Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences: A Journey Through 18th to 20th Century Mathematics

Hawkins, Thomas

Frobenius made many important contributions to mathematics in the latter part of the 19th century. Hawkins here focuses on his work in linear algebra and its relationship with the work of Burnside, Cartan, and Molien, and its extension by Schur and Brauer. He also discusses the Berlin school of mathematics and the guiding force of Weierstrass in that school, as well as the fundamental work of d'Alembert, Lagrange, and Laplace, and of Gauss, Eisenstein and Cayley that laid the groundwork for Frobenius's work in linear algebra. The book concludes with a discussion of Frobenius's contribution to the theory of stochastic matrices.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2013-07-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781461463320

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6333-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 699