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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - European landscape architecture builds on a common horizon of understanding and yet produces quality works of very different expression and style. In Touch explores outstanding projects created within the European mindset, diving below the surface in an attempt to uncover the common values that bind European design work. The book presents 11 in-depth project 'features', which include thematically related essays, and 28 concise project 'icons'. The features focus both on big and small scale urban and rural situations. On the one hand, the newly installed and subtly designed railway line of the Glattalbahn in the Zurich metropolitan region, on the other the small scale urban spaces the privately developed and publicly used City Dune exterior spaces of the SEB Bank in Copenhagen. On the one hand French Sermange's redesigned heart of the village, focusing on a meadow, on the other and the far reaching site installations referring to local legends in Norway's Lake Seljord region.The essays include debates about landscape policies as well as about how to design with history, about the role of art and nature as well as about pioneer landscape architects across the European countries. In Touch is the third volume in the triennial Landscape Architecture Europe series, following On Site (2009) and Fieldwork (2006). Produced for the Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation (LAE), situated in the Netherlands, it aims to set standards, in design and design critique, by presenting an overview of carefully selected and edited projects and topics of contemporary European landscape architecture. The series is endorsed by the European Federation for Landscape Architecture (EFLA) within the International Federation for Landscape Architecture (IFLA). It is produced under the auspices of Meto Vroom (chairman), Fritz Auweck, Maria Goula, Alastair McCapra and Kathryn Moore, members of the board of the Landscape Architecture Europe Foundation (LAE). The jury of In Touch has been composed by Michael van Gessel (chairman), Antonio Angelillo, Lilli Lic ka, Tone Lindheim, João Ferreira Nunes. The book has been edited by Lisa Diedrich (editor-in-chief), Mark Hendriks, Thierry Kandjee, Claudia Moll, and produced by Harry Harsema.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume provides a general overview of discrete- and continuous-time Markov control processes and stochastic games, along with a look at the range of applications of stochastic control and some of its recent theoretical developments. These topics include various aspects of dynamic programming, approximation algorithms, and infinite-dimensional linear programming. In all, the work comprises 18 carefully selected papers written by experts in their respective fields. Optimization, Control, and Applications of Stochastic Systems will be a valuable resource for all practitioners, researchers, and professionals in applied mathematics and operations research who work in the areas of stochastic control, mathematical finance, queueing theory, and inventory systems. It may also serve as a supplemental text for graduate courses in optimal control and dynamic games. 340 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Alcohol and Anesthetic Actions: Are They Mediated by Lipid or Protein .- Probing Molecular Sites of Action for Alcohol¿s Acute and Chronic Effects on Synaptoneurosome Membranes: A Potential Tool for Studying Drug-Receptor Interactions.- Ethanol and the GABAA Receptor-Gated Chloride Ion Channel.- The GABAA Receptor Complex: Is it a Locus of Action for Inhalation Anesthetics .- Ethanol and the NMDA Receptor: Insights Into Ethanol Pharmacology.- Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Understanding Alcohol-Seeking Behavior.- The Neuropharmacology of Ethanol Self-Administration.- Alcohol Effects on Brain-Stimulation Reward: Blood Alcohol Concentration and Site Specificity.- Ethanol and Rewarding Brain Simulation.- Electrophysiologic Correlates of Ethanol Reinforcement.- Neuroendocrine Concomitants of Alcohol Reinforcement.- Alcohol Reinforcement: Biobehavioral and Clinical Considerations. 284 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the framework of the 'Annee non lineaire' (the special nonlinear year) sponsored by the C.N.R.S. (the French National Center for Scien tific Research), a meeting was held in Paris in June 1988. It took place in the Conference Hall of the Ministere de la Recherche and had as an organizing theme the topic of 'Variational Problems.' Nonlinear analysis has been one of the leading themes in mathemat ical research for the past decade. The use of direct variational methods has been particularly successful in understanding problems arising from physics and geometry. The growth of nonlinear analysis is largely due to the wealth of ap plications from various domains of sciences and industrial applica tions. Most of the papers gathered in this volume have their origin in applications: from mechanics, the study of Hamiltonian systems, from physics, from the recent mathematical theory of liquid crystals, from geometry, relativity, etc. Clearly, no single volume could pretend to cover the whole scope of nonlinear variational problems. We have chosen to concentrate on three main aspects of these problems, organizing them roughly around the following topics: 1. Variational methods in partial differential equations in mathemat ical physics 2. Variational problems in geometry 3. Hamiltonian systems and related topics. 