Find tips, reviews, and features on An Algebraic Approach to Association sold for 55.52 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
The primary object of the lecture notes is to develop a treatment of association schemes analogous to that which has been so successful in the theory of finite groups The main chapters are decomposition theory representation theory and the theory of generators Tits buildings come into play when the theory of generators is developed Here the buildings play the role which in group theory is played by the Coxeter groups The text is intended for students as well as for researchers in algebra in particular in algebraic combinatorics
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Selforganized criticality SOC is based upon the idea that complex behavior can develop spontaneously in certain multibody systems whose dynamics vary abruptly This book is a clear and concise introduction to the field of selforganized criticality and contains an overview of the main research results The author begins with an examination of what is meant by SOC and the systems in which it can occur He then presents and analyzes computer models to describe a number of systems and he explains the different mathematical formalisms developed to understand SOC The final chapter assesses the impact of this field of study and highlights some key areas of new research The author assumes no previous knowledge of the field and the book contains several exercises It will be ideal as a textbook for graduate students taking physics engineering or mathematical biology courses in nonlinear science or complexity
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Hydrometry presents anbspthorough introduction to the science of hydrometry the measurement of flow in open channelsnbspDealing with both traditional techniques and innovative new methods and instruments in line with the latest ISO standards this book deals with the main themes of hydrometry the measurement of water levels and bed levels ofnbspdischarge and of sediment transport it considers the use of flow measuring structures hydrological networks and the organization of surveysnbspDr Boitennbsphas extensive experience of teaching students fromnbspmany countries and backgroundsnbspand has distilled this experiencenbspinto a clear and comprehensive account of hydrology and water resource managementnbspHydrometry will appeal to graduate students and to professionals engaged in hydrology and the management of water resources
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These are the Aquinas Lectures for 1993 given at Marquette University by Jesuit priest W Norris Clarke There is an Introduction two main sections and ten chapters including The Meaning of Person and The Problem of Evil
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on How to Do Things With sold at 55.34 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
This work sets out Austins conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already wellknown distinction between performative utterances and statements Austin here finally abandons that distinction replacing it with a more general theory of illocutionary forces of utterances which has important bearings on a wide variety of philosophical problems
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This introduction to the main ideas of algebraic and geometric invariant theory assumes only a minimal background in algebraic geometry algebra and representation theory Topics covered include the symbolic method for computation of invariants on the space of homogeneous forms the problem of finitegeneratedness of the algebra of invariants and the theory of covariants and constructions of categorical and geometric quotients Throughout the emphasis is on concrete examples that originate in classical algebraic geometry Written in an accessible style with many examples and exercises the book offers a novel discussion of possible linearizations of actions and the variation of quotients under the change of linearization
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Lectures on Elliptic and Parabolic sold at 52.61 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
These lectures concentrate on fundamentals of the modern theory of linear elliptic and parabolic equations in Holder spaces Krylov shows that this theoryincluding some issues of the theory of nonlinear equationsis based on some general and extremely powerful ideas and some simple computations The main object of study is the first boundaryvalue problems for elliptic and parabolic equations with some guidelines concerning other boundaryvalue problems such as the Neumann or oblique derivative problems or problems involving higherorder elliptic operators acting on the boundary Numerical approximations are also discussed This book with nearly 200 exercises will provide a good understanding of what kinds of results are available and what kinds of techniques are used to obtain them
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Thing and Space Lectures of sold for 30.83 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
This is a translation of Edmund HusserIs lecture course from the Summer semester 1907 at the University of Gottingen The German original was pub lished posthumously in 1973 as Volume XVI of Husserliana Husserls opera omnia The translation is complete including both the main text and the supplementary texts as Husserliana volumes are usually organized except for the critical apparatus which provides variant readings The announced title of the lecture course was Main parts of the phenome nology and critique of reason The course began with five relatively inde pendent introductory lectures These were published on their own in 1947 bearing the title The idea ojphenomenologyl The Five Lectures comprise a general orientation by proposing the method to be employed in the subsequent working out of the actual problems viz the method of phenomenological reduction and by clarifying at least provisionally some technical terms that will be used in the labor the subsequent lectures will carry out The present volume then presents that labor ie the method in action and the results attained As such this text dispels the abstract impression which could not help but cling to the first five lectures taken in isolation Accord ingly we are here given genuine introductory lectures ie an introduction to phenomenology in the genuine phenomenological sense of engaging in the work of phenomenology going to the matters at issue themselves rather than remaining aloof from them in abstract considerations of standpoint and approach
