This book is a translation of an authoritative introductory text based on a lecture series delivered by the renowned differential geometer, Professor S S Chern in Beijing University in 1980. The original Chinese text, authored by Professor Chern and Professor Wei-Huan Chen, was a unique contribution to the mathematics literature, combining simplicity and economy of approach with depth of contents. The present translation is aimed at a wide audience, including (but not limited to) advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, as well as physicists interested in the diverse...

The Wolf Prize, awarded by the Wolf Foundation in Israel, often goes to mathematicians who are in their sixties or older. The prize honours the achievements of a lifetime. This volume features bibliographies, papers and speeches (for example at international congresses) of Wolf Prize winners, such as L. Ahlfors, H. Cartan, L. Carleson, S.S. Chern, E. de Giorgi, S. Eilenberg, P. Erdos, F. Hirzebruch, L. Hormander, K. Ito, J.B. Keller, K. Kodaira, R. Langlands and J. Leray. The work of the Wolf laureates covers a wide spectrum, featuring much of the mathematics of the 20th century.

The Wolf Prize, awarded by the Wolf Foundation in Israel, often goes to mathematicians who are in their sixties or older. That is to say, the Prize honours the achievements of a lifetime.

This invaluable book features bibliographies, important papers, and speeches (for example at international congresses) of Wolf Prize winners, such as R Bott, A P Calderon, M G Krein, H Lewy, L Lovasz, J Moser, I Piatetski-Shapiro, Y Sinai, C L Siegel, J P Serre, E M Stein and O Zariski. This is the first time that lectures by some Wolf Prize winners have been published together. Since the work of the Wolf...