492 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In 1974, the Societal Institute of the Mathematical Sciences (SIMS) initiated a series of five-day Research Application Conferences (RAC's) at Alta, Utah, for the purpose of probing in depth societal fields in light of their receptivity to mathematical and statistical analysis. The first eleven conferences addressed ecosystems, epidemiology, energy, environmental health, time series and ecological processes, energy and health, energy conversion and fluid mechanics, environmental epidemiology: risk assessment, atomic bomb survival data: utilization and analysis, modem statistical methods in chronic disease epidemiology and scientific issues in quantitative cancer risk assess ment. These Proceedings are a result of the twelfth conference on Statistical Methodology for Study of the AIDS Epidemic which was held in 1991 at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California. For five days, 45 speakers and observers contributed their expertise in the relevant biology and statistics. The presentations were timely and the discussion was both enlightening and at times spirited. Members of the Program Committee for the Conference were Klaus Dietz (University of Tiibingen, Germany), Vernon T. Farewell (University of Waterloo, Ontario), and Nicholas P. Jewell (University of California, Berke ley) (Chair). The Conference was supported by a grant to SIMS from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. D. L. Thomsen, Jr. 424 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Award-winning monograph of the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize 2001.Subgroup growth studies the distribution of subgroups of finite index in a group as a function of the index. In the last two decades this topic has developed into one of the most active areas of research in infinite group theory; this book is a systematic and comprehensive account of the substantial theory which has emerged.As well as determining the range of possible 'growth types', for finitely generated groups in general and for groups in particular classes such as linear groups, a main focus of the book is on the tight connection between the subgroup growth of a group and its algebraic structure. A wide range of mathematical disciplines play a significant role in this work: as well as various aspects of infinite group theory, these include finite simple groups and permutation groups, profinite groups, arithmetic groups and Strong Approximation, algebraic and analytic number theory, probability, and p-adic model theory. Relevant aspects of such topics are explained in self-contained 'windows'. 454 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Data quality is one of the most important problems in data management. A database system typically aims to support the creation, maintenance, and use of large amount of data, focusing on the quantity of data. However, real-life data are often dirty: inconsistent, duplicated, inaccurate, incomplete, or stale. Dirty data in a database routinely generate misleading or biased analytical results and decisions, and lead to loss of revenues, credibility and customers. With this comes the need for data quality management. In contrast to traditional data management tasks, data quality management enables the detection and correction of errors in the data, syntactic or semantic, in order to improve the quality of the data and hence, add value to business processes. While data quality has been a longstanding problem for decades, the prevalent use of the Web has increased the risks, on an unprecedented scale, of creating and propagating dirty data. This monograph gives an overview of fundamental issues underlying central aspects of data quality, namely, data consistency, data deduplication, data accuracy, data currency, and information completeness. We promote a uniform logical framework for dealing with these issues, based on data quality rules. The text is organized into seven chapters, focusing on relational data. Chapter One introduces data quality issues. A conditional dependency theory is developed in Chapter Two, for capturing data inconsistencies. It is followed by practical techniques in Chapter 2b for discovering conditional dependencies, and for detecting inconsistencies and repairing data based on conditional dependencies. Matching dependencies are introduced in Chapter Three, as matching rules for data deduplication. A theory of relative information completeness is studied in Chapter Four, revising the classical Closed World Assumption and the Open World Assumption, to characterize incomplete information in the real world. A data currency model is presented in Chapter Five, to identify the current values of entities in a database and to answer queries with the current values, in the absence of reliable timestamps. Finally, interactions between these data quality issues are explored in Chapter Six. Important theoretical results and practical algorithms are covered, but formal proofs are omitted. The bibliographical notes contain pointers to papers in which the results were presented and proven, as well as references to materials for further reading. This text is intended for a seminar course at the graduate level. It is also to serve as a useful resource for researchers and practitioners who are interested in the study of data quality. The fundamental research on data quality draws on several areas, including mathematical logic, computational complexity and database theory. It has raised as many questions as it has answered, and is a rich source of questions and vitality. Table of Contents: Data Quality: An Overview / Conditional Dependencies / Cleaning Data with Conditional Dependencies / Data Deduplication / Information Completeness / Data Currency / Interactions between Data Quality IssuesSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 220 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The chase has long been used as a central tool to analyze dependencies and their effect on queries. It has been applied to different relevant problems in database theory such as query optimization, query containment and equivalence, dependency implication, and database schema design. Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the chase as an important tool in several database applications, such as data exchange and integration, query answering in incomplete data, and many others. It is well known that the chase algorithm might be non-terminating and thus, in order for it to find practical applicability, it is crucial to identify cases where its termination is guaranteed. Another important aspect to consider when dealing with the chase is that it can introduce null values into the database, thereby leading to incomplete data. Thus, in several scenarios where the chase is used the problem of dealing with data dependencies and incomplete data arises. This book discusses fundamental issues concerning data dependencies and incomplete data with a particular focus on the chase and its applications in different database areas. We report recent results about the crucial issue of identifying conditions that guarantee the chase termination. Different database applications where the chase is a central tool are discussed with particular attention devoted to query answering in the presence of data dependencies and database schema design. Table of Contents: Introduction / Relational Databases / Incomplete Databases / The Chase Algorithm / Chase Termination / Data Dependencies and Normal Forms / Universal Repairs / Chase and Database ApplicationsSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 124 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Evolution equations of hyperbolic or more general p-evolution type form an active field of current research. This volume aims to collect some recent advances in the area in order to allow a quick overview of ongoing research. The contributors are first rate mathematicians. This collection of research papers is centred around parametrix constructions and microlocal analysis; asymptotic constructions of solutions; energy and dispersive estimates; and associated spectral transforms. Applications concerning elasticity and general relativity complement the volume. The book gives an overview of a variety of ongoing current research in the field and, therefore, allows researchers as well as students to grasp new aspects and broaden their understanding of the area. ¿Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 336 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This monograph is a presentation of a unified approach to a certain class of semimartingale inequalities, which can be regarded as probabilistic extensions of classical estimates for conjugate harmonic functions on the unit disc. The approach, which has its roots in the seminal works of Burkholder in the 80s, enables to deduce a given inequality for semimartingales from the existence of a certain special function with some convex-type properties. Remarkably, an appropriate application of the method leads to the sharp version of the estimate under investigation, which is particularly important for applications. These include the theory of quasiregular mappings (with deep implications to the geometric function theory); the boundedness of two-dimensional Hilbert transform and a more general class of Fourier multipliers; the theory of rank-one convex and quasiconvex functions; and more.The book is divided into a few separate parts. In the introductory chapter we present motivation for the results and relate them to some classical problems in harmonic analysis. The next part contains a general description of the method, which is applied in subsequent chapters to the study of sharp estimates for discrete-time martingales; discrete-time sub- and supermartingales; continuous time processes; the square and maximal functions. Each chapter contains additional bibliographical notes included for reference.¿Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 476 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Biological O2 sensing probes and measurement techniques were first introduced in the late 80s. In the last 3-5 years they have undergone major development that have made them available and affordable for a broad range of applications in various disciplines of the life and biomedical sciences. These new chemistries and technologies, which are significantly different from the majority of other fluorescence-based probes and detection techniques, have already demonstrated their high utility. This book will provide a systematic overview of the existing and emerging O2 sensing technologies in their different modifications, a practical guide to their rational selection and use, and examples of biological applications/case studies, including details on how to set up and conduct such experiments, troubleshoot and interpret the data.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 112 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Thisvolume provides a general overview ofdiscrete- and continuous-time Markov control processes and stochastic games, along witha look atthe range of applications of stochastic control and some of its recent theoretical developments. These topics include various aspects of dynamic programming, approximation algorithms,and infinite-dimensional linear programming. In all, the work comprises 18 carefully selected papers written by experts in their respective fields.Optimization, Control, and Applications of Stochastic Systems will be a valuable resource for all practitioners, researchers, and professionals in applied mathematics and operations research who work in the areas of stochastic control, mathematical finance, queueing theory, and inventory systems. Itmay also serve as a supplemental text for graduate courses in optimal control and dynamic games.