C. Brian Haselgrove

For the British archaeologist, see Colin Haselgrove.

Brian Haselgrove
Born(1926-09-26)26 September 1926
Waltham Forest, London, England
Died27 May 1964(1964-05-27) (aged 37)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Known forDisproof of Pólya conjecture
AwardsSmith's Prize (1950)
Scientific career
Thesis Some theorems in the analytic theory of numbers  (1956)
Doctoral advisorAlbert Ingham

Colin Brian Haselgrove (26 September 1926 – 27 May 1964) was an English mathematician who is best known for his disproof of the Pólya conjecture in 1958.[1]

Haselgrove was educated at Blundell's School and from there won a scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by Albert Ingham, from Cambridge in 1956.

Personal life

Haselgrove was married to fellow mathematician Jenifer Haselgrove. After having suffered minor epileptic fits for several years caused by a brain tumor, he died in Manchester in May 1964.[2]

References

  1. ^ Haselgrove, C. B. (1958). "A disproof of a conjecture of Pólya". Mathematika. 5 (2): 141–145. doi:10.1112/S0025579300001480. ISSN 0025-5793. MR 0104638. Zbl 0085.27102.
  2. ^ Leech, Jenifer; Robertson, Edmund, "C. Brian Haselgrove", in O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (eds.), MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews