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The Mathematical World of Walter Noll

A Scientific Biography

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  • © 1996

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  1. Yurie A. Ignatieff

    1. Institut für Philosophie, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 1-2

  3. In the Flatland

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 3-19

  4. Slave of Istvan Szabó

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 21-24

  5. Truesdell

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 25-31

  6. Noll’s Odyssey from Los Angeles to Pittsburgh

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 33-35

  7. “Walter Noll, Our Teacher”

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 37-73

  8. Mathematics Educator, Researcher and Professor, Walter Noll

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 75-89

  9. Picture Selection

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 90-99

  10. Annihilators of Linear Differential Operators

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 100-103

  11. Finite-Dimensional Spaces

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 104-106

  12. Foundations of Rational Continuum Mechanics

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 107-125

  13. Rational Fluid Mechanics

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 126-137

  14. Rational Elasticity

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 138-142

  15. Rational Thermomechanics

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 143-161

  16. Neo-Classical Space-Time of Mechanics

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 162-165

  17. Inhomogeneities in Simple Bodies

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 166-172

  18. Fit Regions and Contact Interactions

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 173-182

  19. Foundations of Special Relativity

    • Yurie A. Ignatieff
    Pages 183-191

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 192-257
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About this book

This book is a comprehensive study of the life and mathematics of Walter Noll, who helped to create the mathematical tools of modern rational mechanics and thermodynamics. Noll is one of the brilliant mathematicians of the second part of the 20th century. His contribution is large in both the applied and pure mathematics. The book stresses particularly Noll's method of axiomatization of physical theories, his axiomatics of continuum mechanics, thermodynamics of materials, special relativity theory, his discovery of the neo-classical space-time of mechanics, his theories of inhomogeneities in simple bodies, fit regions, contact interactions, annihilators of linear differential operators, and finite-dimensional spaces. It is a must for every mathematician, physicist, engineer or graduate student as a reference and key to Noll's mathematical heritage.

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  • Institut für Philosophie, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany

    Yurie A. Ignatieff

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