Download or read book Selected Works of Ellis Kolchin with Commentary written by Ellis Robert Kolchin and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembles the papers of Ellis Kolchin, co-creator of differential algebra, and offers commentaries on the history of differential algebra and on Kolchin's work and mathematical legacy. Commentaries discuss the differential Galois theory in the context of Kolchin's interest in the theory of algebraic groups, recent work on the calculation of differential Galois groups, the origins of Kolchin's thought, important developments in differential algebra, and work in differential algebraic groups and Diophantine geometry. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR