
The Collected Papers of William Burnside
2 Volume set
Oxford University Press
Published on 26. August 2004
Other
Multiple copy pack
1616 pages
978-0-19-850585-3 (ISBN)
Description
William Burnside was one of the three most important algebraists who were involved in the transformation of group theory from its nineteenth-century origins to a deeper twentieth-century subject. Building on work of earlier mathematicians, they were able to develop sophisticated tools for solving difficult problems. His works are of enormous historical importance; they remain also a source of inspiration and information. The works of his contemporaries, such as Klein, Frobenius, Schur, have been published as also have the works of his immediate successors such as Phillip Hall.
All of Burnside's papers are reproduced here, organized chronologically and with a detailed bibliography. Walter Feit has contributed a foreword, and a collection of introductory essays are included to provide a commentary on Burnside's work and set it in perspective along with a modern biography that draws on archive material.
This is the first reference volume of Burnside's collected papers, enhanced by a series of critical essays on his work, and is important for group theorists and historians and philosophers of mathematics and fills the gap in this area of literature.
All of Burnside's papers are reproduced here, organized chronologically and with a detailed bibliography. Walter Feit has contributed a foreword, and a collection of introductory essays are included to provide a commentary on Burnside's work and set it in perspective along with a modern biography that draws on archive material.
This is the first reference volume of Burnside's collected papers, enhanced by a series of critical essays on his work, and is important for group theorists and historians and philosophers of mathematics and fills the gap in this area of literature.
Reviews / Votes
We must congratulate the editors for accomplishing so well the task of masking the work of a distinguished mathematician available to a much wider audience. * BSHM *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 half tone
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 196 mm
Thickness: 103 mm
Weight
3536 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-850585-3 (9780198505853)
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Persons
Editor
, Fellow of the Queen's College, Oxford
, Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, The Unversity of Greenwich
Content
1. List of contributors ; 2. Commentary on Burnside's Life and Work ; 3. Bibliography of William Burnside ; 4. The context of Burnside's contributions to group theory ; 5. A still unsettled question ; 7. Burnside's research on representation theory ; 8. Burnside's applied mathematics ; 9. 'William Burnside', reprinted from the Journal of the London Mathematical Society ; 10. Notes on Burnside's life ; 11. The Papers: Volume 1 ; 12. The Papers Volume 2