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Springer International Publishing AG Replicated Data Management for Mobile Computing
Book SynopsisManaging data in a mobile computing environment invariably involves caching or replication. In many cases, a mobile device has access only to data that is stored locally, and much of that data arrives via replication from other devices, PCs, and services. Given portable devices with limited resources, weak or intermittent connectivity, and security vulnerabilities, data replication serves to increase availability, reduce communication costs, foster sharing, and enhance survivability of critical information. Mobile systems have employed a variety of distributed architectures from client–server caching to peer-to-peer replication. Such systems generally provide weak consistency models in which read and update operations can be performed at any replica without coordination with other devices. The design of a replication protocol then centers on issues of how to record, propagate, order, and filter updates. Some protocols utilize operation logs, whereas others replicate state. Systems might provide best-effort delivery, using gossip protocols or multicast, or guarantee eventual consistency for arbitrary communication patterns, using recently developed pairwise, knowledge-driven protocols. Additionally, systems must detect and resolve the conflicts that arise from concurrent updates using techniques ranging from version vectors to read–write dependency checks. This lecture explores the choices faced in designing a replication protocol, with particular emphasis on meeting the needs of mobile applications. It presents the inherent trade-offs and implicit assumptions in alternative designs. The discussion is grounded by including case studies of research and commercial systems including Coda, Ficus, Bayou, Sybase’s iAnywhere, and Microsoft’s Sync Framework. Table of Contents: Introduction / System Models / Data Consistency / Replicated Data Protocols / Partial Replication / Conflict Management / Case Studies / Conclusions / BibliographyTable of ContentsIntroduction.- System Models.- Data Consistency.- Replicated Data Protocols.- Partial Replication.- Conflict Management.- Case Studies.- Conclusions.- Bibliography.
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Springer International Publishing AG Introduction to Mathematics for Economics with R
Book SynopsisThis book provides a practical introduction to mathematics for economics using R software. Using R as a basis, this book guides the reader through foundational topics in linear algebra, calculus, and optimization. The book is organized in order of increasing difficulty, beginning with a rudimentary introduction to R and progressing through exercises that require the reader to code their own functions in R. All chapters include applications for topics in economics and econometrics. As fully reproducible book, this volume gives readers the opportunity to learn by doing and develop research skills as they go. As such, it is appropriate for students in economics and econometrics.Table of Contents1. Introduction to R.- 2. Linear Algebra.- 3. Functions of one variable.- 4. Dierential Calculus.- 5. Integral Calculus.- 6. Multivariable Calculus.- 7. Constrained Optimization.- 8. Trigonometry.- 9. Complex numbers.- 10. Difference equations.- 11. Differential equations.
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Springer International Publishing AG Mathematics and Statistics for Science
Book SynopsisMathematics and statistics are the bedrock of modern science. No matter which branch of science you plan to work in, you simply cannot avoid quantitative approaches. And while you won’t always need to know a great deal of theory, you will need to know how to apply mathematical and statistical methods in realistic scenarios. That is precisely what this book teaches. It covers the mathematical and statistical topics that are ubiquitous in early undergraduate courses, but does so in a way that is directly linked to science.Beginning with the use of units and functions, this book covers key topics such as complex numbers, vectors and matrices, differentiation (both single and multivariable), integration, elementary differential equations, probability, random variables, inference and linear regression. Each topic is illustrated with widely-used scientific equations (such as the ideal gas law or the Nernst equation) and real scientific data, often taken directly from recent scientific papers. The emphasis throughout is on practical solutions, including the use of computational tools (such as Wolfram Alpha or R), not theoretical development. There is a large number of exercises, divided into mathematical drills and scientific applications, and full solutions to all the exercises are available to instructors.Mathematics and Statistics for Science covers the core methods in mathematics and statistics necessary for a university degree in science, highlighting practical solutions and scientific applications. Its pragmatic approach is ideal for students who need to apply mathematics and statistics in a real scientific setting, whether in the physical sciences, life sciences or medicine.Table of ContentsPart I Units and Measurement.- 1 Units.- 2 Measurement, rounding and uncertainty.- Part II Functions and Complex Numbers.- 3 Functions.- 4 Exponential and log functions.- 5 Periodic functions.- 6 Linearising functions.