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The Ahlfors-Bers Colloquia commemorate the mathematical legacy of Lars Ahlfors and Lipman Bers. The core of this legacy lies in the fields of geometric function theory, Teichmuller theory, hyperbolic geometry, and partial differential equations. Today we...

This textbook is meant to introduce statistics to the general audience. It is also meant for the first college course in statistics irrespective of the student's area of study. The audience is assumed to have no higher mathematics background than college...

This is an eclectic compendium of the essays solicited for the 2010 Mathematics Awareness Month Web page on the theme of 'Mathematics and Sports'. In keeping with the goal of promoting mathematics awareness to a broad audience, all of the articles are...

For the instructor or student confronting an introductory course in ordinary differential equations there is a need for a brief guide to the key concepts in the subject. Important topics like stability, resonance, existence of periodic solutions, and the...

Changing the way students learn calculus at New Mexico State University. In the Spring of 1988, Marcus Cohen, Edward D. Gaughan, Arthur Knoebel, Douglas S. Kurtz, and David Penegelley began work on a student project approach to calculus. For the next two...

What is the shape of data? How do we describe flows? Can we count by integrating? How do we plan with uncertainty? What is the most compact representation? These questions, while unrelated, become similar when recast into a computational setting. Our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816072743Author FergusonFormat HardbackPage Count 202Imprint Facts On File IncPublisher Facts On File Inc

Randomness and Recurrence in Dynamical Systems makes accessible, at the undergraduate or beginning graduate level, results and ideas on averaging, randomness and recurrence that traditionally require measure theory. Assuming only a background in...

The Erd s problem asks, What is the smallest possible number of distinct distances between points of a large finite subset of the Euclidean space in dimensions two and higher? The main goal of this book is to introduce the reader to the techniques,...

A practical handbook for understanding and using fast adaptive composite grid (FAC) methods for discretization and solution of partial differential equations (PDEs). Contains fundamental concepts. These so-called FAC are characterized by their use of a...

Beginning with one of the most remarkable ecological collapses of recent times, that of the passenger pigeon, this book surveys collapse processes across the entire spectrum of the natural and man-made world. The reader is taken through extreme weather...

Misfortune struck one June day in 1944, when a five-year-old boy was blinded following an accident with a paring knife. That boy, Larry W. Baggett, grew up to become an internationally renowned research mathematician and a successful university professor...

This volume addresses recent developments in mathematical modeling in three areas of optical science: diffractive optics, photonic band gap structures, and waveguides. Particular emphasis is on the formulation of mathematical models and the design and...

This book grew out of a graduate course on 3-manifolds and is intended for a mathematically experienced audience that is new to low-dimensional topology. The exposition begins with the definition of a manifold, explores possible additional structures on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088037348Author Marcus BlackwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Introduces basic concepts of Infant Maths as required throughout the Caribbean.Book InformationISBN 9780748715558Author Walter PhillipsPage Count 64Imprint Nelson Thornes LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 270mm * 202mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789971504199Author Peter GoddardFormat HardbackPage Count 604Imprint EPB Publishers Pte LtdPublisher EPB Publishers Pte Ltd

Why do leopards grow spots when tigers grow stripes? Is the universe round, square, or some other shape? How do the dimples in a golf ball give it greater lift? Is there such a thing as a public mood? If so, how can we accurately take its pulse?Only one...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888153012Author Daniel StraussFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Paideia PressPublisher Paideia PressWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

While the architecture of present-day parallel supercomputers is largely based on the concept of a shared memory, with its attendant limitations of common access, advances in semicoductor technology have led to the development of highly parellel computer...

In the 20th century philosophy of mathematics has to a great extent been dominated by views developed during the so-called foundational crisis in the beginning of that century. These views have primarily focused on questions pertaining to the logical...

Since 2001 the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa has organized the "Colloquio De Giorgi", a series of colloquium talks named after Ennio De Giorgi. The Colloquio is addressed to a general mathematical audience, and especially meant to attract graduate...

Since 2001 the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa has organized the "Colloquio De Giorgi", a series of colloquium talks named after Ennio De Giorgi. The Colloquio is addressed to a general mathematical audience, and especially meant to attract graduate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781260522402Author Julie MillerImprint McGraw-Hill EducationPublisher McGraw-Hill EducationWeight(grams) 5g

MATHEMATICAL EXCURSIONS, 3E, International Edition teaches students that mathematics is a system of knowing and understanding our surroundings. For example, sending information across the Internet is better understood when one understands prime numbers;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606921791Author Albert R BaswellFormat HardbackPage Count 345Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 946g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606920169Author Toka DiaganaFormat HardbackPage Count 251Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 690g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606920152Author Toka DiaganaFormat HardbackImprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 750g

Boundary Element Methods (BEM) play an important role in modern numerical computations in the applied and engineering sciences. These methods turn out to be powerful tools for numerical studies of various physical phenomena which can be described...

Updated to include recent results from intensive worldwide research efforts in materials science, surface science, and corrosion science, Corrosion Mechanisms in Theory and Practice, Third Edition explores the latest advances in corrosion and protection...

The use of algebraic methods for studying analysts is an important theme in modern mathematics. The most significant development in this field is microlocal analysis, that is, the local study of differential equations on cotangent bundles. This treatise...

Book 6 in the Princeton Mathematical Series. Originally published in 1941. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton...

A survey of recent developments both in the classical and modern fields of the theory. Contents include: The complex analytic structure of the space of closed Riemann surfaces; Complex analysis on noncompact Riemann domains; Proof of the...

Book 7 in the Princeton Mathematical Series. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton...

Kunihiko Kodaira's influence in mathematics has been fundamental and international, and his efforts have helped lay the foundations of modern complex analysis. These three volumes contain Kodaira's written contributions, published in a large number of...

This classic study by the eminent Dutch historian of science E. J. Dijksterhuis (1892-1965) presents the work of the Greek mathematician and mechanical engineer to the modern reader. With meticulous scholarship, Dijksterhuis surveys the whole range of...

In the words of B. B. Mandelbrot's contribution to this important collection of original papers, fractal geometry is a "new geometric language, which is geared towards the study of diverse aspects of diverse objects, either mathematical or natural, that...

In Single Digits, Marc Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their history, applications, and connections to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, chaos theory,...

How might Hercules, the most famous of the Greek heroes, have used mathematics to complete his astonishing Twelve Labors? From conquering the Nemean Lion and cleaning out the Augean Stables, to capturing the Erymanthean Boar and entering the Underworld...

This self-contained textbook is an informal introduction to optimization through the use of numerous illustrations and applications. The focus is on analytically solving optimization problems with a finite number of continuous variables. In addition, the...