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This series of lectures aims to address three main questions that anyone interested in the study of nonlinear dynamics should ask and ponder over What is nonlinear dynamics and how does it differ from linear dynamics which permeates all familiar textbooks Why should the physicist study nonlinear systems and leave the comfortable territory of linearity How can one progress in the study of nonlinear systems both in the analysis of these systems and in learning about new systems from observing their experimental behavior While it is impossible to answer these questions in the finest detail this series of lectures nonetheless successfully points the way for the interested reader Other useful problems have also been incorporated as a study guide By presenting both substantial qualitative information about phenomena in nonlinear systems and at the same time sufficient quantitative material the author hopes that readers would learn how to progress on their own in the study of such similar material hereon
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The use of geometric methods in classical mechanics has proven fruitful with wide applications in physics and engineering In this book Professor Marsden concentrates on these geometric aspects especially on symmetry techniques The main points he covers are the stability of relative equilibria which is analyzed using the block diagonalization technique geometric phases studied using the reduction and reconstruction technique and bifurcation of relative equilibria and chaos in mechanical systems A unifying theme for these points is provided by reduction theory the associated mechanical connection and techniques from dynamical systems These methods can be applied to many control and stabilization situations and this is illustrated using rigid bodies with internal rotors and the use of geometric phases in mechanical systems To illustrate the above ideas and the power of geometric arguments the author studies a variety of specific systems including the double spherical pendulum and the classical rotating water molecule
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In this text the author discusses the main aspects of mathematical finance These include arbitrage hedging and pricing of contingent claims portfolio optimization incomplete andor constrained markets equilibrium and transaction costs The book outlines advances made possible during the last fifteen years due to the methodologies of stochastic analysis and control Readers are presented with current research and open problems are suggested
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In this text the author discusses the main aspects of mathematical finance These include arbitrage hedging and pricing of contingent claims portfolio optimization incomplete andor constrained markets equilibrium and transaction costs The book outlines advances made possible during the last fifteen years due to the methodologies of stochastic analysis and control Readers are presented with current research and open problems are suggested
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Basic Concepts in Physics From the Cosmos to Quarks is the outcome of the authors long and varied teaching experience in different countries and for different audiences and gives an accessible and eminently readable introduction to all the main ideas of modern physics The books fresh approach using a novel combination of historical and conceptual viewpoints makes it ideal complementary reading to more standard textbooks The first five chapters are devoted to classical physics from planetary motion to special relativity always keeping in mind its relevance to questions of contemporary interest The next six chapters deal mainly with newer developments in physics from quantum theory and general relativity to grand unified theories and the book concludes by discussing the role of physics in living systems A basic grounding in mathematics is required of the reader but technicalities are avoided as far as possible thus complex calculations are omitted so long as the essential ideas remain clear The book is addressed to undergraduate and graduate students in physics and will also be appreciated by many professional physicists It will likewise benbspof interest to students researchers and teachers of other natural sciences as well as to engineers highschool teachers and the curious general reader who will come to understand what physics is about and how it describes the different phenomena of Nature Not only will readers of this book learn much about physics they will also learn to love itnbsp
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on How to Do Things with sold at 23.58 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
John L Austin was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century The William James Lectures presented Austins conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts on a wide variety of philosophical problems These talks became the classic How to Do Things with WordsFor this second edition the editors have returned to Austins original lecture notes amending the printed text where it seemed necessary Students will find the new text clearer and at the same time more faithful to the actual lectures An appendix contains literal transcriptions of a number of marginal notes made by Austin but not included in the text Comparison of the text with these annotations provides new dimensions to the study of Austins work
