Boston birkhäuser 2002 (45 resultados)

, Blaser, Werner, 1924-. Ensemble habitat. Fünf Villen/five villas, Klaus Schuldt, Andreas Scheiwiller. Basel, Boston, Berlin : Birkhäuser, 2002, 96pp., very good square silver illustrated hardcover. TEXT IN ENGLISH AND IN GERMAN. - CONTENTS: Remarks on the "Ensemble Habitat" / Klaus Schuldt -- The architectonic ensemble : an essay / Konstanze Sylva Domhardt -- The dialogue with the site -- A case study : the housing ensemble -- Attempt at uniform design -- Playful treatment of the parts -- Architects and collaborators. 9783764366681 ISBN 3764366680.…

Condición: neu. OKart. (laminiert), 159 Seiten mit zahlr. teils farb. Abb., 4° (20,5 x 28,5 cm), wie neu. || brand-new copy. "For more than 20 years, Jean-Paul Viguier has been one of the few French architects to work extensively beyond the boundaries of Europe. Besides numerous buildings in France, he has realized projects in Asia and in the United States. Viguier is particularly interested in the urban perspective and has been involved in a number of town development projects. In Bandar Nusajaya, close to Malaysia's border with Singapore, he was responsible for designing an entirely new town for 650 000 inhabitants.This volume covers the last ten years of Viguier's work, documenting sixteen buildings and projects. Some of the most notable are the Andre Citroën Park in Paris, the French Pavilion at Expo 92 in Seville, the Franco-Chinese Center at Tong Ji University in Shanghai, and the Sofitel Hotel in Chicago.Philip Jodidio has been editor in chief of the French arts journal Connaissance des Arts, based in Paris and is a highly respected author on contemporary architecture." Book Language/s: English. …

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. ] Hardback, tall octavo, appx 7 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, illustrated covers, pp xx, 398, Very Near Fine/no dj (probably as issued). Tight binding, very clean inside and out, no names, no writing. Single flaw of lower corners very lightly bumped. RWR5 Math Mathematics Computer Science Communications Digital Information Digitizing Harmonic Analysis.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. xiii, 1 leaf, 314 pp; 3 illus. Original cloth. Near Fine, without dust jacket (as issued). New price: US$69.95. Einstein Studies Volume 10. 'This volume offers a selection of the best contributions by Russian scholars--historians and philosophers of science--to the Einstein Studies industry, broadly construed. Most of the papers included here were first published in Russian in the 'Einshteinovskiy Sbornik' series (Einstein Studies), the first of its kind, and initiated in 1966 by Nobel Prize winner Igor Tamm. From 1966-1990, fourteen volumes of the 'Sbornik' were published by Nauka, the chief academic publisher in the former Soviet Union. The book explores such topics as the historical and foundational issues in general relativity and relativistic cosmology, Einstein's contributions to quantum theory of radiation, and the rise of Dirac's quantum electrodynamics. The volume also includes a detailed description of the physics colloquium Einstein established and coordinated in 1912-1914 in Zurich. The contributors draw extensively on documentation previously unavailable to most scholars. Thus the materials from various Russian archives shed new light on the famous exchange (regarding the first evolutionary cosmological models) between Einstein and Aleksandr Friedmann in the early 1920s and on the role of Boris Podolsky and Vladimir Fock in the emergence of quantum electrodynamics. The little- known correspondence between Einstein and a famous German pilot Paul Ehrhardt suggests that, during World War I, Einstein was involved with aero- and hydrodynamics and thought about ways of improving airfoil design. Other articles discuss new approaches to important questions in the foundations of general relativity and cosmology. Historians, philosophers, and sociologists of science should be prepared to find much new and unexpected material in this engaging volume presenting the best of the recent Russian scholarship in the field. The book will be accessible to the general reader as well' (Birkhäuser Web site). Table of contents: Preface * Viktor Frenkel, "Einstein and Friedmann" * Gennady Gorelik, "The Problem of Conservation Laws and the Poincaré Quasigroup in General Relativity" * Vladimir Vizgin, "The Role Played by Mach's Ideas in the Genesis of the General Theory of Relativity" * Gennady Gorelik, "Hermann Weyl and Large Numbers in Relativistic Cosmology" * Yuri Balashov, "Laws of Physics and the Universe" * Vladimir Vizgin and Viktor Frenkel, "Vsevolod Frederiks, Pioneer of Relativism and Liquid Crystal Physics" * Alexei Kojevnikov, "Einstein's Fluctuation Formula and the Wave-Particle Duality" * Alexei Kojevnikov, "Dirac's Quantum Electrodynamics" * Boris Yavelov, "Einstein's Zurich Colloquium" * Victor Frenkel and Boris Yavelov, "What May Happen to a Man Who Thinks a Great Deal but Reads Very Little" * Index.…

OLWd. im OUmschlag, 264 Seiten mit zahlr. SW-Abb. u. Zeichnungen im Text u. ganzseitigen farbigen Fotos, 2° (24 x 33 cm), Umschlag u. Deckel vorne an einer kleiner Stelle verbeult, Seitenränder ganz leicht vergilbt, sonst unbeschädigt u. gut erhalten, sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: German, English. …

128 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Gr.-8vo. Illustrierter Pappband. Gutes Exemplar. 9783764365417 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 800.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Logic plays a central conceptual role in modern mathematics. However, mathematical logic has grown into one of the most recondite areas of mathematics. As a result, most of modern logic is inaccessible to all but the specialist. This new book is a resource that provides a quick introduction and review of the key topics in logic for the computer scientist, engineer, or mathematician.Handbook of Logic and Proof Techniques for Computer Science presents the elements of modern logic, including many current topics, to the reader having only basic mathematical literacy. Computer scientists will find specific examples and important ideas such as axiomatics, recursion theory, decidability, independence, completeness, consistency, model theory, and P/NP completeness. The book contains definitions, examples and discussion of all of the key ideas in basic logic, but also makes a special effort to cut through the mathematical formalism, difficult notation, and esoteric terminology that is typical of modern mathematical logic. TThis handbook delivers cogent and self-contained introductions to critical advanced topics, including:Godel`s completeness and incompleteness theoremsMethods of proof, cardinal and ordinal numbers, the continuum hypothesis, the axiom of choice, model theory, and number systems and their constructionExtensive treatment of complexity theory and programming applications Applications to algorithms in Boolean algebraDiscussion of set theory and applications of logicThe book is an excellent resource for the working mathematical scientist. The graduate student or professional in computer science and engineering or the systems scientist who needs to have a quick sketch of a key idea from logic will find it here in this self-contained, accessible, and easy-to-use reference.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The intersection of probability and physics has been a rich and explosive area of growth in the past two decades. This volume contains invited articles by leading probabilists highlighting these advances. Major areas covered include: percolation theory, random walks, interacting particle systems and topics related to statistical mechanics. Graduate students and researchers in probability theory and math physics will find this book a useful reference. …

8vo. xxxvii, 689 pp. 24 small portraits of significant authors, index. Printed wrappers. very good +. "As an historiographic monograph, this book offers a detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science." 32 contributors. ISBN: 3764361670 / 3-7643-6167-0 "As an historiographic monograph, this book offers the first detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. Basically, Writing the History of Mathematics provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC, to the founding of the international journal, Historia Mathematica, by Kenneth O. May in the early 1970s. A special project of the International Commission on History of Mathematics, this work is the result of more than ten years of collaboration by a team of 32 experts, each writing about the history of mathematics in their own countries or regions, and drawing upon extensive research and archival study. / Divided into three parts, Writing the History of Mathematics begins with country-by-country surveys from ancient times to the end of the 20th century, covering virtually every part of the world where the history of mathematics has been written. In addition to individuals, such institutions as universities, academies, institutes, libraries, and the like are also covered, including journals, encyclopedias, and other collective projects that promote history of mathematics. The second part of the book contains biographies of 300 historians of mathematics, along with bibliographies of their works and relevant biographical sources. The third part of the book provides a comprehensive bibliography of the most important literature devoted to the history of mathematics in Western languages. The book also includes portraits of twenty-five historians of mathematics." REVIEW: "This book, a historiographical one, is very useful as a reference. . . . The book is unique. It should be in all libraries that support graduate level history and philosophy of science and mathematics. Other libraries should consider purchasing it. Individuals familiar with the subject may wish to own it. Beginners should start with histories." â"Mathematical Reviews. …

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Given the explosion of interest in mathematical methods for solving problems in finance and trading, a great deal of research and development is taking place in universities, large brokerage firms, and in the supporting trading software industry. Mathematical advances have been made both analytically and numerically in finding practical solutions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of existing and original material, about what mathematics when allied with Mathematica can do for finance. Sophisticated theories are presented systematically in a user-friendly style, and a powerful combination of mathematical rigor and Mathematica programming. Three kinds of solution methods are emphasized: symbolic, numerical, and Monte-- Carlo. Nowadays, only good personal computers are required to handle the symbolic and numerical methods that are developed in this book. Key features: \* No previous knowledge of Mathematica programming is required \* The symbolic, numeric, data management and graphic capabilities of Mathematica are fully utilized \* Monte--Carlo solutions of scalar and multivariable SDEs are developed and utilized heavily in discussing trading issues such as Black--Scholes hedging \* Black--Scholes and Dupire PDEs are solved symbolically and numerically \* Fast numerical solutions to free boundary problems with details of their Mathematica realizations are provided \* Comprehensive study of optimal portfolio diversification, including an original theory of optimal portfolio hedging under non-Log-Normal asset price dynamics is presented The book is designed for the academic community of instructors and students, and most importantly, will meet the everyday trading needs of quantitatively inclined professional and individual investors.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Most practical processes such as chemical reactor, industrial furnace, heat exchanger, etc., are nonlinear stochastic systems, which makes their con trol in general a hard problem. Currently, there is no successful design method for this class of systems in the literature. One common alterna tive consists of linearizing the nonlinear dynamical stochastic system in the neighborhood of an operating point and then using the techniques for linear systems to design the controller. The resulting model is in general an approximation of the real behavior of a dynamical system. The inclusion of the uncertainties in the model is therefore necessary and will certainly improve the performance of the dynamical system we want to control. The control of uncertain systems has attracted a lot of researchers from the control community. This topic has in fact dominated the research effort of the control community during the last two decades, and many contributions have been reported in the literature. Some practical dynamical systems have time delay in their dynamics, which makes their control a complicated task even in the deterministic case. Recently, the class ofuncertain dynamical deterministic systems with time delay has attracted some researchers, and some interesting results have been reported in both deterministic and stochastic cases. But wecan't claim that the control problem ofthis class ofsystems is completely solved; more work must be done for this class of systems.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Developments in mathematical physics during the second half of the 20th century influenced a number of mathematical areas, among the more significant being representation theory, differential equations, combinatorics, and algebraic geometry. In all areas, the dynamic role of integrable models has been central. This volume focuses on the ongoing importance of integrability in: conformal field theory, massive quantum field theory, solvable lattice models, quantum affine algebras, the Painlevé equations and combinatorics. Will serve as an excellent reference text for mathematical physicists and graduate students.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Soils are complex materials: they have a particulate structure and fluids can seep through pores, mechanically interacting with the solid skeleton. Moreover, at a microscopic level, the behaviour of the solid skeleton is highly unstable. External loadings are in fact taken by grain chains which are continuously destroyed and rebuilt. Many issues of modeling, even of the physical details of the phenomena, remain open, even obscure; de Gennes listed them not long ago in a critical review. However, despite physical complexities, soil mechanics has developed on the assumption that a soil can be seen as a continuum, or better yet as a medium obtained by the superposition of two and sometimes three con and the other fluids, which occupy the same portion of tinua, one solid space. Furthermore, relatively simple and robust constitutive laws were adopted to describe the stress-strain behaviour and the interaction between the solid and the fluid continua. The contrast between the intrinsic nature of soil and the simplistic engi neering approach is self-evident. When trying to describe more and more sophisticated phenomena (static liquefaction, strain localisation, cyclic mo bility, effects of diagenesis and weathering, . ), the nalve description of soil must be abandoned or, at least, improved. Higher order continua, incrementally non-linear laws, micromechanical considerations must be taken into account. A new world was opened, where basic mathematical questions (such as the choice of the best tools to model phenomena and the proof of the well-posedness of the consequent problems) could be addressed.…

4to. pp. 209. numerous illus. (most colour). text in German & English. bds. dw. First Edition.

Condición: Gut. 326 p., Photographs by Hélène Binet, 29 x 23, hard bound. Sprache(n)/language(s): defew marks of wear on book cover, otherwise good condition.

OKart., S. 617, 8°, nahezu unbeschädigt, sehr guter Zustand. Book Language/s: English.

Broschur : etwas leseschief, untere Ecke bestoßen, sonst tadellos, 254 Seiten, Ill., graph. Darst., Kt., Text dt. und engl. ; 25 x 17 cm 860 g. Sprache: Deutsch.

folio. 264. profusely illus. (some colour). glossary. biblio. cloth-backed pictorial bds. Fine copy. First Edition of the English Translation.

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is a standalone, but the recipes are correlated with topics found in standard texts, and make use of MAPLE (Release 7).; All recipes are on a Windows Platform CD that comes with the book; MAC and UNIX systems are compatible. Additionally, the CD includes computer algebra solutions to hundreds of problems; As a reference text, or self-study guide this book is useful for science professionals and engineers.; Good for the classroom correlates with topics found in standard classical mechanics texts.; This book makes use of the powerful computer algebra system MAPLE (Release 7) but no prior knowledge of MAPLE is presumed.; The relevant command structures are explained on a need-to-know basis as the recipes are developed, thus making this a standalone text. 284 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book combining wavelets and the world of the spectrum focuses on recent developments in wavelet theory, emphasizing fundamental and relatively timeless techniques that have a geometric and spectral-theoretic flavor. The exposition is clearly motivated and unfolds systematically, aided by numerous graphics. Key features of the book: The important role of the spectrum of a transfer operator is studied Excellent graphics show how wavelets depend on the spectra of the transfer operators Key topics of wavelet theory are examined: connected components in the variety of wavelets, the geometry of winding numbers, the Galerkin projection method, classical functions of Weierstrass and Hurwitz and their role in describing the eigenvalue-spectrum of the transfer operator, isospectral families of wavelets, spectral radius formulas for the transfer operator, Perron-Frobenius theory, and quadrature mirror filters New previously unpublished results appear on the homotopy of multiresolutions, on approximation theory, and on the spectrum and structure of the fixed points of the associated transfer and subdivision operators Concise background material for each chapter, open problems, exercises, bibliography, and comprehensive index make this work a fine pedagogical and reference resource. This self-contained book deals with important applications to signal processing, communications engineering, computer graphics algorithms, qubit algorithms and chaos theory, and is aimed at a broad readership of graduate students, practitioners, and researchers in applied mathematics and engineering. The book is also useful for other mathematicians with an interest in the interface between mathematics and communication theory. 424 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'This volume is a textbook on linear control systems with an emphasis on stochastic optimal control with solution methods using spectral factorization in line with the original approach of N. Wiener. Continuous-time and discrete-time versions are presented in parallel. Two appendices introduce functional analytic concepts and probability theory, and there are 77 references and an index. The chapters (except for the last two) end with problems. [T]he book presents in a clear way important concepts of control theory and can be used for teaching.' -Zentralblatt Math'This is a textbook intended for use in courses on linear control and filtering and estimation on (advanced) levels. Its major purpose is an introduction to both deterministic and stochastic control and estimation. Topics are treated in both continuous time and discrete time versions. Each chapter involves problems and exercises, and the book is supplemented by appendices, where fundamentals on Hilbert and Banach spaces, operator theory, and measure theoretic probability may be found. The book will be very useful for students, but also for a variety of specialists interested in deterministic and stochastic control and filtering.' -Applications of Mathematics'The strength of the book under review lies in the choice of specialized topics it contains, which may not be found in this form elsewhere. Also, the first half would make a good standard course in linear control.' -Journal of the Indian Institute of Science 444 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This is an axiomatic treatment of the properties of continuous multivariable functions and related results from topology. The author covers boundedness, extreme values, and uniform continuity of functions, along with connections between continuity and topological concepts such as connectedness and compactness. The order of topics mimics the order of development in elementary calculus, with analogies and generalizations from such familiar ideas as the Pythagorean theorem. 220 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'.The authors of this remarkable book are among the very few whohave faced up to the challenge of explaining what an asymptoticexpansion is, and of systematizing the handling of asymptotic series.The idea of using distributions is an original one, and we recommendthat you read the book.[it] should be on your bookshelf if you areat all interested in knowing what an asymptotic series is.' -'TheBulletin of Mathematics Books' (Review of the 1st edition) \*\*'.The book is a valuable one, one that many applied mathematiciansmay want to buy. The authors are undeniably experts in theirfield.most of the material has appeared in no other book.' -'SIAMNews' (Review of the 1st edition)This book is a modern introduction to asymptotic analysis intendednot only for mathematicians, but for physicists, engineers, andgraduate students as well. Written by two of the leading experts inthe field, the text provides readers with a firm grasp of mathematicaltheory, and at the same time demonstrates applications in areas suchas differential equations, quantum mechanics, noncommutative geometry,and number theory.Key features of this significantly expanded and revised secondedition: \* addition of a new chapter and many new sections \* widerange of topics covered, including the Ces.ro behavior ofdistributions and their connections to asymptotic analysis, the studyof time-domain asymptotics, and the use of series of Dirac deltafunctions to solve boundary value problems \* novel approach detailingthe interplay between underlying theories of asymptotic analysis andgeneralized functions \* extensive examples and exercises at the end ofeach chapter \* comprehensive bibliography and indexThis work is an excellent tool for the classroom and an invaluableself-study resource that will stimulate application of asymptotic 484 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In the last decade there has been an extraordinary confluence ofideas in mathematics and theoretical physics brought about bypioneering discoveries in geometry and analysis. The various chaptersin this volume, treating the interface of geometric analysis andmathematical physics, represent current research interests. Nosuitable succinct account of the material is available elsewhere.Key topics include:\* A self-contained derivation of the partition function of Chern-Simons gauge theory in the semiclassical approximation (D.H. Adams)\* Algebraic and geometric aspects of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikovequations in conformal field theory (P. Bouwknegt)\* Application of the representation theory of loop groups to simplemodels in quantum field theory and to certain integrable systems (A.L.Carey and E. Langmann)\* A study of variational methods in Hermitian geometry from theviewpoint of the critical points of action functionals together withphysical backgrounds (A. Harris)\* A review of monopoles in nonabelian gauge theories (M.K. Murray)\* Exciting developments in quantum cohomology (Y. Ruan)\* The physics origin of Seiberg-Witten equations in 4-manifold theory(S. Wu)Graduate students, mathematicians and mathematical physicists inthe above-mentioned areas will benefit from the user-friendlyintroductory style of each chapter as well as the comprehensivebibliographies provided for each topic. Prerequisite knowledge isminimal since sufficient background material motivates each chapter. 228 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The subject of dynamic equations on time scales continues to be a rapidly growing area of research. Behind the main motivation for the subject lies the key concept that dynamic equations on time scales is a way of unifying and extending continuous and discrete analysis. This work goes beyond an earlier introductory text Dynamic Equations on Time Scales: An Introduction with Applications and is designed for a second course in dynamic equations at the graduate level. It will also be valuable to pure and applied mathematicians in the field. 364 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The subject of real analytic functions is one of the oldest in modern mathematics and is the wellspring of the theory of analysis, both real and complex. To date, there is no comprehensive book on the subject, yet the tools of the theory are widely used by mathematicians today. Key topics in the theory of real analytic functions that are covered in this text and are rather difficult to pry out of the literature include: the real analytic implicit function theorem, resolution of singularities, the FBI transform, semi-analytic sets, Faà di Bruno's formula and its applications, zero sets of real analytic functions, Lojaciewicz's theorem, Puiseaux's theorem. New to this second edition are such topics as:A more revised and comprehensive treatment of the Faà di Bruno formula An alternative treatment of the implicit function theorem Topologies on the space of real analytic functions The Weierstrass Preparation Theorem This well organized and clearly written advanced textbook introduces students to real analytic functions of one or more real variables in a systematic fashion. The first part focuses on elementary properties and classical topics and the second part is devoted to more difficult topics. Many historical remarks, examples, references and an excellent index should encourage student and researcher alike to further study this valuable and exciting theory. 228 pp. Englisch. …