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Manfredo P. Do Carmo - Selected Papers
Carmo, Manfredo P.do. Ed(S): Tenenblat, Keti
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Hardback. This selection of papers by one of the outstanding geometers of the age focuses on the Brazilian professor's specialism of differential geometry and covers a host of topics from convexity and rigidity to relations between curvature and topology. Editor(s): Tenenblat, Keti. Num Pages: 497 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP; PBMS; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 245 x 33. Weight in Grams: 880.
This volume of selected academic papers demonstrates the significance of the contribution to mathematics made by Manfredo P. do Carmo. Twice a Guggenheim Fellow and the winner of many prestigious national and international awards, the professor at the institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro is well known as the author of influential textbooks such as Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces. The area of differential geometry is the main focus of this selection, though it also contains do Carmo's own commentaries on his life as a scientist as well as assessment of the impact of his ... Read more
This volume of selected academic papers demonstrates the significance of the contribution to mathematics made by Manfredo P. do Carmo. Twice a Guggenheim Fellow and the winner of many prestigious national and international awards, the professor at the institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics in Rio de Janeiro is well known as the author of influential textbooks such as Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces. The area of differential geometry is the main focus of this selection, though it also contains do Carmo's own commentaries on his life as a scientist as well as assessment of the impact of his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
497
Condition
New
Number of Pages
497
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642255878
SKU
V9783642255878
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About Carmo, Manfredo P.do. Ed(S): Tenenblat, Keti
Manfredo P. do Carmo is Professor Emeritus at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro. He graduated as a Civil Engineer in Recife, Brazil and he completed his PhD, in 1963, under the supervision of S.S. Chern, at the University of California, Berkeley. He has held visiting positions in several universities in Brazil and abroad. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy ... Read more
Reviews for Manfredo P. Do Carmo - Selected Papers
“The area of differential geometry is the main focus of this collection, though it also contains do Carmo’s own commentaries on his life as a scientist as well as assessment of the impact of his research and a complete list of his publications. … His work, as presented in this collection of 32 papers, speaks for itself, as regards both ... Read more