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Pierre Legendre Lessons III God in the Mirror

A Study of the Institution of Images

By: Pierre Legendre

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Pierre Legendre Lessons III God in the Mirror

A Study of the Institution of Images

By: Pierre Legendre

In the context of our increasingly global legal order, Pierre Legendre’s God in the Mirror reconsiders the place of law within the division of existing bodies of knowledge. Navigating the texts of Ovid, Augustine, Roman jurists, medieval canon lawyers, Freud, Lacan, the notebooks of Leonardo de Vinci, and the paintings of Magritte, this third volume of Pierre Legendre’s Lessons focuses on the relation of the subject to the institution of images. Legendre tracks the origins and vicissitudes of the specular metaphor within western history, carrying out a critique of its dependence on the discourse of the Imago Dei. A crucial landmark within Legendre’s ongoing reconsideration of a medieval ‘revolution of interpretation’, this book dissociates the western normative tradition from its mythic foundation, separating theology and law. It thereby documents the advent of modern rational doubt, as a new legal foundation or ground: one that, for Legendre, was not only a revolutionary invention, but one that produced the modern European idea of the State.

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1315309874

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Law and the Unconscious

A Legendre Reader

By: Pierre Legendre

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Law and the Unconscious

A Legendre Reader

By: Pierre Legendre

Law and the Unconscious is the first work of the French legal philosopher Pierre Legendre to appear in English. Trained as a lawyer, a historian and a psychoanalyst, the work of Pierre Legendre has consistently confronted law with the teaching and methods of psychoanalysis. The present collection of essays addresses a fascinating and diverse set of themes including the doctrinal regulation of tears, dance and law, the desire for the absolute, the war of texts, and the power of images.

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Comparative Law and the Task of Negative Critique

By: Pierre Legrand

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Comparative Law and the Task of Negative Critique

By: Pierre Legrand

This book’s essays seek to cleanse comparative law of some of the epistemic detritus it has been collecting and that has been cluttering its theory and practice to the point where this flotsam has effectively stultified ‘good’ comparison. While a critique would pursue adjustments to the prevailing model, this text’s negative critique seeks a much more radical refurbishment as it utters an emphatic ‘no’ to the governing epistemology: it pursues, in effect, a deposition and a disposition of the leading epistemic configuration and the various assumptions regarding the acquisition of knowledge about foreign law that inform it. Negative comparative law thus operates at a primordial level inasmuch as it concerns the matter of justice: it aims to do justice to foreign law as foreignness finds itself appropriated and travestied by comparatists for ideological purposes. In the process, negative critique purports significantly to enhance comparative law’s institutional, intellectual, and ethical respectability. This book will benefit all law teachers and postgraduate law students interested in the workings of law on the international scene, whether specialists in comparative law, public international law, private international law, transnational law, or foreign relations law – in particular, individuals bringing to bear a critical inclination to their subject-matter.

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1000646076

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Numerical Methods and Optimization

Theory and Practice for Engineers

By: Jean-Pierre Corriou

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Numerical Methods and Optimization

Theory and Practice for Engineers

By: Jean-Pierre Corriou

This text, covering a very large span of numerical methods and optimization, is primarily aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students. A background in calculus and linear algebra are the only mathematical requirements. The abundance of advanced methods and practical applications will be attractive to scientists and researchers working in different branches of engineering. The reader is progressively introduced to general numerical methods and optimization algorithms in each chapter. Examples accompany the various methods and guide the students to a better understanding of the applications. The user is often provided with the opportunity to verify their results with complex programming code. Each chapter ends with graduated exercises which furnish the student with new cases to study as well as ideas for exam/homework problems for the instructor. A set of programs made in MatlabTM is available on the author’s personal website and presents both numerical and optimization methods.

