Mathematical Research Today and Tomorrow: Viewpoints of Seven Fields Medalists. Lectures given at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, ... 1525 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1525) - Softcover

 
9783540560111: Mathematical Research Today and Tomorrow: Viewpoints of Seven Fields Medalists. Lectures given at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, ... 1525 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 1525)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3540560114 ISBN 13: 9783540560111
Publisher: Springer, 1992

Synopsis

The Symposium on the Current State and Prospects of Mathematics was held in Barcelona from June 13 to June 18, 1991. Seven invited Fields medalists gavetalks on the development of their respective research fields. The contents of all lectures were collected in the volume, together witha transcription of a round table discussion held during the Symposium. All papers are expository. Some parts include precise technical statements of recent results, but the greater part consists of narrative text addressed to a very broad mathematical public. CONTENTS: R. Thom: Leaving Mathematics for Philosophy.- S. Novikov: Role of Integrable Models in the Development of Mathematics.- S.-T. Yau: The Current State and Prospects of Geometry and Nonlinear Differential Equations.- A. Connes: Noncommutative Geometry.- S. Smale: Theory of Computation.- V. Jones: Knots in Mathematics and Physics.- G. Faltings: Recent Progress in Diophantine Geometry.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3540560114
ISBN 13 
9783540560111
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
132
Editor
Casacuberta Carles, Castellet Manuel