A History in Sum : : 150 Years of Mathematics at Harvard (1825-1975) /

A History in Sum : : 150 Years of Mathematics at Harvard (1825-1975) / / Steve Nadis.

In the twentieth century, American mathematicians began to make critical advances in a field previously dominated by Europeans. Harvard's mathematics department was at the center of these developments. A History in Sum is an inviting account of the pioneers who trailblazed a distinctly American...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
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Nadis, Steve,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 21 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Prologue: The Early Days- A "Colledge" Riseth in the Cowyards
  • 1. Benjamin Peirce and the Science of "Necessary Conclusions"
  • 2 Osgood, Bôcher, and the Great Awakening in American Mathematics
  • 3. The Dynamical Presence of George David Birkhoff
  • 4. Analysis and Algebra Meet Topology: Marston Morse, Hassler Whitney, and Saunders Mac Lane
  • 5. Analysis Most Complex: Lars Ahlfors Gives Function Theory a Geometric Spin
  • 6. The War and Its Aftermath: Andrew Gleason, George Mackey, and an Assignation in Hilbert Space
  • 7. The Europeans: Oscar Zariski, Richard Brauer, and Raoul Bott
  • Epilogue: Numbers and Beyond
  • Notes
  • Index

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