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| Named Person: | Henri Poincaré; Jules Henri Poincaré; Henri Poincaré; Henri Poincaré |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
June Barrow-Green |
| ISBN: | 0821803670 9780821803677 |
| OCLC Number: | 34357985 |
| Description: | xv, 272 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Historical Background -- Ch. 3. Poincare's Work before 1889 -- Ch. 4. Oscar II's 60th Birthday Competition -- Ch. 5. Poincare's Memoir on the Three Body Problem -- Ch. 6. Reception of Poincare's Memoir -- Ch. 7. Poincare's Related Work after 1889 -- Ch. 8. Associated Mathematical Activity -- Ch. 9. Hadamard and Birkhoff -- Ch. 10. Epilogue -- App. 1. A letter from Gosta Mittag-Leffler to Sonya Kovalevskaya -- App. 2. Announcement of the Oscar Competition -- App. 3. Entries received in the Oscar Competition -- App. 4. Report of the Prize Commission -- App. 5. Title Pages and Tables of Contents -- App. 6. Theorems in [P1] not included in [P2]. |
| Series Title: | History of mathematics, v. 11. |
| Responsibility: | June Barrow-Green. |
Abstract:
Poincare's famous memoir on the three body problem arose from his entry in the competition celebrating the 60th birthday of King Oscar of Sweden and Norway. His essay won the prize and was set up in print as a paper in Acta Mathematica when it was found to contain a deep and critical error. In correcting this error Poincare discovered mathematical chaos, as is now clear from June Barrow-Green's pioneering study of a copy of the original memoir annotated by Poincare himself, recently discovered in the Institut Mittag-Leffler in Stockholm. Poincare and the Three Body Problem opens with a discussion of the development of the three body problem itself and Poincare's related earlier work. The book also contains intriguing insights into the contemporary European mathematical community revealed by the workings of the competition. After an account of the discovery of the error and a detailed comparative study of both the original memoir and its rewritten version, the book concludes with an account of the final memoir's reception, influence and impact, and an examination of Poincare's subsequent highly influential work in celestial mechanics.
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