The Random Walks of George Polya
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- Real Author: George Pólya
- Author: Gerald L. Alexanderson, Santa Clara University, California
- Date Published: April 2000
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780883855287
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George Pólya was one of the giants of classical analysis in the 20th century, and the influence of his work can be seen far beyond analysis, into number theory, geometry, probability and combinatorics. This book serves both as a biography of Pólya's life, and a review of his many mathematical achievements by experts from a wide range of different fields. Last but not least the book finishes with two essays by Pólya himself which focus on how to learn to solve problems, a subject with which he was fascinated throughout his life.
Read more- Contains lots of historical and anecdotal background
- Contributions from well known figures in their fields
- Contains some original essays by Pólya himself
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- Date Published: April 2000
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780883855287
- length: 316 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 153 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.515kg
- contains: 83 b/w illus. 4 tables
- availability: This item is not supplied by Cambridge University Press in your region. Please contact Mathematical Association of America for availability.
Table of Contents
1. Childhood
2. Pólya's education
3. Vienna, Göttingen and Paris
4. Zurich
5. Collaboration with Szegö?
6. Oxford and Cambridge
7. The United States - the first visit
8. Swiss citizenship
9. Stanford
10. 1945
11. Honors
12. The later years
Appendix I: Pólya's work in probability K. L. Chung
Appendix II: Pólya's work in analysis R. P. Boas
Appendix III: Comments on number theory D. H. Lehmer
Appendix IV: Pólya's geometry D. Schattschneider
Appendix V: Pólya's enumeration theorem R. C. Reed
Appendix VI: Pólya's contributions in mathematical physics M. M. Schiffer
Appendix VII: Pólya and mathematical education A. H. Schoenfeld
Appendix VIII: Pólya's influence
Appendix IX Prizes awards and lecturships
Appendix X: 'On picture writing' G. Pólya
Appendix XI: 'On learning, teaching and learning teaching' G. Pólya
Appendix XII: Cast of Characters.
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