Ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium,
Classical investigations on the ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium of liquid masses are here enlarged by Chandrasekhar into a complete theory. The author develops and completes the basic ideas put forth in three fundamental papers by Dirichlet, Dedekind, and Riemann over a century ago, which have be...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
1969
New Haven, 1969 New Haven : c1969 New Haven : 1969 |
| Series: | Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures
1963 Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures ; 1963 Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures 1963 Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures 1963. Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman memorial lectures |
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| Summary: | Classical investigations on the ellipsoidal figures of equilibrium of liquid masses are here enlarged by Chandrasekhar into a complete theory. The author develops and completes the basic ideas put forth in three fundamental papers by Dirichlet, Dedekind, and Riemann over a century ago, which have been all but ignored since that time. The various problems are solved by a method and a technique that are essentially elementary, and a number of common misconceptions and errors are corrected. After a historical introduction, the author goes on to discuss virial equations of the various orders and to describe his new method; potentials of homogeneous and heterogeneous ellipsoids (including theorems on a class of heterogeneous ellipsoids which enable the treatment of the subject without explicit use of ellipsoidal harmonics); Dirichlet's problem and Dedekind's theorem; Maclaurin spheroids; Jacobi and Dedekind ellipsoid; Riemann ellipsoids; Roche ellipsoids (Including Darwin ellipsoids) |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | ix, 252 p illus. 25 cm. ix, 252 p. : illus. ; 25 cm ix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [243]-247 Bibliography: pages [243]-247 |
| ISBN: | 0300011164 9780300011166 |