Mathématiques

1927 · 024383 — Berkeley California: University of California Press 1927. Also in this booklet: A Rapid Method for Calculating the Least Squares Solution of a Polynomial of Any Degree by Raymond T. Birge and John D. Shea. Good condition. Spine a little nicked. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Reprinted from University of California Publications in Mathematics Volume 2; No. 4 pp. 55-66; and Volume 2; No. 5 pp. 67-118. Bound in the original gray wraps stamped in black. This is the original 1927 edition -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. This volume was among several dozen books from Temple Rice Hollcroft's library that we were lucky enough to purchase at auction in New Jersey. Several of the books contain his ink stamp signature or a presentation inscription to him. Unfortunately this volume does not have those signs of his ownership. But please check our inventory for several others that do. The American mathematician Temple Rice Hollcroft 1889 - 1967 received B.S. in 1912 and A.B. in 1914 from Hanover College and then A.M. in 1915 from the University of Kentucky. He received his Ph.D. in 1917 from Cornell University under Virgil Snyder. Hollcroft was a mathematics professor at Wells College from 1918 to 1954 from which he retired as professor emeritus. Hollcroft served for 14 years as Associate Secretary of the American Mathematical Society. In 1932 in Zurich he was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematician ICM. His subject was THE GENERAL WEB OF SURFACES AND THE SPACE INVOLUTION DEFINED BY IT…. Being invited to talk at the ICM has been called "the equivalent… of induction to a hall of fame." - from Wikipedia. Softcover stapled wraps. Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. University of California Press Paperback