The theory of the potential / MacMillan, William Duncan (1958)
The theory of the potential [texte imprimé] / MacMillan, William Duncan, Auteur . - New York : Dover publications, 1958 . - XIII, 469 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - (Theoretical Mechanics) .
Bibliogr. p. 463-465. - Index.
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Physique Mécanique Attraction Vecteurs potentielle newtonienne Index. décimale : 531.26 Attraction. Lois et applications du potentiel Résumé :
The purpose of the present volume is to give the reader a connected account of a certain feild of mechanics which is very uself from the point of view of a physicist and very beautiful from the point of view of a mathematician. The book is not intended as a presented will serve as an introduction to this very attractive feild and stimulated seomewhat its cultivation.Note de contenu : Summary :
1. The attraction of finite bodies.
2. The newtonian potential function.
3. Theorems of green and gauss.
4. The attractions of surfaces and lines.
5. Surface distributions of matter.
6. Two-layer surfaces.
7. Spherical harmonics.
8. Ellipsoidal harmonics.