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 340 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Alcohol and Anesthetic Actions: Are They Mediated by Lipid or Protein .- Probing Molecular Sites of Action for Alcohol's Acute and Chronic Effects on Synaptoneurosome Membranes: A Potential Tool for Studying Drug-Receptor Interactions.- Ethanol and the GABAA Receptor-Gated Chloride Ion Channel.- The GABAA Receptor Complex: Is it a Locus of Action for Inhalation Anesthetics .- Ethanol and the NMDA Receptor: Insights Into Ethanol Pharmacology.- Molecular and Genetic Approaches to Understanding Alcohol-Seeking Behavior.- The Neuropharmacology of Ethanol Self-Administration.- Alcohol Effects on Brain-Stimulation Reward: Blood Alcohol Concentration and Site Specificity.- Ethanol and Rewarding Brain Simulation.- Electrophysiologic Correlates of Ethanol Reinforcement.- Neuroendocrine Concomitants of Alcohol Reinforcement.- Alcohol Reinforcement: Biobehavioral and Clinical Considerations.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 284 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In the framework of the 'Annee non lineaire' (the special nonlinear year) sponsored by the C.N.R.S. (the French National Center for Scien tific Research), a meeting was held in Paris in June 1988. It took place in the Conference Hall of the Ministere de la Recherche and had as an organizing theme the topic of 'Variational Problems.' Nonlinear analysis has been one of the leading themes in mathemat ical research for the past decade. The use of direct variational methods has been particularly successful in understanding problems arising from physics and geometry. The growth of nonlinear analysis is largely due to the wealth of ap plications from various domains of sciences and industrial applica tions. Most of the papers gathered in this volume have their origin in applications: from mechanics, the study of Hamiltonian systems, from physics, from the recent mathematical theory of liquid crystals, from geometry, relativity, etc. Clearly, no single volume could pretend to cover the whole scope of nonlinear variational problems. We have chosen to concentrate on three main aspects of these problems, organizing them roughly around the following topics: 1. Variational methods in partial differential equations in mathemat ical physics 2. Variational problems in geometry 3. Hamiltonian systems and related topics.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 492 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In 1974, the Societal Institute of the Mathematical Sciences (SIMS) initiated a series of five-day Research Application Conferences (RAC's) at Alta, Utah, for the purpose of probing in depth societal fields in light of their receptivity to mathematical and statistical analysis. The first eleven conferences addressed ecosystems, epidemiology, energy, environmental health, time series and ecological processes, energy and health, energy conversion and fluid mechanics, environmental epidemiology: risk assessment, atomic bomb survival data: utilization and analysis, modem statistical methods in chronic disease epidemiology and scientific issues in quantitative cancer risk assess ment. These Proceedings are a result of the twelfth conference on Statistical Methodology for Study of the AIDS Epidemic which was held in 1991 at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, California. For five days, 45 speakers and observers contributed their expertise in the relevant biology and statistics. The presentations were timely and the discussion was both enlightening and at times spirited. Members of the Program Committee for the Conference were Klaus Dietz (University of Tiibingen, Germany), Vernon T. Farewell (University of Waterloo, Ontario), and Nicholas P. Jewell (University of California, Berke ley) (Chair). The Conference was supported by a grant to SIMS from the National Institute of Drug Abuse. D. L. Thomsen, Jr.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 424 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Subgroup growth studies the distribution of subgroups of finite index in a group as a function of the index. In the last two decades this topic has developed into one of the most active areas of research in infinite group theory; this book is a systematic and comprehensive account of the substantial theory which has emerged.As well as determining the range of possible 'growth types', for finitely generated groups in general and for groups in particular classes such as linear groups, a main focus of the book is on the tight connection between the subgroup growth of a group and its algebraic structure.A wide range of mathematical disciplines play a significant role in this work: as well as various aspects of infinite group theory, these include finite simple groups and permutation groups, profinite groups, arithmetic groups and Strong Approximation, algebraic and analytic number theory, probability, and p-adic model theory. Relevant aspects of such topics are explained in self-contained 'windows', making the book accessible to a wide mathematical readership.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 480 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A self-contained and systematic development of an aspect of analysis which deals with the theory of fundamental solutions for differential operators, and their applications to boundary value problems of mathematical physics, applied mathematics, and engineering, with the related computational aspects. 