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Hardback. The theory of the top, originally made public as a lecture by Felix Klein at the University of Gottingen in 1895, was improved by Klein's collaboration with Arnold Sommerfeld. This volume provides a thorough and insightful account and includes recent advances. Translator(s): Nagem, Raymond J.; Sandri, Guido. Num Pages: 262 pages, 53 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDX; PHD; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648268
ISBN
9780817648268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.75

Hardback. A series of four self-contained English translations that provide insights into kinetic theory and kinematics. Translator(s): Nagem, Raymond J.; Sandri, Guido. Num Pages: 325 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PHD; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648251
ISBN
9780817648251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.40

Hardback. A product of Felix Klein's lectures from 1895, the Theory of the Top remains an informative and insightful text for students and mathematicians alike. Translator(s): Nagem, Raymond J.; Sandri, Guido. Num Pages: 426 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDX; PHD; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2010
Number of pages
426
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648244
ISBN
9780817648244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.84

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. This book offers in-depth study of the change point problem, and an examination of change point analysis of common statistical models. Change point problems are encountered in economics, finance, medicine, signal processing, and geology, to mention a few. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 23 colour illustrations, 22 black & white tables, biograph. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2nd ed. 2012
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817648008
ISBN
9780817648008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.37

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

Paperback. In a lively, entertaining and highly accessible style, Richard Trudeau's book provides one of the most stimulating and personal presentations of a struggle with the nature of truth in mathematics and the physical world. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 286 pages, 255 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBML. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
1st ed. 2001. 2nd printing 2008
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647827
ISBN
9780817647827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.71

Paperback. This book gives a glimpse into a world that has seldom been described - that of science and technology as seen through the eyes of a mathematician. The era covered by this book, 1950 to 1990, was surely one of the golden ages of science and of the American university. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647803
ISBN
9780817647803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.79

Paperback. This is a volume of essays and reviews that delightfully explores mathematics in all its moods - from the light and the witty, and humorous to serious, rational, and cerebral; beautifully written articles from three great modern mathematicians. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2nd ed. 1992
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647742
ISBN
9780817647742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.57

Paperback. This book is a study of how a particular vision of the unity of mathematics, often called geometric function theory, was created. The focus is on the convergence of the hypergeometric and related linear differential equations, group theory, and on-Euclidean geometry. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2nd ed. 1996
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647728
ISBN
9780817647728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.11

Paperback. This volume offers insights into the development of mathematical logic over the last century. The chapters explore technical innovations, the philosophical consequences of work during the period, and the historical and social context in which the logicians worked. Editor(s): Drucker, Thomas. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBCD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
Reprint of the 1991 ed
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647681
ISBN
9780817647681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

Paperback. This book is a publication in Swiss Seminars, a subseries of Progress in Mathematics. It is an expanded version of the notes from a seminar on intersection cohomology theory, which met at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in the spring of 1983. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBPD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
1st ed. 1984. 2nd printing 2008
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647643
ISBN
9780817647643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 132.67

Paperback. This book is devoted to one of the fastest developing fields in modern control theory - the so-called H-infinity optimal control theory. Based mostly on recent work by the authors, the book is written on a good mathematical level. Many results in it are original. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 413 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBUD; PBWL; TGP; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
413
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647568
ISBN
9780817647568
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 102.27

Hardback. Algebra, Arithmetic, and Geometry: In Honor of Yu. I. Manin consists of invited expository and research articles on new developments arising from Manin's outstanding contributions to mathematics. Editor(s): Tschinkel, Yuri; Zarhin, Yuri. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 716 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
716
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647469
ISBN
9780817647469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.65

Hardback. Algebra, Arithmetic, and Geometry: In Honor of Yu. I. Manin consists of invited expository and research articles on new developments arising from Manin's outstanding contributions to mathematics. Editor(s): Tschinkel, Yuri; Zarhin, Yuri. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 698 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 29 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647445
ISBN
9780817647445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.80

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

hardcover. Centered on the higher algebraic structures in the work of Murray Gerstenhaber and Jim Stasheff, now ubiquitous in various areas of mathematics and theoretical physics, this volume shows how their work has been expanded into new realms of research. Editor(s): Cattaneo, Alberto S.; Xu, Ping; Giaquinto, Anthony. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 362 pages, 92 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647346
ISBN
9780817647346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.12

Paperback. In a mathematically precise manner, this book presents a unified introduction to deterministic control theory. It includes material on the realization of both linear and nonlinear systems, impulsive control, and positive linear systems. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 391.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
1st ed. 1992. 2nd, corr. printing 1995. Reprint 2
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647322
ISBN
9780817647322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.21

paperback. This monograph collects fundamental mathematical techniques required for the analysis of algorithms. It builds on the fundamentals of combinatorial analysis and complex variable theory to present major paradigms used in the precise analysis of algorithms. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 132 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 7. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647285
ISBN
9780817647285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.01

Paperback. Using a computational algebra approach, this work addresses the center and cyclicity problems as behaviors of dynamical systems and families of polynomial systems. The self-contained text contains exercises as well as historical notes and algorithms. Num Pages: 330 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817647261
ISBN
9780817647261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.03

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

Hardback. Focuses on topics in representation theory of algebraic groups and quantum groups. This title is of interest to graduate students and researchers in representation theory, group theory, algebraic geometry, quantum theory and math physics. Editor(s): Gyoja, A.; Nakajima, H.; Shinoda, K.-I.; Shoji, T.; Tanisaki, Toshiyuki. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 348 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
2010
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817646967
ISBN
9780817646967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.80

Hardback. This book presents contributions of mathematicians covering topics from ancient India, placing them in the broader context of the history of mathematics. Through a systematic approach, it examines these ancient mathematical ideas that were spread throughout India, China, the Islamic world, and Western Europe. Editor(s): Yadav, B S; Mohan, Man (University of Delhi). Num Pages: 218 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817646943
ISBN
9780817646943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.11

Paperback. The second in a series of three volumes that survey the theory of theta functions, this volume emphasizes the special properties of the theta functions associated with compact Riemann surfaces and how they lead to solutions of the Korteweg-de-Vries equations. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
Reprint of the 1984 ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817645694
ISBN
9780817645694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 114.47

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