Felix Klein - Renate Tobies

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Résumé :
About Felix Klein, the famous Greek mathematician Constantin Carath?odory once said: It is only by illuminating him from all angles that one can come to understand his significance. The author of this biography has done just this. A detailed study of original sources has made it possible to uncover new connections...

Biographie:
and to identify misconceptions. Because of his edition of Julius Pl?cker's work on line geometry and due to his own contributions to non-Euclidean geometry, Klein was already well known abroad before he received his first full professorship at the age of 23. By exchanging ideas with his most important cooperation partner, the Norwegian Sophus Lie, Klein formulated his Erlangen Program. Various other visionary programs followed, in which Klein involved mathematicians from Germany and abroad. Klein was the most active promoter of Riemann's geometric-physical approach to function theory, but he also integrated the analytical approaches of the Weierstrass school into his arsenal of methods. Klein was a citizen of the world who repeatedly travelled to France, Great Britain, Italy, the United States, and elsewhere. Despite what has often been claimed, it must be emphasized that Klein expressly opposed national chauvinism. He promoted mathematically gifted individuals regardless of their nationality, religion, or gender. Many of his works have been translated into English, French, Italian, Russian, and other languages...

Sommaire:
to create a more precise representation of this important mathematician, scientific organizer, and educational reformer...