Oeuvres de Fourier
Publiées par les soins de Gaston Darboux

These selected works by French physicist and mathematician Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) were published in two volumes in 1888–90.

Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (Author), Jean Gaston Darboux (Edited by)

9781108059398, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 18 April 2013

660 pages, 1 b/w illus.
29.7 x 21 x 3.4 cm, 1.56 kg

Following the French Revolution, the physicist and mathematician Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768–1830) taught at the École Normale Supérieure and later succeeded Lagrange at the École Polytechnique. He was promoted to administrative positions under Napoleon, but continued to pursue his scientific interests. From 1822 until his death he served as the permanent secretary for mathematical sciences at the Académie des Sciences. These selected works were edited by the mathematician Jean Gaston Darboux (1842–1917) and published in two volumes between 1888 and 1890. Volume 2 contains several extraordinary contributions: the first paper to address the question of why the earth's surface is warm (which we now call the greenhouse effect), the first paper to address the cooling of the earth's interior (still a major research topic) and the first paper on optimisation under linear constraints, along with the results on roots of polynomials which first made Fourier's reputation.

Avertissement
Liste des ouvrages scientifiques de Fourier
Errata
Part II. Mémoires Publiés dans Divers Recueils: 1. Mémoires extraits des recueils de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France
2. Notes et mémoires extraits des bulletins de la Société Philomathique
3. Notes et mémoires extraits des Annales de chimie et de physique
4. Mémoires divers
Supplément à la première section
Table des matières.

Subject Areas: History of mathematics [PBX]