References for John Farey

1. J M Eyles, Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).

Books:

2. G H Hardy and E M Wright, An introduction to the theory of numbers (New York, 1945).

Articles:

3. M Bruckheimer and A Arcavi, Farey series and Pick's area theorem, The Mathematical Intelligencer 17 (2) (1995), 64-67.
4. John Farey (1766-1826), Dictionary of National Biography (London, 1897), 367-370.
5. J Farey, On a curious property of vulgar fractions, Philos. Mag. J. 47 (1816), 385-386.

February 2000