Calculating curves. The mathematics, history, and aesthetic appeal of T. H. Gronwall's nomographic work. Including a paper by Gronwall translated from the French by Paul Hamburg. With an extensive commentary and a complete bibliography of Gronwall's work
General applied mathematics (00A69) Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest (00B15) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) Collected or selected works; reprintings or translations of classics (01A75) History of numerical analysis (65-03) Graphical methods in numerical analysis (65S05)
This book revolves around Thomas Gronwall's 1912 paper on the theory of nomography. Alan Gluchoff sets the stage with a historical survey of both nomography and Gronwall's mathematical career, which spanned a variety of pure and applied areas. Gronwall's paper follows, in a mostly serviceable translation from the French, although some mathematical idioms got the better of the non-mathematician translator. Ron Doerfler's commentary occupies half of the volume. He fleshes out Gronwall's article, providing background, examples, and many figures. (Gronwall did not display a single nomogram in his paper.) Finally, Scott Guthery supplies a 177-item bibliography of Gronwall's works.
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