Chaim L. Pekeris and the art of applying mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963 / Leo Corry, Raya Leviathan.
Corry, Leo, 1956-; Leviathan, Raya.
2023
QA75.5 .C67 2023
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Title Chaim L. Pekeris and the art of applying mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955-1963 / Leo Corry, Raya Leviathan.
Author Corry, Leo, 1956-
ISBN 9783031271250 electronic book
3031271254 electronic book
3031271246
9783031271243
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27125-0
Published Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (130 p.).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-27125-0 doi
Call Number QA75.5 .C67 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 004.092
Summary 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 the Boltzmann equation, calculate energy levels of the helium atom, produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free oscillations of the earth, and refine models used to predict meteorological phenomena and global oceanic tides. This book provides a unique account of the pioneering work of Chaim L. Pekeris in applied mathematics and explains in detail the background to the rise of the Weizmann Institute as a world-class center of scientific excellence. This hitherto untold story is of great interest to historians of twentieth-century science with special emphasis on the application of computer-assisted numerical methods in various branches of mathematical physics.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 4, 2023).
Added Author Leviathan, Raya.
Series SpringerBriefs in history of science and technology.
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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.

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