Collected Papers of G.H. Hardy Including Joint Papers with J.E. Littlewood and Others
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1966; 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 4to. [16], 1-700; [14], 3-702, [4] pp. Navy cloth with copper lettering on each spine. Price of £6 net on the front flap of volume two's dust jacket. Each volume illustrated with a black and white photograph frontispiece portrait of Hardy. Edited by a committee appointed by the London Mathematical Society. These collected works of Hardy are quite difficult to find in the first edition and with their dust jackets. The first two of seven volumes published. Hardy, one of the most important and influential English mathematicians of the early twentieth century, is best known for his work in number theory and analysis. In spite of his avowed preference for pure mathematics, Hardy made a significant contribution to the science of population genetics (the Hardy-Weinberg principle). Hardy famously collaborated with John E. Littlewood and Srinivasa Ramanujan, the self-taught young Indian prodigy who Hardy mentored until his untimely death (several of these collaborations are contained in these two volumes). Near Fine / Very Good. Item #000014145
A name stamp on each free front endpaper; volume one's jacket is price-clipped with a closed tear to its rear fold, volume two's jacket with two closed tears on its front panel.
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