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The random walks of George Pólya / Gerald L. Alexanderson ; with essays by Ralph P. Boas, Jr. ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alexanderson, Gerald L., author.
- Series:
- MAA spectrum
- Spectrum, 2638-9045 ; v. 29
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pólya, George, 1887-1985.
- Pólya, George.
- Mathematicians--Hungary--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : Mathematical Association of America, c2000.
- System Details:
- Mode of access : World Wide Web
- Contents:
- Prologue 1. Childhood 2. Pólya's Education 3. Vienna, Göttingen, and Paris 4. Zürich 5. Collaboration with Szegő 6. Oxford and Cambridge 7. The United States
- The First Visit 8. Swiss Citizenship 9. Stanford 10. 1945 11. Honors 12. The Later Years Appendix 1. Pólya's Work in Probability-by K. L. Chung Appendix 2. Pólya's Work in Analysis-by R. P. Boas Appendix 3. Comments on Number Theory-by D. H. Lehmer Appendix 4. Pólya's Geometry-by Doris Schattschneider Appendix 5. Pólya's Enumeration Theorem-by R. C. Reed Appendix 6. Pólya's Contributions in Mathematical Physics-by M. M. Schiffer Appendix 7. George Pólya and Mathematics Education-by Alan H. Schoenfeld Appendix 8. Pólya's Influence
- References to His Work Appendix 9. Prizes, Awards and Lectureships Honoring George Pólya Appendix 10. "On Picture Writing"-by George Pólya Appendix 11. "Generalization, Specialization Analogy"-by George Pólya Appendix 12. "Heuristic Reasoning in the Theory of Numbers"-by George Pólya Appendix 13. "Probabilities in Proofreading"-by George Pólya Appendix 14. Cast of Characters
- A Glossary of Names
- Notes:
- "Pólya's bibliography": pages 171-192.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Alexanderson, Gerald L. random walks of George Pólya /
- ISBN:
- 9781470458508 (online)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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