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Hardback. Provides surveys of the uses and concepts of entropy in diverse areas of mathematics and the physical sciences. This book starts by providing basic concepts and terminology, illustrated by examples from both the macroscopic and microscopic lines of thought. In-depth surveys covering the macroscopic, microscopic and probabilistic approaches follow. Editor(s): Greven, Andreas; Keller, Gerhard; Warnecke, Gerald; Kellerare, Gerhard (Professor of Mathematics, University of Erlangen, Germany). Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PB; PHH; PHS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691113388
- ISBN
- 9780691113388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.63
€ 176.63
Paperback. Covers local search and its variants from both a theoretical and practical point of view. This book is suitable for students and researchers in discrete mathematics, computer science, operations research, industrial engineering, and management science. Editor(s): Aarts, Emile; Lenstra, Jan Karel. Num Pages: 528 pages, 35 tables. 80 line illus. BIC Classification: PBU; PBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 754.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115221
- ISBN
- 9780691115221
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Condition: New
€ 97.49€ 74.75
€ 97.49
€ 74.75
Paperback. Offers an account of Kiyosi Ito's program. This book offers an account of integral curves on the space of probability measures. It provides a systematic development of Ito's theory of stochastic integration: first for Brownian motion and then for continuous martingales. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBK; PBM; PBWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115436
- ISBN
- 9780691115436
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Condition: New
€ 97.49€ 74.75
€ 97.49
€ 74.75
Hardback. Provides a self-contained introduction to max-plus algebra. This book explores the introduction of max-plus algebra and of system descriptions based upon it. It deals with a real application, namely the design of timetables for railway networks. It also examines various extensions, such as stochastic systems and min-max-plus systems. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9 halftones. 36 line illus. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117638
- ISBN
- 9780691117638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.49€ 75.21
€ 97.49
€ 75.21
Hardback. Develops, explains, and applies diagrammatic projection operators to construct all semi-simple Lie algebras, both classical and exceptional. This book takes readers on a four-thousand-diagram journey through the theory of Lie groups. Num Pages: 288 pages, 4000 birdtrack diagrams. 7 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: PBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118369
- ISBN
- 9780691118369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.22€ 64.31
€ 83.22
€ 64.31
Hardback. Presents an area of mathematical research that combines topology, geometry, and logic. This book seeks to explain and illustrate the implications of the general principle, first emphasized by Alex Nabutovsky, that logical complexity engenders geometric complexity. Series: Porter Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9 line illus. BIC Classification: PBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691118895
- ISBN
- 9780691118895
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Condition: New
€ 92.74€ 71.49
€ 92.74
€ 71.49
Paperback. Presenting mathematical ideas of people from a variety of small-scale and traditional cultures, this book humanizes our view of mathematics and expands our conception of what is mathematical. It demonstrates that traditional cultures have mathematical ideas that are far more substantial and sophisticated than is generally acknowledged. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 halftones. 52 line illus. 5 tables. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120225
- ISBN
- 9780691120225
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Condition: New
€ 53.50€ 42.44
€ 53.50
€ 42.44
Hardback. In a manner accessible to beginning undergraduates, this book introduces many of the central problems, conjectures, results, and techniques of the field, such as the Riemann Hypothesis, Roth's Theorem, and more. Showing how experiments are used to test conjectures and prove theorems, it allows students to do original work on such problems. Num Pages: 528 pages, 20 line illus. BIC Classification: PBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 42. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120607
- ISBN
- 9780691120607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.50
€ 130.50
Paperback. Presents an overview of the developments in the area of localization for quasi-periodic lattice Schrodinger operators and the theory of quasi-periodicity in Hamiltonian evolution equations. This book emphasises on so-called 'non-perturbative' methods and the role of subharmonic function theory and semi-algebraic set methods. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120980
- ISBN
- 9780691120980
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Condition: New
€ 83.22€ 64.47
€ 83.22
€ 64.47
Paperback. Develops techniques based on two ingredients: the theory of perverse sheaves and Larsen's Alternative. These techniques are then used to calculate the geometric monodromy groups attached to some specific universal families of (L-functions attached to) character sums over finite fields. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123301
- ISBN
- 9780691123301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 140.29€ 106.26
€ 140.29
€ 106.26
Hardback. Seeks to describe the development in recent decades of sieve methods able to detect prime numbers. This work covers topics such as; primes in short intervals, the greatest prime factor of the sequence of shifted primes, Goldbach numbers in short intervals, the distribution of Gaussian primes, and the recent work of John Friedlander, and Iwaniec. Series: London Mathematical Society Monographs. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: PBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124377
- ISBN
- 9780691124377
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.54
€ 157.54
Hardback. Featuring a challenging exposition of calculus in the European style, this text is suitable for a first-year university honors course or for a third-year analysis course. It uses applications of derivatives and integrals to show how calculus is applied in these disciplines. It also offers both routine and demanding exercises. Num Pages: 200 pages, 38 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 182 x 14. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125336
