Stanley Skewes
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | South Africa |
| Died | South Africa |
| Alma maters | University of Cape Town |
| University of Cambridge | |
| Academic advisor | John Edensor Littlewood |
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| ID | 833636 |
Stanley Skewes Life story
Stanley Skewes was a South African mathematician, best known for his discovery of the Skewes's number in 1933. He was one of John Edensor Littlewood's students at Cambridge University. Skewes's numbers contributed to the refinement of the theory of prime numbers.
