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Books in Mathematics

The Mathematics collection presents a range of foundational and advanced research content across applied and discrete mathematics, including fields such as Computational Mathematics; Differential Equations; Linear Algebra; Modelling & Simulation; Numerical Analysis; Probability & Statistics.

  • Nonlinear Methods in Numerical Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • A. Cuyt + 1 more
    • English
    While most textbooks on Numerical Analysis discuss linear techniques for the solution of various numerical problems, this book introduces and illustrates nonlinear methods. It presents several nonlinear techniques resulting mainly from the use of Padé approximants and rational interpolants.

  • Obstacle Problems in Mathematical Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 134
    • J.-F. Rodrigues
    • English
    The aim of this research monograph is to present a general account of the applicability of elliptic variational inequalities to the important class of free boundary problems of obstacle type from a unifying point of view of classical Mathematical Physics.The first part of the volume introduces some obstacle type problems which can be reduced to variational inequalities. Part II presents some of the main aspects of the theory of elliptic variational inequalities, from the abstract hilbertian framework to the smoothness of the variational solution, discussing in general the properties of the free boundary and including some results on the obstacle Plateau problem. The last part examines the application to free boundary problems, namely the lubrication-cavitati... problem, the elastoplastic problem, the Signorini (or the boundary obstacle) problem, the dam problem, the continuous casting problem, the electrochemical machining problem and the problem of the flow with wake in a channel past a profile.

  • Numerical Approximation of Partial Differential Equations

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 133
    • E.L. Ortiz
    • English
    This selection of papers is concerned with problems arising in the numerical solution of differential equations, with an emphasis on partial differential equations. There is a balance between theoretical studies of approximation processes, the analysis of specific numerical techniques and the discussion of their application to concrete problems relevant to engineering and science. Special consideration has been given to innovative numerical techniques and to the treatment of three-dimensional and singular problems. These topics are discussed in several of the invited papers.The contributed papers are divided into five parts: techniques of approximation theory which are basic to the numerical treatment of differential equations; numerical techniques based on discrete processes; innovative methods based on polynomial and rational approximation; variational inequalities, conformal transformation and asymptotic techniques; and applications of differential equations to problems in science and engineering.

  • Leonardo Pisano (Fibonacci)

    The Book of Squares
    • 1st Edition
    • L. E. Sigler
    • English
    The Book of Squares by Fibonacci is a gem in the mathematical literature and one of the most important mathematical treatises written in the Middle Ages. It is a collection of theorems on indeterminate analysis and equations of second degree which yield, among other results, a solution to a problem proposed by Master John of Palermo to Leonardo at the Court of Frederick II. The book was dedicated and presented to the Emperor at Pisa in 1225. Dating back to the 13th century the book exhibits the early and continued fascination of men with our number system and the relationship among numbers with special properties such as prime numbers, squares, and odd numbers. The faithful translation into modern English and the commentary by the translator make this book accessible to professional mathematicians and amateurs who have always been intrigued by the lure of our number system.

  • Descriptive Set Theory

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 100
    • Y.N. Moschovakis
    • English
    Now available in paperback, this monograph is a self-contained exposition of the main results and methods of descriptive set theory. It develops all the necessary background material from logic and recursion theory, and treats both classical descriptive set theory and the effective theory developed by logicians.

  • Using GEM Paint on the Amstrad PC1512/1640

    • 2nd Edition
    • Stephen Morris
    • English

  • Logic Colloquium '85

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 122
    • The Paris Logic The Paris Logic Group
    • English
    The bulk of this volume consists of invited addresses presented at the Colloquium. These contributions report on recent or ongoing research in some of the mainstream areas of mathematical logic: model theory, both pure and in its applications (to group theory and real algebraic geometry); and proof theory, applied to set theory and diophantine equations.The major novel aspect of the book is the important place accorded to the connections of mathematical logic with the neighboring disciplines: mathematical foundations of computer science, and philosophy of mathematics.

