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Zbl 1163.01001
Nishimura, Hirokazu (ed.); Kuroda, Susumu (ed.)
A lost mathematician, Takeo Nakasawa. The forgotten father of matroid theory. (English)
[B] Basel: Birkhäuser. xii, 234~p. EUR~49.90/net; SFR~89.00; \$~69.95; \sterling~43.99 (2009). ISBN 978-3-7643-8572-9/hbk

This very original book is devoted to the recovery of the mathematical articles and biography of Takeo Nakasawa (1913--1946), a Japanese mathematician who discovered matroid theory independently of H. Whitney and who has been utterly forgotten until recently. Very clearly and vividly written, the books is not limited to mathematics but on the contrary contains four chapters describing (1) T. Nakasawa's life until his death, consequence of the bad treatment he was subjected to when detained in Siberia by the USSR forces and (2) the historical context or Japan during his lifetime. Lastly, Nakasawa's mathematical ideas are analysed and the four articles published by him are both given in their original form and then wholly translated into English.
[J.-C. Martzloff (Paris)]

MSC 2000:: *01-02 Research monographs (history)
01A75 Collected or selected works
01A60 Mathematics in the 20th century
01-XX History and biography
01A27 Japanese mathematics
01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies

Keywords: Takeo Nakasawa; matroid theory; H. Whitney; Siberia; Wartime Japan

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