444 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These two volumes contain eighteen invited papers by distinguished mathematicians in honor of the eightieth birthday of Israel M. Gelfand, one of the most remarkable mathematicians of our time. Gelfand has played a crucial role in the development of functional analysis during the last half-century. His work and his philosophy have in fact helped shape our understanding of the term 'functional analysis'. The papers in these volumes largely concern areas in which Gelfand has a very strong interest today, including geometric quantum field theory, representation theory, combinatorial structures underlying various 'continuous' constructions, quantum groups and geometry. 356 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book deals with evolutionary systems whose equation of state can be formulated as a linear Volterra equation in a Banach space. The main feature of the kernels involved is that they consist of unbounded linear operators. The aim is a coherentpresentation of the state of art of the theory including detailed proofs and its applications to problems from mathematical physics, such as viscoelasticity, heat conduction, and electrodynamics with memory. The importance of evolutionary integral equations ¿ which form a larger class than do evolution equations¿¿ stems from such applications and therefore special emphasis is placed on these. A number of models are derived and, by means of the developed theory, discussed thoroughly. An annotated bibliography containing 450 entries increases the book¿s value as an incisive reference text.This excellent book presents a general approach to linear evolutionary systems, with an emphasis on infinite-dimensional systems with time delays, such as those occurring in linear viscoelasticity with or without thermal effects. It gives a very natural and mature extension of the usual semigroup approach to a more general class of infinite-dimensional evolutionary systems. This is the first appearance in the form of a monograph of this recently developed theory. A substantial part of the results are due to the author, or are even new. (¿) It is not a book that one reads in a few days. Rather, it should be considered as an investment with lasting value.(Zentralblatt MATH)In this book, the author, who has been at the forefront of research on these problems for the last decade, has collected, and in many places extended, the known theory for these equations. In addition, he has provided a framework that allows one to relate and evaluate diverse results in the literature.(Mathematical Reviews)This book constitutes a highly valuable addition to the existing literature on the theory of Volterra (evolutionary) integralequations and their applications in physics and engineering. (¿) and for the first time the stress is on the infinite-dimensional case.(SIAM Reviews)Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 392 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The present. volume is the second volume of the book 'Singularities of Differentiable Maps' by V.1. Arnold, A. N. Varchenko and S. M. Gusein-Zade. The first volume, subtitled 'Classification of critical points, caustics and wave fronts', was published by Moscow, 'Nauka', in 1982. It will be referred to in this text simply as 'Volume 1'. Whilst the first volume contained the zoology of differentiable maps, that is it was devoted to a description of what, where and how singularities could be encountered, this volume contains the elements of the anatomy and physiology of singularities of differentiable functions. This means that the questions considered in it are about the structure of singularities and how they function. Another distinctive feature of the present volume is that we take a hard look at questions for which it is important to work in the complex domain, where the first volume was devoted to themes for which, on the whole, it was not important which field (real or complex) we were considering. Such topics as, for example, decomposition of singularities, the connection between singularities and Lie algebras and the asymptotic behaviour of different integrals depending on parameters become clearer in the complex domain. The book consists of three parts. In the first part we consider the topological structure of isolated critical points of holomorphic functions. We describe the fundamental topological characteristics of such critical points: vanishing cycles, distinguished bases, intersection matrices, monodromy groups, the variation operator and their interconnections and method of calculation. 504 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The book presents the modern state of the art in the mathematical theory of compressible Navier-Stokes equations, with particular emphasis on the applications to aerodynamics. The topics covered include:modeling of compressible viscous flows;modern mathematical theory of nonhomogeneous boundary value problems for viscous gas dynamics equations;applications to optimal shape design in aerodynamics;kinetic theory for equations with oscillating data;new approach to the boundary value problems for transport equations.The monograph offers a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to recent mathematical tools designed to handle the problems arising in the theory.