Change and Variations: A History of Differential Equations to 1900

by Jeremy Gray

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 Poincar? on the hypergeometric equation; Green's functions, the Dirichlet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030705749
• ISBN13: 9783030705749
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 419 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"