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THE main work of mathematical physicists is to represent the sequence of phenomena in time and space by means of differential equations, and to solve these equations. Even the revolution effected by relativity and quantum theory has not changed this fundamental fact. A few years ago, indeed, when the discrete nature of quantum phenomena was being emphasised, it seemed as if differential equations might be replaced in ultimate physics by difference equations: but the discovery of wave mechanics restored the status quo ante, and today differential equations are more important than ever before.
Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics.
By Prof. H. Bateman. Pp. xxii + 522. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1932.) 42s. net.
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WHITTAKER, E. Partial Differential Equations of Mathematical Physics . Nature 129, 850–851 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129850a0
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