Michail Borsuk, Dr. Sci. in Mathematics, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
Vladimir Kondratiev, Dr. Sci. in Mathematics, Moscow State University, Russia

ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS OF SECOND ORDER IN PIECEWISE SMOOTH DOMAINS

Included in series
North-Holland Mathematical Library, 69

Description

The book contains a systematic treatment of the qualitative theory of elliptic boundary value problems for linear and quasilinear second order equations in non-smooth domains. The authors concentrate on the following fundamental results: sharp estimates for strong and weak solutions, solvability of the boundary value problems, regularity assertions for solutions near singular points.

Key features:

* New the Hardy ? Friedrichs ? Wirtinger type inequalities as well as new integral inequalities related to the Cauchy problem for a differential equation.
* Precise exponents of the solution decreasing rate near boundary singular points and best possible conditions for this.
* The question about the influence of the coefficients smoothness on the regularity of solutions.
* New existence theorems for the Dirichlet problem for linear and quasilinear equations in domains with conical points.
* The precise power modulus of continuity at singular boundary point for solutions of the Dirichlet, mixed and the Robin problems.
* The behaviour of weak solutions near conical point for the Dirichlet problem for m ? Laplacian.
* The behaviour of weak solutions near a boundary edge for the Dirichlet and mixed problem for elliptic quasilinear equations with triple degeneration.

Audience

Researchers and graduate students working in the field of partial differential equations.

Contents

Introduction.

1. Preliminaries.
2. Integral inequalities.
3. The Laplace operator.
4. Strong solutions of the Dirichlet problem for linear equations.
5. The Dirichlet problem for elliptic linear.
divergent equations in a nonsmooth domain.
6. The Dirichlet problem for semilinear equations in a conical domain.
7. Strong solutions of the Dirichlet problem for nondivergence quasilinear equations.
8. Weak solutions of the Dirichlet problem for elliptic divergence form quasilinear equations.
9. The behavior of weak solutions to the boundary value problems for elliptic quasilinear equations with triple degeneration in a neighborhood of a boundary edge.
10. Sharp estimates of solutions to the Robin.
boundary value problem for elliptic non divergence second order equations in a neighborhood of the conical point.
Bibliography.
Notation Index.
Index.

Bibliographic & ordering Information

Hardbound, ISBN: 0-444-52109-7, 538 pages, publication date: 2006


M. Hazewinkel

HANDBOOK OF ALGEBRA, 4

Contents

Preface Outline of the Series Contents List of Contributors
Section 2C: Algebraic K-theory
Higher Algebraic K-theory (A. Kuku)
Section 3B: Associative Rings and Algebras
Filter Dimension (V.V. Bavula) Section 4E: Lie Algebras
Gelfand-Tsetlin Bases for Classical Lie Algebras (A.I. Molev)
Section 4H: Rings and Algebras with Additional Structure
Hopf Algebras (M. Cohen, S. Gelaki and S. Westreich) Difference Algebra (A.B. Levin)
Section 5A: Groups and Semigroups
Reflection Groups (M. Geck and G. Malle) Hurwitz Groups and Hurwitz Generation (M.C. Tamburini and M. Vsemirnov) Survey on Braids (V. Vershinin) Groups with Finiteness Conditions (V.I. Senashov)
Index

Bibliographic & ordering Information

Hardbound, ISBN: 0-444-52213-1, publication date: 2006

Gratzer, George

The Congruences of a Finite Lattice
A Proof-by-Picture Approach

2006, XXII, 282 p. 110 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 0-8176-3224-7

About this textbook

The congruences of a lattice form the congruence lattice. In the past half-century, the study of congruence lattices has become a large and important field with a great number of interesting and deep results and many open problems. This self-contained exposition by one of the leading experts in lattice theory, George Gratzer, presents the major results on congruence lattices of finite lattices featuring the author's signature "Proof-by-Picture" method and its conversion to transparencies.

Key features:

* Includes the latest findings from a pioneering researcher in the field

* Insightful discussion of techniques to construct "nice" finite lattices with given congruence lattices and "nice" congruence-preserving extensions

* Contains complete proofs, an extensive bibliography and index, and nearly 80 open problems

* Additional information provided by the author online at:

http://www.maths.umanitoba.ca/homepages/gratzer.html/

The book is appropriate for a one-semester graduate course in lattice theory, yet is also designed as a practical reference for researchers studying lattices.

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Miyake, Toshitsune

Modular Forms, Corr. 2nd printing.

Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics

1st ed. 1989. 2006, X, 338 p. 11 illus., Hardcover
ISBN: 3-540-29592-5

About this book

For the most part, this book is the translation from Japanese of the earlier book written jointly by Koji Doi and the author who revised it substantially for the English edition. It sets out to provide the reader with the basic knowledge of elliptic modular forms necessary to understand the recent developments in number theory. The first part gives the general theory of modular groups, modular forms and Hecke operators, with emphasis on the Hecke-Weil theory of the relation between modular forms and Dirichlet series. The second part is on the unit groups of quaternion algebras, which are seldom dealt with in books. The so-called Eichler-Selberg trace formula of Hecke operators follows next and the explicit computable formula is given. In the last chapter, written for the English edition, Eisenstein series with parameter are discussed following the recent work of Shimura: Eisenstein series are likely to play a very important role in the future progress of number theory, and this chapter provides a good introduction to the topic.

Table of contents

The Upper Half Plane and Fuchsian Groups.- Automorphic Forms.- L-Functions.- Modular Groups and Modular Forms.- Unit Groups of Quaternion Algebras.- Traces of Hecke Operators.- Eisenstein Series.


Damour, T.; Darrigol, O.; Duplantier, B.; Rivasseau, V. (Eds.)

Einstein, 1905-2005
Poincare Seminar 2005

Series: Progress in Mathematical Physics, Vol. 47
2006, VIII, 293 p., Hardcover
ISBN: 3-7643-7435-7

About this book

The Poincare Seminar is held twice a year at the Institute Henri Poincare in Paris. The goal of this seminar is to provide up-to-date information about general topics of great interest in physics. Both the theoretical and experimental results are covered, with some historical background. Particular care is devoted to the pedagogical nature of the presentation.
This volume is devoted to Einstein's 1905 papers and their legacy. After a presentation of Einstein's epistemological approach to physics, and the genesis of special relativity, a centenary perspective is offered. The geometry of relativistic spacetime is explained in detail. Single photon experiments are presented, as a spectacular realization of Einstein's light quanta hypothesis. A previously unpublished lecture by Einstein, which presents an illuminating point of view on statistical physics in 1910, at the dawn of quantum mechanics, is reproduced. The volume ends with an essay on the historical, physical and mathematical aspects of Brownian motion.

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