- ISBN
- 9780691125336
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.85€ 76.47
€ 80.85
€ 76.47
Paperback. A study of the generating functions constructed from special cycles, both divisors and zero-cycles, on the arithmetic surface "M" attached to a Shimura curve "M" over the field of rational numbers. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PBH; PBKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125510
- ISBN
- 9780691125510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.38€ 83.48
€ 109.38
€ 83.48
Paperback. From controlling disease outbreaks to predicting heart attacks, dynamic models are crucial for understanding biological processes. This book teaches how to use dynamic models in biology. It is organized around biological applications, with mathematics and computing developed through case studies at the molecular, cellular, and population levels. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 halftones. 90 line illus. 15 tables. BIC Classification: PBWH; PS; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691125893
- ISBN
- 9780691125893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 109.38€ 84.01
€ 109.38
€ 84.01
Paperback. Traces the prehistory and initial development of wavelet theory, a discipline that has had a profound impact on mathematics, physics, and engineering. This book contains the seminal papers that presented the ideas from which wavelet theory evolved, as well as those major papers that developed the theory into its current form. Num Pages: 912 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 264 x 218 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 898
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127057
- ISBN
- 9780691127057
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€ 129.59€ 103.64
€ 129.59
€ 103.64
Hardback. Develops a general analysis and synthesis framework for impulsive and hybrid dynamical systems. This book is written from a system-theoretic point of view and is intended for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners of engineering and applied mathematics as well as computer scientists, physicists, and other scientists. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 61 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PBW; PHH; PHS; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127156
- ISBN
- 9780691127156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.59€ 98.65
€ 129.59
€ 98.65
Hardback. Random matrix theory, both as an application and as a theory, has evolved rapidly over the years. This title chronicles these developments, emphasizing log-gases as a physical picture. It covers topics such as beta ensembles and Jack polynomials. It develops the application and theory of Gaussian and circular ensembles of random matrix theory. Series: London Mathematical Society Monographs. Num Pages: 808 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 210 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 808
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128290
- ISBN
- 9780691128290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.56€ 117.04
€ 154.56
€ 117.04
Hardback. Intensive research in matrix completions, moments, and sums of Hermitian squares has yielded a multitude of results. This book provides a comprehensive account of this area of mathematics and applications and gives complete proofs of solved problems. Series: Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics. Num Pages: 560 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128894
- ISBN
- 9780691128894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.21
€ 136.21
Hardback. Introduces advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers to the statistical and algebraic methods used to analyze spatiotemporal data in a range of fields, including climate science, geophysics, ecology, astrophysics, and medicine. Num Pages: 368 pages, 76 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PBF; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 169 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128917
- ISBN
- 9780691128917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.89€ 91.03
€ 118.89
€ 91.03
Paperback. Resolution of singularities is a powerful and frequently used tool in algebraic geometry. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the characteristic 0 case. It describes more than a dozen proofs for curves, many based on the original papers of Newton, Riemann, and Noether. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 2 line illus. BIC Classification: PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129235
- ISBN
- 9780691129235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.34€ 55.72
€ 71.34
€ 55.72
Hardback. Revealing the mathematical side of Benjamin Franklin, this book explains the mathematics behind Franklin's popular "Poor Richard's Almanac", which featured such things as population estimates and a host of mathematical digressions. It includes optional math problems that challenge readers to match wits with the Founding Father himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 color plates. 50 halftones. 52 line illus. BIC Classification: PBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129563
- ISBN
- 9780691129563
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.38
€ 30.99
€ 22.38
Hardback. British mathematician Alan Turing, credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, he died in 1954 after eating a cyanide-laced apple - his death was ruled a suicide. This book reveals the author's personal reflections on Turing and other fellow mathematicians. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129822
- ISBN
- 9780691129822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Plotting humankind's efforts to visualize data, this book discusses atheoretical plotting of data to reveal suggestive patterns. It includes chapters illustrating the uses and abuses of this invention (plotting), from a murder trial in Connecticut to the Vietnam War's effect on college admissions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 halftones. 93 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: PBV; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134055
- ISBN
- 9780691134055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.72
€ 46.99
€ 33.72
Hardback. A collection of the author's general writings on philosophy, mathematics, and physics. It includes the author's exposition of his synthesis of electromagnetism and gravitation. Editor(s): Pesic, Peter. Num Pages: 272 pages, 24 halftones. 19 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135458
- ISBN
- 9780691135458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96