An Advanced Theory of Vibrations
An Advanced Theory of Vibrations
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先进的振动理论
作者:
K. Weiss
Weierstrass approach to function-theory through power series. Part 2 (llO pages) gave a fairly full account of elliptic functions, including modular functions and transformation theory. Part 3 (150 pages), duo to Courant, supplemented the Hurwitz development by chapters in tho geometric spirit originated by Riemann. Even in the first edition Part 3 was largely independent of Parts 1 and 2, and in tho second edition (1925) Courant expanded Part 3 into a self-contained presentation. In tho third and fourth editions this tail has outgrown the dog, and I shall suggest later that two well-proportioned creatures could with advantage replace the one which has grown in an uncontrolled way. Part 3 now fills nearly 300 pages and is an account, mainly of interest to the specialist, of the development of topological function-theory. There are other important branches of function-theory (for example, integral and meromorphic functions) for which one must look elsewhere.The preparation of this new fourth edition is due to Prof. H. R6hrl, of Minnesota. He has revised and brought up to date the text of the third edition and has added an appendix of 150 pages (in two cheapters). The additions expound the theory in the more abstract setting in which the work of the past two decades has placed it. Chapter l of the appendix deals with some problems of conformal representation, in particular new knowledge about primeends (introduced by Caratheodory in 1913) and qm:, siconformal mappings. The 1-1 conformal representation of Riemann surfaces leads to a discussion of tho Fuchsian groups involved. Chapter 2 of the appendix contains a clear account of selected recent investigations of compact and non-compact Riemann surfaces. I suggest that the book, which has become unwieldy and costly, should, in future editions, become two. Parts 1 and 2 would form an excellent presentation ofWeierstntPs's theory for the undergraduate. Actually he would be unlikely to need so much of the detail of elliptic functions and a radical surgeon could excise some sections of Part 2. Only exceptional undergraduates would find time to read Part 3, and the others should not have to buy a large book for the sake of a small part of it. Any research worker interested in Part 3 will know what is in Parts 1 and 2 and would not refer to them except perhaps as a model of style., T. C. BuRKILL