Baker, Alan
BAKER, Alan
BAKER, Alan. British, b. 1939. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics. Career: Trinity College, Cambridge, fellow, 1964-; Cambridge University, professor of pure mathematics, 1974-. Publications: Transcendental Number Theory, 1975, 1990; A Concise Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, 1984. EDITOR: (with D.W. Masser) Transcendence Theory: Advances and Applications, 1977; New Advances in Transcendence Theory, 1988; (with B. Bollobas and A. Hajnal) A Tribute to Paul Erdos, 1990. Address: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ, England. Online address: [email protected]
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