Stanley Skewes

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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.

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  • S. Skewes: "On the difference π(x) − Li(x)", Journal of the London Mathematical Society 8 (1933), pages 277-283[1]
  • S. Skewes: "On the difference π(x) − Li(x) (II)", Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society 5 (1955), pages 48-70[2]

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