Stanley Skewes

Stanley Skewes (1899–1988) was a South African mathematician, best known for his discovery of Skewes number in 1933. He was one of John Edensor Littlewood's students at Cambridge University.

Publications

Skewes, S. (1933). "On the difference π(x) − Li(x) (I)". Journal of the London Mathematical Society 8 (4): 277–283. doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-8.4.277. Archived May 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

Skewes, S. (1955). "On the difference π(x) − Li(x) (II)". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 5 (17): 48–70. doi:10.1112/plms/s3-5.1.48. Archived May 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.

References

Stanley Skewes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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