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Book DetailsContemporary MathematicsVolume: 243; 1999; 238 ppMSC: Primary 16; 19; 20; 00
This volume includes expositions of key developments over the past four decades in commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic \(K\)-theory, infinite group theory, and applications of algebra to topology. Many of the articles are based on lectures given at a conference at Columbia University honoring the 65th birthday of Hyman Bass. Important topics related to Bass's mathematical interests are surveyed by leading experts in the field. Of particular note is a professional autobiography of Professor Bass and an article by Deborah Ball on mathematical education. The range of subjects covered in the book offers a convenient single source for topics in the field.
ReadershipGraduate students and research mathematicians interested in associative rings and algebras; mathematical historians and educators.
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Table of Contents
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Articles
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John Ewing — On the occasion of the 65th birthday of Hyman Bass
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Hyman Bass — A professional autobiography [ MR 1732037 ]
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Deborah Loewenberg Ball — Crossing boundaries to examine the mathematics entailed in elementary teaching
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Edward Formanek — Bass’s work on the Jacobian conjecture [ MR 1732038 ]
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Robert M. Guralnick and Christopher J. Pappacena — Torsion in genus class groups [ MR 1732039 ]
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Craig Huneke — Hyman Bass and ubiquity: Gorenstein rings [ MR 1732040 ]
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Irving Kaplansky — A salute to Euler and Dickson on the occasion of Hy’s 65th birthday [ MR 1732041 ]
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T. Y. Lam — Bass’s work in ring theory and projective modules [ MR 1732042 ]
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Alexander Lubotzky — One for almost all: generation of ${\rm SL}(n,p)$ by subsets of ${\rm SL}(n,{\bf Z})$ [ MR 1732043 ]
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Andy R. Magid — Deformations of representations [ MR 1732044 ]
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Shahar Mozes — Trees, lattices and commensurators [ MR 1732045 ]
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M. Pavaman Murthy — A survey of obstruction theory for projective modules of top rank [ MR 1732046 ]
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A. S. Rapinchuk — The congruence subgroup problem [ MR 1732047 ]
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Peter B. Shalen — Three-manifold topology and the tree for $\rm PSL_2$: the Smith conjecture and beyond [ MR 1732048 ]
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Charles A. Weibel — The development of algebraic $K$-theory before 1980 [ MR 1732049 ]
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This volume includes expositions of key developments over the past four decades in commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic \(K\)-theory, infinite group theory, and applications of algebra to topology. Many of the articles are based on lectures given at a conference at Columbia University honoring the 65th birthday of Hyman Bass. Important topics related to Bass's mathematical interests are surveyed by leading experts in the field. Of particular note is a professional autobiography of Professor Bass and an article by Deborah Ball on mathematical education. The range of subjects covered in the book offers a convenient single source for topics in the field.
Graduate students and research mathematicians interested in associative rings and algebras; mathematical historians and educators.
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Articles
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John Ewing — On the occasion of the 65th birthday of Hyman Bass
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Hyman Bass — A professional autobiography [ MR 1732037 ]
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Deborah Loewenberg Ball — Crossing boundaries to examine the mathematics entailed in elementary teaching
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Edward Formanek — Bass’s work on the Jacobian conjecture [ MR 1732038 ]
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Robert M. Guralnick and Christopher J. Pappacena — Torsion in genus class groups [ MR 1732039 ]
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Craig Huneke — Hyman Bass and ubiquity: Gorenstein rings [ MR 1732040 ]
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Irving Kaplansky — A salute to Euler and Dickson on the occasion of Hy’s 65th birthday [ MR 1732041 ]
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T. Y. Lam — Bass’s work in ring theory and projective modules [ MR 1732042 ]
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Alexander Lubotzky — One for almost all: generation of ${\rm SL}(n,p)$ by subsets of ${\rm SL}(n,{\bf Z})$ [ MR 1732043 ]
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Andy R. Magid — Deformations of representations [ MR 1732044 ]
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Shahar Mozes — Trees, lattices and commensurators [ MR 1732045 ]
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M. Pavaman Murthy — A survey of obstruction theory for projective modules of top rank [ MR 1732046 ]
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A. S. Rapinchuk — The congruence subgroup problem [ MR 1732047 ]
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Peter B. Shalen — Three-manifold topology and the tree for $\rm PSL_2$: the Smith conjecture and beyond [ MR 1732048 ]
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Charles A. Weibel — The development of algebraic $K$-theory before 1980 [ MR 1732049 ]
