Uta C. Merzbach: Dirichlet

Cover: 9783030010713 | Dirichlet | A Mathematical Biography | Uta C. Merzbach | Buch

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Beschreibung

This is the ¿rst extensive biography of the in¿uential German mathematician, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805 ¿ 1859). Dirichlet made major contributions to number theory in addition to clarifying concepts such as the representation of functions as series, the theory of convergence, and potential theory. His mathematical methodology was explicitly based on a thorough knowledge of the work of his predecessors and his belief in the underlying unity of the branches of mathematics. This uni¿ed approach is exempli¿ed in a paper that effectively launched the ¿eld of analytic number theory. The same orientation pervaded his teaching, which had a profound in¿uence on the work of many mathematicians of subsequent generations.
Chapters dealing with his mathematical work alternate with biographical chapters that place Dirichlet¿s life and those of some of his notable associates in the context of the political, social, and artistic culture of the period. This book will appeal notonly to mathematicians but also to historians of mathematics and sciences, and readers interested in the cultural and intellectual history of the nineteenth century.

Zusammenfassung

Provides a general context for the life of an influential European mathematician who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century

Details the extent to which certain mathematicians of the period were affected by political and social circumstances as well as by their own contributions

Shows how representatives of science, politics, and the arts interacted in the early nineteenth century

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Abbreviations and Conventions.- Rhineland.- Paris.- First Success.- Return to Prussia.- Early Publications.- Berlin.- Publications: 1829 - 1830.- Maturation.- Publications: Autumn 1832 - Spring 1839.- Expanding Interactions.- Publications: 1839 - 1845.- A Darkling Decade.- Publications: 1846 - 1855.- Göttingen.- Aftermath.- Lectures.- Centennial Legacy and Commentary.- Bibliography.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2019
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	xix 311 S. 17 s/w Illustr. 2 farbige Illustr. 311 p. 19 illus. 2 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783030010713
ISBN-10:	3030010716
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-030-01071-3
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Merzbach, Uta C.
Hersteller:	Springer-Verlag GmbH Springer International Publishing AG Birkhäuser
Abbildungen:	1 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, Bibliographie
Maße:	241 x 160 x 24 mm
Von/Mit:	Uta C. Merzbach
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.01.2019
Gewicht:	0,664 kg