A mathematician and his mathematical work : selected papers of S.S. Chern
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A mathematician and his mathematical work : selected papers of S.S. Chern
（World Scientific series in 20th century mathematics, vol. 4）
World Scientific, c1996
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This volume is about the life and work of Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-), one of the leading mathematicians of this century. The book contains personal accounts by some friends, together with a summary of the mathematical works by Chern himself. Besides a selection of the mathematical papers the book also contains all his papers published after 1988.
Table of Contents
- The life and mathematics of S.S. Chern
- on integral geometry in Klein spaces
- a simple intrinsic proof of the Gauss-Bonnet formula for closed Riemannian manifolds
- a theorem on orientable surfaces in four-dimensional space
- Hermitian vector bundles and the equidistribution of the zeroes of their holomorphic sections
- intrinsic norms on a complex manifold
- characteristic forms and geometrical invariants
- Dupin submanifolds in Lie sphere geometry
- an introduction to Dupin submanifolds
- transgression in associated bundles
- on a notable connection in Finsler geometry. (Part contents).
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