Quasi periodic motions from Hipparchus to Kolmogorov

Giovanni Gallavotti

Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni (2001)

  • Volume: 12, Issue: 2, page 125-152
  • ISSN: 1120-6330

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The evolution of the conception of motion as composed by circular uniform motions is analyzed, stressing its continuity from antiquity to our days.

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Gallavotti, Giovanni. "Quasi periodic motions from Hipparchus to Kolmogorov." Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni 12.2 (2001): 125-152. <http://eudml.org/doc/252277>.

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