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Analysis in Banach Spaces

Volume II: Probabilistic Methods and Operator Theory

By: Tuomas Hytönen,Jan van Neerven,Mark Veraar,Lutz Weis

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Analysis in Banach Spaces

Volume II: Probabilistic Methods and Operator Theory

By: Tuomas Hytönen,Jan van Neerven,Mark Veraar,Lutz Weis

This second volume of Analysis in Banach Spaces, Probabilistic Methods and Operator Theory, is the successor to Volume I, Martingales and Littlewood-Paley Theory. It presents a thorough study of the fundamental randomisation techniques and the operator-theoretic aspects of the theory. The first two chapters address the relevant classical background from the theory of Banach spaces, including notions like type, cotype, K-convexity and contraction principles. In turn, the next two chapters provide a detailed treatment of the theory of R-boundedness and Banach space valued square functions developed over the last 20 years. In the last chapter, this content is applied to develop the holomorphic functional calculus of sectorial and bi-sectorial operators in Banach spaces. Given its breadth of coverage, this book will be an invaluable reference to graduate students and researchers interested in functional analysis, harmonic analysis, spectral theory, stochastic analysis, and the operator-theoretic approach to deterministic and stochastic evolution equations.

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3319698087

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Mammals of Africa

By: Jonathan Kingdon,David Happold,Thomas Butynski,Michael Hoffmann,Meredith Happold,Jan Kalina

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Mammals of Africa

By: Jonathan Kingdon,David Happold,Thomas Butynski,Michael Hoffmann,Meredith Happold,Jan Kalina

Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With 1,160 species and 16 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes some 660 colour illustrations by Jonathan Kingdon and his many drawings highlight details of morphology and behaviour of the species concerned. Diagrams, schematic details and line drawings of skulls and jaws are by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. Volume I: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria (352 pages) Volume II: Primates (560 pages) Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits (784 pages) Volume IV: Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats (800 pages) Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses (560 pages) Volume VI: Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer and Bovids (704 pages)

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1408189968

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Hyperbolic Dynamics and Brownian Motion

An Introduction

By: Jacques Franchi,Yves Le Jan

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Hyperbolic Dynamics and Brownian Motion

An Introduction

By: Jacques Franchi,Yves Le Jan

Hyperbolic Dynamics and Brownian Motion illustrates the interplay between distinct domains of mathematics. There is no assumption that the reader is a specialist in any of these domains: only basic knowledge of linear algebra, calculus and probability theory is required. The content can be summarized in three ways: Firstly, this book provides an introduction to hyperbolic geometry, based on the Lorentz group. The Lorentz group plays, in relativistic space-time, a role analogue to the rotations in Euclidean space. The hyperbolic geometry is the geometry of the unit pseudo-sphere. The boundary of the hyperbolic space is defined as the set of light rays. Special attention is given to the geodesic and horocyclic flows. Hyperbolic geometry is presented via special relativity to benefit from the physical intuition. Secondly, this book introduces basic notions of stochastic analysis: the Wiener process, Itô's stochastic integral, and calculus. This introduction allows study in linear stochastic differential equations on groups of matrices. In this way the spherical and hyperbolic Brownian motions, diffusions on the stable leaves, and the relativistic diffusion are constructed. Thirdly, quotients of the hyperbolic space under a discrete group of isometries are introduced. In this framework some elements of hyperbolic dynamics are presented, as the ergodicity of the geodesic and horocyclic flows. This book culminates with an analysis of the chaotic behaviour of the geodesic flow, performed using stochastic analysis methods. This main result is known as Sinai's central limit theorem.

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Oxford University Press

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0191655481

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Aspects of a Cognitive-Pragmatic Theory of Language

On cognition, functionalism, and grammar

By: Jan Nuyts

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Aspects of a Cognitive-Pragmatic Theory of Language

