Discusses the Poincare-Hopf theorem on critical points of vector fields on surfaces and the Gauss-Bonnet... Læs mere
Offers an exposition of the arithmetical properties of local fields using constructive tools and methods. This book consists of four parts:... Læs mere
The meeting, 'Etat de la recherche', held at Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, presented the state of the art in the area of holomorphic dynamical systems, emphasizing the... Læs mere
Presents the research in mathematical physics. This title includes contributions from pedagogical lectures presented at the Young Researchers Symposium (YRS) held in... Læs mere
Presents applications of moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces in theoretical physics and number theory and on Grothendieck's dessins d'enfants... Læs mere
Mathematicians like to point out that mathematics is universal. In spite of this, most people continue to view it as either mundane (balancing a... Læs mere
Explains tensors and such related topics as tensor products of vector spaces, tensor algebras and exterior algebras. This work begins with basic notions associated... Læs mere
Smooth ergodic theory also provides a foundation for numerous... Læs mere
Presents an introduction to the structure of finite-dimensional simple Lie algebras, including the representation of ${\widehat {\mathfrak {sl}}}(2, {\mathbb C})$, root... Læs mere
The generalized Schur functions have important applications to the theory of linear operators, to signal processing and control theory,... Læs mere
Contains the proceedings of the third meeting on 'Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations' (SIDE III). This title presents a... Læs mere
Presents selected papers from a three-day workshop held during the DIMACS... Læs mere