Mathematical Conversations: Multicolor Problems, Problems in the Theory of Numbers, and Random Walks

by E.B. Dynkin, V. A. Uspenskii, Mathematics

Combining three books into a single volume, this text comprises Multicolor Problems, dealing with several of the classical map-coloring problems; Problems in the Theory of Numbers, an elementary introduction to algebraic number theory; and Random Walks, addressing basic problems in probability theory. High-school algebra is the only prerequisite. 1963 edition.

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2006

About the author

Eugene Borisovich Dynkin (Russian: Евгений Борисович Дынкин4) is a Soviet and American mathematician. He has made contributions to the fields of probability and algebra, especially semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes. The Dynkin diagram, the Dynkin system, and Dynkin's lemma are named for him.