On cognition, functionalism, and grammar

By: Jan Nuyts

This book is about a theory of language that combines two observations (1) that language is based on an extensive cognitive infrastructure (cognitivism) and (2) that it is functional for its user (functionalism). These observations are regarded as two dimensions of one phenomenon that both need to be accounted for, simultaneously and coherently, in accounting for language. Chapter 1 presents the cognitivist and functionalist points of view and their interrelation and discusses the integration of language research under a cognitive umbrella; the issue of defining 'functions of language', and the formalism-functionalism debate. Chapter 2 criticizes the Chomskyan formalist conception of language and cognition from the perspective of cognitive-pragmatic theory. The focus is on different aspects of the competence-performance dichotomy, and in particular on the nature of linguistic knowledge. The ontogenesis and phylogenesis of language are also discussed. Chapter 3 deals with the potential contribution of a functional-linguistic grammar to an integrated conception of the cognitive systems of language, viz. Dik's Functional Grammar, and introduces the concept of a Functional Procedural Grammar as a more integrative model for language production. Special attention is also paid to the nature of conceptual knowledge and the relationship between language production and interpretation. The debate is illustrated by an analysis of negative-raising.

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Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales

The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies

By: Jan M. Ziolkowski

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Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales

The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies

By: Jan M. Ziolkowski

When did fairy tales begin? What qualifies as a fairy tale? Is a true fairy tale oral or literary? Or is a fairy tale determined not by style but by content? To answer these and other questions, Jan M. Ziolkowski not only provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical debates about fairy tale origins but includes an extensive discussion of the relationship of the fairy tale to both the written and oral sources. Ziolkowski offers interpretations of a sampling of the tales in order to sketch the complex connections that existed in the Middle Ages between oral folktales and their written equivalents, the variety of uses to which the writers applied the stories, and the diverse relationships between the medieval texts and the expressions of the same tales in the "classic" fairy tale collections of the nineteenth century. In so doing, Ziolkowski explores stories that survive in both versions associated with, on the one hand, such standards of the nineteenth-century fairy tale as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Carlo Collodi and, on the other, medieval Latin, demonstrating that the literary fairy tale owes a great debt to the Latin literature of the medieval period. Jan M. Ziolkowski is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472025228

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Talking Animals

Medieval Latin Beast Poetry, 75-115

By: Jan M. Ziolkowski

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Talking Animals

Medieval Latin Beast Poetry, 75-115

By: Jan M. Ziolkowski

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

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1512809357

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Functionals of Multidimensional Diffusions with Applications to Finance

By: Jan Baldeaux,Eckhard Platen

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Functionals of Multidimensional Diffusions with Applications to Finance

By: Jan Baldeaux,Eckhard Platen

This research monograph provides an introduction to tractable multidimensional diffusion models, where transition densities, Laplace transforms, Fourier transforms, fundamental solutions or functionals can be obtained in explicit form. The book also provides an introduction to the use of Lie symmetry group methods for diffusions, which allows to compute a wide range of functionals. Besides the well-known methodology on affine diffusions it presents a novel approach to affine processes with applications in finance. Numerical methods, including Monte Carlo and quadrature methods, are discussed together with supporting material on stochastic processes. Applications in finance, for instance, on credit risk and credit valuation adjustment are included in the book. The functionals of multidimensional diffusions analyzed in this book are significant for many areas of application beyond finance. The book is aimed at a wide readership, and develops an intuitive and rigorous understanding of the mathematics underlying the derivation of explicit formulas for functionals of multidimensional diffusions.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3319007475

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Wu Yun's Way

Life and Works of an Eighth-Century Daoist Master

By: Jan de Meyer

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Wu Yun's Way

Life and Works of an Eighth-Century Daoist Master

By: Jan de Meyer

Here is the first booklength study of the life and works of Wu Yun, one of the most remarkable figures of eighth-century Daoism. Blending literary criticism with religious and cultural history, this book assesses the importance of Wu Yun the Daoist priest, the poet, the anti-Buddhist, the defender of reclusion and the philosopher of immortality, and in doing so, sheds new light on the very nature of Tang dynasty Daoism. The book, which should be of special interest to students of Tang literature and Medieval Daoism alike, alternates narrative and analysis with annotated translations of two thirds of Wu Yun’s remaining writings, including two stela inscriptions, three prose treatises, four rhapsodies and several dozens of poems.

