Applications of the Calculus to Mechanics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Hedrick, Earle Raymond

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330320573 ISBN 13 : 9781330320570

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

I jW herever the teaching of mathematics to engineering students 0is discussed, and frequently in cases of other classes of students, the criticism which is almost without exception the most insistent is this: that the student leaves the course without adequate ability to apply his mathematical knowledge. This means that he has not the faculty of taking a problem, giving it an analytic formulation, and interpreting the analytic results. It is an open question whether it is the duty of the teacher of mathematics, or of the teacher of the more technical work which involves mathematics, to supply the needed training, but usually the mathematician is glad at least to share the responsibility and to do whatever he can to make his work fruitful, fully conscious of the fact that if he can successfully make the contact of his subject with the problems of the laboratory, of the engineering office, and of other activities, he will thereby add immensely to the vitality and interest of his work. With such a motive, it has been the practice at the University of Missouri to follow the course in sophomore calculus with several weeks in applications to mechanics, this being a subject rich in the kind of material desired. The present book is a formulation of the work there attempted, and it is believed that the need at our institution which has called the book into being will make its appearance welcome to a large number of mathematical departments. Opinions will differ as to the subject-matter which such a book should contain. The authors were guided by the feeling that it was practice in applying calculus rather than a broad knowledgeS ee, for instance, the reports of the joint meeting of mathematicians and engineers held inC hicago, December, 1907, under the auspices of the Chicago Section of the American Mathematical Society. These reports appeared inS cience during the
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330320573
• ISBN 13: 9781330320570
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136