Littlewood

Littlewood

Littlewood is a surname, and may refer to

* Barclay Littlewood, British entrepreneur
* Dominic Littlewood, British television presenter and entrepreneur
* Dudley E. Littlewood, British mathematician
* Joan Littlewood, British actress and theatre director
* John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician
* John Littlewood (chess player), British chess player

ee also

* Littlewoods, retail company
* Smallwood


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  • LITTLEWOOD (J.) — LITTLEWOOD JOAN (1914 ) Un grand nom du théâtre populaire et militant; une flamme infatigable au service du plaisir théâtral, au sens où l’entend Brecht, voilà qui définit Joan Littlewood. Sa carrière commence dès avant la guerre, dans les années …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Littlewood — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Dudley Littlewood (1903–1979), englischer Mathematiker Joan Littlewood (1914–2002), britische Theater und Filmregisseurin John Edensor Littlewood (1885–1977), englischer Mathematiker …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Littlewood —   [ lɪtlwʊd], Joan Maud, britische Theaterleiterin, * London 6. 10. 1914; Gründerin (1945 in Manchester) und Leiterin (bis 1975) des Theatre Workshop (seit 1953 in London im Gebäude des Theatre Royal), eines politisch engagierten… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Littlewood — John Edensor Littlewood John Edensor Littlewood (9 juin 1885–6 septembre 1977) était un mathématicien anglais. Littlewood est né a Rochester dans le Kent. Il a fait ses études à Cambridge. Il a surtout travaillé en analyse. Il a commencé ses… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Littlewood — This famous Yorkshire name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a locational or topographical surname. If the former, it derives from any of several minor places in West Yorkshire, such as Littlewood in Wooldale near Holmfirth, all of… …   Surnames reference

  • Littlewood's three principles of real analysis — are heuristics of J. E. Littlewood to help teach the essentials of measure theory in mathematical analysis. The principlesLittlewood stated the principles in his 1944 Lectures on the Theory of Functions [cite book last=Littlewood first=J. E.… …   Wikipedia

  • Littlewood's law — states that individuals can expect a miracle to happen to them at the rate of about one per month.The law was framed by Cambridge University Professor J. E. Littlewood, and published in a collection of his work, A Mathematician s Miscellany ; it… …   Wikipedia

  • Littlewood–Richardson rule — In mathematics, especially in the area of algebra known as the representation theory and in the area of algebraic combinatorics dealing with Young tableaux and symmetric polynomials, the Littlewood–Richardson rule is a combinatorial description… …   Wikipedia

  • Littlewood polynomial — In mathematics, a Littlewood polynomial is a polynomial all of whose coefficients are +1 or −1.Littlewood s problem asks how large the values of such a polynomial must be on the unit circle in the complex plane. The answer to this would yield… …   Wikipedia

  • Littlewood, Joan Maud — ▪ 2003       British theatre director and writer (b. Oct. 5/6, 1914, London, Eng. d. Sept. 20, 2002, London), was a pioneer of radical theatre whose experimental productions, often performed by and devoted to the working class, helped bring about …   Universalium

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