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904741800X

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Fundamentals of Piezoelectric Sensorics

Mechanical, Dielectric, and Thermodynamical Properties of Piezoelectric Materials

By: Jan Tichý,Jirí Erhart,Erwin Kittinger,Jana Prívratská

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Fundamentals of Piezoelectric Sensorics

Mechanical, Dielectric, and Thermodynamical Properties of Piezoelectric Materials

By: Jan Tichý,Jirí Erhart,Erwin Kittinger,Jana Prívratská

Presents the fundamental physics of piezoelectric sensors. Only book with this scope Targeted to those engineers, phycisists and chemists who are involved in materials processing, device design and manufacturing.

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3540684271

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Linear and Nonlinear Waves in Microstructured Solids

Homogenization and Asymptotic Approaches

By: Igor V. Andrianov,Jan Awrejcewicz,Vladyslav Danishevskyy

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Linear and Nonlinear Waves in Microstructured Solids

Homogenization and Asymptotic Approaches

By: Igor V. Andrianov,Jan Awrejcewicz,Vladyslav Danishevskyy

This book uses asymptotic methods to obtain simple approximate analytic solutions to various problems within mechanics, notably wave processes in heterogeneous materials. Presenting original solutions to common issues within mechanics, this book builds upon years of research to demonstrate the benefits of implementing asymptotic techniques within mechanical engineering and material science. Focusing on linear and nonlinear wave phenomena in complex micro-structured solids, the book determines their global characteristics through analysis of their internal structure, using homogenization and asymptotic procedures, in line with the latest thinking within the field. The book’s cutting-edge methodology can be applied to optimal design, non-destructive control and in deep seismic sounding, providing a valuable alternative to widely used numerical methods. Using case studies, the book covers topics such as elastic waves in nonhomogeneous materials, regular and chaotic dynamics based on continualisation and discretization and vibration localization in 1D Linear and Nonlinear lattices. The book will be of interest to students, research engineers, and professionals specialising in mathematics and physics as well as mechanical and civil engineering.

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1000372219

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Final Paleolithic Camp Organization as Seen from the Perspective of Lithic Artifacts Refitting

By: Jan Fiedorczuk

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Final Paleolithic Camp Organization as Seen from the Perspective of Lithic Artifacts Refitting

By: Jan Fiedorczuk

Preface Introduction I. Overview of the Study Area II. Spatial Organization of Sites: History of Studies II. 1. Methodologies and Research II.2. Archaeological Structures and their Significance in Studies of Spatial Organization of Sites III. Sites of the Mazovian Complex in Studies of Spatial Organization of Camps III.1. Research History and Prospects III.2. Site Selection Criteria III.3. Characteristic of Selected Sites III.3.1. Dobiegniewo III.3.2. Calowanie, Trench I, Level VI III.3.3. Rydno IV/57 III.3.4. Rydno XI/59 IV. Methods in Spatial Organization Studies of Paleolithic Campsites IV.l. Lithic Typology, Technology and Raw Materials IV.2. The Refittings Method IV.2.1. Terminology and Semantic Scope of Concepts IV.2.2. Results of Refitting in the Selected Assemblages IV.2.3. Spatial Distribution of Lithic Artifacts Refitted into Blocks I V.2.4. Comprehensive Analysis of Refitted Specimens IV.3. Spatial Distribution (Patterning) of Selected Classes of Lithic Artifacts IV.3.1. Burnt Artifacts IV.3 2. Tools and Tools Production and Repair Waste IV.3.3. Cores and Core Processing Waste IV.4. Statistical Procedures in Spatial Analysis V. Settlement Structures in Sites of the Mazovian Complex V.I. Features V.I.I. Hearths V.I.1.1. Dobiegniewo V.I.1.2. Calowanie, Trench I, Level VI V.l.1.3. Rydno IV/57 V.l.1.4. Rydno XI/59 V.1.2. Pits V.1.3. Haematite "Stains" V.2. Activity Areas V.2.1. Workshops and Waste Heaps V.2.2. Differentiation of Waste Heaps V.2.3. Workshops Differentiation V.2.4. Living (Home) Activity Areas VI. Spatial Relationships Between Identified Structures VI.l. Workshop vs. Waste Heap VI.2. The Workshop/Workshop Arrangement, or Core Processing in Various Places VI.3. Spatial Manifestations of Blade Selection Behaviors VI.4. Workshop and Living Activity Areas in Relation to Hearths and Dwelling Structures VII. Structure Systems vs. Occupation Episodes, or the Spatial Organization of Campsites VII.1. Dobiegniewo VII.2. Calowanie, Trench I, Level VI VII.3. Rydno IV/57 VII.4. Rydno XI/59 VIII. Expectations, Disappointments and Results. A Brief Summing Up References

