Mathematics in Berlin

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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Beskrivning

This work provides information for readers interested in the mathematical past and present of Berlin. It presents a comprehensive, condensed overview of mathematical activity in Berlin, beginning with the foundation of the Academy by Leibniz and carrying over almost to the present day. Many chapters are essentially concise biographies of figures in mathematical history. The presentations are held together by a few articles examining the overall development of entire periods of scientific life at Berlin. Chapters cover the foundation of the University of Berlin, the "golden age" of mathematics (spanning the second half of the 19th century), the Nazi period, the development of mathematics in East and West Berlin during the political invasion of the city, and the merging of the formerly separated communities with the reunification of Germany.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1998-07-21
Mått:170 x 240 x 12 mm
Vikt:376 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:216
Upplaga:1998
Förlag:Birkhauser Verlag AG
ISBN:9783764359430

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"Much more than a souvenir booklet; experts provide not only very readable thumbnail sketches of a wide range of topics, but also bibliographies which make this a substantial introduction to further literature." --Mathematical Reviews

Innehållsförteckning

Mathematics at the Prussian Academy of Sciences 1700–1810.- Mathematics in Berlin, 1810–1933.- Augustus Leopold Crelle.- Gustav Peter Lejeune Dirichlet.- Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.- Jacob Steiner and Synthetic Geometry.- Gotthold Eisenstein.- Kummer and Kronecker.- Weierstrass and some members of his circle: Kovalevskaia, Fuchs, Schwarz, Schottky.- Frobenius, Schur, and the Berlin Algebraic Tradition.- Erhard Schmidt, John von Neumann.- Constantin Carathéodory.- Richard von Mises.- Einstein in Berlin.- The Nazi era: the Berlin way of politicizing mathematics.- The University of Berlin from Reopening until 1953.- Helmut Hasse, Hermann Ludwig Schmid and their students in Berlin.- Freie Universität Berlin, a summary of its history.- Mathematics at the Berlin Technische Hochschule/Technische Universität.- Mathematics in Berlin at the Humboldt University: from 1953 until now.- The Mathematical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR.- Fast Algorithms, Fast Computers: The Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum Berlin (ZIB).- Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS).- Zentralblatt für Mathematik und ihre Grenzgebiete.- Sources of photographs.- Addresses of authors and editors.