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Mordell, Louis Joel (1888-1972)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS 752

Held at: Royal Society

Title: Mordell, Louis Joel (1888-1972)

Date(s): 20th Century

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 70 pages

Name of creator(s): Mordell | Louis Joel | 1888-1972 | mathematician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1888; Education: BA (Camb); Career: Reader in Pure Mathematics, University of Manchester; Fellow of the Royal Society, 1924; Sylvester Medal, 1949; died, 1972.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two manuscripts by Louis Joel Mordell: 1. 'On the geometry of numbers in some non-convex regions' 60 pages, some manuscript corrections and 2. ' Hardy's mathematician, apology' review article 10 pages, photocopy.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Open

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No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


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Subjects
Geometry | Mathematics

Personal names
Mordell | Louis Joel | 1888-1972 | mathematician

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