Frontiers of Mathematical Sciences: The Inauguration of the Mathematical Sciences Center of Tsinghua University and the Tsinghua-Sanya International Mathematics Forum (English edition) - Softcover

[various Contributors]

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157146123X ISBN 13: 9781571461230

Publisher: International Press of Boston, 2011

Synopsis

This book begins with an historical overview of mathematics at Tsinghua University, describing the life and works of several eminent mathematicians educated there--including Shiing-Shen Chern, Loo-Keng Hua, Chia-Chiao Lin, and Pao-Lu Hsu--and remembering two famous western visitors to Tsinghua, Jacques Hadamard and Norbert Wiener. <P>Furthermore, the book presents some specific plans, and maps a general direction, regarding the role that the Mathematical Sciences Center and the Tsinghua-Sanya International Mathematics Forum will play in mathematics both in China and on the international stage. <P>Most importantly, this book contains accessible articles and profound papers, written by some of the world's leading experts, delving into the content, meaning, and methods of the most recent developments in mathematics and mathematical physics, and revealing the deep connections between mathematics and the other sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Press of Boston
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157146123X
• ISBN 13: 9781571461230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 455
• Editor: Huai-Dong Cao (Lehigh University), Shiu-Yuen Cheng (Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology), Binglin Gu (Tsinghua University), Lizhen Ji (University Of Michigan), Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)