Provides a clear and accurate translation of Poincaré's work, making it accessible to English-speaking readers who want to study and understand his thinking
Includes Poincaré’s entire classic, so readers can hear Poincaré’s own, compelling voice, explore the details and form their own opinions
The translator's preface identifies key concepts and their location in the book, facilitating the selection of specific sections for further attention
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxii
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Equations of Dynamics and the N-Body Problem
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Front Matter
Pages 145-145
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Back Matter
Pages 241-248
About this book
Here is an accurate and readable translation of a seminal article by Henri Poincaré that is a classic in the study of dynamical systems popularly called chaos theory. In an effort to understand the stability of orbits in the solar system, Poincaré applied a Hamiltonian formulation to the equations of planetary motion and studied these differential equations in the limited case of three bodies to arrive at properties of the equations’ solutions, such as orbital resonances and horseshoe orbits.
Poincaré wrote for professional mathematicians and astronomers interested in celestial mechanics and differential equations. Contemporary historians of math or science and researchers in dynamical systems and planetary motion with an interest in the origin or history of their field will find his work fascinating.
Keywords
- Dynamical Systems Theory
- Hamiltonian Formulation of Celestial Mechanics
- Contactless Surface
- Integral Invariant
- Recurrence Theorem
- Poincare Section
- Orbital Resonance
- Horseshoe Orbits
- Origin of Phase Space
- Doubly Asymptotic Solutions
Reviews
“In the work under review, Popp, a professional translator, has produced an English translation of Poincaré’s monograph. … This book will be most appropriate for readers with an expressed interest in the history of mathematics and physics or dynamical systems. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; researchers and faculty.” (M. D. Sanford, Choice, Vol. 55 (4), December, 2017)
Authors and Affiliations
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Paris, France
Henri Poincaré
About the author
Bruce D. Popp is an ATA-certified translator for French into English with a BA in physics from Cornell University and a PhD in astrophysics from Harvard University. He is also a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registered patent agent. As a professional translator, he performs premium-quality translations of scientific and technical documents, especially patent applications. As an independent scholar, he is applying his love of astrophysics, mathematics and French to understanding the work of Henri Poincaré.