Artillerymen and mathematicians: Forest Ray Moulton and changes in American exterior ballistics, 1885-1934

DOI10.1016/J.HM.2011.04.001MaRDI QIDQ643312zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alan Gluchoff

Publication date 28 October 2011

Published in Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2011.04.001

zbMATH Keywords

AmericanballisticsMoulton

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of ordinary differential equations (34-03)

Review text

The author traces part of the evolution of flow United States mathematicians and artillerymen dealt with ballistic problems from 1885 to 1934. In particular, he looks at two waves of reforming the mathematical basis for exterior ballistic. The first wave predates World War I and the second wave was brought about by Worl War I. The main protagonist in the paper is Forest Ray Moulton who was responsible for organising and overseeing the second wave of reform in exterior ballistic theory during and after World Ware I. Moulton introduces numerical methods into the solution of the ballistic differential equations and also places great emphasis on logical foundation and mathematical rigour.

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