C. Brian Haselgrove
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Colin Brian Haselgrove was an English
mathematician who is best known for his disproof of the Pólya conjecture
in 1958.
Haselgrove was educated at Blundell's School
and from there won a scholarship to King's College
, University of Cambridge
. He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by Albert Ingham
, from Cambridge in 1956.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
mathematician who is best known for his disproof of the Pólya conjecture
Pólya conjecture
In number theory, the Pólya conjecture stated that 'most' of the natural numbers less than any given number have an odd number of prime factors. The conjecture was posited by the Hungarian mathematician George Pólya in 1919, and proved false in 1958...
in 1958.
Haselgrove was educated at Blundell's School
Blundell's School
Blundell's School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school located in the town of Tiverton in the county of Devon, England. The school was founded in 1604 by the will of Peter Blundell, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the...
and from there won a scholarship to King's College
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
. He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by Albert Ingham
Albert Ingham
Albert Edward Ingham was an English mathematician.Ingham was born in Northampton. He went to Stafford Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge . He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by John Edensor Littlewood, from the University of Cambridge. He supervised the Ph.D.s of C. Brian...
, from Cambridge in 1956.