Overview
- Written by an expert in the field with forty years of research on the subject
- Presented in three parts for optimal accessibility
- Contains a detailed table of contents to guide readers to the works of greatest interest to them
Part of the book series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (SHMP)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Overview of Frobenius’ Career and Mathematics
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Front Matter
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Overview of Frobenius’ Career and Mathematics
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Berlin-Style Linear Algebra
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The Mathematics of Frobenius
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Reviews
From the book reviews:
“I highly recommend Hawkins’ book. It is very mathematical all the way through. … Hawkins’ work is extraordinarily useful. It allows the mathematical community, even the great majority of us who do not read German well, to understand the work of the very important mathematician Frobenius. The great length of the book is essential to the book’s success.” (David P. Roberts, MAA Reviews, October, 2014)
“The author has succeeded admirably in describing the mathematical work of Frobenius. … this book is an excellent contribution to the mathematical literature … it is, or should be, a role model for historical writing, and for bringing the mathematics of the recent past back to life.” (Franz Lemmermeyer, zbMATH, Vol. 1281, 2014)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Thomas Hawkins won the 2001 Whiteman Prize, an AMS prize that honors notable exposition in the history of mathematics. The citation for the prize calls Hawkins "an outstanding historian of mathematics whose current research and numerous publications display the highest standards of mathematical and historical sophistication." The citation also mentions a number of Hawkins’ works, including his book, The Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups: An Essay in the History of Mathematics 1869-1926. "Hawkins’ work has truly transformed our understanding of how modern mathematics has evolved," the citation concludes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Mathematics of Frobenius in Context
Book Subtitle: A Journey Through 18th to 20th Century Mathematics
Authors: Thomas Hawkins
Series Title: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6333-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-6332-0Published: 23 July 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8700-6Published: 06 August 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-6333-7Published: 23 July 2013
Series ISSN: 2196-8810
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8829
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 699
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory