On mathematics, complexity and life (Henryk Woźniakowski, Bolesław Kacewicz, Leszek Plaskota)

Tytuł On Mathematics, Complexity and Life Podtytuł An Interview with Henryk Woźniakowski aby Bolesław Kacewicz and Leszek Plaskota Autorzy Henryk Woźniakowski, Bolesław Kacewicz, Leszek Plaskota Język angielski Wydawnictwo Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego Tłumaczenie Klara Wojtkowska ISBN 978-83-235-3458-7 Rok wydania 2018 Warszawa Wydanie 1 ilość stron 209 Format pdf, mobi, epub Spis treści Professor Henryk Woźniakowski 9
1 The Most Important Thing – Information-Based Complexity 13
2 Childhood and School Years 17
3 Studies at the University of Warsaw 28
4 The Events of March 1968 40
5 First Years of Work 44
6 Numerical Methods in Poland – the Beginnings 49
7 PHD Thesis 58
8 Joseph Traub and Carnegie Mellon 60
9 Health Problems 69
10 Habilitation and Professorship 73
11 Sources and Beginnings of IBC 76
12 IBC in the 1980s 85
13 Discussions with Classical Numerical Analysts 94
14 The Time of the First Solidarity Movement 98
6 H On mathematics, complexity, and life
15 The Journal of Complexity 109
16 Monograph: Information-Based Complexity 112
17 Return to Poland 117
18 The Conferences in Dagstuhl 130
19 FoCM and Stephen Smale 138
20 Quantum Computations 147
21 Ian Sloan and his Associates 152
22 Erich Novak and Tractability 158
23 The Honoris Causa Doctorates 167
24 The People of IBC 171
25 The Smolensk Tragedy ´ 178
26 Life Today 185
27 The Future 194
List of Illustrations 204
About the Authors 209