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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Questions that arose from linear programming and combinatorial optimization have been a driving force for modern polytope theory, such as the diameter questions motivated by the desire to understand the complexity of the simplex algorithm, or the need to study facets for use in cutting plane procedures. In addition, algorithms now provide the means to computationally study polytopes, to compute their parameters such as flag vectors, graphs and volumes, and to construct examples of large complexity. The papers of this volume thus display a wide panorama of connections of polytope theory with other fields. Areas such as discrete and computational geometry, linear and combinatorial optimization, and scientific computing have contributed a combination of questions, ideas, results, algorithms and, finally, computer programs. 225 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -There has been fundamental progress in complex differential geometry in the last two decades. For one, The uniformization theory of canonical Kähler metrics has been established in higher dimensions, and many applications have been found, including the use of Calabi-Yau spaces in superstring theory. This monograph gives an introduction to the theory of canonical Kähler metrics on complex manifolds. It also presents some advanced topics not easily found elsewhere. 101 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These Proceedings comprise the bulk of the papers presented at the Inter national Conference on Semigroups of Opemtors: Theory and Contro~ held 14-18 December 1998, Newport Beach, California, U.S.A. The intent of the Conference was to highlight recent advances in the the ory of Semigroups of Operators which provides the abstract framework for the time-domain solutions of time-invariant boundary-value/initial-value problems of partial differential equations. There is of course a firewall between the ab stract theory and the applications and one of the Conference aims was to bring together both in the hope that it may be of value to both communities. In these days when all scientific activity is judged by its value on 'dot com' it is not surprising that mathematical analysis that holds no promise of an immediate commercial product-line, or even a software tool-box, is not high in research priority. We are particularly pleased therefore that the National Science Foundation provided generous financial support without which this Conference would have been impossible to organize. Our special thanks to Dr. Kishan Baheti, Program Manager. 367 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Airways inflammation is a complex biological phenomenon resulting fromthe recruitment and activation of numerous cell types. Airwaysinflammation contributes to the pathophysiology of airways disease. Anunderstanding of the mechanisms that regulate inflammatory cell functionis essential for the development of novel anti-inflammatory drugs forthe treatment of common respiratory diseases such as asthma and COPD.This book provides a collection of valuable reviews on the majorinflammatory cells involved in airways disease and examines thepharmacology of current anti-inflammatory drugs used in the treatment ofairways disease. Moreover, an insight into the development of emergingdrug therapies is also highlighted.This book is a must for the library of any researcher or clinicianinterested in the pathophysiology of airways disease. 362 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains detailed expositions of talks given during an instructional conference held at Luminy in December 1998, which was devoted to classical and recent results concerning the fundamental group of algebraic curves, especially over finite and local fields. The scientific guidance of the conference was supplied by M. Raynaud, a leading expert in the field. The purpose of this volume is twofold. Firstly, it gives an account of basic results concerning rigid geometry, stable curves, and algebraic fundamental groups, in a form which should make them largely accessible to graduate students mastering a basic course in modern algebraic geometry. However classic, most of this material has not appeared in book form yet. In particular, the semi-stable reduction theorem for curves is covered with special care, including various detailed proofs. Secondly, it presents self-contained expositions of important recent developments, including the work of Tamagawa on Grothendieck's anabelian conjecture for curves over finite fields, and the solution by Raynaud and Harbater of Abhyankar's conjecture about coverings of affine curves in positive characteristic. These expositions should be accessible to research students who have read the previous chapters. They are also aimed at experts in number theory and algebraic geometry who want to read a streamlined account of these recent advances. 289 pp. Englisch, Französisch.