A History of Algebraic Differential Topology 1900-1960

Jean Alexandre Dieudonné

ISBN 10: 376433388X / ISBN 13: 9783764333881

Edité par Birkhauser, 1989

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• Titre: A History of Algebraic Differential Topology 1900-1960
• Éditeur: Birkhauser
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 376433388X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783764333881
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Used

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Synopsis

This text traces the history of algebraic topology, beginning with its creation by Henri Poincare in 1900 and describing in detail the important ideas introduced in the theory before 1960.

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This book is a well-informed and detailed analysis of the problems and development of algebraic topology, from Poincaré and Brouwer to Serre, Adams, and Thom. The author has examined each significant paper along this route and describes the steps and strategy of its proofs and its relation to other work. Previously, the history of the many technical developments of 20th-century mathematics had seemed to present insuperable obstacles to scholarship. This book demonstrates in the case of topology how these obstacles can be overcome, with enlightening results. . . . Within its chosen boundaries the coverage of this book is superb. Read it! -MathSciNet