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Algebra

hardcover. Aims at graduate students and researchers in mathematical and theoretical physics interested in the applications of the two-component spinor formalism in any four-dimensional vector space or Riemannian manifold with a definite or indefinite metric tensor. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBG; PBW; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 980.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817649838
ISBN
9780817649838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.30

hardcover. Using examples from financial markets and modern warfare to the flocking of birds and the swarming of bacteria, this book shows how behavior in such diverse areas as sociology, economics, and the life sciences can be described by closely related models. Editor(s): Naldi, Giovanni; Pareschi, Lorenzo; Toscani, Giuseppe. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 448 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KFF; PBF; PBKJ; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2010th Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817649456
ISBN
9780817649456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.22

hardcover. Examines systems of linear PDEs with constant coefficients, focusing attention on null solutions of Dirac systems. This provides a different way to look at some important questions which arise when one tries to develop multi-dimensional theories. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 347 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
347
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642556
ISBN
9780817642556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.48

Paperback. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 238 pages, 46 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBF; PBP; PBPD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493936991
ISBN
9781493936991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 174.18

Paperback. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 374 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986
Number of pages
374
Condition
New
SKU
V9781489966636
ISBN
9781489966636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.67

hardcover. This volume provides the first comprehensive study of the pullback equation for differential forms. The text recounts various properties of exterior and differential forms, and presents the classical Hodge-Morrey decomposition. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 447 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBKJ; PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 805.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2012th Edition
Number of pages
447
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817683122
ISBN
9780817683122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.20

Hardback. This volume highlights the various Lie algebraic methods used in mathematical research today. Key topics include spherical varieties, vertex algebras, Littelmann Paths and Kac-Moody Borcherds algebras, finite W-algebras, modular representations and primitive ideals. Editor(s): Joseph, Anthony; Melnikov, Anna; Penkov, Ivan. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBF; PBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817682736
ISBN
9780817682736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.64

Hardback. Published in honor of his 70th birthday, this volume explores and celebrates the work of G.W. (Pete) Stewart, a world-renowned expert in computational linear algebra. It includes forty-four of Stewart's most influential research papers and a biography of him. Editor(s): Kilmer, Misha E.; O'Leary, Dianne P. (University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA). Series: Contemporary Mathematicians. Num Pages: 729 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBKS; PBX; UGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 3300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
729
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817649678
ISBN
9780817649678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.37

Hardback. This self-contained overview examines the decomposition and analysis of functions within Fourier transforms and Abelian groups. Readers will learn the fundamentals, which are illustrated by examples and unique exercises at the end of each section. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 159 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817649159
ISBN
9780817649159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.69

Hardback. Based on the special summer session held at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and the Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, this volume provides a window into various subjects related to reductive groups, including real and complex analysis on homogeneous spaces, arithmetic aspects of moment geometry, and geometry of flag varieties. Editor(s): Krotz, Bernhard; Offen, Omer; Sayag, Eitan. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PBG; PBK; PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648169
ISBN
9780817648169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.04

Hardback. A collection of chapters covering advances in stochastic optimal control theory and algebraic systems theory. It focuses on statistical control theory, where the cost function is viewed as a random variable and performance is shaped through cost cumulants. It discusses advances in dynamical systems characteristics. Editor(s): Won, Chang-Hee; Schrader, Cheryl B.; Michel, Anthony N. Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 384 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBKQ; PBWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 713.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647940
ISBN
9780817647940
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.17

hardcover. This collection of invited expository papers focuses on recent developments and trends in infinite-dimensional Lie theory, which has become one of the core areas of modern mathematics. Editor(s): Neeb, Karl-Hermann; Pianzola, Arturo. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 492 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647407
ISBN
9780817647407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.77

Hardback. This monograph presents the first comprehensive treatment in book form of shape-preserving approximation by real or complex polynomials in one or several variables. Such approximation methods are useful in many problems that arise in science and engineering and require an optimal mathematical representation of physical reality. Num Pages: 365 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
365
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647025
ISBN
9780817647025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.73

Paperback. Contains a significant amount of new in areas of interest, and presents the "big picture" in an engaging framework. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 168 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643690
ISBN
9780817643690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.07

Hardback. Presents a solution to the long-standing problem of giving a geometric description of state spaces of C- algebras and von Neumann algebras, and of their Jordan algebraic analogs (JB-algebras and JBW-algebras). This title presents an introduction to Jordan algebras. Series: Mathematics: Theory and Applications. Num Pages: 467 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
467
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643195
ISBN
9780817643195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.16

Hardback. Features a treatment of flow lines and algebraic invariants in contact form geometry, an area of research connected to symplectic field theory, pseudo-holomorphic curves, and Gromov-Witten invariants (contact homology). Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643188
ISBN
9780817643188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.40

Hardback. The articles in this volume reflect an interdisciplinary approach to the subject of geometric algebra in computer science, engineering, physics and mathematics. A range of techniques and applications are highlighted and relevant areas are introduced in a self-contained manner. Editor(s): Dorst, Leo; Doran, Chris; Lasenby, Joan. Num Pages: 478 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBMW; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642679
ISBN
9780817642679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.58

Hardback. Sheaves of Algebras over Boolean Spaces takes the reader on a journey through sheaf theory. The coverage builds bridges spanning algebra, topology, and category theory and revealing new connections between classical algebra and universal algebra. Num Pages: 331 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 659.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2012
Number of pages
331
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642181
ISBN
9780817642181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.55

Hardback. Contains introductory surveys as well as articles containing research and complete proofs devoted mainly to the theoretical and foundational developments of category theory and its applications to other fields. Editor(s): Koslowski, Jurgen; Melton, Austin. Series: Trends in Mathematics. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBF; PBPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641863
ISBN
9780817641863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Hardback. Examines liaison theory and deficiency modules from basic principles, taking a geometric approach. The focus is on the role of deficiency modules in algebraic geometry, particularly with respect to liaison theory, which is treated here as a subject in itself and as a tool. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2nd ed. 1998
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640279
ISBN
9780817640279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.33

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