Journal article
On A. Weil
Bulletin (new series) of the American Mathematical Society, Vol.46(4), pp.667-668
10/01/2009
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01270-1
Abstract
When he was a college student, Taniyama studied the papers of A. Weil. He was apparently so impressed by this work that in 1953 he wrote a small note, “On Weil”, which was published in Sugaku no ayumi, volume 1, no. 1, the periodical of the New Mathematical Society, of which Taniyama was one of the original founders. It is reprinted in Taniyama’s collected works, in the original Japanese. It was not until 1955 that Taniyama met Weil in person, at the International Symposium on Number Theory, held in Tokyo. In his note, Taniyama expresses almost contradictory opinions, at one point praising Weil for his insight, creativity, and technical power, but at the same time criticizing Weil for not going far enough. In the penultimate paragraph Taniyama asks if there is any room left for revolutionary ideas in mathematics. The article ends with a devastating opinion concerning the state of Japanese mathematics of the 1950s.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- On A. Weil
- Creators
- Yutaka Taniyama - Univ Tokyo, Dept Math, Tokyo 1138654, Japan
- Contributors
- Mark Goresky (Translator)Keiko Kawamuro (Translator) - University of Iowa, Mathematics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Bulletin (new series) of the American Mathematical Society, Vol.46(4), pp.667-668
- Publisher
- AMER MATHEMATICAL SOC
- DOI
- 10.1090/S0273-0979-09-01270-1
- ISSN
- 0273-0979
- eISSN
- 1088-9485
- Number of pages
- 2
- Comment
- With translation and Introduction by Mark Goresky and Keiko Kawamuro
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2009
- Academic Unit
- Mathematics
- Record Identifier
- 9984240778602771
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