Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure

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ISBN 10: 1847922538 / ISBN 13: 9781847922533

Published by -, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure
• Publisher: -
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847922538
• ISBN 13: 9781847922533
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

What is it like to be a 'rock-star mathematician' praised by Patti Smith? How does an inspired mathematical idea become a published article? Cédric Villani received a Fields Medal in 2010 for his work on Landau damping and the Boltzmann equation; here he looks back at the development of this research, presenting emails exchanged with his collaborator Clement Mouhot and setting his academic work in the context of his everyday life.

About the Author

Cédric Villani is the director of the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris and a professor of mathematics at the Université de Lyon. His work on partial differential equations and various topics in mathematical physics has been honored by a number of awards, including the Fermat Prize and the Henri Poincaré Prize. He received the Fields Medal in 2010 for results concerning Landau damping and the Boltzmann equation.

Malcolm DeBevoise's translations, from the French and Italian, including more than thirty works in every branch of scholarship, have been widely praised. He lives in New Orleans.