Through a reporter's eyes : the life of Stefan Banach

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Through a reporter's eyes : the life of Stefan Banach

Roman Kałuża ; translated and edited by Ann Kostant, Wojbor Woyczyński

Birkhäuser, c1996

  • : us
  • : us : pbk
  • : sz

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Stefan Banach

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Stefan Banach

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-127) and index

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Volume

: us ISBN 9780817637729

Description

* Based on original archival sources, dozens of interviews with people who knew and remember Banach, and conversations with mathematicians who are familiar with Banach's work and its impact on modern mathematics * Presents engaging descriptions of Banach's personality and the unusual milieu in which he worked * Originally written in Polish, the English edition has been revised to include new materials and many photographs

Table of Contents

Translator and editors' preface.- Foreword.- Beginnings and premonitions.- The 'greatest discovery' of Hugo Steinhaus.- Lvov and mathematics.- Studia Mathematica and Operations Lineaires.- The Scottish Cafe.- Banach privately and in daily life.- The last years.- In the eyes of friends and followers.- Appendix 1: Mathematics in Stefan Banach's times / W.A. Woyczynski.- Appendix 2: Selected publications of Stefan Banach.- Appendix 3: Bibliography.- Index of Names.
Volume

: us : pbk ISBN 9780817643713

Description

* Based on original archival sources, dozens of interviews with people who knew and remember Banach, and conversations with mathematicians who are familiar with Banach's work and its impact on modern mathematics * Presents engaging descriptions of Banach's personality and the unusual milieu in which he worked * Originally written in Polish, the English edition has been revised to include new materials and many photographs

Table of Contents

Translator and editors' preface.- Foreword.- Beginnings and premonitions.- The 'greatest discovery' of Hugo Steinhaus.- Lvov and mathematics.- Studia Mathematica and Operations Lineaires.- The Scottish Cafe.- Banach privately and in daily life.- The last years.- In the eyes of friends and followers.- Appendix 1: Mathematics in Stefan Banach's times / W.A. Woyczynski.- Appendix 2: Selected publications of Stefan Banach.- Appendix 3: Bibliography.- Index of Names.
Volume

: sz ISBN 9783764337728

Description

This work looks at the life of the 20th-century mathematician,, Stephen Banach. It presents descriptions of Banach's personality and the milieu in which he worked. It also focuses on the Scottish Cafe, where he and his contemporaries often worked.

Table of Contents

  • Beginning and premonitions
  • the "greatest discovery" of Hugo Steinhaus
  • Lvov and mathematics
  • studia mathematica and operations lineaires
  • the Scottish cafe
  • Banach privately and the daily life
  • the last years
  • in the eyes of friends and followers.

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