Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963

This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Computer (WEIZAC), to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of th...

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Hauptverfasser: Corry, Leo 1956- (VerfasserIn), Leviathan, Raya ca. 20./21. Jahrhundert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cham, Switzerland Springer 2023
Schriftenreihe:SpringerBriefs in the History of Science and Technology
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction: Pekeris, Computing and Applied Mathematics
  • 2. Numerical Analysis in the Age of Electronic Computing
  • 3. Integral Equations
  • 4. Oscillations of the Earth
  • 5. Ground State of Helium
  • 6. Additional Research with Weizac
  • 7. Concluding Remarks
  • Mathematics at Wis, Applied and Pure
  • 8. References