Prospects in Mathematics

by Friedrich Hirzebruch, Lars Hörmander, John Milnor, Jean-Pierre Serre, I. M. Singer

Overview

Five papers by distinguished American and European mathematicians describe some current trends in mathematics in the perspective of the recent past and in terms of expectations for the future. Among the subjects discussed are algebraic groups, quadratic forms, topological aspects of global analysis, variants of the index theorem, and partial differential equations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780691080949
Publisher:	Princeton University Press
Publication date:	11/21/1971
Series:	Annals of Mathematics Studies , #70
Pages:	185
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter, pg. i
• PREFACE, pg. v
• CONTENTS, pg. vii
• THE SIGNATURE THEOREM: REMINISCENCES AND RECREATION, pg. 1
• THE CALCULUS OF FOURIER INTEGRAL OPERATORS, pg. 33
• SYMMETRIC INNER PRODUCTS IN CHARACTERISTIC 2, pg. 59
• COHOMOLOGIE DES GROUPES DISCRETS, pg. 77
• FUTURE EXTENSIONS OF INDEX THEORY AND ELLIPTIC OPERATORS, pg. 171

Editorial Reviews

John Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Abel Prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

John Willard Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematical Society

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