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1 online resource (602 pages) |
| Series |
History of Mathematics ; v. 14 |
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History of mathematics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Frontispiece; Title page; Dedication; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Photograph and figure credit; Part I. Hadamard's Life; Prologue; The beginning; The turn of the century; Mature years; After the great war; Maî tre; In the 30s; The second world war; After eighty; Part II. Hadamard's Mathematics; Analytic function theory; Number theory; Analytical mechanics and geometry; Calculus of variations and functionals; Miscellaneous topics; Elasticity and hydrodynamics; Partial differential equations; Hadamard's last works; Epilogue; Principal dates in Hadamard's life |
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A Hadamard collectionBibliography of Jacques Hadamard; Publications about Jacques Hadamard and his work; General bibliography; Archival material; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
Annotation This book presents a fascinating story of the long life and great accomplishments of Jacques Hadamard (1865-1963), who was once called the living legend of mathematics. As one of the last universal mathematicians, Hadamard's contributions to mathematics are landmarks in various fields. His life is linked with world history of the 20th century in a dramatic way. This work provides an inspiring view of the development of various branches of mathematics during the 19th and 20th centuries |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963.
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| SUBJECT |
Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963 fast |
| Subject |
Mathematicians -- France -- Biography
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Mathematicians
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shaposhnikova, Tatyana
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Maz'ya, Vladimir
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| ISBN |
9781470438821 |
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1470438828 |
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9780821819234 |
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0821819232 |
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