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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1985]
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents Inhaltstext Cover |
| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes. Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0387960783 9780387960784 0387964703 9780387964706 3540960783 9783540960782 3540964703 9783540964704 |