  • Digital Logic Design

    • 2nd Edition
    • B. Holdsworth
    • English

  • Digital Logic Design

    • 2nd Edition
    • B. Holdsworth
    • English

  • János Bolyai Appendix

    The Theory of Space
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 138
    • F. Kárteszi + 1 more
    • English
    The epoch-making work of János Bolyai is presented here, together with a supplement outlining Hungarian political and science history to help the reader to get acquainted with the miserable fate of János Bolyai and with his intellectual world. A facsimile of a copy of Bolyai's original 1831 Scientia Spatii (also known as the Appendix) is included, together with a translation. Comments and notes, and a survey of the effects of his work, complete the volume.

  • Decompositions of Manifolds

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 124
    • English

  • Real-variable Methods in Harmonic Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 123
    • English

  • Approximation of Continuously Differentiable Functions

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 130
    • J.G. Llavona
    • English
    This self-contained book brings together the important results of a rapidly growing area.As a starting point it presents the classic results of the theory. The book covers such results as: the extension of Wells' theorem and Aron's theorem for the fine topology of order m; extension of Bernstein's and Weierstrass' theorems for infinite dimensional Banach spaces; extension of Nachbin's and Whitney's theorem for infinite dimensional Banach spaces; automatic continuity of homomorphisms in algebras of continuously differentiable functions, etc.

  • Boole's Logic and Probability

    A Critical Exposition from the Standpoint of Contemporary Algebra, Logic and Probability Theory
    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 85
    • T. Hailperin
    • English
    Since the publication of the first edition in 1976, there has been a notable increase of interest in the development of logic. This is evidenced by the several conferences on the history of logic, by a journal devoted to the subject, and by an accumulation of new results. This increased activity and the new results - the chief one being that Boole's work in probability is best viewed as a probability logic - were influential circumstances conducive to a new edition.Chapter 1, presenting Boole's ideas on a mathematical treatment of logic, from their emergence in his early 1847 work on through to his immediate successors, has been considerably enlarged. Chapter 2 includes additional discussion of the ``uninterpretable'' notion, both semantically and syntactically. Chapter 3 now includes a revival of Boole's abandoned propositional logic and, also, a discussion of his hitherto unnoticed brush with ancient formal logic. Chapter 5 has an improved explanation of why Boole's probability method works. Chapter 6, Applications and Probability Logic, is a new addition. Changes from the first edition have brought about a three-fold increase in the bibliography.

  • A Mathematical Introduction to Dirac's Formalism

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36
    • S.J.L. van Eijndhoven + 1 more
    • English
    This monograph contains a functional analytic introduction to Dirac's formalism. The first part presents some new mathematical notions in the setting of triples of Hilbert spaces, mentioning the concept of Dirac basis. The second part introduces a conceptually new theory of generalized functions, integrating the notions of the first part.The last part of the book is devoted to a mathematical interpretation of the main features of Dirac's formalism. It involves a pairing between distributional bras and kets, continuum expansions and continuum matrices.

  • Recent Topics in Nonlinear PDE II

    • 1st Edition
    • K. Masuda + 1 more
    • English
    This volume is the result of lectures delivered at the second meeting on the subject of nonlinear partial differential equations, held at Tohoku University, 27-29 February 1984. The topics presented at the conference range over various fields of mathematical physics.

  • Introduction to Lie Groups and Lie Algebra, 51

    • 1st Edition
    • Arthur A. Sagle + 1 more
    • English

  • Nonstandard Methods in Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 122
    • English

  • Fundamentals of the Theory of Operator Algebras. V2

    Advanced Theory
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 100II
    • English

  • Handbook of Econometrics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • Michael D. Intriligator + 1 more
    • English
    The Handbook is a definitive reference source and teaching aid for econometricians. It examines models, estimation theory, data analysis and field applications in econometrics. Comprehensive surveys, written by experts, discuss recent developments at a level suitable for professional use by economists, econometricians, statisticians, and in advanced graduate econometrics courses.

  • Matching Theory

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29
    • M.D. Plummer + 1 more
    • English
    This study of matching theory deals with bipartite matching, network flows, and presents fundamental results for the non-bipartite case. It goes on to study elementary bipartite graphs and elementary graphs in general. Further discussed are 2-matchings, general matching problems as linear programs, the Edmonds Matching Algorithm (and other algorithmic approaches), f-factors and vertex packing.

