Henri Poincaré
Impatient Genius
This book describes the life and work of Henri Poincaré, detailing most of his unique achievements in mathematics and physics. It is divided into two parts-the first on Poincaré's life, and the second on his contributions to the mathematical sciences. Apart from biographical details, attention is given to Poincaré's results on automorphic functions; differential equations and dynamical systems; celestial mechanics; mathematical physics, in particular the theory of the electron and relativity; and topology (analysis situs). A chapter on philosophy explains Poincaré's conventionalism in mathematics and his view of conventionalism in physics. Th…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4614-2406-2
- EAN: 9781461424062
- Produktnummer: 12231294
- Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.0 cm 576 g
- Auflage: 2012
- Abbildungen: Book; 50 schwarz-weiße und 8 farbige Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
- Gewicht: 576
Über den Autor
Ferdinand Verhulst is a Professor at the University of Utrecht.
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