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Representation theory, and more generally Lie theory, has played a very important role in many of the recent developments of mathematics and in the interaction of mathematics with physics. In...

di?erential operators in particular will be developed hand in glove with appli- tions andcomputation inthe physical, biologicaland medicalsciences.This theme will play an important role in the...

The present monograph is devoted to the construction and investigation of new difference schemes for approximating the solutions of regular and singular perturbation boundary-value problems for...

On November 3, 2005, Alexander Vasil'evich Kazhikhov left this world, untimely and unexpectedly. He was one of the most in?uential mathematicians in the mechanics of ?uids, and will be remembered for...

Readers will be aware that asthma is one of the commonest chronic diseases of industrialised societies, with an increase in morbidity and mortality, despite the availability of a range of different...

New Essays on Leibniz Reception: In Science and Philosophy of Science 1800-2000Author: Ralph Kr?merPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Mar 16, 2012Number of Pages: 278 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

This contributed volume presents recent advances as well as new directions in number theory and its applications. Algebraic and analytic number theory are the main focus with chapters showing how...

A pro-p group is the inverse limit of some system of finite p-groups, that is, of groups of prime-power order where the prime - conventionally denoted p - is fixed. Thus from one point of view, to...

Histamine is an intriguing compound; the same is true for the several classes of anti-histaminergic compounds. The classical anti-histamines, now known as H -antagonists have 1 been the result of...

New Perspectives on Approximation and Sampling Theory: Festschrift in Honor of Paul Butzer's 85th BirthdayAuthor: Ahmed I. ZayedPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Nov 18, 2014Number of Pages: 472...

This volume is dedicated to the memory of Israel Glazman, an outstanding personality and distinguished mathematician, the author of many remarkable papers and books in operator theory and its...

In the late eighties large-scale control operations were carried out to control a major desert locust upsurge in Africa. For the first time since the banning of organochlorine pesticides these...

The volume focuses on therapeutic targets that were identified after TNF blockade and that have recently been registered or are currently under development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis...

The book presents recent results and new trends in the theory of fluid mechanics. Each of the four chapters focuses on a different problem in fluid flow accompanied by an overview of available older...

This volume is a selection of written notes corresponding to courses taught at the CIMPA School: "New Trends in Applied Harmonic Analysis: Sparse Representations, Compressed Sensing and Multifractal...

The theory of dynamic games is very rich in nature and very much alive! If the reader does not already agree with this statement, I hope he/she will surely do so after having consulted the contents...

The Proceedings volume contains 16 contributions to the IMPA conference "New Trends in Parameter Identification for Mathematical Models", Rio de Janeiro, Oct 30 - Nov 3, 2017, integrating the...

New Trends in Research and Utilization of Solar Energy Through Biological SystemsAuthor: MislinPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Apr 11, 2014Number of Pages: 156 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

New Trends in Shape OptimizationAuthor: Aldo PratelliPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Dec 08, 2015Number of Pages: 314 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 3319175629ISBN-13:...

The University of Genoa - Ohio State University Joint Conference on New Trends in Systems Theory was held at the Badia di S. Andrea in Genoa on July 9-11, 1990. This Proceedings volume contains...

Hyperbolic partial di?erential equations describe phenomena of material or wave transport in the applied sciences. Despite of considerable progress in the past decades, the mathematical theory still...

Beginning in 1983, the Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research has organized an annual workshop devoted to some aspect of the behavior and modeling of complex systems. These...

This book shows the importance of studying semilocal convergence in iterative methods through Newton's method and addresses the most important aspects of the Kantorovich's theory including implicated...

Newtons Werk: Die Begr?ndung Der Modernen NaturwissenschaftAuthor: FauvelPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Apr 11, 2014Number of Pages: 325 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

Leonardo da Vinci was well aware of the fundamental importance of mathematics for architecture. This book examines Leonardo's knowledge of theoretical mathematics, explores how he used concepts of...

Letter From The Editor.- Letter From The Editor.- Architecture, Mathematics and Perspective.- Giotto and Renaissance Perspective.- Perspective, a Visionary Process: The Main Generative Road for...

Letter from the Editor.- Letter from the Editor.- Recalling Eero Saarinen 1910-2010.- How the Gateway Arch Got its Shape.- Saarinen's Shell Game: Tensions, Structures, and Sounds at MIT.- The Next...

We grasp and transform the world through interplays of quantification and qualification. The cross pollination of geometric and literary figures is deeply embedded in our cognitive habits,...

The Spring 2011 (vol. 13 no. 1) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features eight papers that resulted from the 2010 Nexus conference section on Shape and Shape Grammars. Guest editor Lionel March...

The Autumn 2011 (vol. 13 no. 3) issue of the Nexus Network Journal features nine papers guest edited by Jos? Calvo-Lopez dedicated to the theme "From Mediaeval Stonecutting to Projective Geometry "...