Karl Menger : selecta mathematica / Bert Schweizer ... [and others] (eds.).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menger, Karl, 1902-1985.

Contributor:

Schweizer, B. (Berthold)

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Selecta mathematica

Place of Publication:

Wien ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 2002-

Language Note:

English, French, and German.

Summary:

Karl Menger, one of the founders of dimension theory, belongs to the most original mathematicians and thinkers of the twentieth century. He was a member of the Vienna Circle and the founder of its mathematical equivalent, the Viennese Mathematical Colloquium. Both during his early years in Vienna and after his emigration to the United States, Karl Menger made significant contributions to a wide variety of mathematical fields, and greatly influenced some of his colleagues. The "Selecta Mathematica??? contain Menger's major mathematical papers, based on a personal selection by himself out of his extensive writings. They deal with topics as diverse as topology, geometry, analysis and algebra, as well as writings on economics, sociology, logic, philosophy and mathematical results. The two volumes are a monument to the diversity and originality of Menger's ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

3211837345

3211838341

OCLC:

49905489