Bibliograph

Naming infinity, a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity, Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor

Type

Label

Naming infinity, a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity, Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-227) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Naming infinity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

255142906

Responsibility statement

Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor

Sub title

a true story of religious mysticism and mathematical creativity

Table Of Contents

Storming a monastery -- A crisis in mathematics -- The French trio: Borel, Lebesgue, Baire -- The Russian trio: Egorov, Luzin, Florensky -- Russian mathematics and mysticism -- The legendary Lusitania -- Fates of the Russian trio -- Lusitania and after -- The human in mathematics, then and now

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