Geometry

Gelfand Correspondence Program in Mathematics

by Israel M. Gelfand

Points and A Look at Projective Geometry.- Parallel A Look at Affine Geometry.- A Look at Symplectic Geometry.- A Look at Euclidean Geometry.

Genres: Mathematics, Science, Geometry

444 pages, Paperback

Published February 22, 2020

About the author

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד‎, Russian: Израиль Моисеевич Гельфанд ; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a prominent Soviet mathematician. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the Wolf Prize, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University.

Reviews

[Jorge Barrios · Rating 5 out of 5]

A clean, bottom-up exposition of plane geometry.