Inequalities. Claude Shannon's copy with his signature

Hardy, G. H.; J. E. Littlewood; G. Polya

Verlag: at the University Press, Cambridge, 1934

Beschreibung

Hardy, Godfrey H. (1877-1947); John E. Littlewood (1885-1977); George Pólya (1887-1987). Inequalities. xii, 314pp. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1934. 219 x 143 mm. Original cloth stamped in silver on the spine, light wear to extremities and corners, small stain on front cover. Light finger-soiling probably from reading by Shannon, but very good. From the library of mathematician and polymath Claude E. Shannon (1916-2001), with his signature in ink on the front free endpaper. First Edition of a classic of mathematical literature, which transformed the field of inequalities from a collection of isolated formulas into a cohesive discipline. Hardy, a pure mathematician, is credited with reforming British mathematics by bringing rigor into it; his long collaboration with Littlewood, which produced nearly 100 papers, is one of the most famous and successful in the history of mathematics. This copy from Claude Shannon s library shows signs that Shannon read it. For example, pp. 208-209 seem to have been open for an extended period of time and Shannon marked the word symmetrical in pencil on p. 208. Shannon s autograph is very rare. This is one of the most significant of the few books from Shannon s library that appeared on the market in recent years. . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 48415

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Inequalities. Claude Shannon's copy with his...

Verlag: at the University Press, Cambridge

Erscheinungsdatum: 1934

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: 1. Auflage