Prospects in Mathematics. (AM-70), Volume 70
By (Author) Friedrich Hirzebruch
By (author) Lars Hrmander
By (author) John Milnor
By (author) Jean-Pierre Serre
By (author) I. M. Singer
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
31st January 1972
United States
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
510
Paperback
185
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
28g
Five papers by distinguished American and European mathematicians describe some current trends in mathematics in the perspective of the recent past and in terms of expectations for the future. Among the subjects discussed are algebraic groups, quadratic forms, topological aspects of global analysis, variants of the index theorem, and partial differ
John Willard Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematical Society