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
• Skewes bio w/photo (File size = 12 Mb.)