Review of \u3cem\u3eThe Global Luther: A Theologian for Modern Times\u3c/em\u3e

The article reviews the book The Global Luther: A Theologian for Modern Times edited by Christine Helmer

Alvin Helmer of Lidgerwood: Germany, World War II

North Dakota Prisoner of War Report by Alvin Helmer (1920-1999) of Lidgerwood. Helmer was a POW of Germany during the Second World War. 17 page

Charles C. Helmer

An obituary for lawyer Charles C. Helmer

An Algorithm to Compute the Topological Euler Characteristic, Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson Class and Segre Class of Projective Varieties

Let $V$ be a closed subscheme of a projective space $\mathbb{P}^n$. We give an algorithm to compute the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson class, Euler characteristic and Segre class of $V$. The algorithm can be implemented using either symbolic or numerical methods. The algorithm is based on a new method for calculating the projective degrees of a rational map defined by a homogeneous ideal. Using this result and known formulas for the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson class of a projective hypersurface and the Segre class of a projective variety in terms of the projective degrees of certain rational maps we give algorithms to compute the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson class and Segre class of a projective variety. Since the Euler characteristic of $V$ is the degree of the zero dimensional component of the Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson class of $V$ our algorithm also computes the Euler characteristic $\chi(V)$. Relationships between the algorithm developed here and other existing algorithms are discussed. The algorithm is tested on several examples and performs favourably compared to current algorithms for computing Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson classes, Segre classes and Euler characteristics

Charles C. Helmer

An obituary for lawyer Charles C. Helmer