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The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama

Four Studies

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

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The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama

Four Studies

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

China's "Great Leap Forward" of 1958-1961 was a time of official rejoicing over the achievements of Communism, but it was also a time of immense suffering. Growing dissent among intellectuals stimulated creativity as writers sought to express both their hope for the success of the revolution and their dissatisfaction with the Party leadership and policies. But the uneasy political climate and the state's control over literature prevented writers from directly addressing the compelling problems of the time. Rather, they resorted to a variety of sophisticated and time-honored forms for airing their grievances, including the historical drama. Rudolf Wagner examines three of these plays written and performed between 1958 and 1963 in an effort to decode their hidden political and cultural meanings. He also provides a broad survey of the politics of the historical drama in China, suggesting further avenues of inquiry into the relationship between literature and the state. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

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An Exploration of Dynamical Systems and Chaos

Completely Revised and Enlarged Second Edition

By: John H. Argyris,Gunter Faust,Maria Haase,Rudolf Friedrich

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An Exploration of Dynamical Systems and Chaos

Completely Revised and Enlarged Second Edition

By: John H. Argyris,Gunter Faust,Maria Haase,Rudolf Friedrich

This book is conceived as a comprehensive and detailed text-book on non-linear dynamical systems with particular emphasis on the exploration of chaotic phenomena. The self-contained introductory presentation is addressed both to those who wish to study the physics of chaotic systems and non-linear dynamics intensively as well as those who are curious to learn more about the fascinating world of chaotic phenomena. Basic concepts like Poincaré section, iterated mappings, Hamiltonian chaos and KAM theory, strange attractors, fractal dimensions, Lyapunov exponents, bifurcation theory, self-similarity and renormalisation and transitions to chaos are thoroughly explained. To facilitate comprehension, mathematical concepts and tools are introduced in short sub-sections. The text is supported by numerous computer experiments and a multitude of graphical illustrations and colour plates emphasising the geometrical and topological characteristics of the underlying dynamics. This volume is a completely revised and enlarged second edition which comprises recently obtained research results of topical interest, and has been extended to include a new section on the basic concepts of probability theory. A completely new chapter on fully developed turbulence presents the successes of chaos theory, its limitations as well as future trends in the development of complex spatio-temporal structures. "This book will be of valuable help for my lectures" Hermann Haken, Stuttgart "This text-book should not be missing in any introductory lecture on non-linear systems and deterministic chaos" Wolfgang Kinzel, Würzburg “This well written book represents a comprehensive treatise on dynamical systems. It may serve as reference book for the whole field of nonlinear and chaotic systems and reports in a unique way on scientific developments of recent decades as well as important applications.” Joachim Peinke, Institute of Physics, Carl-von-Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany

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3662460424

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The Craft of a Chinese Commentator

Wang Bi on the Laozi

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

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The Craft of a Chinese Commentator

Wang Bi on the Laozi

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

The Laozi has been translated into Western languages hundreds of times over the past two hundred years. It has become the book of Chinese philosophy most widely appreciated for its philosophical depth and lyrical form. Nevertheless, very little attention has been paid to the way in which this book was read in China. This book introduces the reader to a highly sophisticated Chinese way of reading this Taoist classic, a way that differs greatly from the many translations of the Laozi available in the West. The most famous among the Chinese commentators on the Laozi—a man appreciated even by his opponents for the sheer brilliance of his analysis—is Wang Bi (226–249). Born into a short period of intellectual ferment and freedom after the collapse of the Han dynasty, this self-assured genius, in the short twenty-three years of his life, dashed off two of the most enduring works of Chinese philosophy, a commentary on the Laozi and another on the Book of Changes. By carefully reconstructing Wang Bi's Laozi text as well as his commentary, this book explores Wang Bi's craft as a scholarly commentator who is also a philosopher in his own right. By situating his work within the context of other competing commentaries and extracting their way of reading the Laozi, this book shows how the Laozi has been approached in many different ways, ranging from a philosophical underpinning for a particular theory of political rule to a guide to techniques of life-prolongation. Amidst his competitors, however, Wang Bi stands out through a literary and philosophical analysis of the Laozi that manages to "use the Laozi to explain the Laozi," rather than imposing an agenda on the text. Through a critical adaptation of several hundred years of commentaries on the classics, Wang Bi reaches a scholarly level in the art of understanding that is unmatched anywhere else in the world.

