Mathematics in Berlin - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3764359439 ISBN 13: 9783764359430

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 1998

Synopsis

This little book is conceived as a service to mathematicians attending the 1998 International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin. It presents a comprehensive, condensed overview of mathematical activity in Berlin, from Leibniz almost to the present day (without, however, including biographies of living mathematicians). Since many towering figures in mathematical history worked in Berlin, most of the chapters of this book are concise biographies. These are held together by a few survey articles presenting the overall development of entire periods of scientific life at Berlin. Overlaps between various chapters and differences in style between the chap­ ters were inevitable, but sometimes this provided opportunities to show different aspects of a single historical event - for instance, the Kronecker-Weierstrass con­ troversy. The book aims at readability rather than scholarly completeness. There are no footnotes, only references to the individual bibliographies of each chapter. Still, we do hope that the texts brought together here, and written by the various authors for this volume, constitute a solid introduction to the history of Berlin mathematics.

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Review:

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 3764359439
• ISBN 13: 9783764359430
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Begehr Heinrich, Koch Helmut, Kramer Jürg, Schappacher Norbert, Thiele Ernst-Jochen