The Boston Colloquium Lectures On Mathematics Delivered From September 2 To 5 1903 Before Members Of The American Mathematical Society In Connection With The Summer Meeting Held At The Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Boston Mass By

Author : Edward Burr van Vleck
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330097946
Total Pages : 201 pages
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Download or read book Lectures on Mathematics written by Edward Burr van Vleck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on Mathematics: Delivered From September 2 to 5, 1903, Before Members of the American Mathematical Society in Connection With the Summer Meeting Held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston, Mass For a number of years the American Mathematical Society has held a Colloquium in connection with its Summer Meeting at intervals of two or three years. In the circular sent out prior to the first Colloquium, in 1896, the purpose and the plan of the undertaking were described as follows: "The objects now attained by the Summer Meeting are two-fold: an opportunity is offered for presenting before discriminating and interested auditors the results of research in special fields, and personal acquaintance and mutual helpfulness are promoted among the members in attendance. These two are the prime objects of such a gathering. It is believed however that a third no less desirable result lies within reach. From the concise, unrelated papers presented at any meeting only few derive substantial benefit. The mind of the hearer is too unprepared, the impression is of too short duration to produce accurate knowledge of either the content or the method.... Positive and exact knowledge, scientific knowledge, is rarely increased in these short and stimulating sessions. "On the other hand, the courses of lectures in our best universities, even with topics changing at intervals of a few weeks, do give exact knowledge and furnish a substantial basis for reading and investigation.... About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.