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Inspired by S.S. Chern : a Memorial Volume in Honor of a Great Mathematician /

Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004) was one of the leading differential geometers of the twentieth century. In 1946, he founded the Mathematical Institute of Academia Sinica in Shanghai, which was later moved to Nanking. In 1981, he founded the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at Berkeley a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Griffiths, Phillip, 1938-, Chern, Shiing-Shen, 1911-2004
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006.
Colección:Nankai tracts in mathematics ; v. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004) was one of the leading differential geometers of the twentieth century. In 1946, he founded the Mathematical Institute of Academia Sinica in Shanghai, which was later moved to Nanking. In 1981, he founded the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at Berkeley and acted as the director until 1984. In 1985, he founded the Nankai Institute of Mathematics in Tianjin. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1975; the Wolf Prize in mathematics in 1984; and the Shaw Prize in mathematical sciences in 2004. Chern's works span all the classic fields of diff.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 513 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9812772685
9789812772688
9812700625
9789812700629