Mathematics Form and Function

Lane, Saunders Mac

ISBN 10: 1461293405 / ISBN 13: 9781461293408

Published by Springer Verlag New York, Inc., New York, 1986

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Paperback in very good condition. Light shelf wear only. Covers are clean, binding is sound and content is as unread. LW.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematics Form and Function
• Publisher: Springer Verlag New York, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1461293405
• ISBN 13: 9781461293408
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mathematics/Accounting

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Synopsis

This book records my efforts over the past four years to capture in words a description of the form and function of Mathematics, as a background for the Philosophy of Mathematics. My efforts have been encouraged by lec­ tures that I have given at Heidelberg under the auspices of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, at the University of Chicago, and at the University of Minnesota, the latter under the auspices of the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications. Jean Benabou has carefully read the entire manuscript and has offered incisive comments. George Glauberman, Car­ los Kenig, Christopher Mulvey, R. Narasimhan, and Dieter Puppe have provided similar comments on chosen chapters. Fred Linton has pointed out places requiring a more exact choice of wording. Many conversations with George Mackey have given me important insights on the nature of Mathematics. I have had similar help from Alfred Aeppli, John Gray, Jay Goldman, Peter Johnstone, Bill Lawvere, and Roger Lyndon. Over the years, I have profited from discussions of general issues with my colleagues Felix Browder and Melvin Rothenberg. Ideas from Tammo Tom Dieck, Albrecht Dold, Richard Lashof, and Ib Madsen have assisted in my study of geometry. Jerry Bona and B. L. Foster have helped with my examina­ tion of mechanics. My observations about logic have been subject to con­ structive scrutiny by Gert Miiller, Marian Boykan Pour-El, Ted Slaman, R. Voreadou, Volker Weispfennig, and Hugh Woodin.