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 480 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The focus of this book and its geometric notions is on real vector spaces X that are finite or infinite inner product spaces of arbitrary dimension greater than or equal to 2. It characterizes both euclidean and hyperbolic geometry with respect to natural properties of (general) translations and general distances of X. Also for these spaces X, it studies the sphere geometries of Möbius and Lie as well as geometries where Lorentz transformations play the key role.Proofs of newer theorems characterizing isometries and Lorentz transformations under mild hypotheses are included, such as for instance infinite dimensional versions of famous theorems of A.D. Alexandrov on Lorentz transformations. A real benefit is the dimension-free approach to important geometrical theories.New to this third edition is a chapter dealing with a simple and great idea of Leibniz that allows us to characterize, for these same spaces X, hyperplanes of euclidean, hyperbolic geometry, or spherical geometry, the geometries of Lorentz-Minkowski and de Sitter, and this through finite or infinite dimensions greater than 1.Another new and fundamental result in this edition concerns the representation of hyperbolic motions, their form and their transformations. Further we show that the geometry (P,G) of segments based on X is isomorphic to the hyperbolic geometry over X. Here P collects all x in X of norm less than one, G is defined to be the group of bijections of P transforming segments of P onto segments.The only prerequisites for reading this book are basic linear algebra and basic 2- and 3-dimensional real geometry. This implies that mathematicians who have not so far been especially interested in geometry could study and understand some of the great ideas of classical geometries in modern and general contexts.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 328 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book contains survey papers based on the lectures presented at the 3rd International Winter School ¿Modern Problems of Mathematics and Mechanics¿ held in January 2010 at the Belarusian State University, Minsk. These lectures are devoted to different problems of modern analysis and its applications. An extended presentation of modern problems of applied analysis will enable the reader to get familiar with new approaches of mostly interdisciplinary character. The results discussed are application oriented and present new insight into applied problems of growing importance such as applications to composite materials, anomalous diffusion, and fluid dynamics.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 264 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Overview Many problems in mathematical physics and applied mathematics can be reduced to boundary value problems for differential, and in some cases, inte grodifferential equations. These equations are solved by using methods from the theory of ordinary and partial differential equations, variational calculus, operational calculus, function theory, functional analysis, probability theory, numerical analysis and computational techniques. Mathematical models of quantum physics require new areas such as generalized functions, theory of distributions, functions of several complex variables, and topological and al gebraic methods. The main purpose of this book is to provide a self contained and system atic introduction to just one aspect of analysis which deals with the theory of fundamental solutions for differential operators and their applications to boundary value problems of mathematical physics, applied mathematics, and engineering, with the related applicable and computational features. The sub ject matter of this book has its own deep rooted theoretical importance since it is related to Green's functions which are associated with most boundary value problems. The application of fundamental solutions to a recently devel oped area of boundary element methods has provided a distinct advantage in that an integral equation representation of a boundary value problem is often x PREFACE more easily solved by numerical methods than a differential equation with specified boundary and initial conditions. This situation makes the subject more attractive to those whose interest is primarily in numerical methods.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 444 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -A four-day conference, 'Functional Analysis on the Eve of the Twenty First Century,' was held at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, from October 24 to 27, 1993, in honor of the eightieth birthday of Professor Israel Moiseyevich Gelfand. He was born in Krasnye Okna, near Odessa, on September 2, 1913. Israel Gelfand has played a crucial role in the development of functional analysis during the last half-century. His work and his philosophy have in fact helped to shape our understanding of the term 'functional analysis' itself, as has the celebrated journal Functional Analysis and Its Applications, which he edited for many years. Functional analysis appeared at the beginning of the century in the classic papers of Hilbert on integral operators. Its crucial aspect was the geometric interpretation of families of functions as infinite-dimensional spaces, and of op erators (particularly differential and integral operators) as infinite-dimensional analogues of matrices, directly leading to the geometrization of spectral theory. This view of functional analysis as infinite-dimensional geometry organically included many facets of nineteenth-century classical analysis, such as power series, Fourier series and integrals, and other integral transforms.