Roman Duda
Författare till Pearls from a lost city the Lvov school of mathematics
Verk av Roman Duda
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1935-02-27
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Statistik
- Verk
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 5
- Popularitet
- #1,360,914
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 1
- ISBN
- 3
- Språk
- 1
I've studied a fair bit of functional analysis, but seeing it discussed here in historical context was illuminating to me. The small portion of the book devoted to a somewhat technical discussion of advanced mathematics probably won't mean much to non-mathematicians, but the rest of the book might. The treatment of the Soviet and Nazi invasions is understated, but it would be hard to be unmoved by the accounts of all the Lvov mathematicians that the Nazis murdered. It makes those of us complaining about trying to do math during a pandemic feel a little foolish.
P.S. The photograph of Hugo Steinhaus on the cover makes him look quite a bit like Charles Dance.… (mer)