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State University of New York Press

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0791493385

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Transmitting and Gaining Data

Rudolf Ahlswede’s Lectures on Information Theory 2

By: Rudolf Ahlswede

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Transmitting and Gaining Data

Rudolf Ahlswede’s Lectures on Information Theory 2

By: Rudolf Ahlswede

The calculation of channel capacities was one of Rudolf Ahlswede's specialties and is the main topic of this second volume of his Lectures on Information Theory. Here we find a detailed account of some very classical material from the early days of Information Theory, including developments from the USA, Russia, Hungary and (which Ahlswede was probably in a unique position to describe) the German school centered around his supervisor Konrad Jacobs. These lectures made an approach to a rigorous justification of the foundations of Information Theory. This is the second of several volumes documenting Rudolf Ahlswede's lectures on Information Theory. Each volume includes comments from an invited well-known expert. In the supplement to the present volume, Gerhard Kramer contributes his insights. Classical information processing concerns the main tasks of gaining knowledge and the storage, transmission and hiding of data. The first task is the prime goal of Statistics. For transmission and hiding data, Shannon developed an impressive mathematical theory called Information Theory, which he based on probabilistic models. The theory largely involves the concept of codes with small error probabilities in spite of noise in the transmission, which is modeled by channels. The lectures presented in this work are suitable for graduate students in Mathematics, and also for those working in Theoretical Computer Science, Physics, and Electrical Engineering with a background in basic Mathematics. The lectures can be used as the basis for courses or to supplement courses in many ways. Ph.D. students will also find research problems, often with conjectures, that offer potential subjects for a thesis. More advanced researchers may find questions which form the basis of entire research programs.

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3319125230

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Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China

Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue)

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

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Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China

Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue)

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

Explores the thought of Wang Bi, the third-century Chinese philosopher who made brilliant, innovative contributions in an era when traditional intellectual institutions and orthodoxies had collapsed.

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SUNY Press

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0791453316

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Algorithms and Computation

15th International Symposium, ISAAC 2004, Hong Kong, China, December 20-22, 2004, Proceedings

By: Rudolf Fleischer

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Algorithms and Computation

15th International Symposium, ISAAC 2004, Hong Kong, China, December 20-22, 2004, Proceedings

By: Rudolf Fleischer

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation, ISAAC 2004, held in Hong Kong, China in December 2004. The 76 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 226 submissions. Among the topics addressed are computational geometry, graph computations, computational combinatorics, combinatorial optimization, computational complexity, scheduling, distributed algorithms, parallel algorithms, data structures, network optimization, randomized algorithms, and computational mathematics more generally.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540241310

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Computational Intelligence

A Methodological Introduction

By: Rudolf Kruse,Christian Borgelt,Frank Klawonn,Christian Moewes,Matthias Steinbrecher,Pascal Held

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Computational Intelligence

A Methodological Introduction

By: Rudolf Kruse,Christian Borgelt,Frank Klawonn,Christian Moewes,Matthias Steinbrecher,Pascal Held

This clearly-structured, classroom-tested textbook/reference presents a methodical introduction to the field of CI. Providing an authoritative insight into all that is necessary for the successful application of CI methods, the book describes fundamental concepts and their practical implementations, and explains the theoretical background underpinning proposed solutions to common problems. Only a basic knowledge of mathematics is required. Features: provides electronic supplementary material at an associated website, including module descriptions, lecture slides, exercises with solutions, and software tools; contains numerous examples and definitions throughout the text; presents self-contained discussions on artificial neural networks, evolutionary algorithms, fuzzy systems and Bayesian networks; covers the latest approaches, including ant colony optimization and probabilistic graphical models; written by a team of highly-regarded experts in CI, with extensive experience in both academia and industry.

