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Influential British mathematician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist (1912?1954) considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence. Signed book: The Distribution of Prime Numbers by A. E. Ingham (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics No. 30). First edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5, 114 pages. Signed and dated inside the front wrapper in fountain pen, "Alan M. Turing, July 1933." Autographic condition: fine, with a light stain in the lower blank area. Book condition: G/None, with wear and chipping to the darkened spine, toning and staining to wrappers, and a few stains to textblock.
Turing studied as an undergraduate at King's College, Cambridge, from February 1931 to November 1934, graduating with first-class honours in mathematics. His dissertation, 'On the Gaussian error function,' delivered in November 1934, proved a version of the central limit theorem. This book represents the young mathematical genius's early interest in the distribution of prime numbers. In 'Turing and the Primes,' Andrew R. Booker observes: 'Alan Turing?s exploits in code breaking, philosophy, artificial intelligence and the foundations of computer science are by now well known to many. Less well known is that Turing was also interested in number theory, in particular the distribution of prime numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis. These interests culminated in two programs that he implemented on the Manchester Mark 1, the first stored-program digital computer, during its 18 months of operation in 1949?50.'
Provenance: Alan Turing (1912-1954); Robin Gandy (1919-1995), Turing's friend and one of his executors; bequeathed to Wolfson College. A Fellow of Wolfson from 1970 until his death in 1995, Gandy generously left his entire estate to the College, including these books once owned by Alan Turing, with the wish that his legacy be used to benefit the College and its students.
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