Duration and Change: Fifty Years at Oberwolfach Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994 edition

Description for Sales People: A volume containing essays from various fields in mathematics is something of a rarity, especially if renowned scientists present the sheer width of their discipline to the reader. The articles range from general reflections on mathematics and culture to essays on algebra, analysis, geometry, coding theory, scientific computing and topology. Table of Contents: Addresses.- Minister fur Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg.- Generalsekretar der Volkswagen-Stiftung.- American Mathematical Society.- Dansk Matematisk Forening.- Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung.- European Mathematical Society.- Gesellschaft fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik.- Osterreichische Mathematische Gesellschaft.- Russian Academy of Sciences.- Schweizerische Mathematische Gesellschaft Societe Mathematique Suisse.- Societe Mathematique de France.- Wiskundig Genootschap.- History.- Antrag auf Bewilligung von Mitteln zur Errichtung eines Gastehauses vom 4. Marz 1963.- Erinnerungen.- Abschied vom Schloss in Oberwolfach.- Allocution du professeur Henri Cartan (Paris).- Einweihung der baulichen Erweiterungen am 26. Mai 1989 Ansprache.- Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oberwolfach.- Dei Oberwolfachpreis und seine Preistrager.- The Work of Peter B. Kronheimer.- Zur Verleihung des Preises an Jorg Brudem.- Laudatio auf Jens Franke.- Essays.- Some Trends in Riemannian Geometry.- Mathematical Aspects of Computer Aided Geometric Design.- On the Place of Mathematics in Culture.- Mathematical Shell Theory: Recent Developments and Open Problems.- On Algebras, Wild and Tame.- Number Theory and Cryptography.- Ist 4 denn noch normal? .- Some Remarks on Geometric Mechanics.- Neuere Entwicklungen in der Komplexen Geometrie."

Contributor Bio:  Remmert, Reinhold Hans Grauert (b. 1930 in Harem /Ems, Germany) and Reinhold Remmert (b. 1930 in OsnabrA1/4ck, Germany) met at the University of MA1/4nster, where they both studied mathematics and physics from 1949 to 1954. In 1950 they were invited by Heinrich Behnke and Karl Stein to attend their "Oberseminar," which was held on Saturdays, for 2 hours from 9 a.m. Five years after the tragic events of World War 2, Behnke's old friend Henri Cartan visited MA1/4nster. His lecture on recent developments in the theory of "Several Complex Variables" was a real eye-opener for the young students and had a strongly formative influence on them: indeed this was to determine the course of their scientific research careers from then on. In June 1954 Grauert and Remmert received their respective doctorates from the University of MA1/4nster. In 1957 they both became lecturer (Privatdozent) there. In 1959 resp. 1960, Grauert and Remmert were appointed full professors at GAttingen resp. Erlangen. The original German edition of "Theory of Stein Spaces" was written at a time when complex spaces, coherent analytic sheaves and the so-called Theorems A and B had already become established notions and theorems. Dedicated to Karl Stein, the book was published in 1977, and the English edition was to follow in 1979. The first announcement of the book, in Springer's promotion, consisted of the picture reproduced on the inside cover flap of this book, taken during the boat trip of the annual Bonn Arbeitstagung some time earlier, showing three men on a boat, with the minimalistic caption "Grundlehren 227."