Math Talks for Undergraduates

by Serge Lang

Book Overview

For many years, Serge Lang has given talks on selected items in mathematics which could be extracted at a level understandable by those who have had calculus. Written in a conversational tone, Lang now presents a collection of those talks as a book covering such topics as: prime numbers, the abc conjecture, approximation theorems of analysis, Bruhat-Tits spaces, and harmonic and symmetric polynomials. Each talk is written in a lively and informal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461271576
• ISBN13: 9781461271574
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 121 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"