Poincaré, Hilbert, and the Foundations of Mathematical Physics
International Workshop
Poincaré, Hilbert, and the Foundations of Mathematical Physics
Mainz, 28-29 May 2010
Institute of Mathematics, Staudingerweg 9, Room 05-432 (Hilbertraum), 5. Floor
Jointly sponsored by the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Organizers: David E. Rowe (Mainz), Tilman Sauer (Pasadena/Mainz), Scott Walter (Nancy)
Program
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May 28, Morning 9 - 11:45 h Thomas Archibald (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver) Poincaré, Stability Theory, and Equilibria in the Solar System
June Barrow-Green (Open University) An interesting inter-relation between analysis situs and dynamics: Birkhoff and Poincaré's Jan Schmidt (Technische Universität, Darmstadt) Physics in an unstable world: Duhem's methodological challenges and the history of instability
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May 29, Morning 9 - 13:00 h Scott Walter (Archives Henri Poincaré, Université Nancy 2) German relativity in Paris before the Great War Domenico Giulini (Universität Hannover) Poincaré stresses and classical electron models Alberto Cogliati (Milan University) Field Theories and Gravity before Einstein's General Theory of Relativity Oliver Schlaudt (Universität Heidelberg) The meaning of physical constants from the viewpoint of dimensional analysis: An issue from the 1905-1930 discussion between Ehrenfest-Afanasjewa, Tolman, and Nordstroem reconsidered |
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May 28, Afternoon 13:30 - 18:15 h Nadine de Courtenay (Laboratoire Sphère du CNRS, Conservatoire national Boltzmann and the ramifications of mathematical style in physics
Ulrich Majer (Hilbert Edition, Universität Göttingen) Hilbert's Logical Analysis of Statistical Mechanics and its Principles
Tilman Sauer (Einstein Papers Project, California Institute of Technology) Hilbert's Lectures on Classical Mechanics and His Axiomtic Analysis of its Principles
Klaus Baerwinkel (Universität Osnabrück) Hilbert as a Theoretical Physicist: Lectures on Statistical Thermodynamics and Gas Kinetics
David E. Rowe (Universität Mainz) Hilbert vs. Poincaré, a Reassessment |
May 29, Afternoon 14:00 - 17:00 h Martina Schneider (Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Leipzig) 'Ansätze ..., die jeder sofort nachrechnen kann' - Van der Waerden and the mathematization of quantum mechanics Dennis Lehmkuhl (Bergische Universität Wuppertal) Spacetime Matters: On Unifying and Geometrised Field Theories Erhard Scholz (Bergische Universität Wuppertal) The structural image of the empirical: On H. Weyl's view of physical geometry |
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