Alfred Tauber (1866-1942) was a mathematician. In 1897 he proved a corrected converse of Abel's theorem. G.H. Hardy and J.E. Littlewood coined the term Tauberian to described converse theorems like that proved by Tauber. In real analysis, Abels theorem for power series with non-negative coefficients relates a limit of a power series to the sum of its coefficients. ... G. H. Hardy Godfrey Harold Hardy (February 7, 1877 – December 1, 1947) was a prominent British mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. ... John Edensor Littlewood (June 9, 1885 - September 6, 1977) was a British mathematician. ...
Publications
A. Tauber, Ein Satz aus der Theorie der uneindliche Reihen, Monatsh. Math. u. Phys. 8 ( 1897), 273-277.
Alfred I. Tauber is Professor of Philosophy at the Boston University Department of Philosophy, Zoltan Kohn Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, Director of The Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science, and Affiliate Faculty in the Law, Medicine and Ethics Program.
AlfredTauber is a hematologist and biochemist by training.
Tauber was appointed Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Philosophy and History of Science in 1993.