  • A Theory of Sets

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 108
    • English
    This book provides graduate students and professional mathematicians with a formal unified treatment of logic and set theory. The formalization can be used without change to build just about any mathematical structure on some suitable foundation of definitions and axioms. In addition to most of the topics considered standard fare for set theory several special ones are treated. This book will be found useful as a text for a substantial one-semester course in set theory and that the student will find continuing use for the formal and highly flexible language

  • Complex Cobordism and Stable Homotopy Groups of Spheres

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 121
    • English

  • Number Theory

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 20
    • English
    This book is written for the student in mathematics. Its goal is to give a view of the theory of numbers, of the problems with which this theory deals, and of the methods that are used. We have avoided that style which gives a systematic development of the apparatus and have used instead a freer style, in which the problems and the methods of solution are closely interwoven. We start from concrete problems in number theory. General theories arise as tools for solving these problems. As a rule, these theories are developed sufficiently far so that the reader can see for himself their strength and beauty, and so that he learns to apply them. Most of the questions that are examined in this book are connected with the theory of diophantine equations - that is, with the theory of the solutions in integers of equations in several variables. However, we also consider questions of other types; for example, we derive the theorem of Dirichlet on prime numbers in arithmetic progressions and investigate the growth of the number of solutions of congruences.

  • Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science VII

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 114
    • R. Barcan Marcus + 2 more
    • English

  • Complex Analysis, Functional Analysis and Approximation Theory

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 125
    • J. Mujica
    • English
    This proceedings volume contains papers of research of expository nature, and is addressed to research workers and advanced graduate students in mathematics. Some of the papers are the written and expanded texts of lectures delivered at the conference, whereas others have been included by invitation.

  • An Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds and Riemannian Geometry

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 120
    • English

  • Stability of Functional Differential Equations

    • 1st Edition
    • English
    This book provides an introduction to the structure and stability properties of solutions of functional differential equations. Numerous examples of applications (such as feedback systrems with aftereffect, two-reflector antennae, nuclear reactors, mathematical models in immunology, viscoelastic bodies, aeroautoelastic phenomena and so on) are considered in detail. The development is illustrated by numerous figures and tables.

  • Handbook of Mathematical Economics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 3
    • English
    The Handbook of Mathematical Economics aims to provide a definitive source, reference, and teaching supplement for the field of mathematical economics. It surveys, as of the late 1970's the state of the art of mathematical economics. This is a constantly developing field and all authors were invited to review and to appraise the current status and recent developments in their presentations. In addition to its use as a reference, it is intended that this Handbook will assist researchers and students working in one branch of mathematical economics to become acquainted with other branches of this field. Volume I deals with Mathematical Methods in Economics, including reviews of the concepts and techniques that have been most useful for the mathematical development of economic theory. Volume II elaborates on Mathematical Approaches to Microeconomic Theory, including consumer, producer, oligopoly, and duality theory, as well as Mathematical Approaches to Competitive Equilibrium including such aspects of competitive equilibrium as existence, stability, uncertainty, the computation of equilibrium prices, and the core of an economy.

  • Cubic Forms

    Algebra, Geometry, Arithmetic
    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 4
    • Yu.I. Manin
    • English
    Since this book was first published in English, there has been important progress in a number of related topics. The class of algebraic varieties close to the rational ones has crystallized as a natural domain for the methods developed and expounded in this volume. For this revised edition, the original text has been left intact (except for a few corrections) and has been brought up to date by the addition of an Appendix and recent references.The Appendix sketches some of the most essential new results, constructions and ideas, including the solutions of the Luroth and Zariski problems, the theory of the descent and obstructions to the Hasse principle on rational varieties, and recent applications of K-theory to arithmetic.

  • Aspects of Mathematics and its Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • J.A. Barroso
    • English

  • Transform Analysis of Generalized Functions

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 119
    • O.P. Misra + 1 more
    • English
    Transform Analysis of Generalized Functions concentrates on finite parts of integrals, generalized functions and distributions. It gives a unified treatment of the distributional setting with transform analysis, i.e. Fourier, Laplace, Stieltjes, Mellin, Hankel and Bessel Series.Included are accounts of applications of the theory of integral transforms in a distributional setting to the solution of problems arising in mathematical physics. Information on distributional solutions of differential, partial differential equations and integral equations is conveniently collected here.The volume will serve as introductory and reference material for those interested in analysis, applications, physics and engineering.

  • A Practical Introduction to the New Logic Symbols

    • 2nd Edition
    • Ian Kampel
    • English

  • Large Scale Eigenvalue Problems

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 127
    • J. Cullum + 1 more
    • English
    Results of research into large scale eigenvalue problems are presented in this volume. The papers fall into four principal categories:novel algorithms for solving large eigenvalue problems, novel computer architectures, computationally-rele... theoretical analyses, and problems where large scale eigenelement computations have provided new insight.

  • The Digital Research CP/M Plus Manual

    For Amstrad PCW8256 and Amstrad CPC6128
    • 1st Edition
    • Sam Stuart
    • English

  • Combinatorics '84

    • 1st Edition
    • M. Biliotti + 4 more
    • English
    Interest in combinatorial techniques has been greatly enhanced by the applications they may offer in connection with computer technology. The 38 papers in this volume survey the state of the art and report on recent results in Combinatorial Geometries and their applications.Contrib... V. Abatangelo, L. Beneteau, W. Benz, A. Beutelspacher, A. Bichara, M. Biliotti, P. Biondi, F. Bonetti, R. Capodaglio di Cocco, P.V. Ceccherini, L. Cerlienco, N. Civolani, M. de Soete, M. Deza, F. Eugeni, G. Faina, P. Filip, S. Fiorini, J.C. Fisher, M. Gionfriddo, W. Heise, A. Herzer, M. Hille, J.W.P. Hirschfield, T. Ihringer, G. Korchmaros, F. Kramer, H. Kramer, P. Lancellotti, B. Larato, D. Lenzi, A. Lizzio, G. Lo Faro, N.A. Malara, M.C. Marino, N. Melone, G. Menichetti, K. Metsch, S. Milici, G. Nicoletti, C. Pellegrino, G. Pica, F. Piras, T. Pisanski, G.-C. Rota, A. Sappa, D. Senato, G. Tallini, J.A. Thas, N. Venanzangeli, A.M. Venezia, A.C.S. Ventre, H. Wefelscheid, B.J. Wilson, N. Zagaglia Salvi, H. Zeitler.

  • Molecular Graphics on the Apple® Microcomputer

    • 1st Edition
    • Frank H. Clarke + 1 more
    • English

  • Mathematical Models and Finite Elements for Reservoir Simulation

    Single Phase, Multiphase and Multicomponent Flows through Porous Media
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 17
    • G. Chavent + 1 more
    • English
    Numerical simulators for oil reservoirs have been developed over the last twenty years and are now widely used by oil companies. The research, however, has taken place largely within the industry itself, and has remained somewhat inaccessible to the scientific community. This book hopes to remedy the situation by means of its synthesized presentation of the models used in reservoir simulation, in a form understandable to both mathematicians and engineers.The book aims to initiate a rigorous mathematical study of the immiscible flow models, partly by using the novel `global pressure' approach in treating incompressible two-phase problems. A finite element approximation technique based on the global pressure variational model is presented, and new approaches to the modelling of various kinds of multiphase flow through porous media are introduced.Much of the material is highly original, and has not been presented elsewhere. The mathematical and numerical models should be of great interest to applied mathematicians, and to engineers seeking an alternative approach to reservoir modelling.

  • The Digital Research CP/M Plus Manual for Amstrad PCW8256 and Amstrad CPC6128

    • 1st Edition
    • Sam Stuart
    • English

  • Medical Terminology for the Health Professions

    • 1st Edition
    • Bryan C. Smith + 1 more
    • English

  • Fermat Days 85: Mathematics for Optimization

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 129
    • J.-B. Hiriart-Urruty
    • English
    Optimization, as examined here, ranges from differential equations to problems arising in Mechanics and Statistics. The main topics covered are: calculations of variations and nonlinear elasticity, optimal control, analysis and optimization in problems dealing with nondifferentiable data, duality techniques, algorithms in mathematical programming and optimal control.

