Buch, Englisch, 620 Seiten, LEINEN, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1110 g
Edited by Peter Sarnak and Andrew J. Majda
Buch, Englisch, 620 Seiten, LEINEN, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1110 g
ISBN: 978-0-387-22925-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
A renowned mathematician who considers himself both applied and theoretical in his approach, Peter Lax has spent most of his professional career at NYU, making significant contributions to both mathematics and computing. He has written several important published works and has received numerous honors including the National Medal of Science, the Lester R. Ford Award, the Chauvenet Prize, the Semmelweis Medal, the Wiener Prize, and the Wolf Prize. Several students he has mentored have become leaders in their fields.
Two volumes span the years from 1952 up until 1999, and cover many varying topics, from functional analysis, partial differential equations, and numerical methods to conservation laws, integrable systems and scattering theory. After each paper, or collection of papers, is a commentary placing the paper in context and where relevant discussing more recent developments. Many of the papers in these volumes have become classics and should be read by any serious student of these topics. In terms of insight, depth, and breadth, Lax has few equals. The reader of this selecta will quickly appreciate his brilliance as well as his masterful touch. Having this collection of papers in one place allows one to follow the evolution of his ideas and mathematical interests and to appreciate how many of these papers initiated topics that developed lives of their own.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Funktionalanalysis
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Numerische Mathematik
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface.- Table of Contents.- List of Publications.- Partial Differential Equations.- Difference Approximations to PDE.- Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws.- Integrable Systems.- Integrable Systems.
