Poincare's `Sur les Solutions Periodiques et le principe de moindre action'.

in Comptes rendus l'Academie de Sciences, t. 123, p 915-918, 1896

This paper humbled me. It made me realize how much the founders of the subject(s) I work in really knew, and how far ahead they could see. I am in awe of how Poincare could give such a detailed trip report of his investigations without the formal language we use today being in place. (In many ways, formal language often gets in the way.) In this 2 and a half pages, Poincare does most everything I did in a 13 page 102 years later. He does it more clearly and elegantly.

Poincaré's `Sur les solutions périodiques et le principe de moindre action'.

in Comptes Rendus des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, t. 123, p 915-918, 1896

This paper humbled me. It made me realize how much the founders of the subject(s) I work in really knew, and how far ahead they could see. I am in awe of how Poincaré could give such a detailed trip report of his investigations without the formal language we use today being in place. (In many ways, formal language often gets in the way.) In these 2 and a half pages, Poincaré does most everything I did in a 13 page paper 102 years later. He does it more clearly and elegantly.

Poincare's `Sur les Solutions Periodiques et le principe de moindre action'.

in Comptes rendus l'Academie de Sciences, t. 123, p 915-918, 1896

This paper humbled me. It me realize how much the founders of the subject(s) I work in really knew, and how far ahead they could see. I am in awe of how Poincare could give such a detailed trip report of his investigations without the formal language we use today being in place. (In many ways, formal language often gets in the way.) In this 2 and a half pages Poincare does most everything I did in a 13 page 102 years later. He does it more clearly and elegantly.

Poincare's `Sur les Solutions Periodiques et le principe de moindre action'.

in Comptes rendus l'Academie de Sciences, t. 123, p 915-918, 1896

This paper humbled me. It made me realize how much the founders of the subject(s) I work in really knew, and how far ahead they could see. I am in awe of how Poincare could give such a detailed trip report of his investigations without the formal language we use today being in place. (In many ways, formal language often gets in the way.) In this 2 and a half pages, Poincare does most everything I did in a 13 page 102 years later. He does it more clearly and elegantly.