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The ideas of John von Neumann have had a profound influence on modern mathematics and science. One of the great thinkers of our century, von Neumann initiated major branches of mathematics---from operator algebras to game theory to scientific computing---and had a fundamental impact on such areas as self-adjoint operators, ergodic theory and the foundations of quantum mechanics, and numerical analysis and the design of the modern computer. This volume contains the proceedings of an AMS Symposium in Pure Mathematics, held at Hofstra University, in May 1988. The symposium brought together some of the foremost researchers in the wide range of areas in which von Neumann worked. These articles illustrate the sweep of von Neumann's ideas and thinking and document their influence on contemporary mathematics. In addition, some of those who knew von Neumann when he was alive have presented here personal reminiscences about him. This book is directed to those interested in operator theory, game theory, ergodic theory, and scientific computing, as well as to historians of mathematics and others having an interest in the contemporary history of the mathematical sciences. This book will give re

Author
Singer, I. M.; Impagliazzo, John; Glimm, James; American Mathematical Society
Publisher
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Published
1990
Language
EN
ISBN
9780821842195
Subjects
Mathematics, Science, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-24

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