Analytical Theory of Heat

"The ultimate source of much modern work in the theory of functions of a real variable."-E. T. Bell, Development of Mathematics"Indispensable in the treatment of nearly every recondite question in modern physics."-Elements of Natural Philosophy"Fourier's discoveries dominate the whole of mathematical physics."-Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis unabridged republication of Fourier's Théorie Analytique de la Chaleur offers modern readers access to a landmark of modern science. With this work, the great French mathematician first showed how any discontinuous function could be represented by a trigonometric series; he also advanced many other concepts that opened the way to modern mathematical physics. In addition to its compendious treatment of problems associated with heat, both practical and theoretical, Fourier's Théorie Analytique has served generations of mathematicians interested in trigonometric series and their applications. Republication of the English translation in 1878. Translated by Alexander Freeman, M.A. 77 Footnotes, containing considerable bibliography. 20 Figures.Finke is the author of 'Analytical Theory of Heat' with ISBN 9780486495316 and ISBN 0486495310.