Download or read book Minimax Methods in Critical Point Theory with Applications to Differential Equations written by Paul H. Rabinowitz and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1986-07-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides an introduction to minimax methods in critical point theory and shows their use in existence questions for nonlinear differential equations. An expanded version of the author's 1984 CBMS lectures, this volume is the first monograph devoted solely to these topics. Among the abstract questions considered are the following: the mountain pass and saddle point theorems, multiple critical points for functionals invariant under a group of symmetries, perturbations from symmetry, and variational methods in bifurcation theory. The book requires some background in functional analysis and differential equations, especially elliptic partial differential equations. It is addressed to mathematicians interested in differential equations and/or nonlinear functional analysis, particularly critical point theory.
Download or read book Ten Lectures on the Interface between Analytic Number Theory and Harmonic Analysis written by Hugh L. Montgomery and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains lectures presented by Hugh L. Montgomery at the NSF-CBMS Regional Conference held at Kansas State University in May 1990. The book focuses on important topics in analytic number theory that involve ideas from harmonic analysis. One particularly valuable aspect of the book is that it collects material that was either unpublished or that had appeared only in the research literature. The book should be a useful resource for harmonic analysts interested in moving into research in analytic number theory. In addition, it is suitable as a textbook in an advanced graduate topics course in number theory.
Download or read book Spectral Graph Theory written by Fan R. K. Chung and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text discusses spectral graph theory.
Download or read book Lectures on Three Manifold Topology written by William H. Jaco and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1980-12-31 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manuscript is a detailed presentation of the ten lectures given by the author at the NSF Regional Conference on Three-Manifold Topology, held October 1977, at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The purpose of the conference was to present the current state of affairs in three-manifold topology and to integrate the classical results with the many recent advances and new directions.
Download or read book Mathematical Models for Communicable Diseases written by Fred Brauer and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This graduate-level textbook appeals to readers interested in the mathematical theory of disease transmission models. It is self-contained and accessible to readers who are comfortable with calculus, elementary differential equations, and linear algebra. The book provides insight into modeling cross-immunity between different disease strains (such as influenza) and the synergistic interactions between multiple diseases (e.g., HIV and tuberculosis); diseases transmitted by viral agents, bacteria, and vectors (e.g., mosquitos transmitting malaria to humans); and both epidemic and endemic disease occurrences.
Download or read book Lectures on Field Theory and Topology written by Daniel S. Freed and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These lectures recount an application of stable homotopy theory to a concrete problem in low energy physics: the classification of special phases of matter. While the joint work of the author and Michael Hopkins is a focal point, a general geometric frame of reference on quantum field theory is emphasized. Early lectures describe the geometric axiom systems introduced by Graeme Segal and Michael Atiyah in the late 1980s, as well as subsequent extensions. This material provides an entry point for mathematicians to delve into quantum field theory. Classification theorems in low dimensions are proved to illustrate the framework. The later lectures turn to more specialized topics in field theory, including the relationship between invertible field theories and stable homotopy theory, extended unitarity, anomalies, and relativistic free fermion systems. The accompanying mathematical explanations touch upon (higher) category theory, duals to the sphere spectrum, equivariant spectra, differential cohomology, and Dirac operators. The outcome of computations made using the Adams spectral sequence is presented and compared to results in the condensed matter literature obtained by very different means. The general perspectives and specific applications fuse into a compelling story at the interface of contemporary mathematics and theoretical physics.
Download or read book Hopf Algebras and Their Actions on Rings written by Susan Montgomery and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1993-10-28 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last ten years have seen a number of significant advances in Hopf algebras. The best known is the introduction of quantum groups, which are Hopf algebras that arose in mathematical physics and now have connections to many areas of mathematics. In addition, several conjectures of Kaplansky have been solved, the most striking of which is a kind of Lagrange's theorem for Hopf algebras. Work on actions of Hopf algebras has unified earlier results on group actions, actions of Lie algebras, and graded algebras. This book brings together many of these recent developments from the viewpoint of the algebraic structure of Hopf algebras and their actions and coactions. Quantum groups are treated as an important example, rather than as an end in themselves. The two introductory chapters review definitions and basic facts; otherwise, most of the material has not previously appeared in book form. Providing an accessible introduction to Hopf algebras, this book would make an excellent graduate textbook for a course in Hopf algebras or an introduction to quantum groups.
