SUMMER SEMINAR IN SPACE MATHEMATICS.
Abstract
The Summer Seminar in Space Mathematics was a joint undertaking of the American Mathematical Society and the Yale Dynamical Astronomy Institute. Thus, it combined the third Summer Seminar in applied mathematics with the fifth consecutive Dynamical Astronomy Institute. The purpose of the Seminar was to provide instruction, stimulation and cross-fertilization in the subjects of dynamical astronomy, mathematics and the physics of high speed flight. Mathematicians and astronomers heard from leading advanced mathematicians, astronomers and applied physicists on topics which cut across the disciplines contributing to space science. The first two weeks were mainly devoted to basic courses which provided background material in practical astronomy, elliptic orbits, basic fluid dynamics, variational calculus and the method of steepest descent, dynamic programming, and the computer workshop. In the second two weeks, in addition to basic courses in LagrangeHamiltonian-Jacobi mechanics and computation procedures for differential equations, special topics of interest in space activity were stressed; included were artificial satellite theory, orbit decay, the Earth-Moon system, gas flow models, shock waves in very rare gases, and heat flow with receding boundaries. The final two weeks included a great variety of advanced and specialized topics of current interest in the space sciences.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0612385
Entities
People
- J. Barkley Rosser
Organizations
- American Mathematical Society