Books, Articles, and Essays

日本語訳

Books authored by Shoshichi Kobayashi

  1. Foundations of Differential Geometry Vol. I (with Katsumi Nomizu), Wiley & Sons, 1963/1996.
  2. Foundations of Differential Geometry Vol. II (with Katsumi Nomizu), Wiley & Sons, 1969/1996.
  3. Hyperbolic Manifolds and Holomorphic Mappings, an introduction, Marcel Dekker, 1970, World Scientific, 2005.
  4. Transformation Groups in Differential Geometry, Springer-Verlag, 1972/1995.
  5. Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Shokabo , 1972 (in Japanese).
  6. Complex Differential Geometry (with H. H. Wu), Birkhäuser Verlag, 1983.
  7. Differential Geometry of Complex Vector Bundles, Publications of the Mathematical Society of Japan, No. 15, Iwanami Shoten and Princeton University Press, 1987.
  8. Differential Geometry of Connections and Gauge Theory, Shokabo, 1989, 1995 (in Japanese).
  9. Euclidean Geometry of Today’s Geometry, Japan Hyoronsha, 1990 (in Japanese).
  10. Hyperbolic Complex Spaces, Springer, 1998.
  11. Mathematics of Circles, Shokabo, 1999 (in Japanese).
  12. Calculus-One Variable, Shokabo, 2000 (in Japanese).
  13. Calculus-Several Variables, Shokabo, 2000 (in Japanese).
  14. Understanding Euler and Fermat, Kodansha, 2003 (in Japanese).
  15. Complex Geometry, Iwanami, 2005 (in Japanese).

List of Research Articles by Shoshichi Kobayashi

The following link provides a complete compilation of his published work (151 items).

http://bibserver.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/bibs7?source=http://bibserver.berkeley.edu/DB/UCB_MATH1/Kobayashi__Shoshichi.bib

The following PDF file shows his publications in the chronological order.

PDF file: Shoshichi Kobayashi publications

List of Essays and Tutorials by Shoshichi Kobayashi

An essay book (in Japanese) by Shoshichi Kobayashi entitled “Mathematicians Who Lost Their Faces—Essays in Idlenesson Mathematics” has been recently published posthumously by Iwanami Publisher. The author published several tutorial books, and undergraduate level textbooks, as well as 45 articles in Journal “Sugaku Seminar” (Nippon Hyoron sha Co. Ltd). If we include his articles published in other journals and book chapters, the number rises to 70. These articles are clearly a testimonial of his great zeal for contributing to the education and research of mathematics in Japan, and for the popularization of mathematics to the general public.

The list below is sorted in the reverse chronological order. The book titles and journal titles are italicized. If you are aware of any publication by Shoshichi Kobayashi, not listed here (or in the above URL), please let us know by contacting editoratShoshichiKobayashi.com. All articles below, except for Item 4 were written in Japanese. Items 22, 47, 69 and 70 are research papers, but are included here since they seem to be the only research papers published in Japanese. Here we show English translations of the titles only.

