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From: amzoti on 22 Oct 2009 11:06 On Oct 22, 12:41 am, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...(a)olympus.mons> wrote: > In 1967 my dad submitted his PhD thesis in the area of the Mathematical Theory > of Elasticity at the National Technical University of Athens. His thesis was of > fundamental importance to the development of the Theory of Elasticity using > Complex Variables. > > Subsequently, in 1968 and after acceptance, he printed a book version, but the > typesetting facilities at that time were horrendous, as a result, the book of > which I have two copies at hand, suffered many typos. > > Because Google scholar mentions the thesis as a citation already, I decided to > typeset it in LaTeX and make it available on the net. > > If you have a strong background in Complex Analysis and think you can spot any > further typos, I'd appreciate you mentioning them here so I can make further > relevant corrections. > > Link to .pdf:http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/math/FathersPhD.html > > Many thanks. > -- > Ioannis I just wanted to say how much of a joy it must have been for you to do this in your fathers memory. Not only that, but of somehow retracing what he was thinking when he was getting a Ph.D. Like the teenagers would say - that's awesome! ~W
From: I.N. Galidakis on 22 Oct 2009 14:01
amzoti wrote: > On Oct 22, 12:41 am, "I.N. Galidakis" <morph...(a)olympus.mons> wrote: >> In 1967 my dad submitted his PhD thesis in the area of the Mathematical >> Theory of Elasticity at the National Technical University of Athens. His >> thesis was of fundamental importance to the development of the Theory of >> Elasticity using Complex Variables. >> >> Subsequently, in 1968 and after acceptance, he printed a book version, but >> the typesetting facilities at that time were horrendous, as a result, the >> book of which I have two copies at hand, suffered many typos. >> >> Because Google scholar mentions the thesis as a citation already, I decided >> to typeset it in LaTeX and make it available on the net. >> >> If you have a strong background in Complex Analysis and think you can spot >> any further typos, I'd appreciate you mentioning them here so I can make >> further relevant corrections. >> >> Link to .pdf:http://ioannis.virtualcomposer2000.com/math/FathersPhD.html >> >> Many thanks. >> -- >> Ioannis > > I just wanted to say how much of a joy it must have been for you to do > this in your fathers memory. It was indeed. More like an adventure: After 22 years from getting my degrees, I think I am able to understand some of it. > Not only that, but of somehow retracing what he was thinking when he > was getting a Ph.D. > > Like the teenagers would say - that's awesome! Thanks. It's a little service to the mathematical and engineering community. Civil engineers and mathematicians in the Theory of Elasticity hopefully might find it useful :-) > ~W -- Ioannis |