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Chaim L. Pekeris and the art of applying mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Chaim L. Pekeris and the art of applying mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963by Leo Corry, Raya Leviathan.
Author:	Corry, Leo.
other author:	Leviathan, Raya.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023.
Description:	ix, 123 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	ComputersHistory.Israel
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27125-0
ISBN:	9783031271250$q(electronic bk.)

Chaim L. Pekeris and the art of applying mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963
Corry, Leo.

Chaim L. Pekeris and the art of applying mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963[electronic resource] /by Leo Corry, Raya Leviathan. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2023. - ix, 123 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology,2211-4572. - SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology..

1. Introduction: Pekeris, Computing and Applied Mathematics -- 2. Numerical Analysis in the Age of Electronic Computing -- 3. Integral Equations -- 4. Oscillations of the Earth -- 5. Ground State of Helium -- 6. Additional Research with Weizac -- 7. Concluding Remarks - Mathematics at Wis, Applied and Pure -- 8. References.

This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Computer (WEIZAC), to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of the Boltzmann equation, calculate energy levels of the helium atom, produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free oscillations of the earth, and refine models used to predict meteorological phenomena and global oceanic tides. This book provides a unique account of the pioneering work of Chaim L. Pekeris in applied mathematics and explains in detail the background to the rise of the Weizmann Institute as a world-class center of scientific excellence. This hitherto untold story is of great interest to historians of twentieth-century science with special emphasis on the application of computer-assisted numerical methods in various branches of mathematical physics.

ISBN: 9783031271250$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-27125-0doiSubjects--Personal Names:

950690
Pekeris, C. L.
1908-1993.Subjects--Topical Terms:

950691
Computers
--History.--Israel

LC Class. No.: QA75.5 / .C67 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 004.092

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