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Traffic Networks as Information Systems

A Viability Approach

By: Jean-Pierre Aubin,Anya Désilles

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Traffic Networks as Information Systems

A Viability Approach

By: Jean-Pierre Aubin,Anya Désilles

This authored monograph covers a viability to approach to traffic management by advising to vehicles circulated on the network the velocity they should follow for satisfying global traffic conditions;. It presents an investigation of three structural innovations: The objective is to broadcast at each instant and at each position the advised celerity to vehicles, which could be read by auxiliary speedometers or used by cruise control devices. Namely, 1. Construct regulation feedback providing at each time and position advised velocities (celerities) for minimizing congestion or other requirements. 2. Taking into account traffic constraints of different type, the first one being to remain on the roads, to stop at junctions, etc. 3. Use information provided by the probe vehicles equipped with GPS to the traffic regulator; 4. Use other global traffic measures of vehicles provided by different types of sensors; These results are based on convex analysis, intertemporal optimization and viability theory as mathematical tools as well as viability algorithms on the computing side, instead of conventional techniques such as partial differential equations and their resolution by finite difference or finite elements algorithms. The target audience primarily covers researchers and mathematically oriented engineers but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.

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The de Sitter (dS) Group and its Representations

An Introduction to Elementary Systems and Modeling the Dark Energy Universe

By: Mohammad Enayati,Jean-Pierre Gazeau,Hamed Pejhan,Anzhong Wang

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The de Sitter (dS) Group and its Representations

An Introduction to Elementary Systems and Modeling the Dark Energy Universe

By: Mohammad Enayati,Jean-Pierre Gazeau,Hamed Pejhan,Anzhong Wang

This book reviews the construction of elementary systems living in de Sitter (dS) spacetime, in both the classical and quantum senses. Field theories on dS spacetime are among the most studied mathematical models of the Universe, whether for its earlier period (inflationary phase) or for its current phase of expansion acceleration (dark energy or cosmological constant). Classical elementary systems are Hamiltonian phase spaces, which are associated with co-adjoint orbits of the relativity group. On the other hand, quantum elementary systems are associated with (projective) unitary irreducible representations of the (possibly extended) relativity group (or one of its covering). This study emphasizes the conceptual issues arising in the formulation of such systems and discusses known results in a mathematically rigorous way. Particular attention is paid to: “smooth” transition from classical to quantum theory; physical content under vanishing curvature, from the point of view of a local (“tangent”) Minkowskian observer; and thermal interpretation (on the quantum level), in the sense of the Gibbons-Hawking temperature. Such a mathematical construction is of paramount importance to the understanding of the early Universe (due to the critical role that the dS metric plays in the inflationary cosmological scenarii) as well as to the construction of possible models for late-time cosmology (since a small positive cosmological constant or dark energy seems to be required by recent data). In this sense, this book uniquely blends mathematical physics (spacetime symmetry on classical and quantum levels) and theoretical physics (quantization, quantum field theory, and cosmology). Moreover, the level of exposition varies in different parts of the book so that both experts and beginners alike can utilize the book.

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3031160452

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Stochastic Processes

From Applications to Theory

By: Pierre Del Moral,Spiridon Penev

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Stochastic Processes

From Applications to Theory

By: Pierre Del Moral,Spiridon Penev

Unlike traditional books presenting stochastic processes in an academic way, this book includes concrete applications that students will find interesting such as gambling, finance, physics, signal processing, statistics, fractals, and biology. Written with an important illustrated guide in the beginning, it contains many illustrations, photos and pictures, along with several website links. Computational tools such as simulation and Monte Carlo methods are included as well as complete toolboxes for both traditional and new computational techniques.

