On the writings of Tim Gowers
Friends: This message is particularly meant for librarians working in institutions where *mathematics* is taught. And of course, it will be useful to mathematicians at all levels, especially to those who teach. Please visit *<http://gowers.wordpress.com/ <http://gowers.wordpress.com/>>, the weblog of Prof. Timothy Gowers,* *<https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~wtg10/ <https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~wtg10/>> * and recommend them to students of mathematics in your university. It is a treasurehouse of mathematical knowledge. If you are already not familiar with or not heard of him at all, Prof. Gowere is a Fields Medal winning mathematician working at Trinity College, Cambridge University. Best wishes. Arun *Here is a short biography: William Timothy Gowers <http://planetmath.org/node/38367>* (born 1963) English mathematician, Fellow of the Royal Society. In 1998 he won the Fields<http://planetmath.org/node/30355> Medal for research on functional analysis <http://planetmath.org/node/38636> and combinatorics. In addition <http://planetmath.org/node/38786> to scholarly papers on mathematics, Gowers is also the author of AVery Short Introduction to Mathematics and other works popularizing mathematics. He was hired as a consultant for the film Proof, starring Gwyneth Paltrow andAnthony Hopkins. Gowers has Erdős number <http://planetmath.org/ErdHosNumber> 4: he collaborated with Maurey in 1989, who collaborated with Lindenstrauss in 1996, who collaborated with Preiss in 1976, who collaborated with Erdős in 1976. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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Subbiah Arunachalam