The Mathematical World of Walter Noll A Scientific Biography

This book is a comprehensive study of the life and mathematics of Walter Noll, who helped to create the mathematical tools of modern rational mechanics and thermodynamics. Noll is one of the brilliant mathematicians of the second part of the 20th century. His contribution is large in both the applie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ignatieff, Yurie A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 In the Flatland
  • 2 Slave of Istvan Szabó
  • 3 Truesdell
  • 4 Noll’s Odyssey from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh
  • 5 “Walter Noll, Our Teacher”
  • 6 Mathematics Educator, Researcher and Professor, Walter Noll
  • Picture Selection
  • 7 Annihilators of Linear Differential Operators
  • 8 Finite-Dimensional Spaces
  • 9 Foundations of Rational Continuum Mechanics
  • 10 Rational Fluid Mechanics
  • 11 Rational Elasticity
  • 12 Rational Thermomechanics
  • 13 Neo-Classical Space-Time of Mechanics
  • 14 Inhomogeneities in Simple Bodies
  • 15 Fit Regions and Contact Interactions
  • 16 Foundations of Special Relativity
  • Notes
  • List of Works of Walter Noll
  • Name Index