  1. Mathematicians Who Lost Their Faces—Essays in Idleness on Mathematics (in Japanese), Iwanami Publisher, July 2013
  2. “Mathematics” (in Japanese), in Classroom for Today’s Life: Vol. 2 Thirst for Beauty, Kadokawa Publisher, May 2012. pp. 107-132
  3. “Mr. Muneo Hayashi: My Mathematics Teacher in Middle School” (in Japanese), in The Mathematician I Luckily Encountered, Sugaku Shobo, June 2011, pp. 61-67
  4. “My Memory of Professor Henri Cartan” in Cartan and Complex Analytic Geometry, Notices of the AMS, Volume 57, Number 8, pp. 954-955
  5. “Henri Cartan: Geometry of Connections” (in Japanese) in Special Issue：Beginning of Modern Mathematics, Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), September 2009, 47(9), pp. 18-21
  6. “From Elementary School until Graduation from College” (in Japanese) in To Begin Studying Mathematics Vol. 1, (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), January 2006 (1st edition) pp. 136-151
  1. “Augustin-Louis Cauchy: Rigorous Treatment of  differentiation and integration,” in Special Issue: The Mathematicians who Made Foundations (in Japanese) , Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), May 2005
  2. “Remembrance of Professor Shiing-shen Chern” (in Japanese) in Mathematical Communications, (Japan Mathematics Society), November 2005, 10(3), pp. 21-29 http://mathsoc.jp/publication/tushin/1003/kobayashi.pdf
  3. Understanding Euler and Fermat (in Japanese, Kodan-sha), January 2003 (First edition), 2011 (4th edition)
  4. “Trends in Modern Geometry (1): Chern” (in Japanese) , Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), April 2003, 42(4), pp. 66-71
  5. “Congratulations ！ 24 Dreams” in 40th Anniversary Issue (in Japanese) , Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), April 2002, No. 487, p. 5
  6. Differentiation and Integration, Vol. 2: Multiple variables(in Japanese) ,Shokabo, August 2001 (1st edition), 2011 (8th edition)
  7. “Interview with the author of Differentiation and Integration” (in Japanese) , Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), February 2001, No. 473, p. 94
  8. “Inside Story in Mathematics: Real Intension and Stated Story” (in Japanese), Sugaku Tsushin (Mathematical Society of Japan), February 2001, 5(4), pp 4-14
  9. Differentiation and Integration, Vol. 1: One variable, Shokabo, April 2000(1st edition), 2010 (8th edition)
  1. “Fertile Ground for Modern Mathematics: Fiber Bundle” (in Japanese) Have Fun in Mathematics(Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), August 2001, No. 26, pp. 79-96
  2. ”Serendipity of Masterpieces: Some Thought on Classics and Others” (in Japanese), Have Fun in Mathematics (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), April 2001, pp. 122-127
  3. “Mathematics” (in Japanese) in Text Book for Junior High School Students, Yotsuya Round Publisher, 2000
  4. Mathematics of Circles (in Japanese), Shokabo, June 1999 (1st edition), 2008 (7th edition)
  5. “From Elementary School until Graduation from College” (in Japanese), Have Fun in Mathematics(Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), October 1998, No. 9, pp. 7-13
  6. “Differential Geometry of Japan in the 1940s and ‘50s” (in Japanese), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan), March 1997, 49(3), pp. 225-234
  7. “On Various Geometric Structures” (in Japanese), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan), January 1997, 49(1), pp. 100-103
  8. “The Fourth Problem: Problem of a Straight Line as the Shortest Path between Two Points,” in Hilbert’s 23 Problems(in Japanese) , Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), February 1994, pp. 26-27
  1. “The Person of This Month” December 1990 (in Japanese) , Sugaku Seminar (Nippon Hyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), December 1990, p. 49
  1. From Euclid Geometry to Modern Geometry, Nihon Hyoron-sha, October 1990 (1st edition), 2012 (7th edition)
  2. Differential Geometry of Curves and Curvatures, Shokabo, 1989 (1st edition), 1995 (revised edition)
  3. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 15th and last: Geometry of Hilbert” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), August 1989, 28(8), pp. 80-85
  4. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 14th: Geometry of Hilbert” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), July 1989, 28(7), pp. 75-81
  5. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 13th: Geometry of Hilbert” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), June 1989, 28(6), pp. 69-75
  6. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 12th: Geometry of Hilbert” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), May 1989, 28(5), pp. 77-82
  7. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 11th: Hyperbolic Geometry as Riemann Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), April 1989, 28(4), pp. 65-70
  8. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 10th: Hyperbolic Geometry as Riemann Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), March 1989, 28(3), pp. 64-69
  9. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 9th: Hyperbolic Geometry as Riemann Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), February 1989, 28(2), pp. 67-72