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Wydawnictwo Instytutu Archeologii i Etnologii PAN

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8389499274

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Living on the Edge

Wetlands and Birds in a Changing Sahel

By: Le Zwarts,Rob G. Bijlsma,Jan van der Kamp,Eddy Wymenga

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Living on the Edge

Wetlands and Birds in a Changing Sahel

By: Le Zwarts,Rob G. Bijlsma,Jan van der Kamp,Eddy Wymenga

Living on the Edge' examines the function of the Sahel region of Africa as an important wintering area for long-distance migrant birds. It describes the challenges the birds have to cope with – climate change, of course, and rapid man-made habitat changes related to deforestation, irrigation and reclamation of wetlands. How have all these changes affected the birds, and have birds adapted to these changes? Can we explain the changing numbers of breeding birds in Europe by changes in the Sahel, or vice versa? Winner of the BB/BTO Best Bird Book Award 2010 The Jury commented: "It is a tremendous book in every department. It marks a step-change in our knowledge of the ecology of this critically important region in the European-African migration system and of the many species (familiar to us on their breeding grounds) that winter there. The authors combine the latest scientific information with vivid descriptions of landscapes and animals. Their book is richly illustrated with large numbers of drawings, maps and photographs by acclaimed experts. The wealth of coloured graphics has been particularly well thought out and encourages readers to delve into the figures and learn more about the region, rather than having the (all-too-common) opposite effect. Summing up, the jury praises not just the high quality of the texts, the information and the illustrations, but also the sheer pleasure of reading the book: "One of the key attributes of a good book is to be able to grip the reader's attention and transport him or her to another place. We feel confident that [Living on the edge] will have that effect.

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9004278133

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Owls of the World

By: Claus König,Friedhelm Weick,Jan-Hendrik Becking

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Owls of the World

By: Claus König,Friedhelm Weick,Jan-Hendrik Becking

The definitive book on owls. Owls are enduringly popular birds, but due to their nocturnal habits most species are difficult to see well. The plumages of many species are cryptic and difficult to separate by plumage alone. This problem is compounded by the different morphs that many adopt. This book fully describes every known species and subspecies of owl, as well as presenting the latest evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA work and vocalisations. Because voice is vital in owl identification, much emphasis is placed on it in the book and sonograms are provided for many species. A CD of owl vocalisations accompanies the book.

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1408108844

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The End (eBook)

The A-Z of the Biblical Message about the End Times

By: Jan du Rand

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The End (eBook)

The A-Z of the Biblical Message about the End Times

By: Jan du Rand

Do you wonder about the End Times, and what the Bible says about our eternal God and the final end? In THE END Jan du Rand offers a Bible-based perspective on popular topics such as the signs of the times and the Second Coming. A comprehensive index is provided for easy reference at the back of the book.

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Christian Art Publishers

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1432132172

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Pricing and Hedging Insurance Products in Hybrid Markets

By: Jan Widenmann

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Pricing and Hedging Insurance Products in Hybrid Markets

By: Jan Widenmann

Diese Dissertation stellt innovative Pricing- und Hedging-Modelle für eine breite Klasse von Versicherungsprodukten vor. Eine wichtige Neuerung im Hinblick auf die existierende Literatur ist dabei das Anwenden F-doppelt stochastischer Markovketten, was die Ausarbeitung der Formeln anhand stochastischer Intensitätsprozesse ermöglicht. Für die Prämienbestimmung für Arbeitslosigkeitsversicherungsprodukte werden die Intensitätsprozesse durch mikro- und makroökonomische stochastische Kovariablenprozesse generiert, um Einflüsse und Abhängigkeitsstrukturen innerhalb von Arbeitsmärkten zu untersuchen. Als Preisregel wird die „Real-World“-Preisformel des Benchmark-Ansatzes gewählt. Für die Bestimmung optimaler Hedgingstrategien werden quadratische Hedging-Methoden auf eine breite Klasse von Versicherungsprodukten, u.a. Lebensversicherungsprodukten, angewandt. Die Lösungen werden dabei anhand der Galtchouk-Kunita-Watanabe-Zerlegung jeweiligen der Schadenprozesse bestimmt.

