Open AccessVI. On the pear-shaped figure of equilibrium of a rotating mass of liquid
Publication year - 1902
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical or physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9258
pISSN - 0264-3952
DOI - 10.1098/rsta.1902.0006
Subject(s) - harmonics , section (typography) , harmonic , theoretical physics , poincaré conjecture , object (grammar) , physics , memoir , classical mechanics , philosophy , computer science , literature , mathematical physics , art , quantum mechanics , linguistics , voltage , operating system
This is the sequel to a previous paper on “Ellipsoidal Harmonic Analysis” (‘Phil. Trans..,’ A, vol. 197, pp. 461-557). I here make use of the methods of that paper, and for brevity shall refer to it as “Harmonics.” The sections 1 to 4 are preparatory, and might have been included in “Harmonics,” but seem more appropriate here. Section 5 is an independent investigation of so much of M. Poincaré’s celebrated memoir on rotating liquid as relates to the immediate object in view. It is not necessary to say more here, since I give a short summary in the last section.