Poincare and the three body problem

By:

Barrow-Green, June

Series: History of mathematics; v. 11Publication details: American Mathematical Society, 1997. Rhode island:Description: xv, 272 p.: ill.; pb; 26 cmISBN:

9780821803677

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

515.352

Summary: 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.

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Bibliography: p249-266. _ Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index.

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.

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