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1447150139

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A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing

Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

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A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing

Wang Bi's Commentary on the Laozi with Critical Text and Translation

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

Many of the brightest Chinese minds have used the form of the commentary to open the terse and poetic chapters of the Laozi to their readers and also to develop a philosophy of their own. None has been more sophisticated, philosophically probing, and influential in the endeavor than a young genius of the third century C.E., Wang Bi (226–249). In this book, Rudolf G. Wagner provides a full translation of the Laozi that extracts from Wang Bi's Commentary the manner in which he read the text, as well as a full translation of Wang Bi's Commentary and his essay on the "subtle pointers" of the Laozi. The result is a Chinese reading of the Laozi that will surprise and delight Western readers familiar with some of the many translations of the work. A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing is part of Rudolf Wagner's trilogy on Wang Bi's philosophy and classical studies, which also includes The Craft of a Chinese Commentator: Wang Bi on the Laozi and Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China: Wang Bi's Scholarly Exploration of the Dark (Xuanxue), both published by SUNY Press.

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0791489582

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The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes

The Eranos I Ching Project

By: Rudolf Ritsema,Shantena Augusto Sabbadini

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The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes

The Eranos I Ching Project

By: Rudolf Ritsema,Shantena Augusto Sabbadini

Often referred to as the Eranos edition, this revised and updated translation offers the most substantial advance in I Ching since Richard Wilhelm introduced the oracle to the West in the 1920s. The I Ching is one of the oldest Chinese texts and the world’s oldest oracle. Accumulated from over 2,500 years of diviners, sages and shamans and born out of the oral tradition, the I Ching as we know it today is a collection of texts, imagery and advice, philosophy and poetry, divided into 64 chapters. There are 64 hexagrams, created from a collection of six lines, either broken or solid. In order to “read” from the book, you must cast a hexagram. The traditional method required yarrow sticks but nowadays is based on tossing three coins six times. The Original I Ching Oracle or Book of Changes was inspired by Carl Gustav Jung's insights into the psyche and researched for more than 60 years through the Eranos Foundation of Switzerland. It presents the oracular core of the I Ching as a psychological tool: the symbols interact with our minds in the same way dream images do.

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Watkins Media Limited

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1786781654

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Inside a Service Trade

Studies in Contemporary Chinese Prose

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

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Inside a Service Trade

Studies in Contemporary Chinese Prose

By: Rudolf G. Wagner

Within a tightly controlled environment, literature has become the major screen onto which the political class of the People’s Republic of China projects some of its battles. This work explores the potential of literary analysis for illuminating the PRC’s social, intellectual, and political history, illustrating swings in the Party line with stories, articles, and cartoons from the popular press. This book presents materials hitherto scarcely topped and should offer new insights to those interested in Chinese literature, Russian and East European literature, and modern social and political history.

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1684170125

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Endodontology

By: Rudolf Beer,Michael A. Baumann,Syngcuk Kim

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Endodontology

By: Rudolf Beer,Michael A. Baumann,Syngcuk Kim

Endodontology is the field of dental medicine that treats the inside of the tooth, including the soft tissue, the pulp, and the surrounding hard tissue. The ATLAS OF ENDODONTOLOGY is the first atlas that covers a large number of endodontic cases with images illustrating all stages of the treatment. Photographs demonstrate the general practicability of the methods using the successful step-by-step concept of the Color Atlases of Dental Medicine, giving the practicing dentist a useful guide to performing the operations.

