The Collected Papers of William Burnside: 2-Volume Set

ISBN-13: 9780198505853 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 1624 str.

Peter M. Neumann; A. J. S. Mann; J. C. Tompson

Opis

William Burnside was one of the three most important algebraists who were involved in the transformation of group theory from its nineteenth-century origins to a deep twentieth-century subject. Building on work of earlier mathematicians, they were able to develop sophisticated tools for solving difficult problems. All of Burnside's papers are reproduced here, organized chronologically and with a detailed bibliography. Walter Feit has contributed a foreword, and a collection of introductory essays are included to provide a commentary on Burnside's work and set it in perspective along with a modern biography that draws on archive material.

Recenzje

We must congratulate the editors for accomplishing so well the task of masking the work of a distinguished mathematician available to a much wider audience.