Harry Pollard (mathematician)

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Alma mater Harvard University Education Harvard University Died 1985		Role Author Name Harry Pollard
Books The theory of algebraic numbers, Celestial mechanics

Harry Pollard (1919 – November 20, 1985) was an American mathematician. He received his Ph.D from Harvard University in 1942 under the supervision of David Widder. He then taught at Cornell University, and was Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University from 1961 until his death in 1985. He is known for his work on celestial mechanics and the n-body problem as well as for the several textbooks he authored or co-authored.

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Pollard, Harry; Diamond, Harold G. (1975), The Theory of Algebraic Numbers, Carus Mathematical Monographs, 9 (2nd ed.), MAA . Originally published 1950.

Pollard, Harry (1972), Applied Mathematics: An Introduction, Addison-Wesley .

Pollard, Harry (1976), Celestial Mechanics, Carus Mathematical Monographs, 18, MAA, ISBN 0-88385-019-2

Tenenbaum, Morris; Pollard, Harry (1985), Ordinary Differential Equations, Dover, ISBN 0-486-64940-7

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