Menahem Max Schiffer Selected Papers Volume 1 [Hardcover]

This two volume set presents over 50 of the most groundbreaking contributions of Menahem M Schiffer. All of the reprints of Schiffers works herein have extensive annotation and invited commentaries, giving new clarity and insight into the?impact and legacy of Schiffer's work. A complete bibliography and brief biography make this a rounded and invaluable reference.

Menahem Max Schiffer, a mathematician of many interests, produced a body of work including topics on geometric function theory, Riemann surfaces, and partial differential equations, with a focus on applications and mathematical physics. Perhaps his best known work is that in the calculus of variations, especially extremal problem,s which find application in many scientific areas.

This two volume set presents over 50 of the most groundbreaking contributions of this beloved mathematician. All of the reprints of Schiffers works herein have extensive annotation and invited commentaries, giving new clarity and insight into the impact and legacy of Schiffer's works. A complete bibliography and brief biography make this a rounded and invaluable reference.

Part 1. Publications of M. M. Schiffer.- Doctoral Students of M. M. Schiffer.- Chronology of M. M. Schiffer.- Part 2. Personal Reminiscences.- Paul R. Garabedian, Recollections of Menahem Max Schiffer.- Robert Finn, Memories of Menahem Schiffer.- Peter Duren, Working with Max Schiffer.- Lawrence Zalcman, Memories of Max Schiffer.- Dennis Hejhal, Some Reminiscences of My Thesis Advisor, Max Schiffer.- Dov Aharonov, Max Schiffer at the Technion.- Steven R. Bell, M. M. Schiffer, Explorer.- Part 3. Selecl#