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Cuvillier Verlag

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3736945876

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Simulating Copulas: Stochastic Models, Sampling Algorithms, And Applications

By: Matthias Scherer,Jan-frederik Mai

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Simulating Copulas: Stochastic Models, Sampling Algorithms, And Applications

By: Matthias Scherer,Jan-frederik Mai

This book provides the reader with a background on simulating copulas and multivariate distributions in general. It unifies the scattered literature on the simulation of various families of copulas (elliptical, Archimedean, Marshall-Olkin type, etc.) as well as on different construction principles (factor models, pair-copula construction, etc.). The book is self-contained and unified in presentation and can be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students with a firm background in stochastics. Alongside the theoretical foundation, ready-to-implement algorithms and many examples make this book a valuable tool for anyone who is applying the methodology.

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World Scientific

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1908977582

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Proof Complexity

By: Jan Krajíček

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Proof Complexity

By: Jan Krajíček

Offers a self-contained work presenting basic ideas, classical results, current state of the art and possible future directions in proof complexity.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108416845

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Analysis on Function Spaces of Musielak-Orlicz Type

By: Osvaldo Mendez,Jan Lang

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Analysis on Function Spaces of Musielak-Orlicz Type

By: Osvaldo Mendez,Jan Lang

Analysis on Function Spaces of Musielak-Orlicz Type provides a state-of-the-art survey on the theory of function spaces of Musielak-Orlicz type. The book also offers readers a step-by-step introduction to the theory of Musielak–Orlicz spaces, and introduces associated function spaces, extending up to the current research on the topic Musielak-Orlicz spaces came under renewed interest when applications to electrorheological hydrodynamics forced the particular case of the variable exponent Lebesgue spaces on to center stage. Since then, research efforts have typically been oriented towards carrying over the results of classical analysis into the framework of variable exponent function spaces. In recent years it has been suggested that many of the fundamental results in the realm of variable exponent Lebesgue spaces depend only on the intrinsic structure of the Musielak-Orlicz function, thus opening the door for a unified theory which encompasses that of Lebesgue function spaces with variable exponent. Features Gives a self-contained, concise account of the basic theory, in such a way that even early-stage graduate students will find it useful Contains numerous applications Facilitates the unified treatment of seemingly different theoretical and applied problems Includes a number of open problems in the area

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0429537573

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Studies of Homeric Greece

By: Jan Bouzek

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Studies of Homeric Greece

By: Jan Bouzek

The volume brings a kind of companion to the subject of study of archaeology and history of Late Mycenaean to Geometric Greece and of the koine of Early Iron Age Geometric styles in Europe and Upper Eurasia, ca 1300–700 BC, in relation to their Near Eastern neighbours. The age around the so-called axial period of human history, of transition from Bronze to Iron Age, from the pre-philosophical to philosophical mind, from mythical level of human thought to logos, is discussed in the frame of combining several approaches into a synthetic picture revisiting the previous books and papers by the author, in an attempt to combine the witness of archaeological sources with the worlds of Homer and Hesiod, and the first private Phoenician and Greek merchant ventures. It surveys the birth of Greek autonomous city states, of its art and its free citizens. The book contains many maps and drawings illustrating the discussed subjects, black and white and colour photographs.

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Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

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8024635615

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The Dirichlet Problem with L2-Boundary Data for Elliptic Linear Equations

By: Jan Chabrowski

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The Dirichlet Problem with L2-Boundary Data for Elliptic Linear Equations

By: Jan Chabrowski

The Dirichlet problem has a very long history in mathematics and its importance in partial differential equations, harmonic analysis, potential theory and the applied sciences is well-known. In the last decade the Dirichlet problem with L2-boundary data has attracted the attention of several mathematicians. The significant features of this recent research are the use of weighted Sobolev spaces, existence results for elliptic equations under very weak regularity assumptions on coefficients, energy estimates involving L2-norm of a boundary data and the construction of a space larger than the usual Sobolev space W1,2 such that every L2-function on the boundary of a given set is the trace of a suitable element of this space. The book gives a concise account of main aspects of these recent developments and is intended for researchers and graduate students. Some basic knowledge of Sobolev spaces and measure theory is required.

