mathematician publishes book on concept of near and far: a concept both simple and profound

(january 15, 2009 - thunder bay, on) 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 professor emeritus of mathematics dr. som naimpally received good news last august, on his 77th birthday. a book he had been working on for the past two years is being published this month in germany.

proximity approach to problems in topology and analysis contains research introduced about 100 years ago by the well-known hungarian mathematician frederick riesz on the concept of "near and far"-- a concept so simple that even those not in mathematics can understand it, and so profound that it unifies and simplifies many results scattered in various mathematics literature.

according to naimpally, "near and far is one of the rare concepts in the whole of mathematics that is at once intuitive, and which can be made rigorous with little, or practically no effort. mathematicians from all over the world have worked on this topic because the problems are interesting, challenging, and beautiful."

naimpally is in good company in viewing the subject of mathematics with some degree of reverence. sixteenth century physicist, astronomer, and mathematician galileo galilei is reported to have said, "mathematics is the language with which god wrote the universe," and 20th century philosopher bertrand russell believed that mathematics possesses not only truth, but "supreme beauty."

"the book is a culmination of my lifelong research in mathematics. i am especially excited that some of my results have been used to explain a paper on general relativity by the famous physicist steven hawking."

another book by naimpally entitled proximity spaces, which was first published in 1970 by cambridge university press, has been reprinted and is available from cambridge university press. this book provides a compact introduction to the theory of proximity spaces and their generalizations, making the subject accessible to readers having a basic knowledge of topological and uniform spaces, such as can be found in standard textbooks.
proximity approach to problems in topology and analysis will be available from oldenbourg in january 2009.

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media: dr. som naimpally is available for media interview by calling 416-588-8612. for more information, contact lisa pelot, communications officer, at 343-8177, or commun@lakeheadu.ca.

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