Böcker i Classics of Soviet Mathematics-serien

This text is the second volume in a set of Petrovskii's selected works. It deals with the his work on algebraic geometry based on the classical works of Harnack and Hilbert written at the close of the 19th century.

Published in English for the first time, this is the second part of a two volume set containing an extensive range of the most important papers by the geometer A.D. Alexandrov.

Offering the insights of L.S. Pontryagin, one of the foremost thinkers in modern mathematics, the second volume in this four-volume set examines the nature and processes that make up topological groups. Already hailed as the leading work in this subject for its abundance of examples and its thorough explanations, the text is arranged so that readers can follow the material either sequentially or schematically. Stand-alone chapters cover such topics as topological division rings, linear representations of compact topological groups, and the concept of a lie group.