- 7 Complex numbers.- Part III Vectors, Matrices and Linear Systems.- 8 Vectors.- 9 Matrices.- 10 Systems of linear equations.- 11 Solving systems of linear equations using matrices.- Part IV Differentiation: Functions of One Variable.- 12 Limits.- 13 Differentiation as a limit.- 14. Differentiation in practice.- 15 Numerical differentiation.- 16 Implicit differentiation.- 17 Maxima and minima.- Part V Differentiation: Functions of Multiple Variables.- 18 Functions of multiple variables.- 19 Partial derivatives.- 20 Extreme of functions of two (or more) variables.- Part VI Integration.- 21 The area under a curve.- 22 Calculating antiderivatives and areas.- 23 Integration techniques.- 24 Numerical integration.- Part VII Differential Equations.- 25 First-order ordinary differential equations.- 26 Numerical solutions of differential equations.- Part VIII Probability.- 27 Probability foundations.- 28 Random variables.- 29 Binomial distribution.- 30 Conditional probability.- 31 Total probability rule.- Part IX Statistical inference.- 32 Hypothesis test.- 33 Hypothesis testing in practice.- 34 Estimation and likelihood.- Part X Discrete Probability Distributions.- 35 Simulation and visualisation.- 36 Mean.- 37 Variance.- 38 Discrete probability models.- Part XI Continuous Probability Distributions.- 39 Continuous random variables.- 40 Common continuous probability models.- 41 Normal distribution and inference.- Part XII Linear Regression.- 42 Fitting linear functions: theory and practice.- 43 Quantifying relationships.- References.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Wave Packet Analysis of Feynman Path Integrals
Book SynopsisThe purpose of this monograph is to offer an accessible and essentially self-contained presentation of some mathematical aspects of the Feynman path integral in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. In spite of the primary role in the advancement of modern theoretical physics and the wide range of applications, path integrals are still a source of challenging problem for mathematicians. From this viewpoint, path integrals can be roughly described in terms of approximation formulas for an operator (usually the propagator of a Schrödinger-type evolution equation) involving a suitably designed sequence of operators.In keeping with the spirit of harmonic analysis, the guiding theme of the book is to illustrate how the powerful techniques of time-frequency analysis - based on the decomposition of functions and operators in terms of the so-called Gabor wave packets – can be successfully applied to mathematical path integrals, leading to remarkable results and paving the way to a fruitful interaction.This monograph intends to build a bridge between the communities of people working in time-frequency analysis and mathematical/theoretical physics, and to provide an exposition of the present novel approach along with its basic toolkit. Having in mind a researcher or a Ph.D. student as reader, we collected in Part I the necessary background, in the most suitable form for our purposes, following a smooth pedagogical pattern. Then Part II covers the analysis of path integrals, reflecting the topics addressed in the research activity of the authors in the last years.Table of Contents- Itinerary - How Gabor Analysis met Feynman Path Integrals. - Part I Elements of Gabor Analysis. - Basic Facts of Classical Analysis. - The Gabor Analysis of Functions. - The Gabor Analysis of Operators. - Semiclassical Gabor Analysis. - Part II Analysis of Feynman Path Integrals. - Pointwise Convergence of the Integral Kernels. - Convergence in L(L2) - Potentials in the Sjöstrand Class. - Convergence in L(L2) - Potentials in Kato-Sobolev Spaces. - Convergence in the Lp Setting.
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Springer International Publishing AG Continuous Time Processes for Finance: Switching, Self-exciting, Fractional and other Recent Dynamics
Book SynopsisThis book explores recent topics in quantitative finance with an emphasis on applications and calibration to time-series. This last aspect is often neglected in the existing mathematical finance literature while it is crucial for risk management. The first part of this book focuses on switching regime processes that allow to model economic cycles in financial markets. After a presentation of their mathematical features and applications to stocks and interest rates, the estimation with the Hamilton filter and Markov Chain Monte-Carlo algorithm (MCMC) is detailed. A second part focuses on self-excited processes for modeling the clustering of shocks in financial markets. These processes recently receive a lot of attention from researchers and we focus here on its econometric estimation and its simulation. A chapter is dedicated to estimation of stochastic volatility models. Two chapters are dedicated to the fractional Brownian motion and Gaussian fields. After a summary of their features, we present applications for stock and interest rate modeling. Two chapters focuses on sub-diffusions that allows to replicate illiquidity in financial markets. This book targets undergraduate students who have followed a first course of stochastic finance and practitioners as quantitative analyst or actuaries working in risk management.Trade Review“Hainaut has written a book which in such panorama has a position of its own and which should be considered with great interest. … the book should definitely be considered an excellent and warmly recommended read. It is likely that it will be soon become a reference for those interested in modern topics and for young researchers in particular.” (Gianluca Cassese, zbMATH 1512.91001, 2023)Table of ContentsPreface.