Prospects in Mathematics
1st Edition
Published on 20. June 2016
185 pages
978-1-4008-8169-7 (ISBN)
Description
Five papers by distinguished American and European mathematicians describe some current trends in mathematics in the perspective of the recent past and in terms of expectations for the future. Among the subjects discussed are algebraic groups, quadratic forms, topological aspects of global analysis, variants of the index theorem, and partial differential equations.
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Friedrich Hirzebruch | Lars Valter Hoermander | John Milnor
Prospects in Mathematics
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11/1971
Princeton University Press
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F. Hirzebruch, Lars Hörmander, John Milnor, Jean-Pierre Serre, & I. M. Singer
Content
Frontmatter, pg. i
PREFACE, pg. v
CONTENTS, pg. vii
THE SIGNATURE THEOREM: REMINISCENCES AND RECREATION, pg. 1
THE CALCULUS OF FOURIER INTEGRAL OPERATORS, pg. 33
SYMMETRIC INNER PRODUCTS IN CHARACTERISTIC 2, pg. 59
COHOMOLOGIE DES GROUPES DISCRETS, pg. 77
FUTURE EXTENSIONS OF INDEX THEORY AND ELLIPTIC OPERATORS, pg. 171
PREFACE, pg. v
CONTENTS, pg. vii
THE SIGNATURE THEOREM: REMINISCENCES AND RECREATION, pg. 1
THE CALCULUS OF FOURIER INTEGRAL OPERATORS, pg. 33
SYMMETRIC INNER PRODUCTS IN CHARACTERISTIC 2, pg. 59
COHOMOLOGIE DES GROUPES DISCRETS, pg. 77
FUTURE EXTENSIONS OF INDEX THEORY AND ELLIPTIC OPERATORS, pg. 171
