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Felix Berezin: The Life And Death Of The Mastermind Of Supermathematics - Mikhail A. Shifman
World Scientific Publishing Company (2007)
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Biography & Autobiography / General, Mathematicians, Mathematicians/ Russia (Federation)/ Biography, Supersymmetry

Felix Berezin was an outstanding Soviet mathematician who in the 1960s and 70s was the driving force behind the emergence of the branch of mathematics now known as supermathematics. The integral over the anticommuting Grassmann variables that he introduced in the 1960s laid the foundation for the path integral formulation of quantum field theory with fermions, the heart of modern supersymmetric field theories and superstrings. The Berezin integral is named for him, as is the closely related construction of the Berezinian, which may be regarded as the superanalog of the determinant.This book features a masterfully written memoir by Berezins widow, Elena Karpel, who narrates a remarkable account of Berezins life and his struggle for survival under the totalitarian Soviet regime. Supplemented with recollections by his close friends and colleagues, Berezins accomplishments in mathematics, his novel ideas and breakthrough works, are reviewed in two articles written by Andrei Losev and Robert Minlos.

Product Details
LoC Classification QA29.B517 .F45 2007
Dewey 509
Format Hardcover
Cover Price 89,00 €
No. of Pages 256
Height x Width 240 x 162 mm