The book is part biography and part collection of mathematical essays that gives the reader a perspective on the evolution of an interesting mathematical life. It is all about Lipman Bers, a giant in the mathematical world who lived in turbulent and exciting times. It captures the essence of his mathematics, a development and transition from applied mathematics to complex analysis - quasiconformal mappings and moduli of Riemann surfaces - and the essence of his personality, a progression from a young revolutionary refugee to an elder statesman in the world of mathematics and a fighter for global human rights and the end of political torture.
The book contains autobiographical material and short reprints of his work. The main content is in the exposition of his research contributions, sometimes with novel points of view, by students, grand-students, and colleagues. The research described was fundamental to the growth of a central part of 20th century mathematics that, now in the 21st century, is in a healthy state with much current interest and activity. The addition of personal recollections, professional tributes, and photographs yields a picture of a man, his personal and professional family, and his time.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
[T]his is a fascinating book in which one can get lost, but it seems a must for anyone interested in Riemann surfaces, quasiconformal mappings, Teichmueller theory, and deformation spaces, and in particular the history and developments of these subjects, but more generally also the history of mathematics and mathematicians between Europe and the US in the last century."
-Bruno P. Zimmermann, Mathematical Reviews
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-1-4704-2056-7 (9781470420567)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Linda Keen, Lehman College, CUNY, New York, NY, USA.
Irwin Kra, Stony Brook University, NY, USA.
Rubi E. Rodriguez, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Pages from a Memoir by L. Bers, R. Shapiro, and V. Bers
Lipman Bers and partial differential equations by L. Nirenberg Bers
From graduate student to quasiconformal mapper by W. Abikoff and R. J. Sibner
Measurable Riemann mappings by S. A. Wolpert
The Ahlfors-Bers creation of the modern theory of Kleinian groups - A small acorn grows to a mighty oak by A. Marden
The Bers embedding and (some of) its ramifications by I. Kra and B. Maskit
Lipman Bers, a retrospective by F. P. Gardiner and L. Keen
The Weil-Petersson geometry of a family of Riemann surfaces by G. Riera and R. E. Rodriguez
Legacy of work of Bers on the mapping class group by H. Masur
Bers' pants decomposition theorem by A. Basmajian and P. Susskind
Dennis Sullivan and Jeremy Kahn reminiscences by I. Kra
Bers embeddings, skinning maps and hyperbolic geometry by Y. Minsky
On the early history of moduli and Teichmuller spaces by N. A'Campo, L. Ji, and A. Papadopoulos
Correction to ``Spaces of Riemann surfaces as bounded domains'' by L. Bers
The migration of European mathematicians to America by L. Bers
Lipman Bers May 22, 1914-October 29, 1993 by I. Kra and H. Bass
Remembering Lipman Bers by C. S. Morawetz, C. Corillon, I. Kra, T. Weinstein, and J. Gilman
Lipman Bers, a mathematical mentor by L. Keen, T. K. Milnor, L. Sibner, I. Kra, J. Gilman, and J. Dodziuk
Doctoral students of Lipman Bers by L. Keen, I. Kra, and R. E. Rodriguez
Publications of Lipman Bers by L. Keen, I. Kra, and R. E. Rodriguez