  • Getting It Done with GEM

    • 1st Edition
    • Kathy Lang
    • English

  • BASIC Artificial Intelligence

    • 1st Edition
    • Mike James
    • English

  • Stability and Periodic Solutions of Ordinary and Functional Differential Equations

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 178
    • T. A. Burton
    • English
    In this book, we study theoretical and practical aspects of computing methods for mathematical modelling of nonlinear systems. A number of computing techniques are considered, such as methods of operator approximation with any given accuracy; operator interpolation techniques including a non-Lagrange interpolation; methods of system representation subject to constraints associated with concepts of causality, memory and stationarity; methods of system representation with an accuracy that is the best within a given class of models; methods of covariance matrix estimation;methods for low-rank matrix approximations; hybrid methods based on a combination of iterative procedures and best operator approximation; andmethods for information compression and filtering under condition that a filter model should satisfy restrictions associated with causality and different types of memory.As a result, the book represents a blend of new methods in general computational analysis,and specific, but also generic, techniques for study of systems theory ant its particularbranches, such as optimal filtering and information compression.

  • Analysis on Real and Complex Manifolds

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 35
    • R. Narasimhan
    • English
    Chapter 1 presents theorems on differentiable functions often used in differential topology, such as the implicit function theorem, Sard's theorem and Whitney's approximation theorem. The next chapter is an introduction to real and complex manifolds. It contains an exposition of the theorem of Frobenius, the lemmata of Poincaré and Grothendieck with applications of Grothendieck's lemma to complex analysis, the imbedding theorem of Whitney and Thom's transversality theorem. Chapter 3 includes characterizations of linear differentiable operators, due to Peetre and Hormander. The inequalities of Garding and of Friedrichs on elliptic operators are proved and are used to prove the regularity of weak solutions of elliptic equations. The chapter ends with the approximation theorem of Malgrange-Lax and its application to the proof of the Runge theorem on open Riemann surfaces due to Behnke and Stein.

  • Harvey Friedman's Research on the Foundations of Mathematics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 117
    • L.A. Harrington + 3 more
    • English
    This volume discusses various aspects of Harvey Friedman's research in the foundations of mathematics over the past fifteen years. It should appeal to a wide audience of mathematicians, computer scientists, and mathematically oriented philosophers.

  • Complex Analysis in Banach Spaces

    Holomorphic Functions and Domains of Holomorphy in Finite and Infinite Dimensions
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 120
    • J. Mujica
    • English
    Problems arising from the study of holomorphic continuation and holomorphic approximation have been central in the development of complex analysis in finitely many variables, and constitute one of the most promising lines of research in infinite dimensional complex analysis. This book presents a unified view of these topics in both finite and infinite dimensions.

  • Modern General Topology

    • 3rd Edition
    • Volume 33
    • J.-I. Nagata
    • English
    This classic work has been fundamentally revised to take account of recent developments in general topology. The first three chapters remain unchanged except for numerous minor corrections and additional exercises, but chapters IV-VII and the new chapter VIII cover the rapid changes that have occurred since 1968 when the first edition appeared. The reader will find many new topics in chapters IV-VIII, e.g. theory of Wallmann-Shanin's compactification, realcompact space, various generalizations of paracompactness, generalized metric spaces, Dugundji type extension theory, linearly ordered topological space, theory of cardinal functions, dyadic space, etc., that were, in the author's opinion, mostly special or isolated topics some twenty years ago but now settle down into the mainstream of general topology.

  • Fourier Series and Integrals

    • 1st Edition
    • English
    The ideas of Fourier have made their way into every branch of mathematics and mathematical physics, from the theory of numbers to quantum mechanics. Fourier Series and Integrals focuses on the extraordinary power and flexibility of Fourier's basic series and integrals and on the astonishing variety of applications in which it is the chief tool. It presents a mathematical account of Fourier ideas on the circle and the line, on finite commutative groups, and on a few important noncommutative groups. A wide variety of exercises are placed in nearly every section as an integral part of the text.

  • Positive Operators

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 119
    • English

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