Oeuvres de Fourier Publi}}es par les soins de Gaston Darboux [Paperback]

These selected works by French physicist and mathematician Joseph Fourier (17681830) were published in two volumes in 188890.These selected works by French physicist and mathematician Joseph Fourier (17681830) were published in two volumes in 188890. Volume 2 includes the first paper to propose the greenhouse effect, the first paper to address the cooling of the earth's interior, work on optimisation under linear constraints, and results on roots of polynomials.These selected works by French physicist and mathematician Joseph Fourier (17681830) were published in two volumes in 188890. Volume 2 includes the first paper to propose the greenhouse effect, the first paper to address the cooling of the earth's interior, work on optimisation under linear constraints, and results on roots of polynomials.Following the French Revolution, the physicist and mathematician Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (17681830) taught at the ?cole Normale Sup?rieure and later succeeded Lagrange at the ?cole Polytechnique. He was promoted to administrative positions under Napoleon, but continued to pursue his scientific interests. From 1822 until his death he served as the permanent secretary for mathematical sciences at the Acad?mie des Sciences. These selected works were edited by the mathematician Jean Gaston Darboux (18421917) and published in two volumes between 1888 and 1890. Volume 2 contains several extraordinary contributions: the first paper to address the question of why the earth's surface is warm (which we now call the greenhouse effect), the first paper to address the cooling of the earth's interior (still a major research topic) and the first paper on optimisation under linear constraints, along with the results on roots of polynomials which first made Fourier's reputation.Avertissement; Liste des ouvrages scientifiques de Fourier; Errata; Part II. M?moires Publi?s dans Divers Recueils: 1. M?moires extraits des recueils de l'Acad?mie des Sciences de l'Institut de France; 2.l³>