The emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900 J.J. Sylvester, Felix Klein, and E.H. Moore
Traces the transformation of the United States from a mathematical backwater to a major presence during the quarter-century from 1876 to 1900. This work focuses on the three most influential individuals - the British algebraist James Joseph Sylvester, the German standard-bearer Felix Klein, and the American mathematician Eliakim Hastings Moore.
History of Mathematics, v. 8
History
1 Online-Ressource (526 Seiten)
9781470438760, 9780821809075, 1470438763, 0821809075
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An overview of American mathematics: 1776-1876 A new departmental prototype: J. J. Sylvester and the Johns Hopkins University Mathematics at Sylvester's Hopkins German mathematics and the early mathematical career of Felix Klein America's wanderlust generation Changes on the horizon The World's Columbian exposition of 1893 and the Chicago Mathematical Congress Surveying mathematical landscapes: The Evanston Colloquium Lectures Meeting the challenge: The University of Chicago and the American mathematical research community Epilogue: Beyond the threshold: The American mathematical research community, 1900-1933 Bibliography.
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