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Poincaré and the Three Body Problem.
The idea of chaos figures prominently in mathematics today. It arose in the work of one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th century, Henri Poincaré, on a problem in celestial mechanics: the three body problem. This ancient problem-to describe the paths of three bodies in mutual gravitat...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Providence :
American Mathematical Society,
1996.
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| Colección: | History of mathematics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Photograph and figure credits; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Historical background; Chapter 3. Poincare's work before 1889; Chapter 4. Oscar II's 60th birthday competition; Chapter 5. Poincare's Memoirs on the three body problem; Chapter 6. Reception of Poincare's memoir; Chapter 7. Poincare's related work after 1889; Chapter 8. Associated mathematical activity; Chapter 9. Hadamard and Birkoff; Chapter 10. Epilogue; Appendix 1. A letter from Gosta Mittag-Leffler to Sonya; Appendix 2. Announcement of the Oscar competition.
- Appendix 3. Entries recieved in the Oscar competitionAppendix 4. Report of the Prize commission; Appendix 5. Title pages and tables of contents; Appendix 6. Theorems in [P1] not included in [P2]; Index; Back Cover.