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Hans Rademacher lectures as a Phillips Visitor, 1952

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: HCE.003.007.001

Scope and Contents

This series consists of typescript lectures given by mathematician Hans Rademacher while a Phillips Visitor as part of Haverford College's Distinguished Visitors Program during Fall 1952. Rademacher lectured on several topics related to calculus, including exponential and logarithmic functions, the Riemann Integral, and the Peano Curve.

Dates

  • Creation: 1952

Creator

Access Restrictions

This series is open for research use

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17)

Biographical / Historical

Hans Rademacher was a German-American mathematician. He received his Ph.D. in 1916 from Georg-August University of Göttingen and immigrated to the United States in 1934. He worked at the University of Pennsylvania until his retirement in 1962 and held the Thomas A. Scott Professorship of Mathematics from 1956 to 1962. He was a Phillips Visitor, part of Haverford College's Distinguished Visitor Program, during Fall 1952.



The Distinguished Visitors Program was greatly strengthened by a bequest from William Pyle Philips, of the Class of 1902, who in 1950 left much of his estate to Haverford, a portion of which was specified to underwrite the expenses of bringing “distinguished scientists and statesmen’’ to Haverford. The Philips Fund is the largest of several currently supporting the entire Distinguished Visitors Program.

Extent

0.1 linear ft.

Abstract

This file consists of typescript lectures given by mathematician Hans Rademacher while a Phillips Visitor as part of Haverford College's Distinguished Visitors Program during Fall 1952.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Dr. Fred Rickey, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, United States Military Academy

Processing Information

Processed by Elizabeth Jones-Minsinger, completed December 2019.

Genre / Form

Topical

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