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1498701841

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Inverse Problems in Quantum Scattering Theory

By: Khosrow Chadan,Pierre C. Sabatier

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Inverse Problems in Quantum Scattering Theory

By: Khosrow Chadan,Pierre C. Sabatier

The normal business of physicists may be schematically thought of as predic ting the motions of particles on the basis of known forces, or the propagation of radiation on the basis of a known constitution of matter. The inverse problem is to conclude what the forces or constitutions are on the basis of the observed motion. A large part of our sensory contact with the world around us depends on an intuitive solution of such an inverse problem: We infer the shape, size, and surface texture of external objects from their scattering and absorption of light as detected by our eyes. When we use scattering experiments to learn the size or shape of particles, or the forces they exert upon each other, the nature of the problem is similar, if more refined. The kinematics, the equations of motion, are usually assumed to be known. It is the forces that are sought, and how they vary from point to point. As with so many other physical ideas, the first one we know of to have touched upon the kind of inverse problem discussed in this book was Lord Rayleigh (1877). In the course of describing the vibrations of strings of variable density he briefly discusses the possibility of inferring the density distribution from the frequencies of vibration. This passage may be regarded as a precursor of the mathematical study of the inverse spectral problem some seventy years later.

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Model-free Hedging

A Martingale Optimal Transport Viewpoint

By: Pierre Henry-Labordere

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Model-free Hedging

A Martingale Optimal Transport Viewpoint

By: Pierre Henry-Labordere

Model-free Hedging: A Martingale Optimal Transport Viewpoint focuses on the computation of model-independent bounds for exotic options consistent with market prices of liquid instruments such as Vanilla options. The author gives an overview of Martingale Optimal Transport, highlighting the differences between the optimal transport and its martingale counterpart. This topic is then discussed in the context of mathematical finance.

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Galois Theory

By: Jean-Pierre Escofier

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Galois Theory

By: Jean-Pierre Escofier

This book offers the fundamentals of Galois Theory, including a set of copious, well-chosen exercises that form an important part of the presentation. The pace is gentle and incorporates interesting historical material, including aspects on the life of Galois. Computed examples, recent developments, and extensions of results into other related areas round out the presentation.

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The Art Firm

Aesthetic Management and Metaphysical Marketing

By: Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

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The Art Firm

Aesthetic Management and Metaphysical Marketing

By: Pierre Guillet de Monthoux

The Art Firm explores the seemingly unorthodox alliance of the arts, management, and marketing. Art firmsas avant-garde enterprises and arts corporationshave existed for at least two hundred years, using texts, images, and other types of art to create corporate wealth. This book investigates how to apply the methods artists use in creating value to the methods more traditional managers use in running their businesses. Guillet de Monthoux offers a crash course in aesthetics from Kant to Gadamer, showing how aesthetic management and metaphysical marketing can create value. Using case studies of successful art managers from Richard Wagner to Robert Wilson, the author illustrates the creative roleso central to value-making in contemporary economiesperformed by aesthetic play in art firms. Along the way, Guillet de Monthoux points out how responsible aesthetic management and marketing can eradicate the problems of banality and totality, the two capital sins of an art-based economy.

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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

By: Pierre Goubert

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Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchmen

A New Approach, Exploring the Interrelationship Between the People of a Country and the Power of Its King

By: Pierre Goubert

Louis XIV is one of history’s most notorious rulers. Ruling for three quarters of a century, the King of France had the longest reign in European history, and the effects of his rule would create the conditions that would lead to the French Revolution. Written by an authority on 17th century Europe, Pierre Goubert not only outlines the life the famous “Sun King." but the millions of subjects under his rule, and the effects his choices had on the them. Praise for Louis XIV and Twenty Million Frenchman “ . . . It is safe to recommend the work as the best book available on the subject for the educated layman.”—Kirkus Reviews “This masterful work . . . should serve a generation of student and general readers as the essential introduction to the France of Louis XIV.”—The American Historical Review “In this field M. Goubert is a past master, and his subtle portrayal of the great social trends of the age deserves to be widely read.”—Times Literary Supplement

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Vintage

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0394717511

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Ho Chi Minh

A Biography

By: Pierre Brocheux

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Ho Chi Minh

A Biography

By: Pierre Brocheux

A fascinating biography of the Vietnamese icon Ho Chi Minh.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521850622

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Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids

By: Jean-Louis Barrat,Jean-Pierre Hansen

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Basic Concepts for Simple and Complex Liquids

By: Jean-Louis Barrat,Jean-Pierre Hansen

Presenting a unified approach, this book focusses on the concepts and theoretical methods that are necessary for an understanding of the physics and chemistry of the fluid state. The authors do not attempt to cover the whole field in an encyclopedic manner. Instead, important ideas are presented in a concise and rigorous style, and illustrated with examples from both simple molecular liquids and more complex soft condensed matter systems such as polymers, colloids, and liquid crystals.

