The Legacy of Mario Pieri in Geometry and Arithmetic

by Elena Anne Marchisotto

Book Overview

The Italian mathematician Mario Pieri (1860-1913) had a significant, yet somewhat underappreciated impact on several branches of mathematics, particularly on the development of algebraic geometry and the foundations of mathematics in the years around the turn of the 20th century. This book comprehensively examining Pieri's life, mathematical work and influence in such diverse fields as mathematical logic, algebraic geometry, number theory, inversive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817632107
• ISBN13: 9780817632106
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 494 Pages
• Weight: 2.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.2"