Collected Papers II
Function Theory, Geometry and Miscellaneous
Ernst Eduard Kummer(Author)
André Weil(Editor)
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 1975
Book
Hardback
XII, 488 pages
978-3-540-06836-5 (ISBN)
Description
The collected works of Ernst Eduard Kummer form two volumes. Volume I is devoted to Kummer's work on number theory while Volume II, divided into four parts, focuses on his other research interests. Part 1 (Function theory) covers his work on the hypergeometric function, and on repeated integrals of rational functions. In Part 2 (Algebraic geometry) we see how the discovery of "Kummer surfaces" seems to have been an outgrowth of Kummer's interest in the optical properties of biaxial crystals, and in the "Cyclides" of Dupin. The relation between these quartic surfaces and quotients of abelian surfaces was discovered only much later. One also finds here a number of papers describing actual plaster models of particular "Kummer surfaces", with special symmetries in evidence. Part 3 concerns Aerodynamics and ballistics and, finally, Part 4 (Speeches and reviews) spans a broad range of topics, including a long retrospective on the life and work of Dirichlet.
More details
Edition
1975
Language
French
German
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Bilingual edition
Illustrations
11 black & white illustrations, biography
Weight
1620 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-06836-5 (9783540068365)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-07320-9
Schweitzer Classification