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Change and variationsa history of differential equations to 1900 /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Change and variationsby Jeremy Gray.
Reminder of title:	a history of differential equations to 1900 /
Author:	Gray, Jeremy.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021.
Description:	xxii, 419 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Differential equationsHistory.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/openurl.asp?genre=book&isbn=978-3-030-70575-6
ISBN:	9783030705756$q(electronic bk.)

Change and variationsa history of differential equations to 1900 /
Gray, Jeremy.

Change and variationsa history of differential equations to 1900 /[electronic resource] :by Jeremy Gray. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021. - xxii, 419 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer undergraduate mathematics series,1615-2085. - Springer undergraduate mathematics series..

1 The First Ordinary Differential Equations -- 2 Variational Problems and the Calculus -- 3 The Partial Differential Calculus -- 4 Rational Mechanics -- 5 Partial Differential Equations -- 6 Lagrange's General Theory -- 7 The Calculus of Variations -- 8 Monge and Solutions to Partial Differential Equations -- 9 Revision -- 10 The Heat Equation -- 11 Gauss and the Hypergeometric Equation -- 12 Existence Theorem -- 13 Riemann and Complex Function Theory -- 14 Riemann and the Hypergeometric Equation -- 15 Schwarz and the Complex Hypergeometric Equation -- 16 Complex Ordinary Differential Equations: Poincare -- 17 More General Partial Differential Equations -- 18 Green's Functions and Dirichlet's Principle -- 19 Attempts on Laplace's Equation -- 20 Applied Wave Equations -- 21 Revision -- 22 Riemann's Shock Wave Paper -- 23 The Example of Minimal Surfaces -- 24 Partial Differential Equations and Mechanics -- 25 Geometrical Interpretations of Mechanics -- 26 The Calculus of Variations in the 19th Century -- 27 Poincare and Mathematical Physics -- 28 Elliptic Equations and Regular Variational Problems -- 29 Hyperbolic Equations -- 30 Revision -- 32 Translations -- A Newton's Principia Mathematica -- B Characteristics -- C First-order Non-linear Equations -- D Green's Theorem and Heat Conduction -- E Complex Analysis -- F Mobius Transformations -- G Lipschitz and Picard -- H The Assessment -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book presents a history of differential equations, both ordinary and partial, as well as the calculus of variations, from the origins of the subjects to around 1900. Topics treated include the wave equation in the hands of d'Alembert and Euler; Fourier's solutions to the heat equation and the contribution of Kovalevskaya; the work of Euler, Gauss, Kummer, Riemann, and Poincare on the hypergeometric equation; Green's functions, the Dirichlet principle, and Schwarz's solution of the Dirichlet problem; minimal surfaces; the telegraphists' equation and Thomson's successful design of the trans-Atlantic cable; Riemann's paper on shock waves; the geometrical interpretation of mechanics; and aspects of the study of the calculus of variations from the problems of the catenary and the brachistochrone to attempts at a rigorous theory by Weierstrass, Kneser, and Hilbert. Three final chapters look at how the theory of partial differential equations stood around 1900, as they were treated by Picard and Hadamard. There are also extensive, new translations of original papers by Cauchy, Riemann, Schwarz, Darboux, and Picard. The first book to cover the history of differential equations and the calculus of variations in such breadth and detail, it will appeal to anyone with an interest in the field. Beyond secondary school mathematics and physics, a course in mathematical analysis is the only prerequisite to fully appreciate its contents. Based on a course for third-year university students, the book contains numerous historical and mathematical exercises, offers extensive advice to the student on how to write essays, and can easily be used in whole or in part as a course in the history of mathematics. Several appendices help make the book self-contained and suitable for self-study.

ISBN: 9783030705756$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-70575-6doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

898200
Differential equations
--History.

LC Class. No.: QA371 / .G739 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 515.35

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