Biography of Paul Erd\H{o}s and discussion of his proof of Bertrand's Postulate

Autor:	Paker, Meredith
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Mathematics - History and Overview 01A70 (Primary) 01-01 01A60 (Secondary)
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	This essay offers a brief biography of Paul Erd\H{o}s and summarizes his approach to mathematics. This is further elucidated by a discussion of Erd\H{o}s' simple proof of Bertrand's Postulate. Comment: 11 pages, 0 figures. This paper was written in April 2016 for a History of Math class at the University of Georgia. Updated to correct typos
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2109.12740 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv