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Simplicity: Ideals of Practice in Mathematics and the Arts
Roman Kossak (Ed.)
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Description for Simplicity: Ideals of Practice in Mathematics and the Arts
Hardback. Editor(s): Kossak, Roman; Ording, Philip. Series: Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts. Num Pages: 390 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, 7 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: AB; PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
To find criteria of simplicity was the goal of David Hilbert's recently discovered twenty-fourth problem on his renowned list of open problems given at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris. At the same time, simplicity and economy of means are powerful impulses in the creation of artworks. This was an inspiration for a conference, titled the same as this volume, that took place at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in April of 2013. This volume includes selected lectures presented at the conference, and additional contributions offering diverse perspectives from art and ... Read more
To find criteria of simplicity was the goal of David Hilbert's recently discovered twenty-fourth problem on his renowned list of open problems given at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris. At the same time, simplicity and economy of means are powerful impulses in the creation of artworks. This was an inspiration for a conference, titled the same as this volume, that took place at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in April of 2013. This volume includes selected lectures presented at the conference, and additional contributions offering diverse perspectives from art and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Mathematics, Culture, and the Arts
Condition
New
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319533834
SKU
V9783319533834
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About Roman Kossak (Ed.)
Roman Kossak's research is in model theory of nonstandard models of formal arithmetic. For over 30 years he has worked at the City University of New York, where he teaches developmental courses at Bronx Community College and mathematical logic and model theory at the Graduate Center. His other interests include phenomenology and interactions between ... Read more
Reviews for Simplicity: Ideals of Practice in Mathematics and the Arts
I have been struck by certain rhetorical habits that are characteristic of writing, by mathematicians or artists or philosophers, about the arts or mathematics or philosophy. These habits-which are as remarkable ... are on display in the Book ... . (Michel Harris, The Mathematical Intelligencer, Vol. 41, June, 2019)