Mathematical Techniques for Stellar Kinematics

Richard Branham (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

122 Seiten

2022 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-8632-1 (ISBN)

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Stellar kinematics is concerned with the movements of stars in the vicinity of the Sun, as well as with some aspects of the structure of our Galaxy in the same vicinity. This book discuses mathematical techniques developed for these studies, some classical and employed since the 19th century, such as least squares, and others of more recent origin and not included in other texts dedicated to stellar kinematics, including total least squares, in use since the 1980s, and semi-definite programming, developed since the 1990s. Other useful methods test for the randomness of data and ways to eliminate or minimize discordant data. Professional astronomers and students of astronomy will be interested in these techniques, many developed for use in other areas of science and engineering. Likewise, engineers and mathematicians may be unaware of how their disciplines are applicable to a field such as stellar kinematics.

Richard Branham obtained his BS degree from Georgetown University, his MA from Harvard University, and his PhD from Case Western Reserve University, all in Astronomy. His research interests include orbits of comets and binary stars, galactic structure, and stellar kinematics. His 15 years at the U.S. Naval Observatory and 17 at the Centro Científico Tecnológico (CCT), Mendoza, Argentina, resulted in 100 scientific papers and two books, Scientific Data Analysis and Presentación del Cosmos, a text in Spanish on elementary astronomy.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.07.2022
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-5275-8632-4 / 1527586324
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-8632-1 / 9781527586321
Zustand	Neuware