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Although Erdös and Davenport collaborated on many publications 1936-63, the surviving correspondence is very meagre and is mainly from Erdös on various mathematical discoveries.

Correspondence 1960 is enquiry re Erdös's problem on sets of congruences.

Ennola, V.

DAVT/G/91
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1957–59

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Research, draft paper on lattice constants.

Elliott, P. D. T. A.

DAVT/G/90
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1966

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Papers

Austin, M. C.

DAVT/G/9
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1951

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Eichler, M.

DAVT/G/89
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1962

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

One letter only.

Dyson, F. J.

DAVT/G/88
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1942, 1946

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Includes laudatory report by Davenport on 'fellowship thesis by F. J. Dyson: "Two problems in the theory of numbers".'

DuVal, P.

DAVT/G/87
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1935

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

One letter only, from Princeton. Mainly mathematical but refers to J. von Neumann's proposed visit to Cambridge.

Draim, N. A.

DAVT/G/86
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1950–65

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Various dates

Dolciani, M. P.

DAVT/G/84-85
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nd

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

G.84: Arrangements to spend sabbatical leave working with Davenport on theory of numbers.
G.85: Miscellaneous ms. notes and drafts.

Dirac, G. A. and others

DAVT/G/83
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1964–65

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Papers

Derry, D.

DAVT/G/82
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1938

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Minkowski's work.

Delaunay, B.

DAVT/G/81
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1963

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Papers

De Bruijn, N. G.

DAVT/G/80
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1951–55

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Correspondence 1951-52 is re suitable prize problem for Amsterdam Mathematical Society.

Atkin, A. O. L.

DAVT/G/8
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1946-64

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Davis, C. S.

DAVT/G/79
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1945-55

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Papers

Davies, M.

DAVT/G/78
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1947

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

On his visit to Stanford.

Cridland, N.

DAVT/G/77
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1954–56

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Packing of small circles. Enquiry originally addressed to S. T. Shovelton and passed on by him to Davenport.

Coxeter, H. M. S.

DAVT/G/73-76
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1928-59

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

An undergraduate friend of Davenport at Cambridge, using his youthful nickname of 'Dave' in the letter of 1928 and signing his own letters 'Donald'. Includes some personal news as well as mathematical research.
G.73: 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935. From Coxeter's mother), Includes 3pp. 'Prop' by Coxeter, 1932
G.74: 1939
G.75: 1945–48
G.76: 1951–53, 1958-59

Courant, R.

DAVT/G/72
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1934-47

Part of Papers of Harold Davenport

Early correspondence is from Göttingen, with news of German mathematicians. Courant left for America in August 1934. Later correspondence is renewing contact after the war.

Collingwood, E.