfrey Harold Hardy more commonly known as G.H. Hardy was one of the most prominent mathematicians of all time.
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Godfrey Harold Hardy more commonly known as G.H. Hardy was one of the most prominent mathematicians of all time.
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Hardy brought ‘rigor’ to British mathematics which is a gold standard for a mathematical proof. He worked extensively in mathematical analysis and analytical number theory alongside J.E Littlewood. He also worked a lot for the development of the number theory.
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The first and second Hardy-Littlewood conjectures are fine examples of the work G.H. Hardy did to develop the number theory. The Hardy-Weinberg principle (basics of population genetics) is another notable work done by him.
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Another noteworthy contribution of this brilliant mathematician was the Hardy-Ramanujan asymptotic formula, based on ‘integer partitions’ that he worked out with his coworker Srinivasa Ramanujan.
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He wanted his work to be referred to as ‘pure mathematics’ rather than applied mathematics. He was highly against the use of mathematics in war & military maneuvers. In his view, mathematics was not something to be used in social destruction and to fulfill political purposes
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Hardy was interested in pure mathematics and its topics including Diophantine analysis, distribution of primes, Fourier series, Riemann zeta function, and the summation of divergent series.
The seriousness that Hardy brought to mathematics was pretty uncommon at that time.
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The seriousness that Hardy brought to mathematics was pretty uncommon at that time.
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From the formulation of essays to bringing in new techniques in various mathematical methods, Hardy proved himself to be a highly significant figure in the field. G.H. Hardy died in December 1947 after devoting all his life to mathematical work.
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