From Classical to Modern Algebraic Geometry Corrado Segre's Mastership and Legacy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Casnati, Gianfranco (Editor), Conte, Alberto (Editor), Gatto, Letterio (Editor), Giacardi, Livia (Editor), Marchisio, Marina (Editor), Verra, Alessandro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016.
• Series: Trends in the History of Science,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algebraic geometry.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Algebraic Geometry.

This book commemorates the 150th birthday of Corrado Segre, one of the founders of the Italian School of Algebraic Geometry and a crucial figure in the history of Algebraic Geometry. It is the outcome of a conference held in Turin, Italy. One of the book's most unique features is the inclusion...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Part I: Corrado Segre' Leadership: from Torino to the International Scene/Arena
• Contributions by Aldo Brigaglia, Alberto Conte and Livia Giacardi, Paola Gario, Erika Luciano and Clara Silvia Roero, David Rowe
• Part II: Perspectives on Segre's Legacy
• Contributions by Jérémy Blanc, Luca Chiantini and Duccio Sacchi, Ciro Ciliberto, Maria Angelica Cueto, Massimiliano Mella, Kristian Ranestad and Piotr Zwiernik, Laura Costa, Rosa M. Miró-Roig and Joan Pons-Llopis, Igor Dolgachev, Margarida Mendes Lopes and Rita Pardini, Emilia Mezzetti, Edoardo Sernesi
• Part III: The Unpublished Notebook of Corrado Segre Sulla Geometria Sugli Enti Algebrici Semplicemente Infiniti (1890-1891)
• Alberto Conte, Introduction
• Reproduction of the Manuscript
• Appendices.