The Unity of Mathematics In Honor of the Ninetieth Birthday of I.M. Gelfand /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Etingof, Pavel (Editor), Retakh, Vladimir (Editor), Singer, I. M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Birkhäuser Boston, 2006.
• Series: Progress in Mathematics ; 244
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; Group theory.; K-theory.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Geometry.; Physics.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Algebraic Geometry.; K-Theory.; Group Theory and Generalizations.

A tribute to the vision and legacy of Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, the invited papers in this volume reflect the unity of mathematics as a whole, with particular emphasis on the many connections among the fields of geometry, physics, and representation theory. Written by leading mathematicians, the te...