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hardcover. Based on the 6th Int'l Conference on the History of General Relativity, held in Amsterdam on June 26-29, 2002, this title offers insights on gravitation, general relativity, cosmology, unified field theory, and the history of science. Editor(s): Kox, A. J.; Eisenstaedt, Jean. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 393 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2005th Edition
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643805
ISBN
9780817643805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.05

hardcover. The subject of pattern analysis and recognition pervades many aspects of our daily lives, including user authentication in banking, object retrieval from databases in the consumer sector, and the omnipresent surveillance and security measures around sensitive areas. This title presents a comprehensive treatment of theory and methods of the field. Editor(s): Hamid, Krim; Yezzi, Anthony J., Jr. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 408 pages, 143 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP; PBT; PBV; PBWH; UYQP; UYS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Apress Publishers United States
Edition
2006th Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643768
ISBN
9780817643768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.08

hardcover. A comprehensive presentation of the results and developments on several widely used transforms and their fast algorithms. It is suitable for electrical engineers and applied mathematicians whose work is related to the fields of electronics, signal processing, image and speech processing, or digital design and communication. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 422 pages, biography. BIC Classification: TBJ; TJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1019.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642792
ISBN
9780817642792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.25

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

€ 66.17

hardcover. Provides a digest of the developments, open questions and unsolved problems likely to determine a frontier for future advanced study and research in the growing areas of wavelets, wavelet transforms, signal analysis, and signal and image processing. This book is suitable for advanced students and practitioners in wavelets, and wavelet transforms. Editor(s): Debnath, Lokenath. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 462 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBW; UYS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
462
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642358
ISBN
9780817642358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.59

hardcover. Physics has long been regarded as a wellspring of mathematical problems. This title offers a self-contained presentation, driven by historic motivations, examples, detailed proofs, and a focus on those parts of mathematics that are needed in courses on quantum mechanics and classical and quantum field theory. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 494 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 901.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642280
ISBN
9780817642280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.09

hardcover. A collection of 37 articles on Albert Einstein. It debunks many of the old myths about Einstein and offers novel insight into his life and work. It also discusses Einstein's troubled relationship with his first wife, his friendships with other physicists such as Eddington, Bose, and Pauli, and his Jewish identity. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 567 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 973.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2002nd Edition
Number of pages
567
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641436
ISBN
9780817641436
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.52

hardcover. This book presents connections between the different aspects of wavelet and subband theory. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 551 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1015.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2002nd Edition
Number of pages
551
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641368
ISBN
9780817641368
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.21

hardcover. Provides a basic foundation for students, practitioners, and researchers interested in some of the diverse areas of multiscale (geo)potential theory. This book develops mathematical methods enabling the gravitational potential of a planetary body to be modeled and analyzes using a continuous flow of observations from land or satellite devices. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 528 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641054
ISBN
9780817641054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.84

hardcover. Presents developments in theory and applications of wavelet transforms. This book covers topics dealing with wavelets, wavelet transforms, time-frequency signal analysis, and other applications. It is suitable as a research reference or as a text for an advanced course in wavelet analysis and time-frequency signal analysis. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 445 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF; UYS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 925.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
445
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641047
ISBN
9780817641047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.14

hardcover. Suitable for graduate students and mathematicians working in other areas, this book offers a comprehensive introduction to the field of geometric analysis. Series: Birkhauser Advanced Texts / Basler Lehrbucher. Num Pages: 319 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBMP; PDE; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Birkhäuser Germany
Edition
1999th Edition
Number of pages
319
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640972
ISBN
9780817640972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.00

hardcover. Presents a unified treatment of three important integrable problems relevant to both Celestial and Quantum Mechanics. This title is suitable for graduate students in mathematics and physics (including physical chemistry) and researchers concerned with the general areas of dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, and mathematical physics. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 244 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640965
ISBN
9780817640965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.67

hardcover. The history of Einstein's theory of general relativity and its role in modern cosmology have presented a challenge to historians and philosophers of science for a long time. This volume features a selection of current investigations in the field, all by leading experts therein. Editor(s): Goenner, Hubert; Renn, Jurgen; Ritter, Jim; Sauer, Tilman. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 527 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
527
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640606
ISBN
9780817640606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 195.09

hardcover. Takes the topic of H-infinity control as a point of departure, and pursues an improved controller design suggested in the mainstream of robust control. Using stochastic methods, this book is important to the circuits and systems community, alongside researchers in networking systems, operator theory and linear multivariable control. Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PHH; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1997th Edition
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817639723
ISBN
9780817639723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.34

hardcover. This volume presents a development of the ideas of harmonic analysis with a special emphasis on application-oriented themes. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817639631
ISBN
9780817639631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.38

hardcover. This text provides an introduction to mathematicians and engineers who want to learn about the different approaches and aspects of Gabor analysis or want to apply Gabor-based techniques to tasks in signal and image processing. Editor(s): Feichtinger, Hans G.; Strohmer, Thomas. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 496 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; TJK; UYS; UYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1998th Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817639594
ISBN
9780817639594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.54

hardcover. Phase transitions occur in several processes of physical and engineering interest. This text deals with the analysis of models of solid-liquid systems. Its main purpose is to offer an introduction to the classical Stefan problem and to some of its physically motivated extensions. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; PHFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1996th Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817637682
ISBN
9780817637682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.46

hardcover. A monograph that develops a mathematical theory of gravitational lensing. It presents historical highlights and the astrophysical aspects of the subject. It employs the ideas and results of singularity theory to put gravitational lensing on a rigorous mathematical foundation. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 628 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMP; PHQ; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1369.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2001st Edition
Number of pages
628
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817636685
ISBN
9780817636685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.01

hardcover. Among the considerations of the two dozen papers are the reception and development of Einstein's theory of general relativity in various institutions around the world; conceptual issues of the theory, especially themes, concepts, and principles associated with his theory of gravity; a number of tech Editor(s): Eisenstaedt, Jean; Kox, A. J. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 851.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1992nd Edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817634797
ISBN
9780817634797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.13

hardcover. Sponsored by the Boston U. Center for Einstein Studies, this meeting was held in North Andover, Mass., May 1988. Topics include quantum mechanics and measurement, time in quantum gravity, strings and gravity, quantization of gravity, topology and black holes in quantum gravity by Hartle, Isham, Zure Editor(s): Ashtekar, Abhay; Stachel, John. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 618 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1991st Edition
Number of pages
618
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817634438
ISBN
9780817634438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 190.91

hardcover. Editor(s): Howard, D; Stachel, J. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 458 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
1989th Edition
Number of pages
458
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817633929
ISBN
9780817633929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 196.08

hardcover. Editor(s): Brandolini, Luca; Colzani, Leonardo; Iosevich, Alex; Travaglini, Giancarlo. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. BIC Classification: PBKF. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817632632
ISBN
9780817632632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.87

hardcover. Over the years, multiscale methods have lead to spectacular progress in our understanding of complex physical systems and have stimulated the development of very refined mathematical techniques. This title explores multiscale methods as applied to various areas of physics and to the relative developments in mathematics. Editor(s): Blanchard, Philippe; Dell'Antonio, G. F. Series: Trends in Mathematics. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2004th Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817632564
ISBN
9780817632564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.92

hardcover. Focuses on the theory of three-dimensional spinors and their applications. This book gives an introductory treatment of spinors. It is of interest to graduate students and researchers in relativity and mathematical physics. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhäuser United States
Edition
2003rd Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817632496
ISBN
9780817632496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.47

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