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Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013

By: GIRAUDY Pierre-Erol

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Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013

By: GIRAUDY Pierre-Erol

Depuis une décennie, Microsoft ne cesse d’améliorer sa plate-forme collaborative SharePoint® Server. Cet ouvrage permet de découvrir et de mieux appréhender les nouvelles technologies SharePoint® Server 2013, SharePoint® Foundation 2013 et Microsoft® Office® 2013. Cet outil de partage de l’information sans équivalent est couplé à des applications de gestion électronique de documents, d’informatique décisionnelle (BI), de moteurs de recherche (FAST), de réseaux sociaux ainsi qu’à My Site (RSE). Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013 s’adresse aux responsables informatiques, aux DRH, aux DSI, aux chefs de produits ou à tout décideur souhaitant utiliser une solution de portail pour faciliter le travail collaboratif dans l’entreprise. Cet ouvrage présente, de manière didactique, comment piloter Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2013 en analysant les points suivants : l’architecture et les fonctions avancées, la migration, l’installation, la configuration et les services, la gouvernance et la gestion applicative, l’intégration de réseaux sociaux, My Site, la conservation, SharePoint Designer, PowerShell et des outils tiers.

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2746295121

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The Origins of Statics

The Sources of Physical Theory

By: Pierre Duhem

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The Origins of Statics

The Sources of Physical Theory

By: Pierre Duhem

If ever a major study of the history of science should have acted like a sudden revolution it is this book, published in two volumes in 1905 and 1906 under the title, Les origines de la statique. Paris, the place of publication, and the Librairie scientifique A. Hermann that brought it be enough of a guarantee to prevent a very different out, could seem to outcome. Without prompting anyone, for some years yet, to follow up the revolutionary vistas which it opened up, Les origines de la statique certainly revolutionized Duhem's remaining ten or so years. He became the single-handed discoverer of a vast new land of Western intellectual history. Half a century later it could still be stated about the suddenly proliferating studies in medieval science that they were so many commentariesonDuhem's countlessfindings and observations. Of course, in 1906, Paris and the intellectual world in general were mesmerized by Bergson's Evolution creatrice, freshly off the press. It was meant to bring about a revolution. Bergson challenged head-on the leading dogma of the times, the idea of mechanistic evolution. He did so by noting, among other things, that to speak of vitalism was at least a roundabout recognition of scientific ignorance about a large number of facts concerning life-processes. He held high the idea of a "vital impetus passing through matter," and indeed through all matter or the universe, an impetus thatcould be detected only through intuitiveknowledge.

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9401137307

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The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena

By: Pierre Gaspard

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The Statistical Mechanics of Irreversible Phenomena

By: Pierre Gaspard

A comprehensive overview of recent progress in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, including applications across a range of disciplines.

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1108473725

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The Negative Turn in Comparative Law

By: Pierre Legrand

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The Negative Turn in Comparative Law

By: Pierre Legrand

This book’s essays aim subversively and resolutely to replace the hegemonic discursive frame governing comparative law. Beyond harnessing negative critique to resist the orthodoxy’s self-assured cognitive assumptions, at once unexamined and indefensible, the argument mobilizes negativity as an empowering idea, a resource towards the displacement of the brand of comparative law that has been fostering a closing of the comparing mind. To answer the demands of the moment and herald foreign law research as a creditable intellectual development, one requires to engage in a culturalist theorization and practice of comparative law at radical variance from the prevailing positivist model. The negative turn, then, is a call to comparative action – a comparactive motion – in support of the robustly indisciplined thinking that must thoroughly inform research into foreign law. In photography, the negative has been employed productively to generate a positive print. In comparative law, negation wants to affirm edifying epistemic yields. This book will benefit all law teachers and postgraduate law students interested in the workings of law on the international scene, whether specialists in comparative law, public international law, private international law, transnational law, or foreign relations law – in particular, individuals bringing to bear a critical inclination to their subject-matter.

