Collected Papers IV: 1990-1996

ISBN-13: 9781461461388 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 472 str.

Serge Lang

Opis

Serge Lang is not only one of the top mathematicians of our time, but also an excellent writer. He has made innumerable and invaluable contributions in diverse fields of mathematics and was honoured with the Cole Prize by the American Mathematical Society as well as with the Prix Carriere by the French Academy of Sciences. Here, 83 of his research papers are collected in four volumes, ranging over a variety of topics of interest to many readers.

Spis treści

[1990c] Lectures on Nevanlinna Theory.- [1995a] Mordell’s Review, Siegel’s Letter to Mordell, Diophantine Geometry, and 20th Century Mathematics.- [1995b] Some History of the Shimura-Taniyama Conjecture.- [1996a] La Conjecture de Bateman-Horn.- [1996b] Comments on Chow’s Works.- [1996d] Topics in Cohomology of Groups.- [1998] The Kirschner Article and HIV: Scientific and Journalistic (Ir)responsibilities.- [1999b] Response to the Steele Prize.

Blurb

Serge Lang (1927-2005) was one of the top mathematicians of our time. He was born in Paris in 1927, and moved with his family to California, where he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1943. He subsequently graduated from California Institute of Technology in 1946, and received a doctorate from Princeton University in 1951 before holding faculty positions at the University of Chicago and Columbia University (1955-1971). At the time of his death he was professor emeritus of Mathematics at Yale University.

An excellent writer, Lang has made innumerable and invaluable contributions in diverse fields of mathematics. He was perhaps best known for his work in number theory and for his mathematics textbooks, including the influential Algebra. He was also a member of the Bourbaki group.

He was honored with the Cole Prize by the American Mathematical Society as well as with the Prix Carrière by the French Academy of Sciences. These five volumes collect the majority of his research papers, which range over a variety of topics.