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G H Hardy

G. H. Hardy
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Born Godfrey Harold Hardy
(1877-02-07)7 February 1877
Cranleigh, Surrey, England
Died 1 December 1947(1947-12-01) (aged 70)
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Nationality United Kingdom
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Trinity College, Cambridge
New College, Oxford
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors A. E. H. Love
E. T. Whittaker
Doctoral students Mary Cartwright
I. J. Good
Edward Linfoot
Cyril Offord
Harry Pitt
Richard Rado
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Robert Rankin
Donald Spencer
Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan
E. M. Wright
Other notable students Sydney Chapman
Edward Titchmarsh
Known for Hardy–Weinberg principle
Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula
Hardy–Littlewood circle method
Influences Camille Jordan
Influenced Srinivasa Ramanujan
Notable awards Fellow of the Royal Society
Smith's Prize (1901)
Royal Medal (1920)
De Morgan Medal (1929)
Chauvenet Prize (1932)
Sylvester Medal (1940)
Copley Medal (1947)

Godfrey Harold "G. H." Hardy FRS (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) was an English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.

In biology, Hardy is known for the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics.

In addition to his research, Hardy is remembered for his 1940 essay on the aesthetics of mathematics, entitled A Mathematician's Apology. He was the mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

G. H. Hardy is usually known by those outside the field of mathematics for his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics, A Mathematician's Apology, which is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.

Starting in 1914, Hardy was the mentor of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, a relationship that has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognised Ramanujan's extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erdős, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He called their collaboration "the one romantic incident in my life."

G. H. Hardy was born on 7 February 1877, in Cranleigh, Surrey, England, into a teaching family. His father was Bursar and Art Master at Cranleigh School; his mother had been a senior mistress at Lincoln Training College for teachers. Both parents were mathematically inclined.


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