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1003822274

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Común

Ensayo sobre la revolución en el siglo XXI

By: Christian Laval,Pierre Dardot

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Común

Ensayo sobre la revolución en el siglo XXI

By: Christian Laval,Pierre Dardot

Los autores muestran por qué este principio se impone hoy día como el término central de la alternativa política para el siglo XXI: anuda la lucha anticapitalista y la ecología política mediante su reivindicación de los “comunes” contra las nuevas formas de apropiación privada y estatal. Además, articula las luchas prácticas con las investigaciones sobre el gobierno colectivo de los recursos naturales o de la información y designa formas democráticas nuevas que aspiran a tomar el relevo de la representación política y del monopolio de los partidos. Esta emergencia de lo común en la acción reclama un trabajo de clarificación en el pensamiento. El sentido actual de lo común se distingue de los numerosos usos que se ha dado a esta noción, ya sean filosóficos, jurídicos o teológicos: bien supremo de la ciudad, universalidad de esencia, propiedad inherente a ciertas cosas, incluso alguna vez el fin perseguido por la creación divina. Pero hay otro hilo que vincula lo común, no a la esencia de los hombres o a la naturaleza de las cosas, sino a la actividad de los hombres mismos: sólo una práctica de puesta en conjunto puede decidir qué es “común”, reservar ciertas cosas al uso común, producir determinadas reglas capaces de obligar a los hombres. En este sentido, lo común reclama una nueva institución de la sociedad por ella misma: una revolución.

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Editorial GEDISA

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8497848810

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A Gentle Course in Local Class Field Theory

Local Number Fields, Brauer Groups, Galois Cohomology

By: Pierre Guillot

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A Gentle Course in Local Class Field Theory

Local Number Fields, Brauer Groups, Galois Cohomology

By: Pierre Guillot

This book offers a self-contained exposition of local class field theory, serving as a second course on Galois theory. It opens with a discussion of several fundamental topics in algebra, such as profinite groups, p-adic fields, semisimple algebras and their modules, and homological algebra with the example of group cohomology. The book culminates with the description of the abelian extensions of local number fields, as well as the celebrated Kronecker–Weber theory, in both the local and global cases. The material will find use across disciplines, including number theory, representation theory, algebraic geometry, and algebraic topology. Written for beginning graduate students and advanced undergraduates, this book can be used in the classroom or for independent study.

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The Sentinel Method and Its Application to Environmental Pollution Problems

By: J.P. Kernevez

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The Sentinel Method and Its Application to Environmental Pollution Problems

By: J.P. Kernevez

Many environmental problems contain incomplete data in the initial or boundary conditions. How do we solve problems for which some of the initial and/or boundary conditions are unknown? Using a new technique, the sentinel method, this book answers these questions and others as they pertain to inverse problems in environmental pollution, such as pollution of underground and surface waters, thermal pollution, and air pollution.

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0429612591

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Negative Comparative Law

A Strong Programme for Weak Thought

By: Pierre Legrand

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Negative Comparative Law

A Strong Programme for Weak Thought

By: Pierre Legrand

A critical manifesto making the case for a radically alternative approach to the theory and practice of comparative law.

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Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity

Concepts and Analyses

By: Pierre Dutilleul

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Spatio-Temporal Heterogeneity

Concepts and Analyses

By: Pierre Dutilleul

Our living environment continuously changes in space and time. This book explains how to capture and assess these changes through the relevant statistical framework. It is a useful guide to students, teachers and researchers in the fields of biology, ecology and environmental science. Codes on the accompanying CD-ROM aid analyses.

