the great prize of mathematical sciences of 1918, and beyond /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Michèle Audin.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
SERIES
Series Title
History of mathematics subseries
Volume Designation
2014.
ISSN of Series
0075-8434 ;
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
The great prize, the framework -- The great prize of mathematical sciences -- The memoirs -- After Fatou and Julia -- On Pierre Fatou -- History's scars: a scientific controversy.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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How did Pierre Fatou and Gaston Julia create what we now call Complex Dynamics, in the context of the early twentieth century and especially of the First World War? The book is based partly on new, unpublished sources. Who were Pierre Fatou, Gaston Julia, Paul Montel? New biographical information is given on the little known mathematician that was Pierre Fatou. How did the serious WW1 injury of Julia influence mathematical life in France? From the reviews of the French edition: "Audin's book is indeed filled with marvelous biographical information and analysis, dealing not just with the men mentioned in the book's title but a large number of other players, too ... the book under review addresses itself to scholars for whom the history of mathematics has a particular resonance and especially to mathematicians active, or even with merely an interest in, complex dynamics. ... presents it all to the reader in a very appealing form." (Michael Berg, The Mathematical Association of America, October 2009).