From Dick Askey:
We were just informed that Walter Rudin died this evening at the age of 89 after a long illness.
Many of us learned mathematics from some of his books or papers. His being at the Univ. of Wisconsin was one of the main reasons I came here. His book on real and complex analysis was written for a course needed here. It provided a book which made it possible to teach enough real and complex variables so students could move to more specialized courses in analysis after a year of graduate study rather than the two years needed previously when there were year courses in real variables and complex variables. Informally among graduate students, his books were called the blue Rudin, the green Rudin, the yellow Rudin, etc. The fact that he wrote them seemed to many to be more important than using the title of the book.
May 21 2010, 14:02:02 UTC 2 years ago
Я помню, как отец одной из Фединых подружек, бывший когда-то math major'ом Висконсине, пытался выяснить у меня, какого цвета была книжка Рудина, по которой я учил (в смысле изучал) анализ . . .
May 21 2010, 16:25:51 UTC 2 years ago
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May 21 2010, 17:00:06 UTC 2 years ago
Услышав в ответ "Уолтер Рудин", чуть не выпалил сакраментальное "так вы, оказывается, ещё живы!", но сдержался и начал рассказывать, что он легенда моего детства.
Как я понял из его деликатных замечаний, я был далеко не первый такой.
Спасибо, Уолтер. Потом было много хороших книжек, но Ваша была одна из первых.
May 21 2010, 17:42:32 UTC 2 years ago
May 21 2010, 19:04:00 UTC 2 years ago
Из книг я очень любил зеленого Рудина (и сейчас люблю). И еще `The way I remember it'.