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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Dwork, Bernard M.
- Title:
- Bernard M. Dwork Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2r36tx61h
- Dates:
- 1950-1992
- Size:
- 10 boxes
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Boxes 1-9; 4a
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of a chronological series of 101 mathematical notebooks (1958-1997) of Princeton mathematician Bernard M. Dwork.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of a chronological series of 101 mathematical notebooks (1958-1997) of Dwork, labeled in Roman numerals I - C (XLVI has A and B); 27 additional mathematical notebooks and manuscripts (1950-1991, but mostly undated); correspondence A-W (1960-1992); and miscellaneous additional correspondence and subject files.
- Arrangement
Roughly arranged in these groups: chronological notebooks (Boxes 1-3); miscellaneous notebooks (Box 4); alphabetical correspondence (Boxes 5-6); miscellaneous additional files (Boxes 6-9).
- Collection Creator Biography:
Dwork, Bernard M.
Bernard M. Dwork (1923-1998) was an eminent mathematician who pioneered the application of p-adic analytic methods to the algebraic geometry of varieties over finite fields. He taught at Harvard and Johns Hopkins before coming to Princeton in 1964. Because of his contributions to number theory, he was named Princeton's Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics in 1978.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of Mrs. Shirley Dwork in 2005 .
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Bernard M. Dwork Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2r36tx61h
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (rcpxm): Boxes 1-9; 4a
