Henri Poincaré, 1912–2012 Poincaré Seminar 2012 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Duplantier, Bertrand (Editor), Rivasseau, Vincent (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
• Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics, 67
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Probabilities.; Mathematical physics.; Physics.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Mathematical Physics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This thirteenth volume of the Poincaré Seminar Series, Henri Poincaré, 1912-2012, is published on the occasion of the centennial of the death of Henri Poincaré in 1912. It presents a scholarly approach to Poincaré’s genius and creativity in mathematical physics and mathematics. Its five articles are...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• 1 Olivier Darrigol - Poincaré's light
• 2 Alain Chenciner - Poincaré and the three-body problem
• 3 Laurent Mazliak: Poincaré's odds
• 4 François Béguin - Henri Poincare and the uniformisation of Riemann surfaces
• 5 Philippe Worms, Harmony and chaos. On the figure of Henri Poincare.