Constantin Carathodory Mathematics and Politics in Turbulent Times [Paperback]

With breathtaking detail, Maria Georgiadou sheds light on the work and life of Constantin Carath?odory, who until now has been ignored by historians. In her thought-provoking book, Georgiadou maps out the mathematicians oeuvre, life and turbulent historical surroundings. Descending from the Greek ?lite of Constantinople, Carath?odory graduated from the military school of Brussels, became engineer at the Assiout dam in Egypt and finally dedicated a lifetime to mathematics and education. He significantly contributed to: calculus of variations, the theory of point set measure, the theory of functions of a real variable, pdes, and complex function theory. An exciting and well-written biography, once started, difficult to put down.

Constantin Carath?odory (Berlin 1873-1950 Munich) - Mathematics and Politics in Turbulent Times is a biography of a mathematician who became famous during his life, but has hitherto been ignored by historians for half a century after his death.

In a thought-provoking approach, Maria Georgiadou devotes to Constantin Carath?odory all the attention such a personality deserves. With breathtaking detail and the appropriate scrutiny she elucidates his oeuvre, life and turbulent political/historical surroundings: descending from the Greek ?lite of Constantinople, Carath?odory graduated from the military school of Brussels, became engineer at the Assiout dam in Egypt and finally dedicated a life of effort to mathematics and education. He studied and embarked on an international academic career, haunted by wars, catastrophes and personal tragedies. Over the last years of his life, he stayed in Munich despite World War II, an ambiguous decision upon which the author sheds unprecedented light.

Carath?odory's most significant mathematical contributions were to the calculus of variations, the theory of point set measure, and the theory of functilC>