How the quest to solve one of the most famous problems of mathematics led to the accidental discovery of chaos theory. In 1885, to celebrate his forthcoming birthday, King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway announced a mathematics contest. Henri Poincare, one of the most original mathematical thinkers of his generation, was eager to enter the ideal opportunity to develop his ideas on the problem of the stability of the solar system. So difficult was this, that it was cast in an idealised form: the three-body problem, one of the most celebrated and difficult in mathematics. Poincare and the Discover of Chaos tells the story of how Poincare set out to solve the three-body problem but ended up discovering, years ahead of his time, the mathematical theory of chaos instead.
- ISBN10 1840462884
- ISBN13 9781840462883
- Publish Date 31 December 2005
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Icon Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English