Max Dehn (1878-1952) is known to mathematicians today for his seminal contributions to geometry and topology-Dehn surgery, Dehn twists, the Dehn invariant, etc. He is also remembered as the first mathematician to solve one of Hilberts famous proble...Loe edasi...
Aspiring and Inspiring is a collection of essays from successful women and gender minority mathematicians on what it takes to build a career in mathematics. The individual essays are intended to advise, encourage, and inspire mathematicians throug...Loe edasi...
Offers a detailed description of the early history of the three-body problem and its periodic solutions, with chapters dedicated to the pioneering work of Hill, Poincare, and Darwin. This is followed by an in-depth account of the contribution to the...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Dec-2019, Hardback, Kirjastus: American Mathematical Society, ISBN-13: 9781470448295)
Offers a comprehensive history of the development of mathematics in the US and Canada. This first volume of a two-volume work takes the reader from the European encounters with North America in the fifteenth century up to the emergence of the United...Loe edasi...
Hassler Whitney was a giant of twentieth-century mathematics. This biography paints a picture of him and includes dozens of revealing anecdotes. Mathematically, he had a rare detector that went off whenever he spotted a piece of mathematical gold, a...Loe edasi...
This volume documents the life and work of Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields (1863-1932), who established the Fields Medal for outstanding mathematics discoveries in 1932. It relates his childhood in Hamilton, Canada West, and its scientific...Loe edasi...
