Abstract
ONE of the serious limitations to scientific development is the amount of labour involved in computation, and the authors of this book on matrices have put on record processes which they have found of value in dealing with certain difficult problems arising in aeronautics. The general class of research in which progress has been made by the authors is that in which elastic deformation of the structure of an aircraft under aerodynamic reactions leads to forced vibrations known technically as ‘flutter’. The prevention of flutter in aircraft is obviously important, and the later chapters of the present volume deal with the most recent aspects of flutter research.
Elementary Matrices
and some Applications to Dynamics and Differential Equations. By Dr. R. A. Frazer, Dr. W. J. Duncan and A. R. Collar. Pp. xvi+416. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1938.) 30s. net.
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B., L. Elementary Matrices. Nature 144, 650–651 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144650a0
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