Harold Edwards (mathematician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Harold Edwards (mathematician)

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1936

Place of Birth: Champaign, Illinois, United States

Profession: mathematician, historian of mathematics

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Harold Mortimer Edwards, Jr.
(born August 6, 1936) is an American mathematician working in number theory, algebra, and the history and philosophy of mathematics. He was one of the co-founding editors, with Bruce Chandler, of The Mathematical Intelligencer. He is the author of expository books on the Riemann zeta function, on Galois theory, and on Fermat's Last Theorem.
He wrote a book on Leopold Kronecker's work on divisor theory providing a systematic exposition of that work—a task that Kronecker never completed.
He has written textbooks on linear algebra, calculus, and number theory.
He also wrote a book of essays on constructive mathematics.