Janus: Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of HAROLD DAVENPORT FRS; (1907

Trinity/DAVT/C.17-C.51 contains:
<-- See earlier
C.28	`Various topics in the theory of numbers'
C.29	`Various topics in the theory of numbers'
C.30	`Remarks to S 1 class'
C.31, C.32	`Introduction to the analytic theory of numbers'
C.33	`Introduction to the analytic theory of numbers'
C.34	`Introduction to the analytic theory of numbers'
C.35	`Theory of numbers (Third year course)'
C.36, C.37	`The geometry of numbers'
C.38, C.39	`The geometry of numbers'
C.40	`The geometry of numbers'
C.41-C.51	Miscellaneous notes and drafts for lectures

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Catalogue of the papers and correspondence of HAROLD DAVENPORT FRS; (1907 - 1969)

Title	Miscellaneous notes and drafts for lectures
Reference	C.41-C.51

Content and context

Originally kept in an unlabelled binder. The material has been preserved in its original order but has been divided into folders for ease of reference.

The numbers in the headings of e.g. C.46, C.47, C.48 probably refer to lectures from extended courses.

Trinity/DAVT/C.41-C.51 contains:

C.41

Miscellaneous ms. notes and calculations, including sequence paginated 9-12, concerning work by Dirichlet. Papers.

C.42

`Indefinite forms'. Ms. draft for lecture.

C.43

`Elem. Theory of Numbers'. 32pp. ms. draft for lecture series; with 1p. ms. reading list. Folder includes 3pp. miscellaneous ms. notes and calculations.

C.44

`Continued fractions'. 6pp. ms. draft of a lecture, with 1p. ms. reading list.

C.45

`Number theory. Outline course'. 2pp. ms. list of lecture titles. `Examples on number theory'. 6pp. ms. problems and solutions. `Theory of numbers. Literature'. 1p. ms. reading list.

C.46

Lectures and addresses. `5. Gauss's Sum'. 8pp. ms. draft of a lecture, probably one of a series. `Higher power residues'. 4pp. ms. draft, probably unfinished, of a lecture. 1p. ms. notes outlining a course of lectures.

C.47

Lectures and addresses. `II Divisibility and the primes', `III Congruences', `IV Quadratic residues'. 3pp. ms. outlines of lectures. `5 (k/P) as a function of P'. 2pp. ms. draft.

C.48

Lectures and addresses. `2. Gauss's lemma'. 2pp. ms. draft. `3. The law of quadratic reciprocity'. 3pp. ms. draft. `4 An algorithm for (a//p)'. 2pp. ms. draft.

C.49

Miscellaneous ms. notes, drafts and calculations, all untitled. Papers.

C.50

Miscellaneous ms. notes. Including pp.33-39 only of draft for lecture.

C.51

Inside cover of original binder, with ms. calculations. Papers.