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A Course of Pure Mathematics

G. H. Hardy info

First published 1908

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About this book

The book that taught Britain rigorous analysis: real numbers, limits, series and functions, in Hardy's clear prose.

The author

G. H. Hardy

1877–1947 · British mathematician

  • Copley Medal
  • Professor at Cambridge
  • Professor at Oxford
  • Fellow of the Royal Society
Profession
Mathematician, Professor
Worked at
Oxford, Cambridge
Studied at
Cambridge
Studied under
Augustus Edward Hough Love, E. T. Whittaker
Prizes
Copley Medal (1947), Royal Medal (1920), De Morgan Medal (1929), Sylvester Medal (1940), Fellow of the Royal Society (1910), Smith's Prize (1901), Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1928), Chauvenet Prize (1932)

Championed the self-taught Ramanujan and brought him to Cambridge.

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Reading order

Prerequisites: Plane Trigonometry, Part I (Loney) · Algebra, Part I (Chrystal)

Pairs with: Problems in Mathematical Analysis (Demidovich)

Then read: A Course of Modern Analysis (Whittaker)

In print

Yes · Cambridge Mathematical Library

Which edition

The 10th edition (1952) was the last Hardy revised. The 2008 centenary edition reprints it with a foreword by T. W. Körner; very early editions (1908 onwards) differ quite a lot.

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Editions

68 editions · 4 hardcover, 8 paperback · 2 languages

First published 1908

Earliest edition listed: 1908 · At the University Press

  • 1908 · At the University Press
  • 1908 · Cambridge
  • 1908 · University Press · Hardcover · First Edition
  • 1908 · Cambridge Unversity Press
  • 1914 · Cambridge University Press · 2nd ed.
  • 1921 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781548628000
  • 1921 · University Press · 3d ed.
  • 1921 · At the University Press · 3rd ed.
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  • 1921 · At the University Press · 3rd ed.
  • 1925 · The University press · 4th ed.
  • 1933 · The University Press · 6th ed.
  • 1938 · The University Press · 7th ed.
  • 1941 · Cambridge at the University Press
  • 1941 · C.U.P. · 8th. · UND
  • 1944 · University Press · 9th ed.
  • 1944 · Cambridge University Press · 9th. ed.
  • 1948 · C.U.P. · 9th. ed.
  • 1949 · University Press · 9th ed.
  • 1952 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780521052030
  • 1952 · University Press · 10th ed.
  • 1952 · Cambridge University Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780521052047
  • 1952 · C.U.P. · 10th ed.
  • 1955 · University Press · 10th ed.
  • 1958 · Cambridge University Press
  • 1960 · University Press · 10th ed. [with index]
  • 1963 · Cambridge University Press
  • 1963 · University Press · 10th ed.
  • 1967 · University Press · 10th ed.
  • 1992 · Cambridge University Press · 10th ed. · ISBN 9780521092272
  • 1993 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780521092753
  • 1994 · Hawk Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9789388841061
  • 2006 · Merchant Books · Hardcover · Ill edition · ISBN 9781933998466
  • 2007 · Kessinger Publishing · ISBN 9780548641750
  • 2007 · Rough Draft Printing · Paperback · ISBN 9781603860499
  • 2008 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9781139638555
  • 2008 · Cambridge University Press · 10th ed., centenary ed. / reissued with foreword by T.W. Körner. · ISBN 9780521720557
  • 2008 · Cambridge University Press · 10th ed., centenary ed. / reissued with foreword by T.W. Körner. · ISBN 9780521720557
  • 2008 · Cambridge University Press · Paperback · Centenary Edition · ISBN 9780521720557
  • 2009 · Wildside Press, LLC · ISBN 9781479418954
  • 2010 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780521170147
  • 2010 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781453606490
  • 2010 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781178293210
  • 2010 · Benediction Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9781849027373
  • 2010 · Nabu Press · ISBN 9781149330005
  • 2012 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9780511989469
  • 2012 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781286162569
  • 2013 · Cambridge University Press · ISBN 9781139632690
  • 2017 · Independently Published · ISBN 9781521189016
  • 2017 · Independently Published · ISBN 9781522099796
  • 2017 · Independently Published · ISBN 9781549849381
  • 2018 · Independently Published · ISBN 9781792083242
  • 2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · ISBN 9781983676024
  • 2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780342436613
  • 2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9780342436606
  • 2018 · Dover Publications, Incorporated · ISBN 9780486832616
  • 2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Hardcover · ISBN 9780344965357
  • 2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780344407451
  • 2018 · Franklin Classics · Paperback · ISBN 9780342921591
  • 2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · Paperback · ISBN 9780353630949
  • 2018 · Dover Publications, Incorporated · ISBN 9780486822358
  • 2021 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798736982677
  • 2021 · University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations · ISBN 9781139165563
  • 2021 · WLC · Paperback · Third Edition · ISBN 9781434404923
  • 2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · ISBN 9781015395879
  • 2022 · Independently Published · ISBN 9798410382748
  • CAMBRIDGE UNIV*@ PRESS
  • University Press · 10th ed.
  • Undated edition

The list may be incomplete, especially for older and non-English editions.

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