Silvestrov, Dmitrii S.

Limit Theorems for Randomly Stopped Stochastic Processes

Series: Probability and its Applications

2004, XIV, 398 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 1-85233-777-X

About this book

Limit theorems for stochastic processes are an important part of probability theory and mathematical statistics and one model that has attracted the attention of many researchers working in the area is that of limit theorems for randomly stopped stochastic processes. This volume is the first to present a state-of-the-art overview of this field, with many of the results published for the first time. It covers the general conditions as well as the basic applications of the theory, and it covers and demystifies the vast, and technically demanding, Russian literature in detail. A survey of the literature and an extended bibliography of works in the area are also provided. The coverage is thorough, streamlined and arranged according to difficulty for use as an upper-level text if required. It is an essential reference for theoretical and applied researchers in the fields of probability and statistics that will contribute to the continuing extensive studies in the area and remain relevant for years to come.

Table of contents

Preface.- Weak Convergence of Stochastic Processes.- Weak Convergence of Randomly Stopped Stochastic Processes.- J-convergence of Compositions of Stochastic Processes.- Summary of Applications.- Bibliographical Remarks.- References.- Index

Birkenhake, Christina, Lange, Herbert

Complex Abelian Varieties, 2nd ed.

Series: Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften

2004, XVIII, 655 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 3-540-20488-1

Due: May 1, 2004

About this book

The subject of this book is the theory of abelian varieties over the field of complex numbers. It covers the main results of the theory, both classic and recent, in modern language. It is intended to give a comprehensive introduction to the field, but also to serve as a reference. The focal topics are the projective embeddings of an abelian variety, their equations and geometric properties. Moreover several moduli spaces of abelian varieties with additional structure are constructed. Some special results on Jacobians and Prym varieties allow applications to the theory of algebraic curves. The second edition contains five new chapters which present some of the most important recent result on the subject. Among them are results on automorphisms and vector bundles on abelian varieties, algebraic cycles and the Hodge conjecture.

Written for:

Researchers and graduate students in Algebraic Geometry, Complex Geometry, Arithmetic Geometry, Dynamical Systems, and Theoretical Physics

Table of contents

Introduction.- Complex Tori.- Line Bundles on Complex Tori.- Cohomology of Line Bundles.- Abelian Varieties.- Endomorphisms of Abelian Varieties.- Theta and Heisenberg Groups.- Equations for Abelian Varieties.- Moduli.- Moduli Spaces of Abelian Varieties with Endomorphism Structure.- Abelian Surfaces.- Jacobian Varieties.- Prym Varieties.- Automorphisms.- Vector bundles on Abelian Varieties.- Further Results on Line Bundles an the Theta Divisor.- Cycles on Abelian Varieties.- The Hodge Conjecture for General Abelian and Jacobian Varieties.- Appendix: Algebraic Varieties and Complex Analytic Spaces.- Line Bundles and Factors of Automorphy.- Some Algebraic Geometric Results.- Derived Categories.- Moduli Spaces of Sheaves.- Abelian Schemes.- Index.- Glossary of Notation.

Pauli, Wolfgang
Meyenn, Karl von (Ed.)

Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg u.a. / Scientific Correspondence with Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg a.o. Band/Volume IV Teil/Part IV: 1957-1958

Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

2004, Etwa 1650 S. 50 Abb. (2 Bande, nicht einzeln erhaltlich)., Hardcover
ISBN: 3-540-40296-9

Due: February 1, 2004

About this book

Mit dem Druck von Wolfgang Paulis Briefwechsel aus seinen letzten beiden Lebensjahren wird eine grosangelegte Edition der gesamten wissenschaftlichen Korrespondenz eines der bedeutendsten theoretischen Physiker des 20. Jahrhunderts abgeschlossen, der an der Entwicklung der wichtigsten physikalischen Ideen und Theorien, insbesondere an der Relativitatstheorie und Quantentheorie sowie deren weiteren Ausbau zu einer Feld- und Elementarteilchentheorie, teilgenommen hat. Der vorliegende besonders umfangreiche Band mit 711 Briefen behandelt die durch Wu, Telegdi, Lederman u.a. bei den schwachen Wechselwirkungen beobachtete Paritatsverletzung, bei der das einst von Pauli postulierte Neutrino eine herausragende Rolle spielt und die in der Theorie der Elementarteilchen einen allgemeinen Umschwung einleitete. Neue Einblicke vermittelt der Briefwechsel in die enge Zusammenarbeit von Pauli und Heisenberg anlasslich einer damals entwickelten einheitlichen Feldtheorie der Elementarteilchen. This volume of the letters Wolfgang Pauli wrote during the final two years of his life completes the publication of the entire scientific correspondence of one of the most important theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Pauli played a vital role in the development of the most important physical ideas and theories of his time: relativity and quantum mechanics, in particular, and also in their extension to elementary particle field theory. This especially extensive volume covers more than 700 letters between Pauli and scientists such as Wu, Telegdi, Lederman and others, in which he discussed parity violation observed under the weak interaction in which the neutrino (first postulated by Pauli) plays a crucial role. The letters also provide new insights into the close cooperation between Pauli and Heisenberg on their work on the unified field theory of elementary particles, which was being developed at that time.

Written for:

General readership (especially among physicists), researchers in the history of exact sciences, philosophers in science Interessierte Laien, Wissenschaftshistoriker und -philosophen

Table of contents

Aus dem Inhalt: Pauli und die theoretische Physik des 20. Jahrhunderts.- Das Jahr 1957: Paritatsverletzung und schwache Wechselwirkung.- Das Jahr 1958: Zusammenarbeit mit Heisenberg uber die Spinortheorie der Elementarteilchen und Genfer Hochenergiekonferenz.- Anhang: Nachwort.- Zeittafel.- Literaturverzeichnis: Allgemeine Literatur.- Paulis Veroffentlichungen: 1957-1958.- Verzeichnis der Korrespondenten.- Briefverzeichnisse.- Personenregister.- Sachwortregister.
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