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Mechanics, mathematical physics and foundations of mathematics in the 18th and 19th Centuries
7 July 2008 - 12 July 2008
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Timetable
Weeks:
[
Mon 7 Jul - Fri 11 Jul
]
Date
Time
Speaker
Room
Mon 7 Jul
16:30- 17:10
De Gandt, François
"Variational problems and their classification by Euler"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
17:15- 17:55
Crépel, Pierre
"Mechanics in d'Alembert’s Opuscules Mathématiques"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
18:15- 18:55
Bruneau, Olivier
"The Earth's shape in Maclaurin's works and in the D'alembert's Opuscules Mathematiques : some comparisons"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
Tue 8 Jul
9:30- 10:10
Guicciardini, Niccolò
"What does 'solving a problem' mean? Isaac Newton and Johann Bernoulli on central force motion"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
10:15- 10:55
Caparrini, Sandro
"On the Origin of Vector Calculus in Geometry and Mechanics"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
11:15- 11:55
Jouve, Guillaume
"D’Alembert, vibrating strings and the expansion of functions in series"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
16:00- 16:40
Fonteneau, Yannick
"The development of the concept of mechanical work in the 18th century"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
16:45- 17:25
Magri, Franco
"The origin of geometric mechanics in Lagrange"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
17:45- 18:25
Capecchi, Danilo
"Gabrio Piola and continuum mechanics"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
Wed 9 Jul
9:30- 10:10
Freguglia, Paolo
"From optics to analytical mechanics in W. R. Hamilton's works"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
10:15- 10:55
The role of potential theory in Betti's work
Aula Bianchi Scienze
11:15- 11:55
Gallavotti, Giovanni
"Heat theorem in Boltzmann, Clausius and Helmoltz views"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
Thu 10 Jul
10:15- 10:55
Barrow-Green, June E.
"A comparison between Laplace's Mécanique Céleste and that of Poincaré's"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
11:15- 11:55
Stephenson, Craig
"Darwin's Lectures on Hill's Lunar Theory"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
12:00- 12:40
Dell'Aglio, Luca
"Three-body problem, regularization and the concept of 'solution'"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
16:00- 16:40
Negrini, Piero
"The role of the 'Stability Problems' in the development of Nonlinear Analysis"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
16:45- 17:25
Toscano, Fabio
"Pre-relativistic applications of absolute differential calculus in Levi-Civita’s work"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
17:45- 18:25
Dafermos, Constantine
"The Birth and Development of the Notion of Shock Wave in the 19th Century"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
Fri 11 Jul
9:30- 10:10
Eckes, Christophe
"The Erlanger Program and the special theory of relativity"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
10:15- 10:55
Bartocci, Claudio
"Some remarks on the geometric ideas underlying Gödel's cosmological model"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
11:15- 11:55
Noja, Diego
"Classical Electron Theory from Lorentz to Dirac"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
16:00- 16:40
Teta, Alessandro
"The role of analytical mechanics in the construction of matrix mechanics: the contribution of M. Born (1924)"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
16:45- 17:25
Graffi, Sandro
"Italian mathematics and quantum theory in the first half of 20th century"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
17:45- 18:25
Dahan, Amy
"Mathématisations, Modélisations, Simulations : trois figures historiques des rapports des mathématiques au réel"
Aula Bianchi Scienze
