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Synge, John Lighton was born on March 23, 1897 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Edward and Ellen (Price).
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This Field Guide derives from the treatment of geometrical optics that has evolved from both the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Optical Sciences Center at the University of Arizona. The development is both rigorous and complete, and it features a consistent notation and sign convention. This volume covers Gaussian imagery, paraxial optics, first-order optical system design, system examples, illumination, chromatic effects, and an introduction to aberrations. The appendices provide supplemental material on radiometry and photometry, the human eye, and several other topics.
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This book was first published in 1954. Its main focus, almost uniquely for its time, is the application of Hamilton's optical method to variational principles in space-time. Professor J. L. Synge here uses this method to generate a completely relativistic theory of de Broglie waves: a theory both simple and easily visualised in relation to space-time. Throughout this volume Professor Synge systematically develops this theory, engaging with readily accessible examples as well as more abstract concepts. His introduction helpfully contextualizes this study within the field of theoretical physics, whilst individual chapters focus upon the physics of rays and waves in space-time, the application of geometrical mechanics to free and changed particles, and the topic of primitive quantization. This book will be of interest to any physicists involved in the study of either de Broglie waves and Hamilton's optical method, or the work of Professor Synge himself.
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Originally published in 1957, this book was written to provide physicists and engineers with a means of solving partial differential equations subject to boundary conditions. The text gives a systematic and unified approach to a wide class of problems, based on the fact that the solution may be viewed as a point in function-space, this point being the intersection of two linear subspaces orthogonal to one another. Using this method the solution is located on a hypercircle in function-space, and the approximation is improved by reducing the radius of the hypercircle. The complexities of calculation are illuminated throughout by simple, intuitive geometrical pictures. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in solutions to boundary value problems in mathematical physics.
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In 1915, Albert Einstein presented his masterwork to the Prussian Academy of Sciences - a theory of gravity, matter, space and time: the General Theory of Relativity. Einstein himself said it was 'the most valuable theory of my life', and 'of incomparable beauty'. It describes the evolution of the Universe, black holes, the behaviour of orbiting neutron stars, gravitational lensing, and why clocks run slower on the surface of the Earth than in space. It even suggests the possibility of time travel. And yet we think instead of 1905, the year of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity and his equation E=mc2, as his annus mirabilis, even though the Special Theory is less far-reaching. Today the General Theory is overshadowed by these achievements, regarded as 'too difficult' for ordinary mortals to comprehend. In Einstein's Masterwork, John Gribbin puts Einstein's astonishing breakthrough in the context of his life and work, and make it clear why his greatest year was indeed 1915.
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mathematician physicist emeritus educator
Synge, John Lighton was born on March 23, 1897 in Dublin, Ireland. Son of Edward and Ellen (Price).
Bachelor, Trinity College, Dublin, 1919. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Dublin, 1922. Doctor of Science, Trinity College, Dublin, 1926.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University St. Andrews, 1966. Honorary Doctor of Science, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1969. Honorary Doctor of Science, National University Ireland, 1970.
Lecturer in Mathematics Trinity College, Dublin 1920. Assistant Professor, of Mathematics University Toronto 1920-1925. Fellow and University Professor, of Natural Philosophy, Trinity College, Dublin 1925-1930.
Professor, of Applied Mathematics, Toronto University 1930-1943. Professor, of Mathematics Ohio State University 1943-1946. Professor, of Mathematics Carnegie Institute of Technology 1946-1948.
Professor Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 1948-1972, Emeritus Professor since 1972. Visiting Lecturer Princeton University 1939, Visiting Professor Brown University 1941, University of Maryland 1951. President Royal Irish Academy 1961-1964.
Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin. Honorary Doctor of Laws (St. Andrews) 1966. Honorary Doctor of Science (Belfast) 1969, (National University of Ireland) 1970.
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Author: Geometrical Optics, 1937. (with B.A. Griffith) Principles of Mechanics, 1942, 3d edition, 1959. Editor: (with A. W. Conway) Mathematical Papers of Sir W.R. Hamilton, volunteer 1, 1931.(with A. Schild) Tensor Calculus, 1949. Science, Sense and Nonsense, 1951, Geometrical Mechanics and de Broglie Waves, 1954, Relativity: The Special Theory, 1956, second edition, 1964, The Relativistic Gas, 1957, Kandelman's Krim, 1957, The Hypercircle in Mathematical Physics, 1957, Relativity: The General Theory, 1960, Talking About Relativity, 1970. Research, publications on development geometrical methods in classical mechanics and relativity.Constructed (with others) relativistic models of gravitational fields. Invented (with W. Prager) hypercircle for boundary value problems of electrostatics, elasticity and hydrodynamics. Generalized Hamilton's ray-wave methods with application to de Broglie waves, water waves.
Fellow Royal Society London, Royal Society of Canada (Tory medal 1943). Member Royal Irish Academy (president 1961-1964), American Mathematics Society, Mathematics Association American.
Reading, motoring.
Son of; married Elizabeth Allen, 1918 (deceased 1985). Children: Margaret Dryer (deceased), Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Isabel Synge Seddon.