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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer
ISBN-109811935505
ISBN-139789811935503
eBay Product ID (ePID)15057278112
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXii, 110 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMy Mathematical Life : Yuan Wang in Conversation
Publication Year2024
SubjectHistory & Philosophy, General, Number Theory
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics
AuthorYuan Wang
SeriesSpringer Biographies Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal510.92
Original LanguageChinese
Table Of ContentPreface.- Introduction.- Childhood.- High School.- University.- Connection with Number Theory.- Sieve.- Applied Mathematics Explored.- Lost Memories.- Back to Math.- Dabbling in Mathematical Statistics.- A Sip of Mathematics History.- When the Curtain Falls.
SynopsisThis book is an autobiographical interview with Chinese Academician Yuan Wang on his experience in mathematical research. The book looks back on Wang's collaboration with his teacher Hua Loo-Keng and younger scholars, offering insights into fruitful cooperation in mathematical research. In this book, Yuan Wang's path of studying Goldbach conjecture is revealed in detail from motivation to method. Then his work on algebraic number theory is traced back in a separate chapter. The book ends with two chapters which introduce Wang's interest in history of mathematics and his hobbies outside of mathematical research. Wang shows how a mathematician can in the same time be a historical and popular science writer and, in particular, a well-received calligrapher. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students studying number theory. Researchers who are willing to learn from the experience of an established mathematician, as well as math amateurs and general audience who are interested in Yuan Wang's life story might also find this book appealing.
LC Classification NumberQA1-939
