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Finite Markov Chains and Algorithmic Applications
Häftad, 2002
667 kr
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Based on a lecture course given at Chalmers University of Technology, this 2002 book is ideal for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. The author first develops the necessary background in probability theory and Markov chains before applying it to study a range of randomized …
Set Theory for the Working Mathematician
Häftad, 1997
830 kr
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This text presents methods of modern set theory as tools that can be usefully applied to other areas of mathematics. The author describes numerous applications in abstract geometry and real analysis and, in some cases, in topology and algebra. The book begins with a tour of the basics of set …
Logic, Induction and Sets
Häftad, 2003
732 kr
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This is an introduction to logic and the axiomatization of set theory from a unique standpoint. Philosophical considerations, which are often ignored or treated casually, are here given careful consideration, and furthermore the author places the notion of inductively defined sets (recursive …
Undergraduate Commutative Algebra
Häftad, 1995
577 kr
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Commutative algebra is at the crossroads of algebra, number theory and algebraic geometry. This textbook is affordable and clearly illustrated, and is intended for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students with some previous experience of rings and fields. Alongside standard algebraic …
A Brief Guide to Algebraic Number Theory
Häftad, 2001
846 kr
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This is a 2001 account of Algebraic Number Theory, a field which has grown to touch many other areas of pure mathematics. It is written primarily for beginning graduate students in pure mathematics, and encompasses everything that most such students are likely to need; others who need the material …
An Introduction to the Theory of Graph Spectra
Av Dragoš Cvetković, Peter Rowlinson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1944 kr
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This introductory text explores the theory of graph spectra: a topic with applications across a wide range of subjects, including computer science, quantum chemistry and electrical engineering. The spectra examined here are those of the adjacency matrix, the Seidel matrix, the Laplacian, the …
An Introduction to the Theory of Graph Spectra
Av Dragoš Cvetković, Peter Rowlinson m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
878 kr
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This introductory text explores the theory of graph spectra: a topic with applications across a wide range of subjects, including computer science, quantum chemistry and electrical engineering. The spectra examined here are those of the adjacency matrix, the Seidel matrix, the Laplacian, the …
Number Theory in the Spirit of Liouville
Häftad, 2010
895 kr
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Joseph Liouville is recognised as one of the great mathematicians of the nineteenth century, and one of his greatest achievements was the introduction of a powerful new method into elementary number theory. This book provides a gentle introduction to this method, explaining it in a clear and …
Lectures on Profinite Topics in Group Theory
Av Benjamin Klopsch, Nikolay Nikolov m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
976 kr
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In this book, three authors introduce readers to strong approximation methods, analytic pro-p groups and zeta functions of groups. Each chapter illustrates connections between infinite group theory, number theory and Lie theory. The first introduces the theory of compact p-adic Lie groups. The …
Local Fields
Av J. W. S. Cassels, C. M. Series m. fl.
Häftad, 1986
1156 kr
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The p-adic numbers, the earliest of local fields, were introduced by Hensel some 70 years ago as a natural tool in algebra number theory. Today the use of this and other local fields pervades much of mathematics, yet these simple and natural concepts, which often provide remarkably easy solutions …
Spacetime and Singularities
An Introduction
Av Gregory L. Naber, C. M. Series m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
813 kr
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This book is an elementary introduction to the geometrical methods and notions used in special and general relativity. Particular emphasis is placed on the ideas concerned with the structure of spacetime and those which play a role in the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems. Indeed, the author's …
Lectures on Stochastic Analysis: Diffusion Theory
Av Daniel W. Stroock, J. W. Bruce
Häftad, 1987
487 kr
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This book is based on a course given at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It is intended to be a reasonably self-contained introduction to stochastic analytic techniques that can be used in the study of certain problems. The central theme is the theory of diffusions. In order to emphasize the …
An Introduction to General Relativity
Häftad, 1991
748 kr
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This textbook provides an introduction to general relativity for mathematics undergraduates or graduate physicists. After a review of Cartesian tensor notation and special relativity the concepts of Riemannian differential geometry are introducted. More emphasis is placed on an intuitive grasp of …
Combinatorial Group Theory
A Topological Approach
Av Daniel E. Cohen, J. W. Bruce
Häftad, 1989
993 kr
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In this book, developed from courses taught at the University of London, the author aims to show the value of using topological methods in combinatorial group theory. The topological material is given in terms of the fundamental groupoid, giving results and proofs that are both stronger and simpler …
Summing and Nuclear Norms in Banach Space Theory
Av G. J. O. Jameson, J. W. Bruce
Häftad, 1987
797 kr
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This textbook is an introduction to the techniques of summing and nuclear norms. The author's aim is to present a clear and simple account of these ideas and to demonstrate the power of their application to a variety of Banach space questions. The style is expository and the only prerequisite is a …