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 356 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In a detailed and comprehensive introduction to the theory of plane algebraic curves, the authors examine this classical area of mathematics that both figured prominently in ancient Greek studies and remains a source of inspiration and atopic of research to this day. Arising from notes for a course given at the University of Bonn in Germany, ¿Plane Algebraic Curves¿ reflects the authors¿ concern for the student audience through its emphasis on motivation, development of imagination, and understanding of basic ideas. As classical objects, curves may be viewed from many angles. This text also provides a foundation for the comprehension and exploration of modern work on singularities.In the first chapter one finds many special curves with very attractive geometric presentations ¿ the wealth of illustrations is a distinctive characteristic of this book ¿ and an introduction to projective geometry (over the complex numbers). In the second chapter one finds a very simple proof of Bezout¿s theorem and a detailed discussion of cubics. The heart of this book ¿ and how else could it be with the first author ¿ is the chapter on the resolution of singularities (always over the complex numbers). (¿) Especially remarkable is the outlook to further work on the topics discussed, with numerous references to the literature. Many examples round off this successful representation of a classical and yet still very much alive subject.(Mathematical Reviews)Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 732 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The present. volume is the second volume of the book 'Singularities of Differentiable Maps' by V.1. Arnold, A. N. Varchenko and S. M. Gusein-Zade. The first volume, subtitled 'Classification of critical points, caustics and wave fronts', was published by Moscow, 'Nauka', in 1982. It will be referred to in this text simply as 'Volume 1'. Whilst the first volume contained the zoology of differentiable maps, that is it was devoted to a description of what, where and how singularities could be encountered, this volume contains the elements of the anatomy and physiology of singularities of differentiable functions. This means that the questions considered in it are about the structure of singularities and how they function. Another distinctive feature of the present volume is that we take a hard look at questions for which it is important to work in the complex domain, where the first volume was devoted to themes for which, on the whole, it was not important which field (real or complex) we were considering. Such topics as, for example, decomposition of singularities, the connection between singularities and Lie algebras and the asymptotic behaviour of different integrals depending on parameters become clearer in the complex domain. The book consists of three parts. In the first part we consider the topological structure of isolated critical points of holomorphic functions. We describe the fundamental topological characteristics of such critical points: vanishing cycles, distinguished bases, intersection matrices, monodromy groups, the variation operator and their interconnections and method of calculation.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 504 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Viral infections of the nervous system are important because they are associated with high morbidity and mortality. A variety of pathogenetic mechanisms are involved in these infections and an understanding of the pathogenesis is essential in understanding the diagnostic and clinical management aspects of the disease. Specialized investigations are often necessary for definitive diagnosis, although a presumptive diagnosis should often be suspected on the basis of the clinical features. Many of the chapters in this book are written by neurologists who are experts in basic science research of their topic in addition to active clinical practice in their specialty.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 428 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -InhaltsangabeV. Numerische Methoden zur Lösung Linearer Integralgleichungen.- Einleitende Bemerkungen.- 17. Approximation von Kernen durch ausgeartete Kerne.- 17.1. Approximation von L2( × )- und C( × )-Kernen.- 17.2. Fehlerabschätzungen.- 17.3. Kernersatz nach Bateman.- 17.4. Die beste Approximation eines Kernes durch einen ausgearteten Kern.- 18. Iterationsverfahren für Fredholmsche Gleichungen zweiter Art.- 18.1. Die Neumannsche Reihe.- 18.2. Ein allgemeines Iterationsverfahren.- 18.3. Die Verfahren von Wiarda, Bückner und Wagner.- 18.4. Die Methode von LáNczos.- 18.5. Die Momentenmethode.- 18.6. Ein Gradientenverfahren.- 18.7. Die Methode des stärksten Abstiegs und die Methode der konjugierten Richtungen.- 19. Quadraturformelmethoden für Fredholmsche Integralgleichungen zweiter Art.- 19.1. Allgemeine Bemerkungen zur Anwendung von Quadraturformeln für die Lösung von Integralgleichungen.- 19.2. Die Berücksichtigung des Quadraturfehlers bei Anwendung der Gregory-Formeln zur Lösung von Integralgleichungen.- 19.3. Die Quadraturformelmethode mit iterativer Korrektur.- 19.4. Fehlerabschätzung mittels Quadraturformeln und Konvergenzfragen bei Quadraturf ormelverfahren.- 19.5. Anwendung von Produktintegrationsformeln zur Lösung von Integralgleichungen.- 19.6. Doppelapproximation durch Kernersatz und Quadraturformeln.- 19.7. Spezielle Quadraturformeln für Kerne mit stückweise stetigen partiellen Ableitungen.- 20. Variationsmethoden und Projektionsverfahren.- 20.1. Die energetische Methode und das Ritz-Verfahren.- 20.2. Das Bubnow-Galerkin-Verfahren und die Methode der kleinsten Quadrate.- 20.3. Allgemeine Bemerkungen zu Projektionsverfahren. Die Kollokationsmethode.- 21. Weitere numerische Verfahren für Fredholmsche und Volterrasche Integralgleichungen.- 21.1. Das Eingrenzen der Lösungen von Integralgleichungen.- 21.2. Die Methode der monoton zerlegbaren Operatoren.- 21.3. Ein Quadraturformelverfahren für Volterrasche Integralgleichungen zweiter Art.- 21.4. Numerische Verfahren für Volterrasche Integralgleichungen erster Art und Abelsche Gleichungen.- 21.5. Lösung Fredholmscher Gleichungen durch Volterrafaktorisierung.- 21.6. Störungsrechnung für lineare Integralgleichungen.