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0865778566

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9780865778566

Pocket Atlas of Endodontics

By: Rudolf Beer,Michael A. Baumann

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Pocket Atlas of Endodontics

By: Rudolf Beer,Michael A. Baumann

Endodontology has seen enormous advances in recent years. New high-tech tools, such as operative microscopes in combination with ultrasound and nickel-titanium files, make possible a high-level of quality in treatment with excellent long-term treatment results. Regular updating of knowledge is indispensable for every practitioner. This book provides a fast and up-to-date orientation of the entire area of endodontology. Didactic concept: The classic Thieme Flexi format, with concise text on the left and excellent illustrations on the right hand page of more than 150 double page spreads. Oriented toward problem-solving:- What is to be done with ongoing pain?- How should one react in an emergency situation? What special considerations are there in children?- What should one do in the case of obliterated canals, perforations, and incomplete growth of roots?- When results are poor, how does one plan revision procedures?- Efficient treatment planning, newest methods

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1604061057

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Si Silicon

Silicon Nitride in Microelectronics and Solar Cells

By: Eberhard F. Krimmel,Rudolf Hezel

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Si Silicon

Silicon Nitride in Microelectronics and Solar Cells

By: Eberhard F. Krimmel,Rudolf Hezel

This is the first of three Gmelin Handbook volumes in the silicon se ries that will cover silicon nitride, a normaUy solid material with the idealized formula Si N . This volume, 3 4 "Silicon" Supplement Volume B Sc, is devoted to applications of silicon nitride in microelec tronics and solar ceUs. The compendium is the product of a critical selection among more than 17600 publications on silicon nitride issued up to January 1990. Out of a total of 5900 publications dealing with the fabrication and use of microelectronic devices (including 2400 Japanese patent applications), about 4000 papers have been selected for this volume. The current volume is grouped into three parts. Chapters 2 to 8 deal with general, non specific microelectronic applications of silicon nitride, Chapters 9 to 31 cover applications of silicon nitride in specific devices and device components, and Chapter 32 is devoted exclusively to applications in solar ceUs, including information on our general understanding of the role of silicon nitride in photovoltaic devices. Experimental results on the preparation of silicon nitride layers for application in unspeci fied devices are in Chapter 2. Whenever the preparation is in connection with specific devices, the information is presented in the respective chapters. The general preparation of silicon nitride layers is not covered in this volume, but will appear in "Silicon" Supplement Volume B 5a. See also the Introductory Remarks, Chapter 1, p. 1.

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3540936300

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Foundations of Fuzzy Systems

By: Rudolf Kruse,Joan E. Gebhardt,Frank Klawonn

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Foundations of Fuzzy Systems

By: Rudolf Kruse,Joan E. Gebhardt,Frank Klawonn

A rigorous explanation of fuzzy systems theory plus a detailed illustration of specific practical applications of the powerful engineering tool they represent. Contains a discussion of cutting-edge technology supplemented by the analysis of several successful applications in the areas of approximate reasoning, fuzzy control and fuzzy analysis. Includes scores of exercises, problems, worked examples, step-by-step solutions and comprehensive references.

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047194243X

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The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama

The Contemporary Chinese Historical Drama

An Exploration of Dynamical Systems and Chaos

An Exploration of Dynamical Systems and Chaos

The Craft of a Chinese Commentator

The Craft of a Chinese Commentator

Transmitting and Gaining Data

Transmitting and Gaining Data

Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China

Language, Ontology, and Political Philosophy in China

Algorithms and Computation

Algorithms and Computation

Computational Intelligence

Computational Intelligence

A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing

A Chinese Reading of the Daodejing

The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes

The Original I Ching Oracle or The Book of Changes

Inside a Service Trade

Inside a Service Trade

Endodontology

Endodontology

Pocket Atlas of Endodontics

Pocket Atlas of Endodontics

Si Silicon

Si Silicon

Foundations of Fuzzy Systems

Foundations of Fuzzy Systems

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