Hermann Weyl, Peter Pesic

Levels of Infinity

Selected Writings on Mathematics and Philosophy
Herausgeber: Pesic, Peter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Original anthology features less-technical essays discussing logic, topology, abstract algebra, relativity theory, and the works of David Hilbert. Most have been long unavailable or previously unpublished in book form. 2012 edition.

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Produktdetails

• Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780486489032
• ISBN-10: 0486489035
• Artikelnr.: 34562227

Autorenporträt

Hermann Weyl (1885-1955) ranks among the 20th century's greatest and most influential mathematicians. He was associated with Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Gottingen, and ETH Zurich. His other Dover books include The Concept of a Riemann Surface (47004-0), The Theory of Groups and Quantum Mechanics (60269-9), and Space, Time, Matter (60267-2).Peter Pesic is a Tutor and Musician in Residence at St. John's College, Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has edited several books for Dover, including Beyond Geometry: Classic Papers from Riemann to Einstein (45350-2).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Levels of Infinity (1931) Topology and Abstract Algebra as Two
Roads of Mathematical Comprehension (1932) Emmy Noether (1935) The
Mathematical Way of Thinking (1940) David Hilbert (1862-1943) (1944) David
Hilbert and His Mathematical Work (1944) Mathematics and Logic (1946)
Relativity Theory as a Stimulus in Mathematical Research (1949) A
Half-Century of Mathematics (1953) Axiomatic versus Constructive Procedures
in Mathematics (1953) Why is the World Four-Dimensional? (1955) References