  10. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 8th: Non-Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), January 1989, 28(1), pp. 54-59
  11. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 7th: Non-Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), December 1988, 27(12), pp. 60-73
  12. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 6th: Non-Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), November 1988, 27(11), pp. 78-83
  13. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 5th: Non-Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), October 1988, 27(10), pp. 82-86
  14. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 4th: Non-Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), September 1988, 27(9), pp. 80-83
  15. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 3rd: Non-Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), August 1988, 27(8), pp. 70-73
  16. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 2nd: Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), July 1988, 27(7), pp. 57-61
  17. “Basic Lecture: Geometry of Distance – 1st: Euclidean Geometry” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), June 1988, 27(6), pp. 49-52
  18. “When I was in the Fourth Year at University” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.),Special Issue: My Encounter with Mathematics, April 1987, p. 51
  19. “How to Write Mathematical Articles in English” (in Japanese), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan), April 1987, 39(4), pp. 348-354
  20. “Fields Prize Story: Shing-Tung Yau” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), March 1983, 22(3), pp. 16-19
  21. “Achievements of Mr. Shing-Tung Yau” (in Japanese), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan), February 1983, 35(2), pp. 121-127
  22. “My Teachers, My Friends and My Mathematics: The Period when I studied in America” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), July 1982 21(7), pp. 55-58. (Republished in February 2013: Special Issue: Shoshichi Kobayashi)
  23. “Projected Structures and Invariant Distance” (in Japanase), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan),　March 1982, 34(3), pp. 211-221
  24. “Deeply Impressed by a Beautiful Theorem” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), May 1973: Special Issue: Fun of Mathematics and How to Study It, p. 22
  25. New Mathematics Department of Princeton” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), July 1970, pp. 62-63
  26. “Humor in a Student Riot” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), July 1969, p. 51
  27. “Mathematical Criticism of the Nixon Cabinet” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), March 1969, p.4
  28. “A Record ‘New Math’ ” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), May 1968, p. 15
  29. “My Way of Taking a Breather: Miscellaneous Thoughts on Relaxation” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), March 1968, p. 33
  30. “The Youngest Assistant Professor at Stanford” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), December 1967, p. 76
  31. “Mathematical Sense: How to Use Correct Symbols” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), September 1967, pp. 34-35
  32. “Business of Being a Mathematician” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), July 1967, p. 22
  33. “From the Report of CUPM” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), June 1967, pp. 46-51
  34. “A U.S. Visit of Pontryagin” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), May 1967, p. 31
  35. “Mathematics Makes Inroad to the National Medal of Science” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), April 1967
  36. “AIR MAIL: Computers in Education” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), November 1966, p. 44
  37. “AIR MAIL: Computerized Age” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), October 1966, p. 18
  38. “AIR MAIL: Exposition of America’s ‘New Math’ Books” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), June 1966, p. 68
  39. “AIR MAIL: Mathematics at American Colleges” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), May 1966, p. 60
  40. “AIR MAIL: The Director of the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton Changes” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), April 1966, p. 79
  41. “AIR MAIL: Tibor RadóDies: From the Annual Meeting of AAAS” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), March 1966, p. 72-73
  42. “The Real Joy of Mathematics” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), December 1965, pp. 24-25
  43. “This is the Way to Earn a Ph.D. in America: The case of Mathematics Department at U.C. Berkeley” (in Japanese), Sugaku Seminar (NipponHyoron Sha Co. Ltd.), August 1965, pp. 11-14
  44. “Miscellaneous Thoughts on Differential Geometry” (in Japanese) Suri Kagaku (Diamond Sha Co., Ltd), August 1965
  45. “A Couple of Problems Concerning Differential Geometric Structures” (in Japanese), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan), March 1965, 17(3), pp. 159-164
  46. “On Bergman Metric and Holomorphic Convexity” (in Japanese), Sugaku (Mathematical Society of Japan), March 1960, 11 (3), pp. 154-156