Studies in Memory of Issai Schur
This volume Studies in Memory of Issai Schur was conceived as a tribute to Schur's of his tragic end. His impact on great contributions to mathematics and in remembrance of mathematicians Representation Theory alone was so great that a significant number
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Series Editors Hyman Bass Joseph Oesterle Alan Weinstein
Studies in Memory of Issai Schur Anthony J oseph Anna Melnikov Rudolf Rentschler Editors
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Anna Melnikov University of Haifa Department of Mathematics Haifa 31905 Israel
Anthony Joseph Weizmann Institute of Science Department of Mathematics Rehovot76100 Israel Rudolf Rentschler Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Institut de Mathematiques Paris Cedex F-75013 France
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Studies in memory of Issai Schur / Anthony Joseph, Anna Melnikov, and Rudolf Rentschler, editors. p. cm. - (Progress in mathematics ; v. 210) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-4612-6587-0 ISBN 978-1-4612-0045-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4612-0045-1 1. Representations of groups. 2. Lie algebras. 3. Mathematical physics. 4. Schur, Issai, 1875-1941. l. Schur, Issai, 1875-1941. II. Joseph, Anthony. III. Melnikov, Anna. IV. Rentschler, Rudolf, 1940- V. Progress in mathematics (Boston, Mass) ; v. 210. QA176.S78 2002 512-dc21
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AMS Subject Classifications: 12-XX, 17BIO, 17837, 20-XX, 20B30, 20Cxx, 33-XX, 19Cxx, 33Dxx, 16Gxx, 14-xx, 16G20 Printed on acid-free paper ©2003 Springer Science+Business Media New York Origina1ly pubJished by Birkhăuser Boston in 2003 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2003 AII rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole Of in part without the written permission of the publisher. except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar Of dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the fOfmer are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Act, may accordingly be used freely by anyone. ISBN 978-1-4612-6587-0
SPIN 10777471
Photos of l. Schur and various documents pertaining to his life are the property Hilda Abelin Schur; permission to reproduce them in this volume granted by copyright holder Susan AbeJin. Typeset by TEXniques, Inc., Cambridge, MA.
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Dedicated to the Memory of the Great Mathematician Issai Schur
Contents
Preface ...................................................................... ix
In Memoriam - Issai Schur Anthony Joseph and Anna Melnikov ............................................ xi A Special Hour of Reminiscences Anthony Joseph . ............................................................ xix Issai Schur Died Here: Some Background Comments, In Memoriam Yuval Ne' eman .............................................................. xxi Some Personal Recollections Bernhard Neumann ........................................................ xxxi Some Personal Reminiscences of Issai Schur Walter Ledermann ................