Automorphisms of Surfaces after Nielsen and Thurston
Av Andrew J. Casson, Steven A. Bleiler
Häftad, 1988
634 kr
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This book, which grew out of Steven Bleiler's lecture notes from a course given by Andrew Casson at the University of Texas, is designed to serve as an introduction to the applications of hyperbolic geometry to low dimensional topology. In particular it provides a concise exposition of the work of …
Undergraduate Algebraic Geometry
Häftad, 1988
525 kr
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Algebraic geometry is, essentially, the study of the solution of equations and occupies a central position in pure mathematics. This short and readable introduction to algebraic geometry will be ideal for all undergraduate mathematicians coming to the subject for the first time. With the minimum of …
Nonstandard Analysis and its Applications
Av Nigel Cutland, Nigel J. Cutland m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
810 kr
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This textbook is an introduction to non-standard analysis and to its many applications. Non standard analysis (NSA) is a subject of great research interest both in its own right and as a tool for answering questions in subjects such as functional analysis, probability, mathematical physics and …
An Introduction to Hankel Operators
Av Jonathan R. Partington, J. W. Bruce
Häftad, 1989
667 kr
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Hankel operators are of wide application in mathematics (functional analysis, operator theory, approximation theory) and engineering (control theory, systems analysis) and this account of them is both elementary and rigorous. The book is based on graduate lectures given to an audience of …
Aspects of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
Av Stephen A. Fulling, C. M. Series
Häftad, 1989
1074 kr
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The theory of quantum fields on curved spacetimes has attracted great attention since the discovery, by Stephen Hawking, of black-hole evaporation. It remains an important subject for the understanding of such contemporary topics as inflationary cosmology, quantum gravity and superstring theory. …
Braids and Coverings
Selected Topics
Inbunden, 1989
1905 kr
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This book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland, USA. The lecture notes have been revised and augmented by examples. The work falls into two strands. The first two chapters develop the elementary theory of Artin Braid groups both geometrically and via …
Braids and Coverings
Selected Topics
Av Vagn Lundsgaard Hansen, C. M. Series m. fl.
Häftad, 1989
699 kr
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This book is based on a graduate course taught by the author at the University of Maryland, USA. The lecture notes have been revised and augmented by examples. The work falls into two strands. The first two chapters develop the elementary theory of Artin Braid groups both geometrically and via …
Communication Theory
Av Charles M. Goldie, Richard G. E. Pinch
Häftad, 1991
732 kr
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This book is an introduction, for mathematics students, to the theories of information and codes. They are usually treated separately but, as both address the problem of communication through noisy channels (albeit from different directions), the authors have been able to exploit the connection to …
Designs, Graphs, Codes and their Links
Av P. J. Cameron, J. H. van Lint
Inbunden, 1991
2198 kr
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Although graph theory, design theory, and coding theory had their origins in various areas of applied mathematics, today they are to be found under the umbrella of discrete mathematics. Here the authors have considerably reworked and expanded their earlier successful books on graphs, codes and …
Hilbert Space
Compact Operators and the Trace Theorem
Inbunden, 1993
2394 kr
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Professor Retherford's aim in this book is to provide the reader with a virtually self-contained treatment of Hilbert space theory, leading to an elementary proof of the Lidskij trace theorem. He assumes the reader is familiar with only linear algebra and advanced calculus, and develops everything …
Complex Algebraic Curves
Häftad, 1992
911 kr
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Complex algebraic curves were developed in the nineteenth century. They have many fascinating properties and crop up in various areas of mathematics, from number theory to theoretical physics, and are the subject of much research. By using only the basic techniques acquired by most undergraduate …
Designs, Graphs, Codes and their Links
Av P. J. Cameron, J. H. van Lint
Häftad, 1991
927 kr
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Although graph theory, design theory, and coding theory had their origins in various areas of applied mathematics, today they are to be found under the umbrella of discrete mathematics. Here the authors have considerably reworked and expanded their earlier successful books on graphs, codes and …
LMSST: 24 Lectures on Elliptic Curves
Häftad, 1991
667 kr
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The study of (special cases of) elliptic curves goes back to Diophantos and Fermat, and today it is still one of the liveliest centres of research in number theory. This book, which is addressed to beginning graduate students, introduces basic theory from a contemporary viewpoint but with an eye to …
Hilbert Space
Compact Operators and the Trace Theorem
Häftad, 1993
667 kr
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Professor Retherford's aim in this book is to provide the reader with a virtually self-contained treatment of Hilbert space theory, leading to an elementary proof of the Lidskij trace theorem. He assumes the reader is familiar with only linear algebra and advanced calculus, and develops everything …
Elementary Theory of L-functions and Eisenstein Series
Av Haruzo Hida
Inbunden, 1993
2524 kr
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The theory of p-adic and classic modular forms, and the study of arithmetic and p-adic L-functions has proved to be a fruitful area of mathematics over the last decade. Professor Hida has given courses on these topics in the USA, Japan, and in France, and in this book provides the reader with an …
