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Record Nr.

UNISA996466590703316

Titolo

Mathematical research today and tomorrow : viewpoints of seven Fields medalists : lectures given at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona, Spain, June 1991 / / editors C. Casacuberta, M. Castellet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Springer-Verlag, , [1992]

©1992

ISBN

3-540-47341-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 1992.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 122 p.)

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) ; ; 1525

Disciplina

510

Soggetti

Mathematics - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Leaving mathematics for philosophy -- Rôle of integrable models in the development of mathematics -- The current state and prospects of geometry and nonlinear differential equations -- Noncommutative geometry -- Theory of computation -- Knots in mathematics and physics -- Recent progress in diophantine geometry -- Round-table discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

The Symposium on the Current State and Prospects of Mathematics was held in Barcelona from June 13 to June 18, 1991. Seven invited Fields medalists gavetalks on the development of their respective research fields. The contents of all lectures were collected in the volume, together witha transcription of a round table discussion held during the Symposium. All papers are expository. Some parts include precise technical statements of recent results, but the greater part consists of narrative text addressed to a very broad mathematical public. CONTENTS: R. Thom: Leaving Mathematics for Philosophy.- S. Novikov: Role of Integrable Models in the Development of Mathematics.- S.-T. Yau: The Current State and Prospects of Geometry and Nonlinear Differential Equations.- A. Connes: Noncommutative Geometry.- S. Smale: Theory of Computation.- V. Jones: Knots in Mathematics and Physics.- G. Faltings: Recent Progress in Diophantine Geometry.