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Modern Mathematics in the Light of the Fields Medals
Modern Mathematics in the Light of the Fields Medals Author:Michael Monastyrsky The Fields Medal represents the highest recognition for mathematical achievement in the world. The author here covers some of the greatest accomplishments in mathematics in the 20th century within the historical framework of past winners of the Medal. Mathematical subject areas covered in the book include topology, complex analysis, number theor... more »y, algebraic geometry and mathematical logic. The work of two medalists, in 1990 and 1994, is explained in two appendices.« less