The Stability of Rotating Liquid Masses - Brossura

Lyttleton, Raymond

 
9781107615588: The Stability of Rotating Liquid Masses

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This 1953 book by British astronomer Raymond Arthur Lyttleton presents an account of advances in relation to a classical problem of mathematical astronomy.

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This 1953 book by British astronomer Raymond Arthur Lyttleton presents an account of advances in relation to a classical problem of mathematical astronomy. The text is mainly concerned with those parts of the theory most directly involved in determining the evolution of gravitating liquid masses.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Stability; 3. The spherical form; 4. The spheroidal and ellipsoidal forms; 5. Ellipsoidal harmonic analysis; 6. Further properties of lamé functions and application to gravitation; 7. The secular stability of the Maclaurin spheroids; 8. The secular stability of the Jacobi ellipsoids; 9. The ordinary stability of the Jacobian ellipsoids; 10. Cosmogonical implications; Appendix: references; Index.

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