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0521791278

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Fair Shares for All

Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice

By: Jean-Pierre Gross

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Fair Shares for All

Jacobin Egalitarianism in Practice

By: Jean-Pierre Gross

This study explores the egalitarian policies pursued in the provinces during the radical phase of the French Revolution, but moves away from the habit of looking at such issues in terms of the Terror alone. It challenges revisionist readings of Jacobinism that dwell on its totalitarian potential or portray it as dangerously utopian. The mainstream Jacobin agenda emphasised 'fair shares' and equal opportunities for all in a private ownership market economy. It sought to achieve social justice without jeopardising human rights and tended thus to complement, rather than undermine, the liberal, individualist programme of the Revolution. The book stresses the relevance of the 'Enlightenment legacy', the close affinity between Girondins and Montagnards, the key role played by many lesser-known figures and the moral ascendancy of Robespierre. It reassesses the basic social and economic issues at stake in the Revolution, which cannot be understood solely in terms of political discourse.

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0521526507

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The Physics of Phase Transitions

Concepts and Applications

By: Pierre Papon,Jacques Leblond,Paul H.E. Meijer

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The Physics of Phase Transitions

Concepts and Applications

By: Pierre Papon,Jacques Leblond,Paul H.E. Meijer

The Physics of Phase Transitions occupies an important place at the crossroads of several fields central to materials sciences. This second edition incorporates new developments in the states of matter physics, in particular in the domain of nanomaterials and atomic Bose-Einstein condensates where progress is accelerating. New information and application examples are included. This work deals with all classes of phase transitions in fluids and solids, containing chapters on evaporation, melting, solidification, magnetic transitions, critical phenomena, superconductivity, and more. End-of-chapter problems and complete answers are included.

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3662049899

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Applied Functional Analysis

By: Jean-Pierre Aubin

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Applied Functional Analysis

By: Jean-Pierre Aubin

A novel, practical introduction to functional analysis In the twenty years since the first edition of Applied Functional Analysis was published, there has been an explosion in the number of books on functional analysis. Yet none of these offers the unique perspective of this new edition. Jean-Pierre Aubin updates his popular reference on functional analysis with new insights and recent discoveries-adding three new chapters on set-valued analysis and convex analysis, viability kernels and capture basins, and first-order partial differential equations. He presents, for the first time at an introductory level, the extension of differential calculus in the framework of both the theory of distributions and set-valued analysis, and discusses their application for studying boundary-value problems for elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations and for systems of first-order partial differential equations. To keep the presentation concise and accessible, Jean-Pierre Aubin introduces functional analysis through the simple Hilbertian structure. He seamlessly blends pure mathematics with applied areas that illustrate the theory, incorporating a broad range of examples from numerical analysis, systems theory, calculus of variations, control and optimization theory, convex and nonsmooth analysis, and more. Finally, a summary of the essential theorems as well as exercises reinforcing key concepts are provided. Applied Functional Analysis, Second Edition is an excellent and timely resource for both pure and applied mathematicians.

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1118030974

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The Bases of Chemical Thermodynamics: Volume 1

By: Michael Grätzel,Pierre Infelta

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The Bases of Chemical Thermodynamics: Volume 1

