André-Louis Cholesky Mathematician, Topographer and Army Officer /

• Main Authors: Brezinski, Claude (Author), Tournès, Dominique (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2014.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Applications of Mathematics.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

Outside the professional circles of topography and applied mathematics, the life and work of André-Louis Cholesky (1875–1918) are still relatively unknown to the scientific community. This new book appreciably widens the exposure of his remarkable personal achievements in topography and mathematics...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Biography of Cholesky
• Cholesky's family
• On topography
• The method of Cholesky for linear systems
• Other works of Cholesky
• Léon Eyrolles and his superior school
• An unpublished book by Cholesky
• Ernest Benoît
• Documents
• Acknowledgments
• Bibliography
• Index.