I looked for it in the library, it is a huge and heavy book,
about 1034 pages. Impressive work, which covers indeed
most of mathematics as we know it. There is something
for everyone in this book, for Physicists for example the parts
about Vertex Operator Algebras and Lie Theory.
-J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Owen Densmore" <[email protected]>
To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
<[email protected]>; "SFx Discuss" <[email protected]>;
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 6:56 PM
Subject: [FRIAM] The Princeton Companion to Mathematics
I finally got mine, the sixth printing which has the massive corrections
found by Gowers's followers working like crazy on his blog via comments:
http://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/pcm-errata-iii/
http://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/pcm-errata-ii/
The book is truly wonderful, being not only a beautiful historical and
structural discussion of most of mathematics as we know it, but being
literate as well. Both Timothy and his editing staff deserve
congratulations. He even got computation theory nicely done, no mean
feat.
Anyone else reading this amazing book?
-- Owen
============================================================
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
============================================================
FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College
lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
