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Author Wang, Yuan, 1930- author.

Title My mathematical life : Yuan Wang in conversation / Yuan Wang
Published Singapore : Springer ; Beijing : Science Press, [2024]
©2024

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 110 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Springer biographies
Springer biographies.
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Childhood -- High School -- University -- Connection with Number Theory -- Sieve -- Applied Mathematics Explored -- Lost Memories -- Back to Math -- Dabbling in Mathematical Statistics -- A Sip of Mathematics History -- When the Curtain Falls
Summary This book is an autobiographical interview with Chinese Academician Yuan Wang on his experience in mathematical research. In the book Wangs way of studying Goldbach conjecture is revealed in detail from motivation to method; Wangs approach and viewpoint of doing applied mathematics are described by the research cases of his applying number theoretic method to numerical integration and mathematical statistics. Wangs work on algebraic number theory is traced back in a separate chapter. The book ends with two chapters which introduce Wangs interest in history of mathematics and his hobbies outside of mathematical research and show how a mathematician can in the same time be a historical and popular science writer and, in particular, a well-received calligrapher. The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students studying number theory and its applications, researchers who are willing to learn from the experience of an established mathematician, as well as math amateurs and general audience who are interested in Wang's life story
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Subject Wang, Yuan, 1930-
Goldbach conjecture.
Algebraic number theory.
Algebraic number theory
Goldbach conjecture
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789811935510
9811935513