Harry Wendiver (1882-1973) is an American mathematician known for his work on number theory .
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Biography
Born in Philadelphia, PA. At an early age he dropped out of school and began working at his father's firm, although in 1904-1905 he studied some university courses at the University of Pennsylvania.
Winner of the Cole Award in Number Theory for 1931. In 1945 , the University of Pennsylvania awarded him an honorary doctorate [4] . In 1952, using a computer, he studied Fermat's Great Theorem and calculated the results for all primes up to 2000 [5] . Died at the age of 90.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Archive for the history of mathematics MacTyutor
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Solomon Guggenheim Museum - 1937.
- ↑ Penn: Office of the University Secretary: Alphabetical Listing of Honorary Degrees
- ↑ Lehmer, DH ; Lehmer, Emma & Vandiver, HS (1954), " An Application of High-Speed Computing to Fermat's Last Theorem ", PNAS T. 40 (1): 25–33, PMID 16589420 , DOI 10.1073 / pnas.40.1.25 .