Title	Duration and Change [electronic resource] : Fifty Years at Oberwolfach / edited by Michael Artin, Reinhold Remmert, Hanspeter Kraft
Imprint	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1994
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78502-3
Descript	XIII, 306p. 41 illus. online resource

A volume containing original essays from quite diverse fields in mathematics is something of a rarity, especially if renowned scientists show the width of their discipline to the reader. This book is just such a rarity - a veritable gem. It was written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mathematical research institute at Oberwolfach. The articles span a range of topics from general reflections on the place of mathematics in contemporary culture to essays dealing with aspects of algebra, analysis, geometry, coding theory, scientific computing and topology. All essays are interrelated, proving the old rule that you can divide and still conquer. A book in which every mathematician or scientist interested in mathematics will find something to take their fancy

Addresses -- Minister fรผr Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Baden-Wรผrttemberg -- Generalsekretรคr der Volkswagen-Stiftung -- American Mathematical Society -- Dansk Matematisk Forening -- Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung -- European Mathematical Society -- Gesellschaft fรผr Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik -- ร{150}sterreichische Mathematische Gesellschaft -- Russian Academy of Sciences -- Schweizerische Mathematische Gesellschaft Sociรฉtรฉ Mathรฉmatique Suisse -- Sociรฉtรฉ Mathematique de France -- Wiskundig Genootschap -- History -- Antrag auf Bewilligung von Mitteln zur Errichtung eines Gรคstehauses vom 4. Mรคrz 1963 -- Erinnerungen -- Abschied vom Schloร{159} in Oberwolfach -- Allocution du professeur Henri Cartan (Paris) -- Einweihung der baulichen Erweiterungen am 26. Mai 1989 โ{128}{148} Ansprache -- Die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Oberwolfach -- Dei Oberwolfachpreis und seine Preistrรคger -- The Work of Peter B. Kronheimer -- Zur Verleihung des Preises an Jรถrg Brรผdem -- Laudatio auf Jens Franke -- Essays -- Some Trends in Riemannian Geometry -- Mathematical Aspects of Computer Aided Geometric Design -- On the Place of Mathematics in Culture -- Mathematical Shell Theory: Recent Developments and Open Problems -- On Algebras, Wild and Tame -- Number Theory and Cryptography -- โ{128}{158}Ist 4 denn noch normal?โ{128}{157} -- Some Remarks on Geometric Mechanics -- Neuere Entwicklungen in der Komplexen Geometrie