Vorträge in der Woche 04.05.2009 bis 10.05.2009

Montag, 04.05.2009: Kepler, Newton und Numerische Mathematik

Gerhard Wanner

Numerical methods are usually constructed for solving mathematical problems such as differential equations or optimization problems. In this talk we discuss the fact that numerical methods, applied inversely, also were important to ESTABLISH these models. We show in detail the discovery of the laws of planetary motion by Kepler and Newton, which stood at the beginning of modern science. The 400th anniversary of the publication of Kepler's Laws (1609) is a good occasion for this investigation.