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Stephen Smale：Reaching Higher Dimensions
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出版日期
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2024/07/17
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ISBN
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9789629376901
This book includes two distinct parts: a reprint of the biography Stephen Smale: "The Mathematician Who Broke the Dimension Barrier" followed by new content which provides an update on Prof. Smale’s life and work to the present day. The book tells Prof. Smale’s life story, including his most important mathematical discoveries as well as his worldwide travels and other exciting adventures. It is suitable for readers interested in mathematics, mineralogy, and the esteemed career of Prof. Stephen Smale at City University of Hong Kong and beyond.
- Series Preface
- Preface/Lenore Blum
- Preface/Felipe Cucker
- Preface/Ding-Xuan Zhou
- Preface/Steve Batterson
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
- 1. One Room Schoolhouse
- 2. Marxism and Mathematics at Ann Arbor
- 3. Early Mathematical Audacity
- 4. On the Beaches of Rio
- 5. Berkeley to Columbia and Back to Berkeley
- 6. The Lone Ranger of the Antiwar Movement
- 7. The Summer of 1966
- 8. Smale Versus the National Science Foundation
- 9. The Aesthetic Side: Minerals and Photography
- 10. Adventure and Physical Risks
- 11. Other People
- 12. Smale the Mathematician
- 13. Six Years at City University
- 14. New Challenges in Chicago
- 15. Back to Hong Kong
- 16. Biology，Berkeley，and a Lasting Legacy
- Mathematical Appendix A: Smale’s Thesis
- Mathematical Appendix B: Everting the Sphere
- Mathematical Appendix C: Chaos and the Horseshoe
- Mathematical Appendix D: The Higher Dimensional Poincaré Conjecture
- Notes
- 出版地 ： 香港
- 語言 ： 英文
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