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Stanley Skewes

South African mathematician

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Lived 1899–1988, aged 89South Africa

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Aged 89

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Updated 2026-06-18

Stanley Skewes was a South African mathematician, best known for his discovery of the Skewes's number in 1933. He was one of John Edensor Littlewood's students at Cambridge University. Skewes's numbers contributed to the refinement of the theory of prime numbers.

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