The Mathematical Century – The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years
Autor Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Arturo Sangalli, Freeman Dysonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 noi 2006
Odifreddi opens by discussing the four main philosophical foundations of mathematics of the nineteenth century and ends by describing the four most important open mathematical problems of the twenty-first century. In presenting the thirty problems at the heart of the book he devotes equal attention to pure and applied mathematics, with applications ranging from physics and computer science to biology and economics. Special attention is dedicated to the famous 23 problems outlined by David Hilbert in his address to the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900 as a research program for the new century, and to the work of the winners of the Fields Medal, the equivalent of a Nobel prize in mathematics. This eminently readable book will be treasured not only by students and their teachers but also by all those who seek to make sense of the elusive macrocosm of twentieth-century mathematics.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780691128054
ISBN-10: 0691128057
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 144 x 213 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Princeton University Press
Locul publicării:Princeton, United States
ISBN-10: 0691128057
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 144 x 213 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Princeton University Press
Locul publicării:Princeton, United States
Notă biografică
Piergiorgio Odifreddi is Professor of Mathematical Logic at the University of Turin and has been a visiting professor at Cornell University for many years. He is the author of the textbook Classical Recursion Theory. He is also a regular contributor to the Italian daily La Repubblica. Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study, is the author of several books, including Disturbing the Universe.
Descriere
Concentrates on thirty highlights of pure and applied mathematics. This book opens by discussing the four main philosophical foundations of mathematics of the nineteenth century and ends by describing the four important open mathematical problems of the twenty-first century.