First European Congress of Mathematics: Volume I Invited Lectures Part 1: 3 (Progress in Mathematics, 3) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764327987 ISBN 13: 9783764327989

Publisher: Birkhäuser, 1994

Synopsis

Table of contents: Plenary Lectures • V.I. Arnold: The Vassiliev Theory of Discriminants and Knots • L. Babai: Transparent Proofs and Limits to Approximation • C. De Concini: Poisson Algebraic Groups and Representations of Quantum Groups at Roots of 1 • S.K. Donaldson: Gauge Theory and Four-Manifold Topology • W. Müller: Spectral Theory and Geometry • D. Mumford: Pattern Theory: A Unifying Perspective • A.-S. Sznitman: Brownian Motion and Obstacles • M. Vergne: Geometric Quantization and Equivariant Cohomology • Parallel Lectures • Z. Adamowicz: The Power of Exponentiation in Arithmetic • A. Björner: Subspace Arrangements • B. Bojanov: Optimal Recovery of Functions and Integrals • J.-M. Bony: Existence globale et diffusion pour les modèles discrets • R.E. Borcherds: Sporadic Groups and String Theory • J. Bourgain: A Harmonic Analysis Approach to Problems in Nonlinear Partial Differatial Equations • F. Catanese: (Some) Old and New Results on Algebraic Surfaces • Ch. Deninger: Evidence for a Cohomological Approach to Analytic Number Theory • S. Dostoglou and D.A. Salamon: Cauchy-Riemann Operators, Self-Duality, and the Spectral Flow

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This is first volume of a three-volume work containing the proceedings of the First European Congress of Mathematics. It encompasses an account of the state of research in a wide variety of mathematical topics, as well as discussions of the role of mathematics in society.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764327987
• ISBN 13: 9783764327989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 545
• Editor: Joseph Anthony, Mignot Fulbert, Murat Francois, Prum Bernard, Rentschler Rudolf