Bohr, Harald August. 1887-1951
Harald Bohr Correspondence. 1906-1950


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE:
Studied at Copenhagen Univ. Magister 1909. Studied in Göttingen under Edmund Landau and in Oxford and Cambridge. Dr. phil. Copenhagen 1910, thesis on Dirichlet series. Prof. Polytechnical School, Copenhagen, 1915. Prof. Copenhagen U. and director of new Mathematical Institute on Blegdamsvej, 1930. Harald Bohr's outstanding contribution to mathematics was his conception of almost periodic functions, which he defined and and studied in three great papers published in Acta mathematica in 1924-1926, and which formed the brilliant conclusion of his prolonged investigation of the Dirichlet series and the functions represented by such series.

DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION:
Small collection of the letters of Niels Bohr's mathematician brother, the major part consisting of correspondence between the two brothers. Other correspondents include H's parents and sister. Wide range of topics, including scientific, political and family matters.

3 boxes. Chronological. Danish, English. Restricted access.
Part of the collection is on microfilm. Listing for this in Niels Bohr Collected Works, vol. 1, North Holland, 1972, pp.587-589


Niels Bohr Archive, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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