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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.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : The Association, [1993]

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pt.2Moving imageRequest in advance QA611 .P572 1993g pt.2Off-site
pt.1Moving imageRequest in advance QA611 .P572 1993g pt.1Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Morse, Marston, 1892-1977.
  • Nowak, Amram.
  • Cairns, Stewart S. (Stewart Scott)
  • Mathematical Association of America. Committee on Educational Media.
  • Amram Nowak Associates.
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.
Subjects
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.
OCLC
ocm28685632
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries