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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.

  • Simplified independence proofs

    Boolean valued models of set theory
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31
    • English

  • Linear differential equations and function spaces

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 21
    • English

  • Markov processes and potential theory

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29
    • English

  • An Introduction to Nonassociative Algebras

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • English

  • Entire functions

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5
    • English

  • Locally Compact Semi-Algebras

    With applications to spectral theory of positive operators
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English

  • Holomorphic Functions, Domains of Holomorphy and Local Properties

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 1
    • English

  • Combinatorics 79. Part I

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • English

  • Divisor Theory in Module Categories

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • English

  • Combinatorics 79. Part II

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 9
    • English

  • Matched Asymptotic Expansions and Singular Perturbations

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6
    • English

  • Topology and Borel Structure

    Descriptive topology and set theory with applications to functional analysis and measure theory
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • Combinatorial Mathematics, Optimal Designs, and Their Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 6
    • English

  • Analytic Functions and Manifolds in Infinite Dimensional Spaces

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • English

  • Degrees of Unsolvability

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2
    • English

  • Spectral Theory and Complex Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 4
    • English

  • Topics on Steiner Systems

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • English

  • Linear and Combinatorial Optimization in Ordered Algebraic Structures

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 10
    • English

  • Approximation and Optimization of Discrete and Differential Inclusions

    • 1st Edition
    • Elimhan N Mahmudov
    • English
    Optimal control theory has numerous applications in both science and engineering. This book presents basic concepts and principles of mathematical programming in terms of set-valued analysis and develops a comprehensive optimality theory of problems described by ordinary and partial differential inclusions.

  • Nine Introductions in Complex Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 53
    • Sanford L. Segal
    • English

  • Real Elliptic Curves

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 54
    • N.L. Alling
    • English

  • Foundations of the Numerical Analysis of Plasticity

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 107
    • T. Miyoshi
    • English
    This monograph describes a theoretical foundation for analysing and developing approximate methods to solve dynamic and quasi-static plasticity problems.

  • Spectra and the Steenrod Algebra

    Modules over the Steenrod Algebra and the Stable Homotopy Category
    • 1st Edition
    • H.R. Margolis
    • English
    I have intended this book to be more than just the sum of its chapters, and the introduction is, in part, an attempt to spell out what the more is. Algebraic topology is the study of topological problems by algebraic means. More precisely, this has come to be framed as the study of topological categories by means of functors to algebraic categories. Beyond the basic definitions and structure, the focus is often on particular problems, for example, Adams’ use of K-theory to solve the vector fields on spheres problem. On the other hand, there are contributions of a more global nature yielding insight into the overall structure of some topological category, for example, Quillen’s work on rational homotopy type. This book is intended primarily as a contribution of this latter sort. So while there will be a variety of particular examples and computations, and although the structure being developed has significant application to many specific problems (some of which are considered here), the major thrust of the text is toward understanding the global structure and linkage of the topological and algebraic categories considered: the stable homotopy category and the category of modules over the Steenrod algebra.

  • Elementary Introduction to New Generalized Functions

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 113
    • J.F. Colombeau
    • English
    The author's previous book `New Generalized Functions and Multiplication of Distributions' (North-Holland, 1984) introduced `new generalized functions' in order to explain heuristic computations of Physics and to give a meaning to any finite product of distributions. The aim here is to present these functions in a more direct and elementary way. In Part I, the reader is assumed to be familiar only with the concepts of open and compact subsets of R&eegr;, of C∞ functions of several real variables and with some rudiments of integration theory. Part II defines tempered generalized functions, i.e. generalized functions which are, in some sense, increasing at infinity no faster than a polynomial (as well as all their partial derivatives). Part III shows that, in this setting, the partial differential equations have new solutions. The results obtained show that this setting is perfectly adapted to the study of nonlinear partial differential equations, and indicate some new perspectives in this field.

  • Convex Cones

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 56
    • B. Fuchssteiner + 1 more
    • English

  • Symmetric Banach Manifolds and Jordan C<SUP>*</SUP>-Algebras

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 104
    • H. Upmeier
    • English
    This book links two of the most active research areas in present day mathematics, namely Infinite Dimensional Holomorphy (on Banach spaces) and the theory of Operator Algebras (C*-Algebras and their non-associative generalizations, the Jordan C*-Algebras). It organizes in a systematic way a wealth of recent results which are so far only accessible in research journals and contains additional original contributions. Using Banach Lie groups and Banach Lie algebras, a theory of transformation groups on infinite dimensional manifolds is presented which covers many important examples such as Grassmann manifolds and the unit balls of operator algebras. The theory also has potential importance for mathematical physics by providing foundations for the construction of infinite dimensional curved phase spaces in quantum field theory.

  • Stochastic Control by Functional Analysis Methods

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 11
    • A. Bensoussan
    • English

  • Applications of Variational Inequalities in Stochastic Control

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 12
    • A. Bensoussan + 1 more
    • English

  • Trees and Hills: Methodology for Maximizing Functions of Systems of Linear Relations

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 22
    • R. Greer
    • English

  • Saks Spaces and Applications to Functional Analysis

    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 139
    • J.B. Cooper
    • English
    The first edition of this monograph appeared in 1978. In view of the progress made in the intervening years, the original text has been revised, several new sections have been added and the list of references has been updated. The book presents a systematic treatment of the theory of Saks Spaces, i.e. vector space with a norm and related, subsidiary locally convex topology. Applications are given to space of bounded, continuous functions, to measure theory, vector measures, spaces of bounded measurable functions, spaces of bounded analytic functions, and to W*-algebras.

  • Transmutation Theory and Applications

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 117
    • R. Carroll
    • English

  • Geometry of Riemann Surfaces and Teichmüller Spaces

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 169
    • M. Seppälä + 1 more
    • English
    The moduli problem is to describe the structure of the spaceof isomorphism classes of Riemann surfaces of a giventopological type. This space is known as the modulispace and has been at the center of pure mathematics formore than a hundred years. In spite of its age, this fieldstill attracts a lot of attention, the smooth compact Riemannsurfaces being simply complex projective algebraic curves.Therefore the moduli space of compact Riemann surfaces is alsothe moduli space of complex algebraic curves. This space lieson the intersection of many fields of mathematics and may bestudied from many different points of view.The aim of thismonograph is to present information about the structure of themoduli space using as concrete and elementary methods aspossible. This simple approach leads to a rich theory andopens a new way of treating the moduli problem, putting newlife into classical methods that were used in the study ofmoduli problems in the 1920s.

  • Holomorphic Automorphism Groups in Banach Spaces

    An Elementary Introduction
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 105
    • J.M. Isidro + 1 more
    • English

  • Graded Ring Theory

    • 1st Edition
    • C. Nastasescu + 1 more
    • English
    This book is aimed to be a ‘technical’ book on graded rings. By ‘technical’ we mean that the book should supply a kit of tools of quite general applicability, enabling the reader to build up his own further study of non-commutative rings graded by an arbitrary group. The body of the book, Chapter A, contains: categorical properties of graded modules, localization of graded rings and modules, Jacobson radicals of graded rings, the structure thedry for simple objects in the graded sense, chain conditions, Krull dimension of graded modules, homogenization, homological dimension, primary decomposition, and more. One of the advantages of the generality of Chapter A is that it allows direct applications of these results to the theory of group rings, twisted and skew group rings and crossed products. With this in mind we have taken care to point out on several occasions how certain techniques may be specified to the case of strongly graded rings. We tried to write Chapter A in such a way that it becomes suitable for an advanced course in ring theory or general algebra, we strove to make it as selfcontained as possible and we included several problems and exercises. Other chapters may be viewed as an attempt to show how the general techniques of Chapter A can be applied in some particular cases, e.g. the case where the gradation is of type Z. In compiling the material for Chapters B and C we have been guided by our own research interests. Chapter 6 deals with commutative graded rings of type 2 and we focus on two main topics: artihmeticallygraded domains, and secondly, local conditions for Noetherian rings. In Chapter C we derive some structural results relating to the graded properties of the rings considered. The following classes of graded rings receive special attention: fully bounded Noetherian rings, birational extensions of commutative rings, rings satisfying polynomial identities, and Von Neumann regular rings. Here the basic idea is to derive results of ungraded nature from graded information. Some of these sections lead naturally to the study of sheaves over the projective spectrum Proj(R) of a positively graded ring, but we did not go into these topics here. We refer to [125] for a noncommutative treatment of projective geometry, i.e. the geometry of graded P.I. algebras.

  • Numerical Analysis of Variational Inequalities

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 8
    • R. Trémolières + 2 more
    • English

  • Topological Algebras

    Selected Topics
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 124
    • A. Mallios
    • English
    This volume is addressed to those who wish to apply the methods and results of the theory of topological algebras to a variety of disciplines, even though confronted by particular or less general forms. It may also be of interest to those who wish, from an entirely theoretical point of view, to see how far one can go beyond the classical framework of Banach algebras while still retaining substantial results.The need for such an extension of the standard theory of normed algebras has been apparent since the early days of the theory of topological algebras, most notably the locally convex ones. It is worth noticing that the previous demand was due not only to theoretical reasons, but also to potential concrete applications of the new discipline.

  • Foundations of Infinitesimal Stochastic Analysis

    • 1st Edition
    • K.D. Stroyan + 1 more
    • English
    This book gives a complete and elementary account of fundamental results on hyperfinite measures and their application to stochastic processes, including the *-finite Stieltjes sum approximation of martingale integrals. Many detailed examples, not found in the literature, are included. It begins with a brief chapter on tools from logic and infinitesimal (or non-standard) analysis so that the material is accessible to beginning graduate students.

  • Mathematicians and Their Times

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 48
    • L. Young
    • English

  • Probabilities and Potential, C

    Potential Theory for Discrete and Continuous Semigroups
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 151
    • C. Dellacherie + 1 more
    • English
    This third volume of the monograph examines potential theory. The first chapter develops potential theory with respect to a single kernel (or discrete time semigroup). All the essential ideas of the theory are presented: excessive functions, reductions, sweeping, maximum principle. The second chapter begins with a study of the notion of reduction in the most general situation possible - the ``gambling house'' of Dubins and Savage. The beautiful results presented have never been made accessible to a wide public. These are then connected with the theory of sweeping with respect to a cone of continuous functions, and the integral representation in compact convex sets. The third chapter presents new or little-known results, with the aim of illustrating the effectiveness of capacitary methods in the most varied fields. The last two chapters are concerned with the theory of resolvents.The fourth and last part of the English edition will be devoted to the theory of Markov processes.

  • Weighted Norm Inequalities and Related Topics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 116
    • J. García-Cuerva + 1 more
    • English
    The unifying thread of this book is the topic of Weighted Norm Inequalities, but many other related topics are covered, including Hardy spaces, singular integrals, maximal operators, functions of bounded mean oscillation and vector valued inequalities. The emphasis is placed on basic ideas; problems are first treated in a simple context and only afterwards are further results examined.

  • Theory of Relations

    • 1st Edition
    • R. Fraïssé
    • English
    The first part of this book concerns the present state of the theory of chains (= total or linear orderings), in connection with some refinements of Ramsey's theorem, due to Galvin and Nash-Williams. This leads to the fundamental Laver's embeddability theorem for scattered chains, using Nash-Williams' better quasi-orderings, barriers and forerunning.The second part (chapters 9 to 12) extends to general relations the main notions and results from order-type theory. An important connection appears with permutation theory (Cameron, Pouzet, Livingstone and Wagner) and with logics (existence criterion of Pouzet-Vaught for saturated relations). The notion of bound of a relation (due to the author) leads to important calculus of thresholds by Frasnay, Hodges, Lachlan and Shelah. The redaction systematically goes back to set-theoretic axioms and precise definitions (such as Tarski's definition for finite sets), so that for each statement it is mentioned either that ZF axioms suffice, or what other axioms are needed (choice, continuum, dependent choice, ultrafilter axiom, etc.).

  • Nuclear and Conuclear Spaces

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 52
    • H. Hogbe-Nlend + 1 more
    • English

  • Spectral Transform and Solitons

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 13
    • F. Calogero + 1 more
    • English

  • Differential Calculus and Holomorphy

    Real and Complex Analysis in Locally Convex Spaces
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 64
    • J.F. Colombeau
    • English

  • Methods of Differential Geometry in Analytical Mechanics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 158
    • M. de León + 1 more
    • English
    The differential geometric formulation of analytical mechanics not only offers a new insight into Mechanics, but also provides a more rigorous formulation of its physical content from a mathematical viewpoint.Topics covered in this volume include differential forms, the differential geometry of tangent and cotangent bundles, almost tangent geometry, symplectic and pre-symplectic Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms, tensors and connections on manifolds, and geometrical aspects of variational and constraint theories.The book may be considered as a self-contained text and only presupposes that readers are acquainted with linear and multilinear algebra as well as advanced calculus.

  • Introduction to the Theory of Linear Partial Differential Equations

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 14
    • J. Chazarain + 1 more
    • English

  • Second Order Linear Differential Equations in Banach Spaces

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 108
    • H.O. Fattorini
    • English
    Second order linear differential equations in Banach spaces can be used for modelling such second order equations of mathematical physics as the wave equation, the Klein-Gordon equation, et al. In this way, a unified treatment can be given to subjects such as growth of solutions, singular perturbation of parabolic, hyperbolic and Schrödinger type initial value problems, and the like. The book covers in detail these subjects as well as the applications to each specific problem.

  • Fundamentals of Generalized Recursion Theory

    • 1st Edition
    • M. Fitting
    • English

  • Probabilities and Potential, B

    Theory of Martingales
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 72
    • C. Dellacherie + 1 more
    • English

  • The Bidual of C(X) I

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 101
    • S. Kaplan
    • English

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