Von Neumann's Foundation of Quantum Theory
On Infinite Direct Products. Offprint of Compositio Mathematica. Volume 6, Fasciculus 1.
Groninggen: P. Noordhoff, 1938.
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VON NEUMANN, John. On Infinite Direct Products. Offprint of Compositio Mathematica. Volume 6, Fasciculus 1. Groninggen: P. Noordhoff, 1938.
Offprint from Compositio Mathematica. Octavo (9 11/16 x 6 1/2 inches; 246 x 165 mm). 77, [1, advertisement] pp.
Publisher's blue printed wrappers. Mild sunning along edges of wrappers. Spine with some chipping and wear. Minor creasing to back wrapper. Bookseller sticker to top corner of page one, not affecting text. Overall very good.
"Described as the scientific genius who pioneered the modern computer, game theory, nuclear deterrence, and more, John von Neumann illuminated the fields of pure and applied mathematics, computer science, physics, and economics." (Institute for Advanced Studies).
"Of substantially greater note for the foundations of quantum theory are six papers by von Neumann (three jointly published with Murray) on rings of operators... The first two, 'On Rings of Operators' and a sequel 'On Rings of Operators II', were published in 1936 and 1937, and they were seminal to the development of the other four. The third, 'On Rings of Operators: Reduction Theory', was written during 1937–1938 but not published until 1949. The fourth, 'On Infinite Direct Products', was published in 1938. The remaining two, 'On Rings of Operators III' and 'On Rings of Operators IV' were published in 1941 and 1943, respectively. This massive work on rings of operators was very influential and continues to have an impact in pure mathematics, mathematical physics, and the foundations of physics. Rings of operators are now referred to as “von Neumann algebras” (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.).
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