"How Did Gibbs Discover the Gibbs Phenomena? A Speculation."

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Place: Villanova University

Although it is very easy with computers to demonstrate the Gibb's Phenomena to today's students of Fourier Series, it was not a simple matter in 1899. Professor Rosenstein will trace the interesting history leading up to Gibbs's announcement and will then speculate on his discovery.