A Glimpse at Hilbert Space Operators: Paul R. Halmos in Memoriam

by Sheldon Axler

Book Overview

Paul Richard Halmos, who lived a life of unbounded devotion to mathematics and to the mathematical community, died at the age of 90 on October 2, 2006. This volume is a memorial to Paul by operator theorists he inspired. Paul'sinitial research, beginning with his 1938Ph.D. thesis at the University of Illinois under Joseph Doob, was in probability, ergodic theory, and measure theory. A shift occurred in the 1950s when Paul's interest in foundations...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034803109
• ISBN13: 9783034803106
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"