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3540384006

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Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry

By: Pedro Andreo,David T. Burns,Alan E. Nahum,Jan Seuntjens,Frank Herbert Attix

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Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry

By: Pedro Andreo,David T. Burns,Alan E. Nahum,Jan Seuntjens,Frank Herbert Attix

A new, comprehensively updated edition of the acclaimed textbook by F.H. Attix (Introduction to Radiological Physics and Radiation Dosimetry) taking into account the substantial developments in dosimetry since its first edition. This monograph covers charged and uncharged particle interactions at a level consistent with the advanced use of the Monte Carlo method in dosimetry; radiation quantities, macroscopic behaviour and the characterization of radiation fields and beams are covered in detail. A number of chapters include addenda presenting derivations and discussions that offer new insight into established dosimetric principles and concepts. The theoretical aspects of dosimetry are given in the comprehensive chapter on cavity theory, followed by the description of primary measurement standards, ionization chambers, chemical dosimeters and solid state detectors. Chapters on applications include reference dosimetry for standard and small fields in radiotherapy, diagnostic radiology and interventional procedures, dosimetry of unsealed and sealed radionuclide sources, and neutron beam dosimetry. The topics are presented in a logical, easy-to-follow sequence and the text is supplemented by numerous illustrative diagrams, tables and appendices. For senior undergraduate- or graduate-level students and professionals.

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352780823X

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Dynamical Aspects of Nuclear Fission

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic : 2-6 October 2006

By: Jan Kliman,M. G. Itkis,Stefan Gmuca

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Dynamical Aspects of Nuclear Fission

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, Smolenice Castle, Slovak Republic : 2-6 October 2006

By: Jan Kliman,M. G. Itkis,Stefan Gmuca

This proceedings volume is sixth in the series of international conferences covering the fission, quasi-fission, fusion-fission phenomena and synthesis of superheavy nuclei, mainly at low or near barrier energies. Both experimental and theoretical issues are covered. The topics are discussed by a group of participants, and an overview of the current activities in the field is given.

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9812837523

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A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800

By: Dirk Jan Struik

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A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800

By: Dirk Jan Struik

These selected mathematical writings cover the years when the foundations were laid for the theory of numbers, analytic geometry, and the calculus. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400858003

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The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity

Volume 1: The Middle Ages

By: Jan M. Ziolkowski

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The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity

Volume 1: The Middle Ages

By: Jan M. Ziolkowski

This ambitious and vivid study in six volumes explores the journey of a single, electrifying story, from its first incarnation in a medieval French poem through its prolific rebirth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Juggler of Notre Dame tells how an entertainer abandons the world to join a monastery, but is suspected of blasphemy after dancing his devotion before a statue of the Madonna in the crypt; he is saved when the statue, delighted by his skill, miraculously comes to life. Jan Ziolkowski tracks the poem from its medieval roots to its rediscovery in late nineteenth-century Paris, before its translation into English in Britain and the United States. The visual influence of the tale on Gothic revivalism and vice versa in America is carefully documented with lavish and inventive illustrations, and Ziolkowski concludes with an examination of the explosion of interest in The Juggler of Notre Dame in the twentieth century and its place in mass culture today. The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity is a rich case study for the reception of the Middle Ages in modernity. Spanning centuries and continents, the medieval period is understood through the lens of its (post)modern reception in Europe and America. Profound connections between the verbal and the visual are illustrated by a rich trove of images, including book illustrations, stained glass, postage stamps, architecture, and Christmas cards. Presented with great clarity and simplicity, Ziolkowski's work is accessible to the general reader, while its many new discoveries will be valuable to academics in such fields and disciplines as medieval studies, medievalism, philology, literary history, art history, folklore, performance studies, and reception studies.

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1783744367

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Incentives and Redistribution in the Welfare State

The Swedish Tax Reform

By: Jonas Agell,Peter Englund,Jan Södersten

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Incentives and Redistribution in the Welfare State

The Swedish Tax Reform

By: Jonas Agell,Peter Englund,Jan Södersten

This book reviews the lessons from the Swedish 1991 tax reform, the most far-reaching tax reform in any Western industrialized country in the post-war period. The authors discuss a range of behavioural responses (including tax planning, savings, labour supply, investment, etc.), and assess the overall effects on efficiency and equity. They also draw lessons for tax reform more generally. The book should be of interest to anyone with an interest in tax policy and tax reform evaluation.