- Acknowledgements.- Notations.- 1. Switching Models: Properties and Estimation.- 2. Estimation of Continuous Time Processes by Markov Chain Monte Carlo.- 3. Particle Filtering and Estimation.- 4. Modeling of Spillover Effects in Stock Markets.- 5. Non-Markov Models for Contagion and Spillover.- 6. Fractional Brownian Motion.- 7. Gaussian Fields for Asset Prices.- 8. Lévy Interest Rate Models With a Long Memory.- 9. Affine Volterra Processes and Rough Models.- 10. Sub-Diffusion for Illiquid Markets.- 11. A Fractional Dupire Equation for Jump-Diffusions.- References.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Cohomology of Commutative Semigroups: An
Book SynopsisThis book provides an organized exposition of the current state of the theory of commutative semigroup cohomology, a theory which was originated by the author and has matured in the past few years. The work contains a fundamental scientific study of questions in the theory. The various approaches to commutative semigroup cohomology are compared. The problems arising from definitions in higher dimensions are addressed. Computational methods are reviewed. The main application is the computation of extensions of commutative semigroups and their classification.Previously the components of the theory were scattered among a number of research articles. This work combines all parts conveniently in one volume. It will be a valuable resource for future students of and researchers in commutative semigroup cohomology and related areas. Table of Contents- 1. The Beginning. - 2. Beck Cohomology. - 3. Symmetric Cohomology. - 4. Calvo-Cegarra Cohomology. - 5. The Third Cohomology Group. - 6. The Overpath Method. - 7. Symmetric Chains. - 8. Inheritance. - 9. Appendixes.
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Springer International Publishing AG Decomposition of Jacobians by Prym Varieties
Book SynopsisThis monograph studies decompositions of the Jacobian of a smooth projective curve, induced by the action of a finite group, into a product of abelian subvarieties. The authors give a general theorem on how to decompose the Jacobian which works in many cases and apply it for several groups, as for groups of small order and some series of groups. In many cases, these components are given by Prym varieties of pairs of subcovers. As a consequence, new proofs are obtained for the classical bigonal and trigonal constructions which have the advantage to generalize to more general situations. Several isogenies between Prym varieties also result.Trade Review“The book is very well written, and gives a number of results, and of examples, interesting in some fields of Algebraic Geometry, specially those concerning algebraic curves, or equivalently, Riemann surfaces. Also, it serves to recall the work of Sevín Recillas Pishmish, whose untimely death prevented him from continuing working on these topics.” (José Javier Etayo, zbMATH 1514.14001, 2023)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Preliminaries and basic results.- Finite covers of curves.- Covers of degree 2 and 3.- Covers of degree 4.- Some special groups and complete decomposabality.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Simplicial and Dendroidal Homotopy Theory
Book SynopsisThis open access book offers a self-contained introduction to the homotopy theory of simplicial and dendroidal sets and spaces. These are essential for the study of categories, operads, and algebraic structure up to coherent homotopy. The dendroidal theory combines the combinatorics of trees with the theory of Quillen model categories. Dendroidal sets are a natural generalization of simplicial sets from the point of view of operads. In this book, the simplicial approach to higher category theory is generalized to a dendroidal approach to higher operad theory. This dendroidal theory of higher operads is carefully developed in this book. The book also provides an original account of the more established simplicial approach to infinity-categories, which is developed in parallel to the dendroidal theory to emphasize the similarities and differences. Simplicial and Dendroidal Homotopy Theory is a complete introduction, carefully written with the beginning researcher in mind and ideally suited for seminars and courses. It can also be used as a standalone introduction to simplicial homotopy theory and to the theory of infinity-categories, or a standalone introduction to the theory of Quillen model categories and Bousfield localization.Trade Review“This book is a readable and carefully organized account of dendroidal sets by two of the main figures in the field. It gives a self-contained, detailed description of dendroidal sets and spaces … . Each chapter is also accompanied by a short section of historical notes giving background, references, and historical perspectives on the ideas presented.” (Ben C Walter, Mathematical Reviews, December, 2023)Table of ContentsPart I The Elementary Theory of Simplicial and Dendroidal Sets.- 1 Operads.- 2 Simplicial Sets.- 3 Dendroidal Sets.- 4 Tensor Products of Dendroidal Sets.- 5 Kan Conditions for Simplicial Sets.- 6 Kan Conditions for Dendroidal Sets.- Part II The Homotopy Theory of Simplicial and Dendroidal Sets.- 7 Model Categories.- 8 Model Structures on the Category of Simplicial Sets.- 9 Three Model Structures on the Category of Dendroidal Sets.- Part III The Homotopy Theory of Simplicial and Dendroidal Spaces.- 10 Reedy Categories and Diagrams of Spaces.- 11 Mapping Spaces and Bousfield Localizations.- 12 Dendroidal Spaces and ∞-Operads.- 13 Left Fibrations and the Covariant Model Structure.- 14 Simplicial Operads and ∞-Operads.- Epilogue.- References.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Modern Biostatistical Methods for Evidence-Based
