Lot 939
  • 939

VON NEUMANN, 3 VOLUMES

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200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 3 volumes, comprising:
i. Von Neumann, John and Goldstine, Herman Heine (1913-2004). "Numerical inverting of matrices of high order" [in:] Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 53. no. 11, November 1947, pp.1021-1099. Menasha, WI and New York: American Mathematical Society, 1947, 8vo, original green wrappers, [T&W V42; Origins of Cyberspace 957]ii. Von Neumann, John and Goldstine, Herman Heine. "Numerical inverting of matrices of high order II" [in:] Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. vol. 2, no. 2, April 1951, pp.188-202. Menasha, WI and New York: American Mathematical Society, 1951, 8vo, original paper wrappers, [T&W Add6]iii. Oxtoby, John C. (1910-1991), Pettis, Billy James (1913-1979), and Price, Griffith Baley (1905-2006), editors. "John von Neumann 1903-1957" [in:] Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 64, no. 3, part 2, May 1958. Menasha, WI and New York: American Mathematical Society, 1958, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, blue paper wrappers, previous ownership signature on title page in ink, [not in T&W; Origins of Cyberspace 967]

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