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The Mathematics of Frobenius in Context: A Journey Through 18th to 20th Century Mathematics

By Thomas Hawkins (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-4614-6332-0, 978-1-4614-6333-7
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-6333-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (6933833 bytes)
Series
Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Edition
1
Pages
699\698
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-03 06:14:36
History of Mathematical Sciences; Linear and MultiMatrix Theory

Description

Frobenius made many important contributions to mathematics in the latter part of the 19th century. Hawkins here focuses on his work in linear algebra and its relationship with the work of Burnside, Cartan, and Molien, and its extension by Schur and Brauer. He also discusses the Berlin school of mathematics and the guiding force of Weierstrass in that school, as well as the fundamental work of d'Alembert, Lagrange, and Laplace, and of Gauss, Eisenstein and Cayley that laid the groundwork for Frobenius's work in linear algebra. The book concludes with a discussion of Frobenius's contribution to the theory of stochastic matrices.

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