AuthorLรผtzen, Jesper. author
TitleJoseph Liouville 1809-1882 [electronic resource] : Master of Pure and Applied Mathematics / by Jesper Lรผtzen
ImprintNew York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1990
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0989-8
Descript XIX, 885 p. online resource

CONTENT

I. The Career of a Mathematician -- I. Youth (1809-1830) -- II. Climbing the Academic Ladder (1830-1840) -- III. Professor, Academician, and Editor (1840-1848) -- IV. The Second Republic (1848-1852) -- V. The Last Flash of Genius (1852-1862) -- VI. Old Age (1862-1882) -- II. Mathematical Work -- VII. Juvenile Work -- VIII. Differentiation of Arbitrary Order -- IX. Integration in Finite Terms -- X. Sturm-Liouville Theory -- XI. Figures of Equilibrium of a Rotating Mass of Fluid -- XII. Transcendental Numbers -- XIII. Doubly Periodic Functions -- XIV. Galois Theory -- XV. Potential Theory -- XVI. Mechanics -- XVII. Geometry -- Appendix I. Liouville on Ampรจreโs Force Law -- Appendix II. Liouvilleโs Notes on Galois Theory -- Notes -- Unpublished Manuscripts and Other Archival Material -- List of J. Liouvilleโs Published Works -- Other References


SUBJECT

  1. Mathematics
  2. History
  3. Mathematics
  4. History of Mathematical Sciences
  5. History of Science