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033399485X

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Weighted Shifts on Directed Trees

By: Zenon Jan Jablónski,Il Bong Jung,Jan Stochel

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Weighted Shifts on Directed Trees

By: Zenon Jan Jablónski,Il Bong Jung,Jan Stochel

A new class of (not necessarily bounded) operators related to (mainly infinite) directed trees is introduced and investigated. Operators in question are to be considered as a generalization of classical weighted shifts, on the one hand, and of weighted adjacency operators, on the other; they are called weighted shifts on directed trees. The basic properties of such operators, including closedness, adjoints, polar decomposition and moduli are studied. Circularity and the Fredholmness of weighted shifts on directed trees are discussed. The relationships between domains of a weighted shift on a directed tree and its adjoint are described. Hyponormality, cohyponormality, subnormality and complete hyperexpansivity of such operators are entirely characterized in terms of their weights. Related questions that arose during the study of the topic are solved as well.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821868683

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Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies

By: Jan Awrejcewicz,Yuriy Pyr'yev

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Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies

By: Jan Awrejcewicz,Yuriy Pyr'yev

This work is devoted to an intensive study in contact mechanics, treating the nonsmooth dynamics of contacting bodies. Mathematical modeling is illustrated and discussed in numerous examples of engineering objects working in different kinematic and dynamic environments. Topics covered in five self-contained chapters examine non-steady dynamic phenomena which are determined by key factors: i.e., heat conduction, thermal stresses, and the amount of wearing. New to this monograph is the importance of the inertia factor, which is considered on par with thermal stresses. Nonsmooth Dynamics of Contacting Thermoelastic Bodies is an engaging accessible practical reference for engineers (civil, mechanical, industrial) and researchers in theoretical and applied mechanics, applied mathematics, physicists, and graduate students.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387096531

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Statistics for Finance

By: Erik Lindström,Henrik Madsen,Jan Nygaard Nielsen

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Statistics for Finance

By: Erik Lindström,Henrik Madsen,Jan Nygaard Nielsen

Statistics for Finance develops students’ professional skills in statistics with applications in finance. Developed from the authors’ courses at the Technical University of Denmark and Lund University, the text bridges the gap between classical, rigorous treatments of financial mathematics that rarely connect concepts to data and books on econometrics and time series analysis that do not cover specific problems related to option valuation. The book discusses applications of financial derivatives pertaining to risk assessment and elimination. The authors cover various statistical and mathematical techniques, including linear and nonlinear time series analysis, stochastic calculus models, stochastic differential equations, Itō’s formula, the Black–Scholes model, the generalized method-of-moments, and the Kalman filter. They explain how these tools are used to price financial derivatives, identify interest rate models, value bonds, estimate parameters, and much more. This textbook will help students understand and manage empirical research in financial engineering. It includes examples of how the statistical tools can be used to improve value-at-risk calculations and other issues. In addition, end-of-chapter exercises develop students’ financial reasoning skills.

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CRC Press

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1315362554

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The Syntax of Old Norse

With a survey of the inflectional morphology and a complete bibliography

By: Jan Terje Faarlund

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The Syntax of Old Norse

With a survey of the inflectional morphology and a complete bibliography

By: Jan Terje Faarlund

This book offers the first account of Old Norse syntax for almost a hundred years and the first ever in a non-Scandinavian language. The language of the Vikings and of the Old Icelandic sagas is the best documented medieval Germanic language and the author is able to present a comprehensive analysis of its syntax and overviews of its phonology and morphology. He supports his analyses with examples taken from Norwegian and Icelandic manuscript editions. Professor Faarlund's approach is descriptive, in a generative framework with a minimum of technical detail. He includes a complete bibliography of Old Norse syntax. The book is intended for advanced students and scholars of historical linguistics, Germanic and Scandinavian languages, Norse philology, and all others with a serious interest in Nordic languages, civilizations, and history.