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This series of lectures aims to address three main questions that anyone interested in the study of nonlinear dynamics should ask and ponder over What is nonlinear dynamics and how does it differ from linear dynamics which permeates all familiar textbooks Why should the physicist study nonlinear systems and leave the comfortable territory of linearity How can one progress in the study of nonlinear systems both in the analysis of these systems and in learning about new systems from observing their experimental behavior While it is impossible to answer these questions in the finest detail this series of lectures nonetheless successfully points the way for the interested reader Other useful problems have also been incorporated as a study guide By presenting both substantial qualitative information about phenomena in nonlinear systems and at the same time sufficient quantitative material the author hopes that readers would learn how to progress on their own in the study of such similar material hereon
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Sheaf theory provides a means of discussing many different kinds of geometric objects in respect of the connection between their local and global properties It finds its main applications in topology and modern algebraic geometry where it has been used as a tool for solving with great success several longstanding problems This text is based on a lecture course for graduate pure mathematicians which builds up enough of the foundations of sheaf theory to give a broad definition of manifold covering as special cases the algebraic geometers schemes as well as the topological differentiable and analytic kinds and to define sheaf cohomology for application to such objects Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and at various places in the text Hints and solutions to some of them are given at the end of the book
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Excerpt from Letters and Lectures on EducationIt has been said that all great thinkers and reformers have worked out and enunciated their main ideas before they had attained the age of thirty Be this true or not it applies to Herbart The Science of Education published when he was thirtytwo contains all his chief ideas on education and the application of psychology thereto either fully developed or in the germ to be worked out later on These two books we have been comparing may thus be said to represent the two ends of the thread of Herbarts lifelong educational activity It is a singular testimony to the power and depth as well as to the ripeness of his intellect that he should have been able at that early age to formulate a body of educational principles which proved to be so true so well founded and so practical that after thirty years experience and testing he found little or no thing to alter beyond elucidating them and extending their ap plication And no w for half a century since his death other men have continuously entered into his labours have taken up his ideas and principles are carrying on the work he began and still find those principles to be sound those ideas to be trueAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books Find more at wwwforgottenbookscomThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work Forgotten Books uses stateoftheart technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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Although the Fields Medal does not have the same public recognition as the Nobel Prizes they share a similar intellectual standing It is restricted to one field that of mathematics and an age limit of 40 has become an accepted tradition Mathematics has in the main been interpreted as pure mathematics and this is not so unreasonable since major contributions in some applied areas can be and have been recognized with Nobel Prizes The restriction to 40 years is of marginal significance since most mathematicians have made their mark long before this ageA list of Fields Medallists and their contributions provides a birds eye view of mathematics over the past 60 years It highlights the areas in which at various times greatest progress has been made This volume does not pretend to be comprehensive nor is it a historical document On the other hand it presents contributions from 22 Fields Medallists and so provides a highly interesting and varied pictureThe contributions themselves represent the choice of the individual Medallists In some cases the articles relate directly to the work for which the Fields Medals were awarded In other cases new articles have been produced which relate to more current interests of the Medallists This indicates that while Fields Medallists must be under 40 at the time of the award their mathematical development goes well past this age In fact the age limit of 40 was chosen so that young mathematicians would be encouraged in their future workThe Fields Medallists Lectures is now available on CDROM Sections can be accessed at the touch of a button and similar topics grouped together using advanced keyword searches
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In this study of poetry written in languages other than the poets native tongue Professor Forster begins with a general survey of multilingualism and its effects on literature This is followed by a survey of medieval examples with the main emphasis on Latin as lingua franca and language of scholarship In the nineteenth century the concept of language as a function of nationality arose and languageloyalty came to play an important part With Dadaism and Surrealism language once again became simply material with which the poet worked and in principle any language was as good as another Professor Forster examines with particular attention works by Milton Stefan George Rilke T S Eliot and James Joyce His discussion leads to more general questions of the relationship between the poet and his medium
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This book provides a detailed but concise account of the theory of structure of finite pgroups admitting pautomorphisms with few fixed points The relevant preliminary material on Lie rings is introduced and the main theorems of the book on the solubility of finite pgroups are then presented The proofs involve notions such as viewing automorphisms as linear transformations associated Lie rings powerful pgroups and the correspondences of AI Malcev and M Lazard given by the BakerHausdorff formula Many exercises are included This book is suitable for graduate students and researchers working in the fields of group theory and Lie rings
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