Halmos: 19 books

Depuis plus de dix ans, Claude Halmos répond chaque semaine aux questions des auditeurs de France Info dans sa chronique « Savoir être ». Tous les problèmes de notre quotidien sont envisagés, des plus triviaux aux plus existentiels, des plus intimes aux plus publics : que faire face à un...

Comment grandit-on? Comment passe-t-on de l’état de nourrisson à celui d’adulte épanoui et civilisé? Cette évolution découle-t-elle d’un processus «naturel» ou nécessite-t-elle une éducation des parents? Si c’est le cas, de quel type d’éducation doit-il s’agir? Faut-il parler...

Comment parler aux enfants ? Les adultes, souvent, s’interrogent. Et à juste titre, car parler vraiment aux enfants suppose de les considérer comme des personnes à part entière, sensées et capables de comprendre ce qu’on leur dit, sans les prendre pour autant (et surtout sans leur permettre...

Are human misery, poverty and despair a result of personal inadequacy or social injustice? Therefore is the solution to these problems psychotherapy or political action? In one of the most important books on social work for a decade, Paul Halmos tries to resolve a dilemma which many social workers...

This booklet has been written as a diary during the preparation of the war against Iraq and the war itself. It was put up in my website, strictly dated whenever a „chapter” of events served as a reason for that. I left it unfinished when my heart sank in despair. Now, that the gendarme of the...

Miklós Kovács, one of the leaders of the Hungarian Commune escapes and is shot by Stalin's dogs. His 8 years old son gets stuck in Moscow and lives the life of "son of people's enemy". He returns to Hungary in the summer of 1956, meets her mother and through her famous intellectuals, including...

This concise classic by Paul R. Halmos, a well-known master of mathematical exposition, has served as a basic introduction to aspects of ergodic theory since its first publication in 1956. "The book is written in the pleasant, relaxed, and clear style usually associated with the author,"...

This concise introductory treatment consists of three chapters: The Geometry of Hilbert Space, The Algebra of Operators, and The Analysis of Spectral Measures. Author Paul R. Halmos notes in the Preface that his motivation in writing this text was to make available to a wider audience the results...

This presentation on the basics of Boolean algebra has ranked among the fundamental books on this important subject in mathematics and computing science since its initial publication in 1963. Concise and informal as well as systematic, the text draws upon lectures delivered by Professor Halmos at...

Автор провёл четыре года в Москве с 1953 по 1957 годы, как студент МАТИ (Московского Авиационно-Технологического Института). Считался одним из лучших, но в 1956 г. «болтал»,...

Aujourd’hui, la crise économique n’épargne plus personne. Et elle n’épargne plus rien. Perdre son travail, craindre de le perdre, voir ses possibilités de consommation se réduire comme peau de chagrin, être témoin du malheur des autres et redouter d’en être à son tour victime : ces...

This classic by one of the twentieth century's most prominent mathematicians offers a concise introduction to set theory. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in mathematics, it employs the language and notation of informal mathematics. There are very few displayed theorems;...

A fine example of a great mathematician's intellect and mathematical style, this classic on linear algebra is widely cited in the literature. The treatment is an ideal supplement to many traditional linear algebra texts and is accessible to undergraduates with some background in algebra. "This...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.