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Harald Bohr
Times obituary
A NOTABLE DANISH MATHEMATICIAN
Professor A. S. Besicovitch writes:-
On January 22, the famous Danish mathematician, Harald Bohr, died at the age of 64. Up to about 1923, his most valuable contributions were in the fields of Diaphantine approximation, conformal representation, and Dirichlet Series, a particular case of the last being the famous Rieman Zeta function. The study of Dirichlet Series led him in 1923-25 to the creation of the theory of almost periodic functions, one of the most significant theories of modern analysis. Afterwards, he worked mainly on the further development of this theory, in which he was joined by a large number of other analysts
For most of his life, Bohr was a sick man. He used to suffer from bad headaches and had to avoid all mental effort. Bohr the man was no less remarkable than Bohr the mathematician. He was a man of refined intellect, harmoniously developed in many directions. He was also a most humane person. His help to his pupils, to his colleagues and friends, and to refugees belonging to the academic world was generous indeed. Once he had decided to help, he stopped at nothing and he seldom failed. He was very sensitive to literature. His favourite author was Dickens: he had a deep admiration of Dickens' love of the human being and deep appreciation of his humour
No notice of Harald Bohr would be complete without mention of his love and admiration for his brother, the physicist Niels Bohr. His admiration was as genuine and deep as that of Captain Cuttle for his great friend, the mahogany-faced philosopher Captain Bunsby, whose thoughts no one could understand. Harald Bohr found much affinity between the two minds and was in the habit of expressing his appreciation in Captain Cuttle's own words.
A NOTABLE DANISH MATHEMATICIAN
Professor A. S. Besicovitch writes:-
On January 22, the famous Danish mathematician, Harald Bohr, died at the age of 64. Up to about 1923, his most valuable contributions were in the fields of Diaphantine approximation, conformal representation, and Dirichlet Series, a particular case of the last being the famous Rieman Zeta function. The study of Dirichlet Series led him in 1923-25 to the creation of the theory of almost periodic functions, one of the most significant theories of modern analysis. Afterwards, he worked mainly on the further development of this theory, in which he was joined by a large number of other analysts
For most of his life, Bohr was a sick man. He used to suffer from bad headaches and had to avoid all mental effort. Bohr the man was no less remarkable than Bohr the mathematician. He was a man of refined intellect, harmoniously developed in many directions. He was also a most humane person. His help to his pupils, to his colleagues and friends, and to refugees belonging to the academic world was generous indeed. Once he had decided to help, he stopped at nothing and he seldom failed. He was very sensitive to literature. His favourite author was Dickens: he had a deep admiration of Dickens' love of the human being and deep appreciation of his humour
No notice of Harald Bohr would be complete without mention of his love and admiration for his brother, the physicist Niels Bohr. His admiration was as genuine and deep as that of Captain Cuttle for his great friend, the mahogany-faced philosopher Captain Bunsby, whose thoughts no one could understand. Harald Bohr found much affinity between the two minds and was in the habit of expressing his appreciation in Captain Cuttle's own words.
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