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Andre Weil
Andre Weil’s mathematical work has deeply influenced the mathematics of the twentieth century. Part of a three-volume set, this work collects his papers in chronological order and includes lengthy commentaries…
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This book presents a historical overview of number theory. The book also takes the reader into the workshops of four major authors of modern number theory: Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and…
Mein Leben, oder zumindest das, was diesen Namen verdient -ein ausser- gewoehnlich gluckliches Leben mit einigen Schicksalsschlagen -erstreckte sich auf die Zeit zwischen dem 6. Mai 1906, dem Tag meiner…
From the reviews: L.R. Shafarevich showed me the first edition […] and said that this book will be from now on the book about class field theory. In fact it…
la prison, en Finlande, ou, pris pour un espion sovietique, il manqua de peu le poteau d'execution, puis en France ou il fut condamne pour avoir tente de se soustraire…
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rare testimony of a period of the history of 20th century mathematics. Includes very interesting recollections on the author’s participation in the formation of the Bourbaki Group, tells of his…
The course consisted of two lectures a week, supplemented by a weekly laboratory period where students were given exercises which they were. v vi Weekly notes were written up by…
Simone Weil
The first complete English-language collection of Simone Weil's letters to her loved ones, A Life in Letters deepens appreciation of one of the twentieth century's great thinkers by offering insight…
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Ernst Eduard Kummer
The collected works of Ernst Eduard Kummer form two volumes. Volume I is devoted to Kummer’s work on number theory while Volume II, divided into four parts, focuses on his…
From the reviews: The broad lines of Kummer’s number-theoretic ideas now form an essential part of our heritage: it is fascinating to follow the details of their evolution… Volume I…
Jakob Bernoulli
Weil’s introduction to this volume places Jacob Bernoulli’s contribution to differential geometry in a line of development from Descartes, Huygens and Barrow through Newton’s und Leibniz’s epochal innovations right up…
