Continuous Geometry

John von Neumann

ISBN 10: 0691058938 / ISBN 13: 9780691058931

Published by Princeton University Press, US, 1998

About this Item

In his work on rings of operators in Hilbert space, John von Neumann discovered a new mathematical structure that resembled the lattice system Ln. In characterizing its properties, von Neumann founded the field of continuous geometry. This book, based on von Neumann's lecture notes, begins with the development of the axioms of continuous geometry, dimension theory, and--for the irreducible case--the function D(a). The properties of regular rings are then discussed, and a variety of results are presented for lattices that are continuous geometries, for which irreducibility is not assumed. For students and researchers interested in ring theory or projective geometries, this book is required reading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Continuous Geometry
• Publisher: Princeton University Press, US
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691058938
• ISBN 13: 9780691058931
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 425 grams

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Synopsis

In his work on rings of operators in Hilbert space, John von Neumann discovered a new mathematical structure that resembled the lattice system Ln. In characterizing its properties, von Neumann founded the field of continuous geometry.


This book, based on von Neumann's lecture notes, begins with the development of the axioms of continuous geometry, dimension theory, and--for the irreducible case--the function D(a). The properties of regular rings are then discussed, and a variety of results are presented for lattices that are continuous geometries, for which irreducibility is not assumed. For students and researchers interested in ring theory or projective geometries, this book is required reading.

About the Author

John von Neumann (1903-1957) was a Permanent Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.