Book SynopsisThis book provides an overview of the emerging topics in biostatistical theories and methods through their applications to evidence-based global health research and decision-making. It brings together some of the top scholars engaged in biostatistical method development on global health to highlight and describe recent advances in evidence-based global health applications. The volume is composed of five main parts: data harmonization and analysis; systematic review and statistical meta-analysis; spatial-temporal modeling and disease mapping; Bayesian statistical modeling; and statistical methods for longitudinal data or survival data. It is designed to be illuminating and valuable to both expert biostatisticians and to health researchers engaged in methodological applications in evidence-based global health research. It is particularly relevant to countries where global health research is being rigorously conducted.Table of Contents1. Harmonization of Longitudinal Population Data: evidence from three rural health and demographic surveillance system nodes in South Africa.- 2. Adjusting for Selection Bias in Assessing the Efficacy of Health Inputs on Birth Outcome: Evidence from South-Saharan Africa.- 3. An Indirect Assessment of the Effect of Anthropogenic Activities on the Ecology of the Intermediate Snail Host for Schistosoma Haematobium.- 4. Diagonal Reference Modeling of Effects of Couples' Educational Differences on Women's Health Care Utilization in Sub-Saharan Africa - Gebrenegus Ghilagaber, Michael Carlson.- 5. Sequential Modeling of Parity Progression Ratios in Sub-Saharan Africa.- 6. Evidence-informed Public Health, Systematic Reviews, and Meta-analysis.- 7. Meta-analysis Methods and Empirical Comparison of Aggregate Data and Individual Participant Data Results from Sample Survey Data.- 8. Statistical Meta-analysis and its Efficience Between Summary Statistics and Individual Participant-level Data: A Monte-Carlo simulation study.- 9. Multivariate Disease Mapping for Multiple Health Outcomes.- 10. Measuring Spatial Dependence of Non-communicable Diseases in South Africa.- 11. Mapping Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan African Region Using Survey Data, Adjusting for Survey Data - Sheyla Rodrigues Cassy.- 12. Spatial Multi-criteria Decision Analysis in Health Sciences: Fifteen years of applications and trends.- 13. Estimating Determinants of Stage at Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Prevalence in Western Nigeria Using Bayesian Logistic Regression.- 14. Dynamic Bayesian Adjustment of Educational Gradients in Divorce Risks: Disentangling causation and misclassification.- 15. Bayesian Dynamic Models for Time-Varying Outcomes: Applications to a patient cohort on ART.- 16. Suicide Ideation and Associated Factors Among School-going Adolescents in Namibia: A Multilevel logistic regression.- 17. Bayesian Inference in the Extended Generalized Gamma Model and its Special Cases: With applications on demographic and health survey data from Sub-Saharan Africa.- 18. Changing Effects of Covariates on Childhood Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic Bayesian survival modeling approach.- 19. Group Outliers and Influence Assessments in Clustered Survival Data Modeling.- 20. Joint Modeling of Competing Risks Survival and Longitudinal Data
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Springer International Publishing AG Difference Matrices for ODE and PDE: A MATLAB®
Book SynopsisThe use of difference matrices and high-level MATLAB® commands to implement finite difference algorithms is pedagogically novel. This unique and concise textbook gives the reader easy access and a general ability to use first and second difference matrices to set up and solve linear and nonlinear systems in MATLAB which approximate ordinary and partial differential equations. Prerequisites include a knowledge of basic calculus, linear algebra, and ordinary differential equations. Some knowledge of partial differential equations is a plus though the text may easily serve as a supplement for the student currently working through an introductory PDEs course. Familiarity with MATLAB is not required though a little prior experience with programming would be helpful. In addition to its special focus on solving in MATLAB, the abundance of examples and exercises make this text versatile in use. It would serve well in a graduate course in introductory scientific computing for partial differential equations. With prerequisites mentioned above plus some elementary numerical analysis, most of the material can be covered and many of the exercises assigned in a single semester course. Some of the more challenging exercises make substantial projects and relate to topics from other typical graduate mathematics courses, e.g., linear algebra, differential equations, or topics in nonlinear functional analysis. A selection of the