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In 1974, the Societal Institute of the Mathematical Sciences (SIMS) initiated.a series of five-day Research Application Conferences (RAC's) at Alta, Utah, for the purpose of probing in depth societal...

During his lifetime, Henri Poincar? published three major philosophical books which achieved great success: "La science et l'hypoth?se" (1902), "La valeur de la science" (1905) and "Science et...

Search and Optimization by Metaheuristics: Techniques and Algorithms Inspired by NatureAuthor: Ke-Lin DuPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: May 31, 2018Number of Pages: 434 pagesBinding: Paperback...

Seeungeheuer: Mythen, Fabeln Und FaktenAuthor: Richard EllisPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Apr 11, 2014Number of Pages: 391 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 3034860838ISBN-13:...

DEKORP, the German continental reflection seismic program, was the major focus of deep seismic research in Germany in the 1980s and 1990s. The seismic sections provided fundamental new insight into...

Seismic Exploration: Technique and ProcessingAuthor: H. N. Al-SadiPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Aug 23, 2014Number of Pages: 215 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10:...

The accelerated, and often uncontrolled, growth of the cities has contributed to the ecological transformation of their immediate surroundings. Factors contributing to the urban vulnerability...

requiring the adaptation of probabilistic maps to design ground motions; and (d) the generalization of design parameters to locations where there is little seismic history. Maximum displacements,...

Discussed subjects include analytical and numerical techniques for calculating dynamic rupture and radiated seismic waves, stochastic models used in engineering seismology, earthquake and volcanic...

Vlastislav Cerveny Ivan Psencik Academy of Sciences of the Czech Charles University Republic Faculty of Mathematics & Physics Geophysical Institute Dep. of Geophysics Bocni II, 1401 Ke Karlovu 3...

The special issue contains contributions presented at the international workshop Seismic waves in laterally inhomogeneous media IV, which was held at the Castle of Trest, Czech Republic, May 22-27,...

The special issue contains contributions presented at the international workshop Seismic waves in laterally inhomo- geneous media IV, which was held at the Castle of Trest, Czech Republic, May 22-27,...

This volume contains 18 papers from 8 countries dealing with different aspects of triggered and induced seismicity. In situ observations of the phenomenon include examples of seismicity due to...

The perturbation of the earth by mankind causes earthquakes in a variety of situations. This phenomenon continues to be a major concern to engineers and scientists concerned with the mitigation of...

Recent seismological research has focused on processes other than pure shear failure (double-couple) as an alternative mechanism for some types of seismic events. This has been stimulated by what...

204 Pure app!. geophys., P. Reasenberg demonstrated that in Cascadia earthquakes are four times more likely to be foreshocks than in California. Many speakers emphasized the regional differences in...

Von allen geophysikalischen Prospektionsmethoden ist, was die erreichbare Genauigkeit und die Vielfalt der Anwendungsgebiete betrifft, die Laufzeit- seismik die bedeutendste. Neben den sich speziell...

Earthquakes in shallow subduction zones account for the greatest part of seismic energy release in the Earth and often cause significant damage; in some cases they are accompanied by devastating...

0.1 Introduction These lecture notes describe a new development in the calculus of variations which is called Aubry-Mather-Theory. The starting point for the theoretical physicist Aubry was a model...

The deep and original ideas of Norman Levinson have had a lasting impact on fields as diverse as differential & integral equations, harmonic, complex & stochas- tic analysis, and analytic number...

Selected Papers of Norman Levinson: Volume 2Author: John NohelPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Oct 12, 2011Number of Pages: 552 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1461253373ISBN-13:...

The present volume of reprints are what I consider to be my most interesting and influential papers on algebra and topology. To tie them together, and to place them in context, I have supplemented...

In these volumes, the most significant of the collected papers of the Chinese-American theoretical physicist Tsung-Dao Lee are printed. A complete list of his published papers, in order of...

In these volumes, the most significant of the collected papers of the Chinese-American theoretical physicist Tsung-Dao Lee are printed. A complete list of his published papers, in order of...

In these volumes, the most significant of the collected papers of the Chinese-American theoretical physicist Tsung-Dao Lee are printed. A complete list of his published papers, in order of...

This volume is dedicated to the memory of the outstanding mathematician S.Ya. Khavinson. It begins with an expository paper by V.P. Havin presenting a comprehensive survey of Khavinson's works as...

Selected Topics in Mathematical Analysis: Real Number System - Recurrences - Asymptotic Analysis - Integration in Finite TermsAuthor: Liviu C. FlorescuPublisher: BirkhauserPublication Date: Nov 08,...

Comprehensive reference text giving an overview of the current state of nonlinear wave mechanics in both elastic and fluid media. Consists of self-contained, interdisciplinary chapters covering new...

Anatolii Illarionovich Shirshov (1921-1981) was an outstanding Russian mat- maticianwhoseworksessentiallyin?uenced thetheoriesofassociative, Lie, Jordan and alternative rings. Many Shirshov's...

The book collects the most significant contributions of the outstanding Czech mathematician Jindřich Nečas, who was honoured with the Order of Merit of the Czech Republic by President...