By: Michael Grätzel,Pierre Infelta

In this volume (volume 1), the fundamental aspects of thermodynamics are presented. The first & second laws of thermodynamics are illustrated. The need to define thermodynamic temperature & the nature of entropy are explained. The book explores the meaning of auxiliary thermodynamic functions, the origin, usefulness & use of partial molar quantities. Gaseous systems & phase equilibrium, in systems where chemical reactions do not take place, are described In volume 2, the tools necessary to study & understand systems in which chemical reactions can take place are developed. The variables of reaction are the keys to understanding. Criteria for chemical equilibrium are established. It is shown how chemical reactions can provide work, as for example, in batteries. For complex systems, the number of independent reactions & their nature have to be determined systematically. The effect of external factors on chemical equilibria is analyzed & illustrated. The formalism necessary to study ideal & real solutions is provided. The various standard states in use & the corresponding activity coefficients are clearly defined. The statistical aspect of thermodynamics is best understood once students are familiar with the rest of the book, for this reason, is treated in the last chapter. Both volumes comply with the latest IUPC recommendations for symbols. Most of the specific mathematical tools are presented either directly in the text if they are used mostly in one chapter, while the others are included in an appendix. A primarily phenomenological approach has been selected to keep chemical thermodynamics easily accessible to beginners. Intermediate steps in the derivations have been kept to enhance the clarity of the presentation. A large number of problems, most of them original, will with complete solutions, are provided. They give this textbook a great pedagogical value. This book is primarily destined to students, graduate students & practicing scientists in the fields of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Material Sciences.

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The Number $\pi $

By: Pierre Eymard,Jean Pierre Lafon

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The Number $\pi $

By: Pierre Eymard,Jean Pierre Lafon

``[In the book] we are dealing with a theme which cuts across the mathematics courses classically taught in the first four years of college. Thus it offers the reader the opportunity to learn, review and give long-term thought to the concepts covered in these programmes by following the guiding thread of this favoured number.'' --from the Preface This is a clever, beautiful book. The authors trace the thread of $\pi$ through the long history of mathematics. In so doing, they touch upon many major subjects in mathematics: geometry (of course), number theory, Galois theory, probability, transcendental numbers, analysis, and, as their crown jewel, the theory of elliptic functions, which connects many of the other subjects. By this device, the authors provide a tour through mathematics, one that mathematicians of all levels, amateur or professional, may appreciate. In many cases, the tour visits well-known topics from particular special interest groups. Remarkably, $\pi$ is often found at the places of deepest beauty. The volume includes many exercises with detailed solutions. Anyone from undergraduate mathematics majors through university professors will find many things to enjoy in this book.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821832468

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Echinoderm Research 2001

By: Jean-Pierre Feral,Bruno David

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Echinoderm Research 2001

By: Jean-Pierre Feral,Bruno David

The Echinodermata is a phylum of marine invertebrates with a fossil record reaching back to the Precambrian. Major elements of the benthic macrofauna, they play a significant role in the dynamics of the ecosystems and are choice biological models in the life sciences, from ecology to genomics. This title offers 50 papers presented at the sixth European Conferences on Echinoderms (ECE), covering population biology, biodiversity, anatomy and functional morphology, physiology and behavior, biological cycles, and resource potential. This book reflects the great diversity of its contributors, offering an opportunity to cover a broad range of important questions in a single, authoritative reference.

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CRC Press

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9058095282

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Geometry and Nature

In Memory of W.K. Clifford : a Conference on New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods in Memory of William Kingdon Clifford, July 30-August 5, 1995, Madeira, Portugal

By: William Kingdon Clifford,Hanna Nencka,Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

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Geometry and Nature

In Memory of W.K. Clifford : a Conference on New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods in Memory of William Kingdon Clifford, July 30-August 5, 1995, Madeira, Portugal

By: William Kingdon Clifford,Hanna Nencka,Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

This volume is the outgrowth of a conference devoted to William K. Clifford entitled, "New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods", which was held at the University of Madeira in July and August 1995. The aim of the conference was to bring together active workers in fields linked to Clifford's work and to foster the exchange of ideas between mathematicians and theoretical physicists. Divided into 6 one-day sessions, each session was devoted to a specific aspect of Clifford's work. This volume is an attempt to bring the Clifford legacy in a new perspective to a larger community of mathematicians and physicists. New concepts, ideas, and results stemming from Clifford's work are discussed. Containing papers presented or submitted to the conference, each article is self-contained.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821806076

