Mathematician:Derrick Norman Lehmer

Derrick Norman Lehmer was an American mathematician active mainly in the field of number theory.

The father of Derrick Henry ("Dick") Lehmer. He was also a gifted musician, writer and composer.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 27 July 1867, Somerset, Indiana, USA
 * Died: 8 September 1938, Berkeley, California, USA

Books and Papers

 * 1903: A Theorem in the Theory of Numbers
 * 1909: Factor table for the first ten millions containing the smallest factor of every number not divisible by 2, 3, 5, or 7 between the limits 0 and 10017000
 * 1914: List of prime numbers from 1 to 10006721
 * 1917: An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry
 * 1929: Factor Stencils (on which he worked with Dick Lehmer)
 * 1936: The Crystal Gazers (unpublished play)

Operas

 * 1933: The Harvest
 * 1935: The Necklace of the Sun : A Mayan Drama

Song Collections

 * 1924: Seven Indian Songs from the Yosemite Valley
 * 1927: Down the stream and other Indian songs
 * 1930: Indian camp-fire songs
 * 1931: Indian songs from the Northland
 * 1931: Fingers of the sun and other Indian songs from the Sierra slopes
 * 1932: Songs from the Mesas
 * 1932: Songs from the Tundras
 * 1937: The Ballad of San Francisco Bay
 * 1937: Five Little songs