English translation of Riemann's Habilitation Thesis - MathOverflow most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-21T08:24:14Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/30328 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/30328/english-translation-of-riemanns-habilitation-thesis English translation of Riemann's Habilitation Thesis Lea M 2010-07-02T18:01:34Z 2010-07-02T20:20:54Z <p>Does anyone know where to find an English translation of Riemann's Habilitation Thesis concerning trigonometric series? The German title of the work is "Über die Darstellbarkeit einer Function durch eine trigonometrische Reihe" and the English title is "On the representation of a function as a Trigonometric Series". So far I unfortunately haven't been able to find the English translation, so any suggestions as to where I might find it (if it has been translated) would be greatly appreciated.</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/30328/english-translation-of-riemanns-habilitation-thesis/30335#30335 Answer by Sam Lichtenstein for English translation of Riemann's Habilitation Thesis Sam Lichtenstein 2010-07-02T18:55:17Z 2010-07-02T18:55:17Z <p>After some googling, I couldn't find an English translation, but I found (cf Chapter 38 of "Landmark writings in Western mathematics 1640-1940" (eds. Grattan-Guinness, Cook)) a reference to a French translation:</p> <p>Bulletin des sciences math\'ematiques, (1) 5 (1873), 20-48, 79-96</p> <p>Reprinted in Riemann's <em>Oeuvres math\'ematiques</em> (ed. Laugel), Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1898, 227-279.</p> <p>(Also that chapter 38 I mentioned seems to have a detailed explanation, in English, of the contents of the paper.)</p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/30328/english-translation-of-riemanns-habilitation-thesis/30336#30336 Answer by Victor Protsak for English translation of Riemann's Habilitation Thesis Victor Protsak 2010-07-02T19:11:05Z 2010-07-02T19:11:05Z <p>This is XII in Riemann's Werke (1876; 1892) and has been published in English in</p> <p>Bernhard Riemann, <em>Collected papers.</em> Translated from the 1892 German edition by Roger Baker, Charles Christenson and Henry Orde. Kendrick Press, Heber City, UT, 2004 ISBN: 0-9740427-2-2; 0-9740427-3-0 <a href="http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=2121437" rel="nofollow">MR2121437 (2005m:01028)</a> </p> http://mathoverflow.net/questions/30328/english-translation-of-riemanns-habilitation-thesis/30338#30338 Answer by Peter for English translation of Riemann's Habilitation Thesis Peter 2010-07-02T19:14:01Z 2010-07-02T19:14:01Z <p>Riemann's complete papers, including are available used on amazon, currently for $80. Search for ISBN-10: 0974042730.</p>