Frontiers in Complex Dynamics: In Celebration of John Milnor's 80th Birthday
Araceli Bonifant, Misha Lyubich, and Scott Sutherland
Abstract
John Milnor, best known for his work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, is one of only three mathematicians to have won the Fields medal, the Abel prize, and the Wolf prize, and is the only one to have received all three of the Leroy P. Steele prizes. In honor of his eightieth birthday, this book gathers together surveys and papers inspired by Milnor's work, from distinguished experts examining not only holomorphic dynamics in one and several variables, but also differential geometry, entropy theory, and combinatorial group theory. The book contains the last paper writt ... More
John Milnor, best known for his work in differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems, is one of only three mathematicians to have won the Fields medal, the Abel prize, and the Wolf prize, and is the only one to have received all three of the Leroy P. Steele prizes. In honor of his eightieth birthday, this book gathers together surveys and papers inspired by Milnor's work, from distinguished experts examining not only holomorphic dynamics in one and several variables, but also differential geometry, entropy theory, and combinatorial group theory. The book contains the last paper written by William Thurston, as well as a short paper by John Milnor himself. Introductory sections put the papers in mathematical and historical perspective, color figures are included, and an index facilitates browsing.
Keywords:
John Milnor,
differential topology,
K-theory,
dynamical systems,
holomorphic dynamics,
differential geometry,
entropy theory,
combinatorial group theory,
William Thurston
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2014 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780691159294 |
Published to Princeton Scholarship Online: October 2017 |
DOI:10.23943/princeton/9780691159294.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Araceli Bonifant, author
University of Rhode Island
Misha Lyubich, author
Stony Brook University
Scott Sutherland, author
Stony Brook University
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