Problems and Theorems in Analysis

Problems and Theorems in Analysis II: Theory of Functions Zeros Polynomials Determinants Number Theory Geometry Book Description George Polya has contributed to Problems and Theorems in Analysis II: Theory of Functions Zeros Polynomials Determinants Number Theory Geometry as an author.Biography of George Polya Born in Budapest December 13 1887 George Polya initially studied law then languages and literature in Budapest. He came to mathematics in order to understand philosophy but the subject of his doctorate in 1912 was in probability theory and he promptly abandoned philosophy. After a year in Gottingen and a short stay in Paris he received an appointment at the ETH in Zurich. His research was multi-faceted ranging from series probability number theory and combinatorics to astronomy and voting systems. Some of his deepest work was on entire functions. He al