Topology, matter, and space. I: Topological notions in 19th-century natural philosophy

DOI10.1007/S004070050019MaRDI QIDQ1385178zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Moritz Epple

Publication date 23 June 1998

Published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s004070050019

zbMATH Keywords

homotopyconnectivityhomologyvorticesHelmholtzMaxwellfluid motionBertrandBoscovichCrum Brownknot chemistryListingScottish physicistssmoke ringsTaitThomson (Lord Kelvin)topology of matter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of general topology (54-03) History of manifolds and cell complexes (57-03)

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