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The Random Walks of George Pólya
 
The Random Walks of George Polya
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5850-8
Product Code:  SPEC/29.E
List Price: $30.00
MAA Member Price: $22.50
AMS Member Price: $22.50
The Random Walks of George Polya
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The Random Walks of George Pólya
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5850-8
Product Code:  SPEC/29.E
List Price: $30.00
MAA Member Price: $22.50
AMS Member Price: $22.50
  • Book Details
     
     
    Spectrum
    Volume: 292000; 303 pp
    MSC: Primary 01

    George Pólya was one of the giants of classical analysis in the 20th century, and the influence of his work can be seen far beyond analysis into number theory, geometry, probability, and combinatorics. This book serves both as a biography of Pólya's life and a review of his many mathematical achievements by experts from a wide range of different fields. Last but not least, the book finishes with two essays by Pólya himself which focus on how to learn to solve problems, a subject with which he was fascinated throughout his life.

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • Prologue
    • 1. Childhood
    • 2. Pólya’s Education
    • 3. Vienna, Göttingen, and Paris
    • 4. Zürich
    • 5. Collaboration with Szegő
    • 6. Oxford and Cambridge
    • 7. The United States—The First Visit
    • 8. Swiss Citizenship
    • 9. Stanford
    • 10. 1945
    • 11. Honors
    • 12. The Later Years
    • Appendix 1. Pólya’s Work in Probability–by K. L. Chung
    • Appendix 2. Pólya’s Work in Analysis–by R. P. Boas
    • Appendix 3. Comments on Number Theory–by D. H. Lehmer
    • Appendix 4. Pólya’s Geometry–by Doris Schattschneider
    • Appendix 5. Pólya’s Enumeration Theorem–by R. C. Reed
    • Appendix 6. Pólya’s Contributions in Mathematical Physics–by M. M. Schiffer
    • Appendix 7. George Pólya and Mathematics Education–by Alan H. Schoenfeld
    • Appendix 8. Pólya’s Influence—References to His Work
    • Appendix 9. Prizes, Awards and Lectureships Honoring George Pólya
    • Appendix 10. “On Picture Writing”–by George Pólya
    • Appendix 11. “Generalization, Specialization Analogy”–by George Pólya
    • Appendix 12. “Heuristic Reasoning in the Theory of Numbers”–by George Pólya
    • Appendix 13. “Probabilities in Proofreading”–by George Pólya
    • Appendix 14. Cast of Characters—A Glossary of Names
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Volume: 292000; 303 pp
MSC: Primary 01

George Pólya was one of the giants of classical analysis in the 20th century, and the influence of his work can be seen far beyond analysis into number theory, geometry, probability, and combinatorics. This book serves both as a biography of Pólya's life and a review of his many mathematical achievements by experts from a wide range of different fields. Last but not least, the book finishes with two essays by Pólya himself which focus on how to learn to solve problems, a subject with which he was fascinated throughout his life.

  • Chapters
  • Prologue
  • 1. Childhood
  • 2. Pólya’s Education
  • 3. Vienna, Göttingen, and Paris
  • 4. Zürich
  • 5. Collaboration with Szegő
  • 6. Oxford and Cambridge
  • 7. The United States—The First Visit
  • 8. Swiss Citizenship
  • 9. Stanford
  • 10. 1945
  • 11. Honors
  • 12. The Later Years
  • Appendix 1. Pólya’s Work in Probability–by K. L. Chung
  • Appendix 2. Pólya’s Work in Analysis–by R. P. Boas
  • Appendix 3. Comments on Number Theory–by D. H. Lehmer
  • Appendix 4. Pólya’s Geometry–by Doris Schattschneider
  • Appendix 5. Pólya’s Enumeration Theorem–by R. C. Reed
  • Appendix 6. Pólya’s Contributions in Mathematical Physics–by M. M. Schiffer
  • Appendix 7. George Pólya and Mathematics Education–by Alan H. Schoenfeld
  • Appendix 8. Pólya’s Influence—References to His Work
  • Appendix 9. Prizes, Awards and Lectureships Honoring George Pólya
  • Appendix 10. “On Picture Writing”–by George Pólya
  • Appendix 11. “Generalization, Specialization Analogy”–by George Pólya
  • Appendix 12. “Heuristic Reasoning in the Theory of Numbers”–by George Pólya
  • Appendix 13. “Probabilities in Proofreading”–by George Pólya
  • Appendix 14. Cast of Characters—A Glossary of Names
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