Download or read book Problems in Modern Mathematics written by Stanislaw M. Ulam and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2004-06-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ulam, famous for his solution to the difficulties of initiating fusion in the hydrogen bomb, devised the well-known Monte-Carlo method. Here he presents challenges in the areas of set theory, algebra, metric and topological spaces, and topological groups. Issues in analysis, physical systems, and the use of computers as a heuristic aid are also addressed.