The Mathematical Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton

副标题: Volume 4, Geometry, Analysis, Astronomy, Probability and Finite Differences, Miscellaneous

ISBN: 9780521592161

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版年: 2001-2-5

页数: 852

定价: USD 347.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

This fourth and final volume of The Collected Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865) contains three previously unpublished and important manuscripts, namely Systems of Rays and two lengthy letters to de Morgan (on definite integrals) and Hart (on anharmonic coordinates). In addition the volume contains reprinted papers on geometry, analysis, astronomy, probability and finite differences, as well as a collection of papers on various topics. A cumulative index for all four volumes is provided, as well as a CD containing all four volumes of the Collected Papers.