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Hardback. Presents constructive design methods for boundary stabilization and boundary estimation for several classes of benchmark problems in flow control, with potential applications to turbulence control, weather forecasting, and plasma control. This book is suitable for a broad, interdisciplinary engineering and mathematics audience. Series: Systems & Control: Foundations and Applications. Num Pages: 222 pages, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817646981
ISBN
9780817646981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.22

Paperback. A biography that interprets both the life and times of Lise Meitner (1878 - 1968), providing a background of the scientific discoveries and social milieu that affected the research, events, personalities, and politics of 20th century quantum physics. Num Pages: 432 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX; PDZ; PHN; PNRL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
1st ed. 1999. 2nd printing 2006
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817645595
ISBN
9780817645595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.70

Paperback. Presents field theories written in sheaf-theoretic language. This title contains a wealth of minutely detailed, rigorous computations. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 253 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643799
ISBN
9780817643799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.25

Paperback. Differential geometry, in the classical sense, is developed through the theory of smooth manifolds. Using modern differential geometry from the author's perspective, this work describes physical theories of a geometric character without using any notion of calculus (smoothness). Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643782
ISBN
9780817643782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.45

Hardback. This book describes the basic theory of molecular gas dynamics and its various applications. This unique book presents working knowledge, theory, techniques, and typical phenomena in rarefied gases for theoretical development and application. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 658 pages, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
658
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817643454
ISBN
9780817643454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.93

Hardback. Treating the interface of geometric analysis and mathematical physics, this title covers such topics as: a self-contained derivation of the partition function of Chern-Simons gauge theory in the semiclassical approximation; algebraic and geometric aspects of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations in conformal field theory; and, more. Editor(s): Bouwknegt, P.; Wu, S. Series: Progress in Mathematics. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBMS; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642877
ISBN
9780817642877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.16

Hardback. Describes the relationship and connections between kinetic theory and fluid dynamics, mainly for a time-independent problem in a general domain. This work presents applications to various physically interesting phenomena, including flows induced by temperature fields, evaporation and condensation problems, and examples of the ghost effect. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642846
ISBN
9780817642846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.92

Hardback. Focuses on the modeling of continua that exhibit the property of singularities in fields. This book presents a rational theory of continuum thermomechanics taking into account the existence and distribution of scalar and vector discontinuities. It is suitable for students, researchers, and engineers in applied mathematics, mechanics, and physics. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642839
ISBN
9780817642839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardback. Features nine survey articles which extend concepts from classical probability and stochastic processes to a number of areas of mathematical physics. This work covers key topics such as: nonlinear stochastic wave equations, completely positive maps, Mehler-type semigroups on Hilbert spaces, and entropic projections. Editor(s): Cruzeiro, A.B.; Zambrini, Jean-Claude. Series: Progress in Probability. Num Pages: 167 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBWL; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Germany
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642464
ISBN
9780817642464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.08

Hardback. This textbook -- a result of the author's many years of research and teaching -- brings together diverse concepts of the versatile tool of multibody dynamics, combining the efforts of many researchers in the field of mechanics. Num Pages: 700 pages, 24 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PHDT; TGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817642365
ISBN
9780817642365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.89

Hardback. Building on the results presented by Bethuel, Brazis and Helein, this work further analyzes Ginzburg-Landau vortices with particular emphasis on the uniqueness question. The authors begin with a single presentation of the theory and proceed to study problems using weighted Holder spaces. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBW; PHDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 675.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Germany
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641337
ISBN
9780817641337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.67

Hardback. Offers an account of modern developments in energy methods for the study of free boundary problems in partial differential equations. This book is suitable for applied mathematicians and graduate students whose research is in partial differential equations, nonlinear analysis, and continuum mechanics. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 343 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHD; TBJ; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 669.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
343
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641238
ISBN
9780817641238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.94

Hardback. Deals with nonlinear higher order model equations that are central to the description and analysis of spatio-temporal pattern formation in the natural sciences. This book exhibits the principal families of solutions, such as kinks, pulses and periodic solutions, and their dependence on critical eigenvalue parameters. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 358 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBWH; PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817641108
ISBN
9780817641108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.81

Hardback. A survey of the major topics surrounding the modeling and analysis of problems in micromechanics of multicomponent systems, including conceptual and practical aspects. It provides both specialists and nonspecialists with an interdisciplinary perspective of ideas and methods used for modeling heterogeneous materials behavior and their applications. Editor(s): Markov, Konstantin; Preziosi, Luigi. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 491 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; TGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
491
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640835
ISBN
9780817640835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.85

Hardback. Providing a unified treatment of the subject, this text addresses modelling, qualitative analysis and simulation of real physical systems using ordinary differential equations. The scientific computational aspects are presented using the computer program, Mathematica. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBWH; PHDD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817640071
ISBN
9780817640071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.13

Hardback. A reference for the field of particle modelling - the study of dynamical behaviour of solids and fluids in response to external forces, with the solids and fluids modelled as systems of atoms and molecules. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PHQ; TGM; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817639853
ISBN
9780817639853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. A comprehensive treatment of screening particularly with respect to out-of-equilibrium systems, this volume is divided into two parts: the first section outlines the principles of screening at or near equilibrium, while the second is devoted to the case of strong deviations from equilibrium. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHFC; TGM; TJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817639501
ISBN
9780817639501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.92

hardcover. Written by one of the pioneers in the field of micromanipulation, this text has an interdisciplinary nature, examining physics, biology and medicine. Series: Methods in Bioengineering. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHVN; PSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
1999th Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817638733
ISBN
9780817638733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.01

Hardback. Most of the contributions in this book aim to find and apply the proper mathematical and statistical tools to describe fully developed turbulence. A few chapters address a class of stochastic nonlinear non-dispersive waves known as Burgers' turbulence. Series: Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications. Num Pages: 361 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PDE; PHDF; TBJ; TGMF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 691.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
361
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817636678
ISBN
9780817636678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.24

Hardback. Papers from the Discussion Conference on Recent Advances in General Relativity, held at the U. of Pittsburgh, May 1990, survey the interacting fields of classical general relativity, astrophysics, and quantum gravity. Some of the remarks made following the invited papers are also included. The conference also included three workshops on classical g Editor(s): Janis, Allen I.; Porter, John R. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
277
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817635411
ISBN
9780817635411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Hardback. Editor(s): Feinberg, G. Series: Contemporary Physicists. Num Pages: 621 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1290.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
621
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817633431
ISBN
9780817633431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Hardback. In recent years kinetic theory has developed in many areas of the physical sciences and engineering, and has extended the borders of its traditional fields of application. This monograph is a self-contained presentation of such recently developed aspects of kinetic theory, as well as a comprehensive account of the fundamentals of the theory. Editor(s): Degond, Pierre; Pareschi, Lorenzo; Russo, Giovanni. Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Num Pages: 367 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Germany
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817632540
ISBN
9780817632540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.00

Paperback. Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PHN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780817631277
ISBN
9780817631277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 85.29

Hardback. Examines the plans for the future and the progress that has already been made, in the field of DSP and its applications to communication systems. This book pursues the progression from communication and information theory through to the implementation, evaluation and performance enhancing of practical communication systems using DSP technology. Editor(s): Wysocki, Tadeusz (University of Wollongong); Razavi, Hashem; Honary, Bahram. Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Num Pages: 342 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHDS; TJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792399322
ISBN
9780792399322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.66

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