In Euclidean geometry, the Erdős–Mordell inequality states that for any triangle ABC and point P inside ABC, the sum of the distances from P to the sides...
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Louis Joel Mordell (28 January 1888 – 12 March 1972) was an American-born British mathematician, known for pioneering research in number theory. He was...
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Castelnuovo–Severi inequality Cheng's eigenvalue comparison theorem Clifford's theorem on special divisors Cohn-Vossen's inequality Erdős–Mordell inequality Euler's...
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Copeland–Erdős constant Erdős–Tenenbaum–Ford constant Erdős–Bacon number Erdős–Borwein constant Erdős–Diophantine graph Erdős–Mordell inequality Chung–Erdős inequality...
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this ratio is as small as 2. This is the Erdős–Mordell inequality; a stronger variant of it is Barrow's inequality, which replaces the perpendicular distances...
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{\displaystyle PA\cdot PB\cdot PC\geq (PD+PE)(PE+PF)(PF+PD).} Further, the Erdős–Mordell inequality states that P A + P B + P C P D + P E + P F ≥ 2 {\displaystyle...
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this inequality was published in 1937, as his solution to a problem posed in the American Mathematical Monthly of proving the Erdős–Mordell inequality. This...
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Equilateral triangle Euler's line Euler's theorem in geometry Erdős–Mordell inequality Exeter point Exterior angle theorem Fagnano's problem Fermat point...
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chapter on inequalities includes the Erdős–Mordell inequality on sums of distances from the sides of a triangle and Weitzenböck's inequality relating the...
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the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem limits the number of sets in a family of sets for which every two sets have at least one element in common. Paul Erdős, Chao...
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before his death, D. K. Kazarinoff provided a simple proof of the Erdős-Mordell inequality for triangles and gave a generalization to three dimensions. Nicholas...
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(combinatorics) Erdős–Ginzburg–Ziv theorem Polynomial method Van der Waerden's theorem Szemerédi's theorem Collatz conjecture Gilbreath's conjecture Erdős–Graham...
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(ergodic theory) Erdős–Anning theorem (discrete geometry) Erdős–Dushnik–Miller theorem (set theory) Erdős–Gallai theorem (graph theory) Erdős–Ginzburg–Ziv...
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professor in 1923, and chaired the mathematics department in 1944–1945. Erdős, Paul; Mordell, L. J.; Barrow, David F. (1937), "Solution to problem 3740", American...
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congruent numbers. Erdős–Moser problem: is 1 1 + 2 1 = 3 1 {\displaystyle 1^{1}+2^{1}=3^{1}} the only solution to the Erdős–Moser equation? Erdős–Straus conjecture:...
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numbers. The Mordell conjecture (already proven in general by Gerd Faltings). As equivalent, Vojta's conjecture in dimension 1. The Erdős–Woods conjecture...
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additive basis of degree 4. (About an open problem for additive bases, see Erdős–Turán conjecture on additive bases.) Historically the theorems above were...
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negation, and are thus theorems. In their discussion of the Hecke, Deuring, Mordell, Heilbronn theorem, Ireland & Rosen (1990, p. 359) say The method of proof...
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appointment at the University of Manchester in 1937, just at the time when Louis Mordell had recruited émigrés from continental Europe to build an outstanding department...
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conjecture and Beal's conjecture, am + bn = ck with inequality restrictions on the exponents the Erdős–Moser equation, 1k + 2k + ⋯ + (m – 1)k = mk A general...
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(2): 239–254. doi:10.1307/mmj/1339011525. ISSN 0026-2285. Mahler, Kurt; Mordell, Louis Joel (4 June 1968). "Applications of a theorem by A. B. Shidlovski"...
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NT]. Booker, Andrew R.; Sutherland, Andrew V. (2021). "On a question of Mordell". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (11). arXiv:2007...
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results in this paper, the most famous of which is the first proof of the Mordell conjecture (a conjecture dating back to 1922). Other theorems proved in...
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arithmetic algebraic geometry, he received medal primarily for his proof of the Mordell Conjecture." Michael Freedman University of California, San Diego, US Microsoft...
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atmospheres, theory of relativity and the interior structure of stars. Louis Mordell, contributions in number theory. Bernhard Neumann, contributions to group...
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