Mathématiques

1918 · 025854 — Sendai Japan: Tohoku Imperial University 1918. Very Good condition. Light cover wear. Vertical crease from folding in half for mailing Pages are clean and unmarked. Reprinted from the Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University Vol. VII No. 2. Printed near the top of the front cover is: "With the Compliments of the Author." This is the original September 1918 edition -- NOT print on demand edition or modern reprint. Bound in the original wraps stamped in black. 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. With Tadahiko Kubota's compliments. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. pp. 113-121. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Tohoku Imperial University Paperback