Download or read book Ten Lectures on Wavelets written by Ingrid Daubechies and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wavelets are a mathematical development that may revolutionize the world of information storage and retrieval according to many experts. They are a fairly simple mathematical tool now being applied to the compression of data--such as fingerprints, weather satellite photographs, and medical x-rays--that were previously thought to be impossible to condense without losing crucial details. This monograph contains 10 lectures presented by Dr. Daubechies as the principal speaker at the 1990 CBMS-NSF Conference on Wavelets and Applications. The author has worked on several aspects of the wavelet transform and has developed a collection of wavelets that are remarkably efficient.
Download or read book Graph Theory and Its Applications to Problems of Society written by Fred S. Roberts and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores modern topics in graph theory and its applications to problems in transportation, genetics, pollution, perturbed ecosystems, urban services, and social inequalities. The author presents both traditional and relatively atypical graph-theoretical topics to best illustrate applications.
Download or read book Combinatorial Algorithms written by Herbert S. Wilf and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers key recent advances in combinatorial algorithms.
Download or read book Littlewood Paley Theory and the Study of Function Spaces written by Michael Frazier and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Littlewood-Paley theory was developed to study function spaces in harmonic analysis and partial differential equations. Recently, it has contributed to the development of the *q-transform and wavelet decompositions. Based on lectures presented at the NSF-CBMS Regional Research Conference on Harmonic Analysis and Function Spaces, held at Auburn University in July 1989, this book is aimed at mathematicians, as well as mathematically literate scientists and engineers interested in harmonic analysis or wavelets. The authors provide not only a general understanding of the area of harmonic analysis relating to Littlewood-Paley theory and atomic and wavelet decompositions, but also some motivation and background helpful in understanding the recent theory of wavelets. The book begins with some simple examples which provide an overview of the classical Littlewood-Paley theory. The *q-transform, wavelet, and smooth atomic expansions are presented as natural extensions of the classical theory. Finally, applications to harmonic analysis (Calderon-Zygmund operators), signal processing (compression), and mathematical physics (potential theory) are discussed.
Download or read book An Algorithmic Theory of Numbers Graphs and Convexity written by Laszlo Lovasz and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies two algorithms in detail: the ellipsoid method and the simultaneous diophantine approximation method.
Download or read book Methods for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations written by Werner C. Rheinboldt and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition provides much-needed updates to the original volume. Like the first edition, it emphasizes the ideas behind the algorithms as well as their theoretical foundations and properties, rather than focusing strictly on computational details; at the same time, this new version is now largely self-contained and includes essential proofs. Additions have been made to almost every chapter, including an introduction to the theory of inexact Newton methods, a basic theory of continuation methods in the setting of differentiable manifolds, and an expanded discussion of minimization methods. New information on parametrized equations and continuation incorporates research since the first edition.
Download or read book Geometric Probability written by Herbert Solomon and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics include: ways modern statistical procedures can yield estimates of pi more precisely than the original Buffon procedure traditionally used; the question of density and measure for random geometric elements that leave probability and expectation statements invariant under translation and rotation; the number of random line intersections in a plane and their angles of intersection; developments due to W.L. Stevens's ingenious solution for evaluating the probability that n random arcs of size a cover a unit circumference completely; the development of M.W. Crofton's mean value theorem and its applications in classical problems; and an interesting problem in geometrical probability presented by a karyograph.
Download or read book Solitons in Mathematics and Physics written by Alan C. Newell and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1985-06-01 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A discussion of the soliton, focusing on the properties that make it physically ubiquitous and the soliton equation mathematically miraculous.
Download or read book Recent Advances in Homotopy Theory written by George William Whitehead and published by Amer Mathematical Society. This book was released on 2007-03-29 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collisions Rings and Other Newtonian N Body Problems written by Donald Saari and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth chapter analyzes collisions, while the last chapter discusses the likelihood of collisions and other events."--Jacket.
