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Neumann Compendium, The
About this book
After three decades since the first nearly complete edition of John von Neumann's papers, this book is a valuable selection of those papers and excerpts of his books that are most characteristic of his activity, and reveal that of his continuous influence.The results receiving the 1994 Nobel Prizes in economy deeply rooted in Neumann's game theory are only minor traces of his exceptionally broad spectrum of creativity and stimulation.The book is organized by the specific subjects-quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, operator algebra, hydrodynamics, economics, computers, science and society. In addition, one paper which was written in German will be translated and published in English for the first time.The sections are introduced by short explanatory notes with an emphasis on recent developments based on von Neumann's contributions. An overall picture is provided by Ulam's, one of his most intimate partners in thinking, 1958 memorial lecture. Facsimilae and translations of some of his personal letters and a newly completed bibliography based on von Neumann's own careful compilation are added.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS*
- INTRODUCTION
- JOHN VON NEUMANN 1903-1957
- JOHN VON NEUMANN AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
- CHAPTER V GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
- CHAPTER VI THE MEASURING PROCESS
- THE LOGIC OF QUANTUM MECHANICS
- QUANTUM LOGICS (STRICT- AND PROBABILITY-LOGICS)
- JOHN VON NEUMANN AND ERGODIC THEORY
- ERRATA for "Proof of the Quasi-Ergodic Hypothesis"
- PROOF OF THE QUASI-ERGODIC HYPOTHESIS
- OPERATOR METHODS IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS, II
- JOHN VON NEUMANN AND THE THEORY OF OPERATOR ALGEBRAS
- ALGEBRA OF FUNCTIONAL OPERATIONS AND THEORY OF NORMAL OPERATORS
- ON RINGS OF OPERATORS
- ON RINGS OF OPERATORS II
- ON RINGS OF OPERATORS III
- ON RINGS OF OPERATORS IV
- ON RINGS OF OPERATORS. REDUCTION THEORY
- JOHN VON NEUMANN AND HYDRODYNAMICS
- THEORY OF SHOCK WAVES
- ECONOMICS
- FORMULATION OF THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM
- CHAPTER II GENERAL FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF GAMES OF STRATEGY
- "THE FATHER OF COMPUTERS"
- 13 PROBABILISTIC LOGICS AND THE SYNTHESIS OF RELIABLE ORGANISMS FROM UNRELIABLE COMPONENTS t
- The Mathematician
- METHOD IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
- Impact of Atomic Energy on the PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL SCIENCES
- THE IMPACT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE ON THE ECONOMY AND ON ECONOMICS
- THE ROLE OF MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES AND IN SOCIETY
- STATEMENT OF JOHN VON NEUMANN BEFORE THE SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY*
- CAN WE SURVIVE TECHNOLOGY?
- DEFENSE IN ATOMIC WAR
- BIBLIOGRAPHY*
- CURRICULUM VITAE*
- A LETTER TO L. FEJER
- AN INTERVIEW FOR "VOICE OF AMERICA"*