The development of the Laplace Transform, 1737-1937 II. Poincaré to Doetsch, 1880-1937

Abstract

An earlier paper, to which this is a sequel, traced the history of the Laplace Transform up to 1880. In that year Poincaré reinvented the transform, but did so in a more powerful context, that of properly conceived complex analysis. Rapid developments followed, culminating in Doetsch' work in which the transform took its modern shape. © 1982 Springer-Verlag.