The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Parikh, Carol (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Algebraic Geometry.

Oscar Zariski's work in mathematics permanently altered the foundations of algebraic geometry. The powerful tools he forged from the ideas of modern algebra allowed him to penetrate classical problems with an unaccustomed depth, and brought new rigor to the intuitive proofs of the Italian Schoo...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• That Darling Old Lady Kobrin and Chernigov 1899– 1918
• Birds Whirling like Numbers Kiev 1918–1920
• Three Great Mathematicians Rome 1921–1926
• Reading Pushkin and Dante
• “Oscar, You Are Not One of Us.”
• Walking with Lefschetz Baltimore 1927–1928
• A Voyage of Discovery 1928–1932
• “The Algebra Which Sheds Light on Geometry” 1932–1935
• A Citizen of the World of Mathematics 1935–1937
• The Resolution of Some Singularities
• A Land of Intellectual Cannibals 1939–1944
• “A Superb Audience of One … André Weil” São Paulo 1945
• Normal Points of a Variety Cambridge 1947
• The Pure Pleasure of It
• An Attack on the Theory of Linear Systems 1950–1956
• Tying Bells on Characteristic Zero 1957–1961
• A Feeling of Awe 1962–1974
• The Depth of His Attachment.