- 21.7. Numerische Lösung von Integralgleichungen erster Art durch Zurückführung auf ein Anfangswertproblem.- 22. Lösung von Integralgleichungen mit Splinefunktionen.- 22.1. Polynomsplines und L-Splines.- 22.2. Die Anwendung der Splinefunktionen auf Integralgleichungen.- 22.3. Approximation durch intervallweise Hermiteinterpolation.- 22.4. Die Lösung mehrdimensionaler Integralgleichungen mittels der Finite-ElementMethode.- 23. Einige Lösungsverfahren für Integralgleichungen mit singulären Kernen.- 23.1. Integralgleichungen mit einem schwach singulären Kern.- 23.2. Integralgleichungen erster Art mit einem Kern vom Cauchytyp.- 23.3. Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit einem Kern vom Cauchytyp.- 23.4. Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit einem Kern vom Hilberttyp.- 24. Spezielle Methoden zur Eigenwertberechnung.- 24.1. Eigenwertberechnung mittels der Fredholmschen Determinante und der Spuren.- 24.2. Bestimmung des größten Eigenwertes einer Integralgleichung mit positivem Kern.- 24.3. Schranken für Eigenwerte und Eigenfunktionen durch Lösung inhomogener Gleichungen.- 24.4. Bestimmung der Eigenwerte von Faltungsgleichungen mit Fourierintegralkern.- 24.5. Bestimmung der Eigenwerte von Integralgleichungen mit Integralkernen.- 24.6. Einschließungssätze für Eigenwerte hermitescher Integraloperatoren.- 24.7. Einschließungspolynome und weitere Einschließungsaussagen für Eigenwerte hermitescher Integraloperatoren.- 24.8. Konvergenzaussagen bei der näherungsweisen Berechnung von Eigenwerten.- 25. Fehlerschranken, Konvergenz und Stabilität der Näherungslösungen von Operatorgleichungen zweiter Art.- 25.1. Die Theorie von Anselone.- 25.2. Die Theorie von Kantorowitsch.- 25.3. Die Theorie von Vainikko.- 25.4. Die.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -InhaltsangabeII. Theorie der Linearen Integralgleichungen Zweiter Art.- 5. Auflösung von linearen Integralgleichungen zweiter Art.- 5.1. Problemstellung, Grundbegriffe.- 5.2. Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit beschränktem Integraloperator.- 5.3. Potenzreihendarstellung der Lösung.- 5.3.1. Relativ gleichmäßige absolute Konvergenz der Neumannschen Reihe.- 5.4. Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit endlichdimensionalem Integraloperator.- 5.4.1. Weitere Formeln für die endlichdimensionalen Integraloperatoren.- 5.5. Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit kompaktem Integraloperator. Die Fredholmschen Sätze.- 5.6. Systeme von Integralgleichungen zweiter Art.- 5.7. Die E. Schmidtsche Lösungsmethode.- 5.8. Die Methode der Gleichungssysteme mit unendlich vielen Unbekannten.- 5.8.1. Lösung von Integralgleichungen mit vollstetigem Integraloperator mit der Methode der Gleichungssysteme.- 5.8.2. Anwendung der Methode der unendlichen Gleichungssysteme zur Lösung von Integralgleichungen mit hermiteschem Kern.- 5.8.3. Weitere Beispiele.- 5.9. Das Verfahren von ENskog.- 5.10. Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit Levi-Operatoren.- 5.11. Über virtuelle und extremale Lösungen von Integralgleichungen zweiter Art.- 6. Theorie der Fredholmschen Determinanten.- 6.1. Die Integralgleichung als Grenzfall eines linearen Gleichungssystems.- 6.2. Die Hadamardsche Ungleichung.- 6.3. Darstellung des lösenden Kernes durch Fredholmsche Determinanten.- 6.4. Das Geschlecht der Fredholmschen Determinanten stetiger Kerne.- 6.5. Die Lalescoschen Sätze.- 6.6. Fredholmsche Determinanten von stetigen Orthogonalkernen.- 6.7. Die Fredholmschen Minoren.- 6.8. Die Fredholmschen Determinanten von Kernen, die keine Spur besitzen.- 6.9. Die Theorie der Fredholmschen Determinanten für Integraloperatoren aus v).- 6.10. Der Schurcarlemansche Satz.- 6.11. Das Geschlecht der modifizierten Fredholmschen Determinante.- 6.12. Weitere Eigenschaften der modifizierten Fredholmschen Determinante.- 6.13. Die Lalescoschen Sätze für Kerne aus W ).- 6.14. Die Fredholmschen Determinanten spezieller Klassen von Kernen.- 6.14.1. Die Fredholmsche Determinante nuklearer Kerne.- 6.14.2. Kerne von beschränkter Variation.- 6.14.3. Absolut stetige Kerne.- 6.14.4. Kerne, welche einer Lipschitz-Bedingung genügen.- 6.14.5. Differenzierbare Kerne.- 7. Der lösende Operator in der Umgebung eines Poles.- 7.1. Die Laurententwicklung des lösenden Operators.- 7.2. Idempotente Integraloperatoren.- 7.3. Struktur des Hauptteiles des lösenden Operators.- 7.4. Elementarteiler und ihre Anwendung auf den Hauptteil des lösenden Operators.- 8. Eigenwerte und Eigenfunktionen. Reihenentwicklungen nach Eigenfunktionen bei symmetrischen Integraloperatoren.- 8.1. Eigenwerte und Eigenfunktionen.- 8.2. Eigenwerte und Eigenfunktionen von selbstadjungierten Integraloperatoren in H2( , v).- 8.3. Nach Eigenfunktionen fortschreitende Reihenentwicklungen für selbstadjungierte Integraloperatoren in H2( , v).- 8.3.1. Ergänzungen und Zusätze zu den Reihenentwicklungssätzen.- 8.3.1.1. Reihenentwicklung differenzierbarer Kerne nach Eigenfunktionen.- 8.3.2. Reihenentwicklungen nach Eigenfunktionen der iterierten Integraloperatoren.- 8.3.3. Anwendung der Reihenentwicklungssätze auf inhomogene Integralgleichungen zweiter Art mit hermiteschen Kernen.- 8.4. Definite und semidefinite Integraloperatoren.- 8.5. Extremal- und Grenzwerteigenschaften der Eigenwerte selbstadjungierter Integraloperatoren.- 8.5.1. Abhängigkeit der Eigenwerte vom Integrationsbereich und vom Kern.- 8.6. Integralgleichungen mit symmetrisierbaren Kernen.- 8.6.1. Polare und weitere symmetrisierbare Kerne.- 8.7. Positive Kerne.- 8.7.1. Oszillationskerne.- 8.7.2. Ergänzungen zu den positiven Kernen.- 8.8. Weitere Typen von Kernen, bei welchen die Existenz eines Eigenwertes gesichert ist.- 8.9. Das asymptotische Verhalten der Eigenwerte.- 8.10. Die asymptotische Darstellung der Eigenfunktionen.- 8.10.1. Beweis.…