Hardcover | April 2015 | ISBN: 9780691162539
216 pp. | 8 x 10 | 100 halftones. 41 line illus.
This richly annotated facsimile edition of “The Foundation of General Relativity” introduces a new generation of readers to Albert Einstein’s theory of gravitation. Written in 1915, this remarkable document is a watershed in the history of physics and an enduring testament to the elegance and precision of Einstein’s thought. Presented here is a beautiful facsimile of Einstein’s original handwritten manuscript, along with its English translation and insightful page-by-page commentary that places the text in historical and scientific context. Hanoch Gutfreund and Jurgen Renn’s concise introduction traces Einstein’s intellectual odyssey from special to general relativity, and their essay “The Charm of a Manuscript” provides a delightful meditation on the varied afterlife of Einstein’s text.
Published on the centennial of Einstein’s general theory of relativity and featuring a foreword by John Stachel, this handsome edition also includes a biographical glossary of the figures discussed in the book, a comprehensive bibliography, suggestions for further reading, and numerous photos and illustrations throughout.
Hanoch Gutfreund is professor emeritus of theoretical physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is also the academic director of the Albert Einstein Archives. Jurgen Renn is a director at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. His books include The Genesis of General Relativity.
History of Science and Medicine, Philosophy of Science
Physics
June 2015 880 pages
Hardcover ISBN: 9781452205663
Combining a modern, data-analytic perspective with a focus on applications in the social sciences, the Third Edition of Applied Regression Analysis and Generalized Linear Models provides in-depth coverage of regression analysis, generalized linear models, and closely related methods, such as bootstrapping and missing data. Updated throughout, this Third Edition includes new chapters on mixed-effects models for hierarchical and longitudinal data. Although the text is largely accessible to readers with a modest background in statistics and mathematics, author John Fox also presents more advanced material in optional sections and chapters throughout the book.
2015, X, 223 p. 9 illus.
ISBN 978-3-319-14426-9
Designed to facilitate the transition from undergraduate calculus and differential equations to learning about proofs, this book helps students develop the rigorous mathematical reasoning needed for advanced courses in analysis, abstract algebra, and more. Students will focus on both how to prove theorems and solve problem sets in-depth; that is, where multiple steps are needed to prove or solve. This proof technique is developed by examining two specific content themes and their applications in-depth: number theory and algebra. This choice of content themes enables students to develop an understanding of proof technique in the context of topics with which they are already familiar, as well as reinforcing natural and conceptual understandings of mathematical methods and styles.
The key to the text is its interesting and intriguing problems, exercises, theorems, and proofs, showing how students will transition from the usual, more routine calculus to abstraction while also learning how to “prove” or “solve” complex problems. This method of instruction is augmented by examining applications of numbheory in systems such as RSA cryptography, Universal Product Code (UPC), and International Standard Book Number (ISBN). The numerous problems and examples included in each section reward curiosity and insightfulness over more simplistic approaches. Each problem set begins with a few easy problems, progressing to problems or proofs with multi-step solutions. Exercises in the text stay close to the examples of the section, allowing students the immediate opportunity to practice developing techniques. Beyond the undergraduate mathematics student audience, the text can also offer a rigorous treatment of mathematics content (numbers and algebra) for high achieving high school students. Furthermore, prospective teachers will add to the breadth of the audience as math education majors, will understand more thoroughly methods of proof, and will add to the depth of their mathematical knowledge.
I. The Integers 1. Number Concepts, Prime Numbers, and the Division Algorithm 2. Greatest Common Divisors, Diophantine Equations, and Combinatorics 3. Equivalence Classes with Applications to Clock Arithmetics and Fractions II. The Algebra of Polynomials and Linear Systems 4. Polynomials and the Division Algorithm 5. Factoring Polynomials, Their Roots, and Some Applications 6. Matrices and Systems of Linear Equations
Series: Problem Books in Mathematics
2015, X, 493 p. 10 illus.
ISBN 978-3-319-16091-7
Due: May 14, 2015
Discusses a wide variety of top-notch methods and results of Cp-theory and general topology presented with detailed proofs
Serves as both an exhaustive course in Cp-theory and a reference guide for specialists in topology, set theory and functional analysis
Includes a comprehensive bibliography reflecting the state-of-the-art in modern Cp-theory
Classifies 100 open problems in Cp-theory and their connections to previous research
This third volume in Vladimir Tkachuk's series on Cp-theory problems applies all modern methods of Cp-theory to study compactness-like properties in function spaces and introduces the reader to the theory of compact spaces widely used in Functional Analysis. The text is designed to bring a dedicated reader from basic topological principles to the frontiers of modern research covering a wide variety of topics in Cp-theory and general topology at the professional level.
The first volume, Topological and Function Spaces c 2011, provided an introduction from scratch to Cp-theory and general topology, preparing the reader for a professional understanding of Cp-theory in the last section of its main text. The second volume, Special Features of Function Spaces c 2014, continued from the first, giving reasonably complete coverage of Cp-theory, systematically introducing each of the major topics and providing 500 carefully selected problems and exercises with complete solutions. This third volume is self-contained and works in tandem with the other two, containing five hundred carefully selected problems and solutions. It can also be considered as an introduction to advanced set theory and descriptive set theory, presenting diverse topics of the theory of function spaces with the topology of point wise convergence, or Cp-theory which exists at the intersection of topological algebra, functional analysis and general topology.
Preface.- Contents.- Detailed summary of exercise sections.- Introduction.- 1. Behavior of Compactness in Function Spaces.- 2. Solutions of Problems 001-0500.- 3. Bonus Results: Some Hidden Statements.- 4. Open Problems.- Bibliography.- List of Special Symbols.- Inde
Series: Springer Monographs in Mathematics
2015, Approx. 330 p.
Available Formats:
Hardcover
ISBN 978-3-319-14647-8
Comprehensive textbook on current theory of Sobolev spaces
Contains new results
One of the few books on the topic suitable for students
This book, which is based on several courses of lectures given by the author at the Independent University of Moscow, is devoted to Sobolev-type spaces and boundary value problems for linear elliptic partial differential equations. Its main focus is on problems in non-smooth (Lipschitz) domains for strongly elliptic systems.
The author, who is a prominent expert in the theory of linear partial differential equations, spectral theory, and pseudodifferential operators, has included his own very recent findings in the present book.
The book is well suited as a modern graduate textbook, utilizing a thorough and clear format that strikes a good balance between the choice of material and the style of exposition. It can be used both as an introduction to recent advances in elliptic equations and boundary value problems, and as a valuable survey and reference work. It also includes a good deal of new and extremely useful material not available in standard textbooks to date.
Graduate and post-graduate students, as well as specialists working in the fields of partial differential equations, functional analysis, operator theory, and mathematical physics will find this book particularly valuable.
Preface.- Preliminaries.- 1 The Spaces Hs..- 2 Elliptic Equations and Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.- 3 The Spaces Hs and Second-Order Strongly Elliptic Systems in Lipschitz Domains.- 4 More General Spaces and Their Applications.- References.- Index.