Institutions and Applications Proceedings of the Symposium on the History of Modern Mathematics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, June 20-24 1989

Name: Institutions and Applications Proceedings of the Symposium on the History of Modern Mathematics, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, June 20-24 1989
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ISBN: 9780125996624

ISBN-10: 0125996624

ISBN-13: 9780125996624

Edition: 1989

Authors: David E. Rowe, John McCleary

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Key Features * Mathematical institutions in France and Germany and their role in promoting applications * Relationship between mathematics and physics * Foundations of mathematics * Complex variable theory, geometry and topology * Geometry in the spirit of Klein's Erlangen program * Algebra and number theory * Formative influences on mathematics in the United States

Book details

List price: $175.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 3/8/1990
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 325
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.32" tall
Weight: 1.408



The Crossroads of Mathematics and Physics


Crystallographic Symmetry Concepts and Group Theory (1850-1880)


Physics as a Constraint on Mathematical Research: The Case of Potential Theory and Electrodynamics


The Geometrization of Analytical Mechanics: A Pioneering Contribution


Applied Mathematics in the Early 19th-Century France: I. Grattan-Guinness


Modes and Manners of Applied Mathematics: The Case of Mechanics


La Propogation des Ondes en Eau Profoned et ses Daaeveloppements Mathaaematiques: (Poisson, Cauchy 1815-1825)


Pure versus Applied Mathematics in Late 19th-Century Germany


Pure and Applied Mathematics in Divergent Institutional Settings in Germany: The Role and Impact of


On the Contribution of Mathematical Societies to Promoting Applications of Mathematics in Germany


Mathematics at the Berlin Technische Hochschule/Technische Universit*adat: Social


Institutional, and Scientific Aspects. Applied Mathematics in the United States During World War II


Mathematicians at War: Warren Weaver and the Applied Mathematics Panel, 1942-1945


The Transformation of Numerical Analysis by the Computer: An Example from the Work of


Notes on the Contributors