Book Description
1995 marked the 50th anniversary of Stefan Banach's death. Until now, the general English speaking public has had no access to an in-depth life story of a mathematician whose name is one of those most often encountered in modern mathematical research. This small volume, originally written in Polish by a well-known reporter, is an effort to fill that gap in the biographical literature. It is based on original archival sources, dozens of interviews with people who knew and remember Banach, and conversations with mathematicians who are familiar with Banach's work and its impact on modern mathematics. The author presents engaging descriptions of Banach's personality and the unusual milieu in which he worked. Further, Chapter V focuses on the famous Scottish café, which like Banach himself, has achieved a mythical dimension in mathematical lore. The English edition has been revised to include new materials and many photographs, and to reflect the interests of a broader international audience. ... Read more

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This book presents the proceedings from the conference onalgebraic geometry in honor of Professor Friedrich Hirzebruch's70th Birthday. The event was held at the Stefan BanachInternational Mathematical Center in Warsaw (Poland). Topicscovered in the book include intersection theory, singularities,low-dimensional manifolds, moduli spaces, number theory, andinteractions between mathematical physics and geometry. Alsoincluded are articles from notes of two special lectures. Thefirst, by Professor M. Atiyah, describes the importantcontributions to the field of geometry by Professor Hirzebruch.The second article contains notes from the talk delivered at theconference by Professor Hirzebruch. Contributors to the volumeare leading researchers in the field. ... Read more

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The relatively new concepts of the Henstock–Kurzweil and McShane integrals based on Riemann type sums are an interesting challenge in the study of integration of Banach space-valued functions. This timely book presents an overview of the concepts developed and results achieved during the past 15 years. The Henstock–Kurzweil and McShane integrals play the central role in the book. Various forms of the integration are introduced and compared from the viewpoint of their generality. Functional analysis is the main tool for presenting the theory of summation gauge integrals. ... Read more