Overview
- Provides a broad overview of Beno Eckmann's work
- Historical significance
- Includes also survey articles
Part of the book series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics (SCWM)
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Keywords
- Algebraic topology
- Group Theory and Generalizations
- MSC(2010) 20-XX, 55-XX
About this book
This volume contains research papers and survey articles written by Beno Eckmann from 1941 to 1986. The aim of the compilation is to provide a general view of the breadth of Eckmann’s mathematical work. His influence was particularly strong in the development of many subfields of topology and algebra, where he repeatedly pointed out close, and often surprising, connections between them and other areas. The surveys are exemplary in terms of how they make difficult mathematical ideas easily comprehensible and accessible even to non-specialists. The topics treated here can be classified into the following, not entirely unrelated areas: algebraic topology (homotopy and homology theory), algebra, group theory and differential geometry. Beno Eckmann was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Lausanne, 1942-48, and Principal of the Institute for Mathematical Research at the ETH Zurich, 1964-84, where he was therefore an emeritus professor.
Authors, Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Selecta
Authors: Beno Eckmann
Editors: Max-Albert Knus, Guido Mislin, Urs Stammbach
Series Title: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-37182-0Published: 05 June 2013
Series ISSN: 2194-9875
Series E-ISSN: 2194-9883
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 835
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations