Date of Award
1-1938
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
First Advisor
Joseph Wilczewski
Second Advisor
W.J. Keegan
Abstract
The first men to detect singular solutions of differential equations were Leibniz, Brook Taylor and Clairaut. The direct method of attack used by each man in attaining these solutions is not known, but a short history of each man and what he has contributed to mathematics can be given. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716) was born in Leipsic, Germany, and was the son of a professor of law in a nearby university. He was well-educated in law himself, expecting to follow in the profession of his father. But not being under the necessity of earning his living, he enrolled at the University of Jena as a student of higher mathematics. He was chiefly interested in mathematics and philosophy and showed great ability in both. His mathematical work is worthy of special treatment.
Recommended Citation
Pitman, Kathryn Lois, "Graphical Representations of Singular Solutions of Differential Equations" (1938). Bachelors’ Theses. 1385.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1385
Included in
Mathematics Commons, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics Commons, Partial Differential Equations Commons
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for ·the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.