{"product_id":"lars-ahlfors-at-the-summit-of-mathematics-9781470418465","title":"Lars Ahlfors  At the Summit of Mathematics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the story of the Finnish-American mathematician Lars Ahlfors (1907-1996). At 21 Ahlfors became a well-known mathematician having solved Denjoy's conjecture, and in 1936 he established his world renown when he was awarded the Fields Medal. This book avoids technical details and concentrates on his contributions to the general development of complex analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAhlfors was a living legend, and although he was known to outsiders, i.e. non analysts, primarily through the effect of his [classic text on complex analysis], there was, and is, a lot more to be told about his fascinating life. We now have a compact, readable, and mathematically meaningful biography by Olli Lehto, another Finn, another analyst, another member of Nevanlinna's circle, and a very close friend of Ahlfors. It doesn't get any better than that.\" - \u003cem\u003eMAA Online\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...Olli Lehto has given us a first-rate biography, running from a brief review of Ahlfors’ ancestry through to his centennial celebration. Lehto has succeeded in avoiding the twin pitfalls of so much information as to risk being tedious, or so much brevity as to leave the reader with nothing to work with. Instead we are given enough insight to feel that we have got to know Ahlfors as a person, and some notion of the mathematics he created. We also get some understanding into the world events which helped shaped Ahlfors’ life and career, and the many eminent mathematicians, particularly from complex analysis, with whom he worked over the course of his long research career.\" - \u003cem\u003eLondon Mathematical Society Newsletter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamily background\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExceptional talent emerges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMathematical renown secured\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo America and back again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWar years in Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Sweden and Switzerland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessorship at Harvard University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe legacy of Riemann and Teichmuller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew research and return to the old\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDistinctions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditions to the portrait\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue in Finland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MP-AMM American Mathematical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50041324601687,"sku":"9781470418465","price":39.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781470418465.jpg?v=1740182386","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lars-ahlfors-at-the-summit-of-mathematics-9781470418465","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}