Mathematics : Frontiers and Perspectives, by V. I. Arnold, et al. Hardcover.

Mathematics : frontiers and perspectivesArnold, Vladimir; Michael Atiyah; P. Lax & Barry Mazur (Editors) Publisher: American Mathematical Society, Providence, Rhode Island, ©2000. First edition, first printing. Summary:A celebration of the state of mathematics at the end of the millennium. Produced under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), the book was born as part of the activities of World Mathematical Year 2000. It consists of 28 articles written by influential mathematicians Contents:Number theory, transcendence and Diophantine geometry in the next millennium by A. Baker and G. Wustholz Harmonic analysis and combinatorics: How much may they contribute to each other? by J. Bourgain Back to Riemann by S.-S. Chern Noncommutative geometry and the Riemann zeta function by A. Connes Polynomials, vanishing cycles and Floer homology by S. K. Donaldson The two cultures of mathematics by W. T. Gowers Ten problems by V. F. R. Jones An algebraic integration by D. K