Overview
- Includes essential papers that have generated considerable research in the respective areas
- Presents co-authored works with Isadore M. Singer, Ito Kiyoshi, and Paul Samuelson
- Features descriptive overviews of Henry P. McKean’s work in probability theory and integrable Systems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary Mathematicians (CM)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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About this book
This volume presents a selection of papers by Henry P. McKean, which illustrate the various areas in mathematics in which he has made seminal contributions. Topics covered include probability theory, integrable systems, geometry and financial mathematics. Each paper represents a contribution by Prof. McKean, either alone or together with other researchers, that has had a profound influence in the respective area.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pierre van Moerbeke received his doctorate at the Rockefeller University under the supervision of Henry P. McKean, went on to having positions at the University of Paris (Orsay), Berkeley and Stanford, before sharing his time between the University of Louvain and Brandeis University.
Alberto Grünbaum received his doctorate at the Rockefeller University under the supervision of Marc Kac, and then went on to having positions at the Courant Institute, Caltech and Berkeley.
Victor H. Moll received his doctorate at Courant Institute of New York University under the supervision of Henry P. McKean. After an instructor position at Temple University in Philadelphia, he joined the Department of Mathematics at Tulane University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Henry P. McKean Jr. Selecta
Editors: F. Alberto Grünbaum, Pierre van Moerbeke, Victor H. Moll
Series Title: Contemporary Mathematicians
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22237-0
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22236-3Published: 13 January 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79383-2Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22237-0Published: 31 December 2015
Series ISSN: 0884-7037
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 418
Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics, general