Pits, peaks and passes : a lecture on critical point theory
- Title
- Pits, peaks and passes : a lecture on critical point theory / produced for the Panel on Individual Lectures, Committee of Educational Media, Mathematical Association of America.
- Published by
- Washington, D.C. : The Association, [1993]
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| Status | Vol/date | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Vol/datept.1 | FormatMoving image | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberQA611 .P572 1993g pt.1 | Item locationOff-site |
| Status | Vol/datept.2 | FormatMoving image | AccessRequest in advance | Call numberQA611 .P572 1993g pt.2 | Item locationOff-site |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 2 videocassettes (71 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- In Part 1, Professor Marston Morse, using as examples island peaks, pits and passes, analyzes the critical points of a function defined on an orientable two-dimensional manifold. Part 2 turns to higher dimensions, to functions on the 3-sphere and applications.
- Alternative title
- Pits, peaks & passes.
- Marston Morse in Pits, peaks & passes.
- Subject
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
- Title on labels of the two containers: Marston Morse in Pits, peaks & passes.
- Credits (note)
- Producer and director, Amram Nowak ; cameraman, Bruce Torbet ; editors, Jerry Pantzer, Bruce Torbet ; introduction and interviewer, Stewart S. Cairns.
- System details (note)
- VHS format.