1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004390050403321

Autore

Mann, Christian

Titolo

Athlet und Polis im archaischen und frühklassichen Griechenland / Christian Mann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen : Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1999

ISBN

3-525-25237-4

Descrizione fisica

344 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Hypomnemata ; 138

Disciplina

796.0938

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

796.09 MAN 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299967603321

Autore

Brezinski Claude

Titolo

André-Louis Cholesky : Mathematician, Topographer and Army Officer / / by Claude Brezinski, Dominique Tournès

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-08135-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (340 p.)

Disciplina

510.9

Soggetti

Mathematics

History

Applied mathematics

Engineering mathematics

Computer science - Mathematics

History of Mathematical Sciences

Applications of Mathematics

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Biography of Cholesky -- Cholesky's family -- On topography -- The method of Cholesky for linear systems -- Other works of Cholesky -- Léon Eyrolles and his superior school -- An unpublished book by Cholesky -- Ernest Benoît -- Documents -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Outside the professional circles of topography and applied mathematics, the life and work of André-Louis Cholesky (1875–1918) are still relatively unknown to the scientific community. This new book appreciably widens the exposure of his remarkable personal achievements in topography and mathematics to a much larger international audience. Cholesky is also interesting to historians because he is a perfect representative of the "scientists engineers" that, since the early 19th century, had issued from the French scientific high schools. Because they had received a high level of mathematical education, they were able to innovate in their practice of engineering.



In the case of Cholesky, this resulted in original contributions in artillery, topography, numerical analysis and graphical calculation. In addition, the book places his education and works within the history of several European countries through the 17th to 19th centuries. The book begins with Cholesky's biography, followed by his family’s history and an introduction to topography. It continues with a historical analysis of an unpublished paper (translated into English) in which Cholesky explained his method for linear systems. Cholesky's other works are then described, such as his participation in teaching at a superior "school by correspondence" founded by Léon Eyrolles. His important unpublished book in French on graphical calculation, which is reproduced in its entirety, is analyzed in detail and compared to similar contemporary publications. The biography of Ernest Benoit, who wrote the first paper on Cholesky's method, is provided. Various documents, highlighting the life and the personality of Cholesky, round out his story and end the book.