Jeremy Gray, David Rowe

The Hilbert Challenge

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Few problems in mathematics have had the status of those posed by David Hilbert in 1900. Mathematicians have made their reputations by solving some of them like Fermat's last theorem, but several remain unsolved including the Riemann Hypotheses, which has eluded all the great minds of this century. A hundred years later, this book takes a fresh look at the problems, the man who set them, and the reasons for their lasting impact on the mathematics of the twentieth century. In this fascinating book, the authors consider what makes this the pre-eminent collection of problems in mathematics, what they tell us about what drives mathematicians, and the nature of reputation, influence and power in the world of modern mathematics. It is written in a clear and entertaining style and will appeal to anyone with interest in mathematics or those mathematicians willing to try their hand at these problems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9780198506515
• ISBN-10: 0198506511
• Artikelnr.: 21601671

Autorenporträt

Jeremy Gray is Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the Open University. His research interests lie in the history of the mathematics of the 19th and 20th centuries, and in the philosophy and social significance of mathematics. He is the author or editor of nine books, most recently The Symbolic Universe: Geometry and Physics 1890-1930 (OUP 1999).

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
Hilbert in Paris
How Hilbert came to Paris
Paris in more detail
1900-1918
1918-1945
After 1945
Epilogue
Glossary
Appendix 1: Hilbert's lecture at the International Congress of Mathematics, Paris, 1900
Appendix 2: The Hilbert problems 1900-1999
Appendix 3. Logical matters
Bibliography
Index