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OUP Oxford

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0191533815

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Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations

Theory and Shape Optimization

By: Pavel Plotnikov,Jan Sokołowski

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Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations

Theory and Shape Optimization

By: Pavel Plotnikov,Jan Sokołowski

The book presents the modern state of the art in the mathematical theory of compressible Navier-Stokes equations, with particular emphasis on the applications to aerodynamics. The topics covered include: modeling of compressible viscous flows; modern mathematical theory of nonhomogeneous boundary value problems for viscous gas dynamics equations; applications to optimal shape design in aerodynamics; kinetic theory for equations with oscillating data; new approach to the boundary value problems for transport equations. The monograph offers a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to recent mathematical tools designed to handle the problems arising in the theory.

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3034803672

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Natural Operations in Differential Geometry

By: Ivan Kolar,Peter W. Michor,Jan Slovak

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Natural Operations in Differential Geometry

By: Ivan Kolar,Peter W. Michor,Jan Slovak

The literature on natural bundles and natural operators in differential geometry, was until now, scattered in the mathematical journal literature. This book is the first monograph on the subject, collecting this material in a unified presentation. The book begins with an introduction to differential geometry stressing naturality and functionality, and the general theory of connections on arbitrary fibered manifolds. The functional approach to classical natural bundles is extended to a large class of geometrically interesting categories. Several methods of finding all natural operators are given and these are identified for many concrete geometric problems. After reduction each problem to a finite order setting, the remaining discussion is based on properties of jet spaces, and the basic structures from the theory of jets are therefore described here too in a self-contained manner. The relations of these geometric problems to corresponding questions in mathematical physics are brought out in several places in the book, and it closes with a very comprehensive bibliography of over 300 items. This book is a timely addition to literature filling the gap that existed here and will be a standard reference on natural operators for the next few years.

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3540562354

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Topological Derivatives in Shape Optimization

By: Antonio André Novotny,Jan Sokołowski

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Topological Derivatives in Shape Optimization

By: Antonio André Novotny,Jan Sokołowski

The topological derivative is defined as the first term (correction) of the asymptotic expansion of a given shape functional with respect to a small parameter that measures the size of singular domain perturbations, such as holes, inclusions, defects, source-terms and cracks. Over the last decade, topological asymptotic analysis has become a broad, rich and fascinating research area from both theoretical and numerical standpoints. It has applications in many different fields such as shape and topology optimization, inverse problems, imaging processing and mechanical modeling including synthesis and/or optimal design of microstructures, fracture mechanics sensitivity analysis and damage evolution modeling. Since there is no monograph on the subject at present, the authors provide here the first account of the theory which combines classical sensitivity analysis in shape optimization with asymptotic analysis by means of compound asymptotic expansions for elliptic boundary value problems. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in applied mathematics and computational mechanics interested in any aspect of topological asymptotic analysis. In particular, it can be adopted as a textbook in advanced courses on the subject and shall be useful for readers interested on the mathematical aspects of topological asymptotic analysis as well as on applications of topological derivatives in computation mechanics.

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3642352456

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Abraham Kuyper

A Pictorial Biography

By: Jan de Bruijn

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Abraham Kuyper

A Pictorial Biography

By: Jan de Bruijn

A portraint of Kuyper's life and work in photographs and documents, presented chronologically.--Page ix.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802869661

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Mathematical Foundations of Time Series Analysis

A Concise Introduction

By: Jan Beran

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Mathematical Foundations of Time Series Analysis

A Concise Introduction

By: Jan Beran

This book provides a concise introduction to the mathematical foundations of time series analysis, with an emphasis on mathematical clarity. The text is reduced to the essential logical core, mostly using the symbolic language of mathematics, thus enabling readers to very quickly grasp the essential reasoning behind time series analysis. It appeals to anybody wanting to understand time series in a precise, mathematical manner. It is suitable for graduate courses in time series analysis but is equally useful as a reference work for students and researchers alike.

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3319743805

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Soil Retaining Structures

By: Klaas Jan Bakker

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Soil Retaining Structures

By: Klaas Jan Bakker

Models for structural analysis are needed in order to design safe and reliable soil-retaining structures. This study evaluates numerical models, mostly based on finite element techniques. This book provides a frame of reference for verification and validation of these models.

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9058093212

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