Paul Lévy and Maurice Fréchet 50 Years of Correspondence in 107 Letters /

• Main Authors: Barbut, Marc (Author), Locker, Bernard (Author), Mazliak, Laurent (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences,
• Subjects: History.; Functional analysis.; Probabilities.; Mathematics.; Social sciences.; Mathematical physics.; History of Science.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Functional Analysis.; Mathematical Physics.; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

The fascinating correspondence between Paul Lévy and Maurice Fréchet spans an extremely active period in French mathematics during the twentieth century. The letters of these two Frenchmen show their vicissitudes of research and passionate enthusiasm for the emerging field of modern probability theo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Introduction to the correspondence
• 107 Letters from Paul Lévy to Maurice Fréchet.