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9780821806074

Mod-φ Convergence

Normality Zones and Precise Deviations

By: Valentin Féray,Pierre-Loïc Méliot,Ashkan Nikeghbali

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Mod-φ Convergence

Normality Zones and Precise Deviations

By: Valentin Féray,Pierre-Loïc Méliot,Ashkan Nikeghbali

The canonical way to establish the central limit theorem for i.i.d. random variables is to use characteristic functions and Lévy’s continuity theorem. This monograph focuses on this characteristic function approach and presents a renormalization theory called mod-φ convergence. This type of convergence is a relatively new concept with many deep ramifications, and has not previously been published in a single accessible volume. The authors construct an extremely flexible framework using this concept in order to study limit theorems and large deviations for a number of probabilistic models related to classical probability, combinatorics, non-commutative random variables, as well as geometric and number-theoretical objects. Intended for researchers in probability theory, the text is carefully well-written and well-structured, containing a great amount of detail and interesting examples.

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Springer

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3319468227

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The Bases of Chemical Thermodynamics

Volume 2

By: Michael Grätzel,Pierre Infelta

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The Bases of Chemical Thermodynamics

Volume 2

By: Michael Grätzel,Pierre Infelta

Fields of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering & Material Sciences.

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1581127715

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Applications and Metrology at Nanometer Scale 1

Smart Materials, Electromagnetic Waves and Uncertainties

By: Pierre-Richard Dahoo,Philippe Pougnet,Abdelkhalak El Hami

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Applications and Metrology at Nanometer Scale 1

Smart Materials, Electromagnetic Waves and Uncertainties

By: Pierre-Richard Dahoo,Philippe Pougnet,Abdelkhalak El Hami

To develop innovations in quantum engineering and nanosystems, designers need to adopt the expertise that has been developed in research laboratories. This requires a thorough understanding of the experimental measurement techniques and theoretical models, based on the principles of quantum mechanics. This book presents experimental methods enabling the development and characterization of materials at the nanometer scale, based on practical engineering cases, such as 5G and the interference of polarized light when applied for electromagnetic waves. Using the example of electromechanical, multi-physical coupling in piezoelectric systems, smart materials technology is discussed, with an emphasis on scale reduction and mechanical engineering applications. Statistical analysis methods are presented in terms of their usefulness in systems engineering for experimentation, characterization or design, since safety factors and the most advanced reliability calculation techniques are included from the outset. This book provides valuable support for teachers and researchers but is also intended for engineering students, working engineers and Masters students.

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1119808146

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Homogeneous Turbulence Dynamics

By: Pierre Sagaut,Claude Cambon

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Homogeneous Turbulence Dynamics

By: Pierre Sagaut,Claude Cambon

This book provides state-of-the-art results and theories in homogeneous turbulence, including anisotropy and compressibility effects with extension to quantum turbulence, magneto-hydodynamic turbulence and turbulence in non-newtonian fluids. Each chapter is devoted to a given type of interaction (strain, rotation, shear, etc.), and presents and compares experimental data, numerical results, analysis of the Reynolds stress budget equations and advanced multipoint spectral theories. The role of both linear and non-linear mechanisms is emphasized. The link between the statistical properties and the dynamics of coherent structures is also addressed. Despite its restriction to homogeneous turbulence, the book is of interest to all people working in turbulence, since the basic physical mechanisms which are present in all turbulent flows are explained. The reader will find a unified presentation of the results and a clear presentation of existing controversies. Special attention is given to bridge the results obtained in different research communities. Mathematical tools and advanced physical models are detailed in dedicated chapters.

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3319731629

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Two-Dimensional Wavelets and their Relatives

By: Jean-Pierre Antoine,Romain Murenzi,Pierre Vandergheynst,Syed Twareque Ali

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Two-Dimensional Wavelets and their Relatives

By: Jean-Pierre Antoine,Romain Murenzi,Pierre Vandergheynst,Syed Twareque Ali

Two-dimensional wavelets offer a number of advantages over discrete wavelet transforms, in particular for analysis of real-time signals. This book provides thorough and comprehensive treatment of 2-D wavelets, with extensive use of practical applications and illustrative examples throughout. For engineers, physicists and mathematicians.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139453149

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