The Mathematics of Frobenius in Context, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013 A Journey Through 18th to 20th Century Mathematics Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Series
Auteur : Hawkins Thomas
.-1. A Berlin Education.-2. Professor at the Zurich Polytechnic.-3. Berlin Professor.-4. The Paradigm.-5. Further Development of the Paradigm.-6. The Problem of Pfaff.-7. The Cayley-Hermite Problem and Matrix Algebra.-8. Arithmetical Investigations: Linear Algebra.-9. Arithmetical Investigations: Groups.-10. Abelian Functions.-11. Frobenius' Generalized Theory of Theta Functions.-12. The Group Determinant Problem.-13. Group Characters and Representations.-14. Alternate Routes to Representation Theory.-15. Characters and Representations after 1897.-16. Loose Ends.-17. Nonnegative Matrices.-18. The Mathematics of Frobenius in Retrospect.-References.-Index.
Thomas Hawkins won the 2001 Whiteman Prize, an AMS prize that honors notable exposition in the history of mathematics. The citation for the prize calls Hawkins "an outstanding historian of mathematics whose current research and numerous publications display the highest standards of mathematical and historical sophistication." The citation also mentions a number of Hawkins’ works, including his book, The Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups: An Essay in the History of Mathematics 1869-1926. "Hawkins’ work has truly transformed our understanding of how modern mathematics has evolved," the citation concludes.
Written by an expert in the field with forty years of research on the subject
Presented in three parts for optimal accessibility
Contains a detailed table of contents to guide readers to the works of greatest interest to them
Date de parution : 08-2015
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Ouvrage de 699 p.
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