Bernhard Riemann 1826 1866

Download or read book Bernhard Riemann 1826–1866 written by Detlef Laugwitz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-08 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The name of Bernard Riemann is well known to mathematicians and physicists around the world. His name is indelibly stamped on the literature of mathematics and physics. This remarkable work, rich in insight and scholarship, is addressed to mathematicians, physicists, and philosophers interested in mathematics. It seeks to draw those readers closer to the underlying ideas of Riemann’s work and to the development of them in their historical context. This illuminating English-language version of the original German edition will be an important contribution to the literature of the history of mathematics.