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The legacy of John von Neumann / James Glimm, John Impagliazzo, and Isadore Singer, editors.
— Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society, c1990. vii, 334 p. : il. ; 26 cm. — (Proceedings of symposia in pure mathematics ; v. 50)
"Proceedings of the Summer Research Institute ... held at Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, May 29-June 4, 1988". Incluye fotografías de los participantes.
"Cosponsored by the American Mathematical Society and Hofstra University".
Incluye referencias bibliográficas.
Contenido: Marina V. N. Whitman, John von Neumann: a personal view — Peter D. Lax, Remembering John von Neumann — Françoise Ulam, Nonmathematical reminiscences about Johnny von Neumann — Israel Halperin, The extraordinary inspiration of John von Neumann — Nicholas Vonneuman, The philosophical legacy of John von Neumann, in the light of its inception and evolution in his formative years — George W. Mackey, von Neumann and the early days of ergodic theory — Donald S. Ornstein, von Neumann and ergodic theory — Hillel Furstenberg, Nonconventional ergodic averages — F. J. Murray, The rings of operators papers — Richard V. Kadison, Operator algebras — -an overview — Alain Connes, Introduction à la géométrie non-commutative — Huzihiro Araki, Some of the legacy of John von Neumann in physics: theory of measurement, quantum logic, and von Neumann algebras in physics — Arthur Jaffe, Mathematics motivated by physics — I. E. Segal, The mathematical implications of fundamental physical principles — Herman H. Goldstine and John von Neumann, On the principles of large scale computing machines — James Glimm, Scientific computing: von Neumann's vision, today's realities, and the promise of the future — Zhen Su She, Eric Jackson and Steven A. Orszag, Intermittency of turbulence — Enrico Clementi, Steven Chin, Gina Corongiu, James Given, George C. Lie, Michele Migliore and Piero Procacci, Supercomputer simulations of the interaction of biomolecules in solution — Jack D. Cowan, von Neumann and neural networks — Elwyn Berlekamp, Two-person, perfect-information games — William Aspray, The origins of John von Neumann's theory of automata — Nicholas Pippenger, Developments in "The synthesis of reliable organisms from unreliable components"
ISBN 0821814877
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