Mathematics of the 19th century. Function theory according to Chebyshev, ordinary differential equations, calculus of variations, theory of finite differences. Transl. from the Russian by Roger Cooke
calculus of variationsCalculus of variationsConstructive function theoryfinite differencesFinite differencesMathematics of the 19th centuryoptimal conformal mapsordinary differential equationsOrdinary differential equationsreal functionsreal variable analysisSturm-Liouville theory
Collections of articles of miscellaneous specific interest (00B15) Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to history and biography (01-06) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of real functions (26-03) History of ordinary differential equations (34-03) History of approximations and expansions (41-03) History of calculus of variations and optimal control (49-03)
The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually. This third volume concludes the series [Vol. I 1992; Zbl 0749.01016, Vol. II 1996; Zbl 0849.01048], and is dedicated to four significant chapters of real variable analysis. The highly original essay on Chebyshev's theory of approximations of real functions was written by \textit{N. I. Akhiezer} (1901-1980). It presents work (mainly Russian) on functions of minimal deviation from zero and on continued fractions. Among the little known applications is a nice result on optimal conformal maps. The comprehensive article by \textit{S. S. Demidov} on ordinary differential equations casts light on Cauchy's lectures as edited from the galley proofs in 1981 (by \textit{C. Gilain} [\textit{A. L. Cauchy}, Equations différentielles ordinaires. Cours inédit. Fragment. (Ordinary differential equations). Paris-St.-Laurent, Québec: Études Vivantes; New York: Johnson Preprint Corporation (1981; Zbl 0558.01039)] whose name is nowhere mentioned here). There are concise presentations of theorems on existence and uniqueness, integration by quadratures (including S. Lie), the theory of singular solutions, linear equations and systems, symbolic methods (written by \textit{S. S. Petrova}), Sturm-Liouville theory, special functions, and the analytic theory (Cauchy, Riemann, Fuchs, Poincaré). The qualitative theories of Poincaré and Lyapunov are lucidly sketched. The easy to read essay on the calculus of variations (by \textit{A. V. Dorofeeva}) follows the usual lines. \textit{S. S. Petrova} and \textit{A. D. Solov'ev} are the authors of the contribution on finite differences (interpolation, summation formulas, difference equations). Each of the four articles begins with a survey of eighteenth century roots, and concludes with a brief outlook on early twentieth century work. In addition to encyclopedic lists of papers for each chapter there are a general bibliography and an index of names. Translation and editing are satisfactory. The book can be recommended not only to historians but also to the general reader who wants to learn about the development of real analysis from reliable and readable secondary texts that pave the way to the sources.
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