Collected Papers

Collected Papers
Author: John Willard Milnor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Algebra
ISBN: 9780821891391

Collected Papers of John Milnor

Collected Papers of John Milnor
Author: Araceli Bonifant
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 610
Release: 2014-11-05
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470409372

This volume is the seventh in the series "Collected Papers of John Milnor." Together with the preceding Volume VI, it contains all of Milnor's papers in dynamics, through the year 2012. Most of the papers are in holomorphic dynamics; however, there are two in real dynamics and one on cellular automata. Two of the papers are published here for the first time. The papers in this volume provide important and fundamental material in real and complex dynamical systems. Many have become classics, and have inspired further research in the field. Some of the questions addressed here continue to be important in current research. In some cases, there have been minor corrections or clarifications, as well as references to more recent work which answers questions raised by the author. The volume also includes an index to facilitate searching the book for specific topics.

Topology from the Differentiable Viewpoint

Topology from the Differentiable Viewpoint
Author: John Willard Milnor
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1997-12-14
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780691048338

This elegant book by distinguished mathematician John Milnor, provides a clear and succinct introduction to one of the most important subjects in modern mathematics. Beginning with basic concepts such as diffeomorphisms and smooth manifolds, he goes on to examine tangent spaces, oriented manifolds, and vector fields. Key concepts such as homotopy, the index number of a map, and the Pontryagin construction are discussed. The author presents proofs of Sard's theorem and the Hopf theorem.

Collected Works of John Tate

Collected Works of John Tate
Author: Barry Mazur
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 746
Release: 2016-12-13
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821890921

In these volumes, a reader will find all of John Tate's published mathematical papers—spanning more than six decades—enriched by new comments made by the author. Included also is a selection of his letters. His letters give us a close view of how he works and of his ideas in process of formation.

Collected Papers

Collected Papers
Author: John Willard Milnor
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1994
Genre: Algebra
ISBN: 9780821848753

Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint

Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint
Author: John McCleary
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2013
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0521116074

A thoroughly revised second edition of a textbook for a first course in differential/modern geometry that introduces methods within a historical context.

Frontiers in Complex Dynamics

Frontiers in Complex Dynamics
Author: Araceli Bonifant
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 799
Release: 2014-03-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0691159297

John Milnor, best known for his work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, is one of only three mathematicians to have won the Fields medal, the Abel prize, and the Wolf prize, and is the only one to have received all three of the Leroy P. Steele prizes. In honor of his eightieth birthday, this book gathers together surveys and papers inspired by Milnor's work, from distinguished experts examining not only holomorphic dynamics in one and several variables, but also differential geometry, entropy theory, and combinatorial group theory. The book contains the last paper written by William Thurston, as well as a short paper by John Milnor himself. Introductory sections put the papers in mathematical and historical perspective, color figures are included, and an index facilitates browsing. This collection will be useful to students and researchers for decades to come. The contributors are Marco Abate, Marco Arizzi, Alexander Blokh, Thierry Bousch, Xavier Buff, Serge Cantat, Tao Chen, Robert Devaney, Alexandre Dezotti, Tien-Cuong Dinh, Romain Dujardin, Hugo García-Compeán, William Goldman, Rotislav Grigorchuk, John Hubbard, Yunping Jiang, Linda Keen, Jan Kiwi, Genadi Levin, Daniel Meyer, John Milnor, Carlos Moreira, Vincente Muñoz, Viet-Anh Nguyên, Lex Oversteegen, Ricardo Pérez-Marco, Ross Ptacek, Jasmin Raissy, Pascale Roesch, Roberto Santos-Silva, Dierk Schleicher, Nessim Sibony, Daniel Smania, Tan Lei, William Thurston, Vladlen Timorin, Sebastian van Strien, and Alberto Verjovsky.

Characteristic Classes

Characteristic Classes
Author: John Willard Milnor
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1974
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780691081229

The theory of characteristic classes provides a meeting ground for the various disciplines of differential topology, differential and algebraic geometry, cohomology, and fiber bundle theory. As such, it is a fundamental and an essential tool in the study of differentiable manifolds. In this volume, the authors provide a thorough introduction to characteristic classes, with detailed studies of Stiefel-Whitney classes, Chern classes, Pontrjagin classes, and the Euler class. Three appendices cover the basics of cohomology theory and the differential forms approach to characteristic classes, and provide an account of Bernoulli numbers. Based on lecture notes of John Milnor, which first appeared at Princeton University in 1957 and have been widely studied by graduate students of topology ever since, this published version has been completely revised and corrected.