The Random Walks of George Polya: Problems of Olympiad Caliber - Brossura

Pólya, George; Alexanderson, Gerald L.

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ISBN 10: 0883855283 ISBN 13: 9780883855287

Casa editrice: The Mathematical Association of America, 2000

Riassunto

Both a biography of Pólya's life, and a review of his many mathematical achievements by today's experts.

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Descrizione del libro

One of the giants of classical analysis in the 20th century, George Pólya had a temendous influence on the state of mathematics today. This book serves both as a biography of Pólya's life, and a review of his many mathematical achievements by experts from a wide range of different fields.

Contenuti

1. Childhood; 2. Pólya's education; 3. Vienna, Göttingen and Paris; 4. Zurich; 5. Collaboration with Szegö?; 6. Oxford and Cambridge; 7. The United States - the first visit; 8. Swiss citizenship; 9. Stanford; 10. 1945; 11. Honors; 12. The later years; Appendix I: Pólya's work in probability K. L. Chung; Appendix II: Pólya's work in analysis R. P. Boas; Appendix III: Comments on number theory D. H. Lehmer; Appendix IV: Pólya's geometry D. Schattschneider; Appendix V: Pólya's enumeration theorem R. C. Reed; Appendix VI: Pólya's contributions in mathematical physics M. M. Schiffer; Appendix VII: Pólya and mathematical education A. H. Schoenfeld; Appendix VIII: Pólya's influence; Appendix IX Prizes awards and lecturships; Appendix X: 'On picture writing' G. Pólya; Appendix XI: 'On learning, teaching and learning teaching' G. Pólya; Appendix XII: Cast of Characters.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The Mathematical Association of America
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0883855283
• ISBN 13: 9780883855287
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 316
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile