Jean-Paul Pier

Mathematical Analysis During the 20th Century

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

It will be an interesting and useful reference work for graduate students, lecturers, and all professional mathematicians and other scientists with an interest in the history of mathematics.

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Published under the Clarendon Press imprint, this book covers the 20th Century evolution of essential ideas in mathematical analysis, a field that since the times of Newton and Leibnitz has been one of the most important and presitigious in mathematics. Each chapter features a comprehensive first part on developments during the period 1900-1950, then provides outlooks on achievements during the last part of the century. Chapters include original quotations from outstanding mathematicians and the book includes a bibliography of almost 1000 entries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 769g
• ISBN-13: 9780198503941
• ISBN-10: 0198503946
• Artikelnr.: 21598413

Autorenporträt

Professor Jean-Paul Pier, Department of Mathematics, Luxembourg University Centre.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. General topology
3. Integration and measure
4. Functional analysis
5. Harmonic analysis
6. Lie groups
7. Theory of functions and analytic geometry
8. Ordinary and partial differential equations
9. Algebraic topology
10.Differential topology
11.Probability
12.Algebraic geometry
References
Index of names
Index of terms
Appendix: List of symbols