Frontiers of Mathematical Sciences (English edition)

The Inauguration of the Mathematical Sciences Center of Tsinghua University and the Tsinghua-Sanya International Mathematics Forum

Editors

Binglin Gu (Tsinghua University)

Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)

Associate Editors

Huai-Dong Cao (Lehigh University)

Shiu-Yuen Cheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

Lizhen Ji (University of Michigan)

Yat Sun Poon (Tsinghua University and the University of California at Riverside)

Jie Xiao (Tsinghua University)

Published: 28 June 2011

Publisher: International Press of Boston, Inc.

Language: English

Paperback

455 pages

List Price: $150.00

Description

This book begins with an historical overview of mathematics at Tsinghua University, describing the life and works of several eminent mathematicians educated there—including Shiing-Shen Chern, Loo-Keng Hua, Chia-Chiao Lin, and Pao-Lu Hsu—and remembering two famous western visitors to Tsinghua, Jacques Hadamard and Norbert Wiener.

Furthermore, the book presents some specific plans, and maps a general direction, regarding the rôle that the Mathematical Sciences Center and the Tsinghua-Sanya International Mathematics Forum will play in mathematics both in China and on the international stage.

Most importantly, this book contains accessible articles and profound papers, written by some of the world’s leading experts, delving into the content, meaning, and methods of the most recent developments in mathematics and mathematical physics, and revealing the deep connections between mathematics and the other sciences.

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Pub. Date	ISBN-13	ISBN-10	Medium	Binding	Size, Etc.	Status	List Price
2011 Jun	9781571461230	157146123X	Print	paperback	7” x 10”	In Print	US$150.00