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S.S. Chern: A Great Geometer of the Twentieth Century: expanded edition
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Description for S.S. Chern: A Great Geometer of the Twentieth Century: expanded edition
Paperback. Editor(s): Yau, Shing-Tung. Num Pages: 366 pages. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. .
Deals with the life and work of the great twentieth-century mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern. Included are numerous pages of photographs; an autobiographical article recounting the formation of a mathematical mind and of a great war; historical and personal reminiscences by thirty distinguished mathematicians and physicists including Bott, Griffiths, Lawson, Nirenberg, Singer, Yang, Yau, and others; and a discussion of 100 open problems in geometry. The book is essential for anyone who is interested in understanding Chern and his influence upon twentieth-century century mathematics.
Deals with the life and work of the great twentieth-century mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern. Included are numerous pages of photographs; an autobiographical article recounting the formation of a mathematical mind and of a great war; historical and personal reminiscences by thirty distinguished mathematicians and physicists including Bott, Griffiths, Lawson, Nirenberg, Singer, Yang, Yau, and others; and a discussion of 100 open problems in geometry. The book is essential for anyone who is interested in understanding Chern and his influence upon twentieth-century century mathematics.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
International Press of Boston, Incorporated
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Somerville, United States
ISBN
9781571462411
SKU
V9781571462411
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99-3
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