The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski (eBook)

Carol Parikh (Autor)

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2008 | 2009
XXII, 194 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-09430-4 (ISBN)

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Oscar Zariski's work in mathematics permanently altered the foundations of algebraic geometry. The powerful tools he forged from the ideas of modern algebra allowed him to penetrate classical problems with an unaccustomed depth, and brought new rigor to the intuitive proofs of the Italian School. The students he trained at Hopkins, and later at Harvard, are among the foremost mathematicians of our time.

While what he called his 'real life' is recorded in almost a hundred books and papers, this story of his 'unreal life' is based upon Parikh's interviews with his family, colleagues, and students, and on his own memories from a series of tape-recorded interviews made a few years before his death in 1986.

First published in 1991, The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski was highly successful and widely praised, but has been out of print for many years. Springer is proud to make this book available again, introducing Oscar Zariski to a new generation of mathematicians.

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Oscar Zariski's work in mathematics permanently altered the foundations of algebraic geometry. The powerful tools he forged from the ideas of modern algebra allowed him to penetrate classical problems with an unaccustomed depth, and brought new rigor to the intuitive proofs of the Italian School. The students he trained at Hopkins, and later at Harvard, are among the foremost mathematicians of our time.While what he called his "e;real life"e; is recorded in almost a hundred books and papers, this story of his "e;unreal life"e; is based upon Parikh's interviews with his family, colleagues, and students, and on his own memories from a series of tape-recorded interviews made a few years before his death in 1986.First published in 1991, The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski was highly successful and widely praised, but has been out of print for many years. Springer is proud to make this book available again, introducing Oscar Zariski to a new generation of mathematicians.

Inhalt

Contents 7
Preface 9
Acknowledgments 11
A Foreword for Non-Mathematicians 13
That Darling Old Lady Kobrin and Chernigov 1899–1918 23
Birds Whirling like Numbers Kiev 1918– 1920 30
Three Great Mathematicians Rome 1921– 1926 34
Reading Pushkin and Dante 42
“Oscar, You Are Not One of Us.” 46
Walking with Lefschetz Baltimore 1927– 1928 53
A Voyage of Discovery 1928– 1932 64
“The Algebra Which Sheds Light on Geometry” 1932– 1935 70
A Citizen of the World of Mathematics 1935– 1937 77
The Resolution of Some Singularities 84
A Land of Intellectual Cannibals 1939– 1944 90
“A Superb Audience of One … André Weil” São Paulo 1945 96
Normal Points of a Variety Cambridge 1947 101
The Pure Pleasure of It 107
An Attack on the Theory of Linear Systems 1950– 1956 116
Tying Bells on Characteristic Zero 1957– 1961 124
A Feeling of Awe 1962– 1974 135
The Depth of His Attachment 144
A Discussion of Zariski’s Work 149
Zariski’s Papers on the Foundations of Algebraic Geometry and on Linear Systems 163
Zariski’s Papers on Holomorphic Functions 171
Zariski’s Papers on Resolution of Singularities 177
Zariski’s Papers on Equisingularity 183
Bibliography of Oscar Zariski 194
Index of Names 199

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.12.2008
• Zusatzinfo: XXII, 194 p. 46 illus.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Algebra • Algebraic Geometry • Boundary element method • Bridge • Character • DEX • Geometry • Mathematics • Proof • Story • Time • Tool
• ISBN-10: 0-387-09430-X / 038709430X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-09430-4 / 9780387094304