The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski
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The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski

  1. 292 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski

About this book

The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski records the life of Oscar Zariski that is based upon Carol Parikh's interviews with his family, colleagues, students, and his own memories from tape-recorded interviews conducted before his death in 1986. This book describes Oscar Zariski's work in mathematics that perpetually altered the foundations of algebraic geometry. The powerful tools he forged from the ideas of algebra allowed him to penetrate classical problems with a clarity and depth that brought a rigor to the way algebraic geometers carry out proofs. The strength of his work was matched by his forcefulness as a teacher, and the students he trained at Johns Hopkins and later at Harvard have made essential contributions to many areas of mathematics. This publication is beneficial to students and researchers interested in Oscar Zariski's life and work in mathematics.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Unreal Life of Oscar Zariski
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  7. A FOREWORD FOR NON-MATHEMATICIANS
  8. Chapter 1. THAT DARLING OLD LADY
  9. Chapter 2. BIRDS WHIRLING LIKE NUMBERS
  10. Chapter 3. THREE GREAT MATHEMATICIANS
  11. Chapter 4. READING PUSHKIN AND DANTE
  12. Chapter 5. "OSCAR, YOU ARE NOT ONE OF US."
  13. Chapter 6. WALKING WITH LEFSCHETZ
  14. Chapter 7. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
  15. Chapter 8. "THE ALGEBRA WHICH SHEDS LIGHT ON GEOMETRY"
  16. Chapter 9. A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD OF MATHEMATICS
  17. Chapter 10. THE RESOLUTION OF SOME SINGULARITIES
  18. Chapter 11. A LAND OF INTELLECTUAL CANNIBALS
  19. Chapter 12. "A SUPERB AUDIENCE OF ONE . . . ANDRÉ WEIL"
  20. Chapter 13. NORMAL POINTS OF A VARIETY
  21. Chapter 14. THE PURE PLEASURE OF IT
  22. Chapter 15. AN ATTACK ON THE THEORY OF LINEAR SYSTEMS
  23. Chapter 16. TYING BELLS ON CHARACTERISTIC ZERO
  24. Chapter 17. A FEELING OF AWE
  25. Chapter 18. THE DEPTH OF HIS ATTACHMENT
  26. APPENDIX A: A DISCUSSION OF ZARISKI'S WORK
  27. APPENDIX B: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OSCAR ZARISKI
  28. INDEX OF NAMES