I want to be a mathematician : an automathography /

This is a book of aspirations fulfilled, those of the author and his colleagues. It tells us what it is to be a mathematician and to do mathematics. It will be read with interest and enjoyment by those in mathematics and by those who might want to know what mathematicians and mathematical careers ar...

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Main Author: Halmos, Paul R. (Paul Richard), 1916-2006 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer-Verlag, [1985]
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Summary:This is a book of aspirations fulfilled, those of the author and his colleagues. It tells us what it is to be a mathematician and to do mathematics. It will be read with interest and enjoyment by those in mathematics and by those who might want to know what mathematicians and mathematical careers are like. Halmos, mathematician and expositor, has contributed much to ergodic theory, algebraic logic, operator theory, and the mathematical literature in general.
Item Description:Includes indexes.
Includes index.
Physical Description:xv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:0387960783
9780387960784
0387964703
9780387964706
3540960783
9783540960782
3540964703
9783540964704