Constantin Caratheodory - Mathematics and Politics in Turbulent Times (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)

With breathtaking detail, Maria Georgiadou sheds light on the work and life of Constantin Carath odory, who until now has been ignored by historians. In her thought-provoking book, Georgiadou maps out the mathematician 's oeuvre, life and turbulent historical surroundings. Descending from the Greek lite of Constantinople, Carath odory graduated from the military school of Brussels, became engineer at the Assiout dam in Egypt and finally dedicated a lifetime to mathematics and education. He significantly contributed to: calculus of variations, the theory of point set measure, the theory of functions of a real variable, pdes, and complex function theory. An exciting and well-written biography, once started, difficult to put down.

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