| Gian-Carlo Rota on Analysis and Probability: Selected Papers and Commentaries 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Dhombres, Jean (Author), Kung, Joseph P. S. (Editor), Starr, Norton (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0817642757 ISBN-13: 9780817642754 Publisher: Birkhauser OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: Gian-Carlo Rota was one of those rare mathematicians who made major contributions to several areas of mathematics. Presented in the first part of this volume are reprints of his papers in analysis, which were written at the beginning of his career. These papers on differential equations, operator theory, ergodic theory, and other subjects have a continuing and pervasive influence. Reprints of his papers on convexity and probability theory are presented in the second part of the work. These were written towards the end of his career and contain many ideas that have yet to be fully developed. Comprehensive commentaries are included in every chapter. These survey articles detail work inspired by Rota's papers and also include discussions of many unsolved problems. As is customary with Rota's writings, the papers included in the volume ??? some published here for the first time ??? contain many fresh and unexpected ideas for further research. Thus, this volume will be of interest to both experts and beginners in the above-mentioned fields. Contributors: J. Dhombres, P.L. Duren, W.N. Everitt, D.A. Klain, J.P.S. Kung, A. Ramsay, M.M. Rao, J. Rovnyak, H.H. Schaefer, B. Schultze, J.T. Schwartz, N. Starr, G. Strang, D.C. Torney, R. Zaharopol, A. Zettl, X.-D. Zhang |
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| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General - Mathematics | Calculus - Mathematics | Mathematical Analysis |
| Dewey: 515 |
| LCCN: 2002035616 |
| Series: Contemporary Mathematicians |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 7" W x 10" (2.06 lbs) 382 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Gian-Carlo Rota was born in Vigevano, Italy, in 1932. He died in Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts, in 1999. He had several careers, most notably as a mathematician, but also as a philosopher and a consultant to the United States government. His mathe- matical career was equally varied. His early mathematical studies were at Princeton (1950 to 1953) and Yale (1953 to 1956). In 1956, he completed his doctoral thesis under the direction of Jacob T. Schwartz. This thesis was published as the pa- per "Extension theory of differential operators I", the first paper reprinted in this volume. Rota's early work was in analysis, more specifically, in operator theory, differ- ential equations, ergodic theory, and probability theory. In the 1960's, Rota was motivated by problems in fluctuation theory to study some operator identities of Glen Baxter (see 7]). Together with other problems in probability theory, this led Rota to study combinatorics. His series of papers, "On the foundations of combi- natorial theory", led to a fundamental re-evaluation of the subject. Later, in the 1990's, Rota returned to some of the problems in analysis and probability theory which motivated his work in combinatorics. This was his intention all along, and his early death robbed mathematics of his unique perspective on linkages between the discrete and the continuous. Glimpses of his new research programs can be found in 2,3,6,9,10]. |