L.E.J. Brouwer  Topologist, Intuitionist, Philosopher How Mathematics Is Rooted in Life /

• Main Author: Dalen, Dirk. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Logic, Symbolic and mathematical.; Topology.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Popular Science in Mathematics/Computer Science/Natural Science/Technology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4616-2

Dirk van Dalens biography studies the fascinating life of the famous Dutch mathematician and philosopher Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer. Brouwer belonged to a special class of genius; complex and often controversial and�gifted with a deep intuition, he had an unparalleled access to the secrets and in...

Table of Contents:

• Child and Student
• Mathematics and Mysticism
• The Dissertation.-Cantor-Schoenflies Topology
• The New Topology
• Making a Career
• The War Years
• Mathematics after the War
• Politics and Mathematics
• The Breakthrough
• The Fathers of Dimension
• Progress, Recognition, and Frictions
• From Berlin to Vienna
• The Three Battles
• The Thirties
• War and Occupation
• Post-War Events
• The Restless Emeritus.