exercises may be assigned as projects throughout the semester. The student will develop the skills to run simulations corresponding to the primarily theoretical course material covered by the instructor. The book can serve as a supplement for the instructor teaching any course in differential equations. Many of the examples can be easily implemented and the resulting simulation demonstrated by the instructor. If the course has a numerical component, a few of the more difficult exercises may be assigned as student projects. Established researchers in theoretical partial differential equations may find this book useful as well, particularly as an introductory guide for their research students. Those unfamiliar with MATLAB can use the material as a reference to quickly develop their own applications in that language. Practical assistance in implementing algorithms in MATLAB can be found in these pages. A mathematician who is new to the practical implementation of methods for scientific computation in general can learn how to implement and execute numerical simulations of differential equations in MATLAB with relative ease by working through a selection of exercises. Additionally, the book can serve as a practical guide in independent study, undergraduate or graduate research experiences, or for reference in simulating solutions to specific thesis or dissertation-related experiments.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Review of elementary numerical methods and MATLAB(R).- 3. Ordinary Differential Equations.- 4. Partial Differential Equations.- 5. Advanced topics in semilinear elliptic BVP.- References.
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Springer International Publishing AG The Characterization of Finite Elasticities: Factorization Theory in Krull Monoids via Convex Geometry
Book SynopsisThis book develops a new theory in convex geometry, generalizing positive bases and related to Carathéordory’s Theorem by combining convex geometry, the combinatorics of infinite subsets of lattice points, and the arithmetic of transfer Krull monoids (the latter broadly generalizing the ubiquitous class of Krull domains in commutative algebra)This new theory is developed in a self-contained way with the main motivation of its later applications regarding factorization. While factorization into irreducibles, called atoms, generally fails to be unique, there are various measures of how badly this can fail. Among the most important is the elasticity, which measures the ratio between the maximum and minimum number of atoms in any factorization. Having finite elasticity is a key indicator that factorization, while not unique, is not completely wild. Via the developed material in convex geometry, we characterize when finite elasticity holds for any Krull domain with finitely generated class group $G$, with the results extending more generally to transfer Krull monoids. This book is aimed at researchers in the field but is written to also be accessible for graduate students and general mathematicians.Table of Contents- 1. Introduction. - 2. Preliminaries and General Notation. - 3. Asymptotically Filtered Sequences, Encasement and Boundedness. - 4. Elementary Atoms, Positive Bases and Reay Systems. - 5. Oriented Reay Systems. - 6. Virtual Reay Systems. - 7. Finitary Sets. - 8. Factorization Theory.
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Springer Nature B.V. Collected Papers in Honor of Yoshihiro Shibata
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Springer International Publishing AG Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web: 4th Iberoamerican Conference and third Indo-American Conference, KGSWC 2022, Madrid, Spain, November 21–23, 2022, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th Iberoamerican Conference and third Indo-American Conference on Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web, KGSWC 2022, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in November 2022.The 22 full and 3 short research papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers cover topics related to software and its engineering, software creation and management, Emerging technologies, Analysis and design of emerging devices and systems, Emerging tools and methodologies and others.Table of ContentsDBkWik++ - Multi Source Matching of Knowledge Graphs.- A Survey on Knowledge Graph-based Methods for Automated Driving.- Physicians’ Brain Digital Twin: Holistic Clinical & Biomedical Knowledge Graphs for Patient Safety and Value-Based Care to Prevent The Post-pandemic Healthcare Ecosystem Crisis.- Combining Ontology and Natural Language Processing methods for Prevention of Falls from Height.- Learning to Automatically Generating Genre-Specific Song Lyrics: A Comparative Study.- DLIME-Graphs: A DLIME Extension based on Triple Embedding for Graphs.- Edge-labelled graphs and property graphs - to the user, more similar than different.- Knowledge Graph supported machine parameterization for the injection moulding industry.- IPR: Integrative Policy Recommendation Framework based on Hybrid Semantics.- Convolutional Neural Networks applied to emotion analysis in texts: Experimentation from the Mexican context.- Proficient Annotation Recommendation in a Biomedical Content Authoring Environment.- DKMI: Diversification of Web Image Search using Knowledge Centric Machine Intelligence.- Does Wikidata Support Analogical Reasoning?.- Flexible Queries over Knowledge Graphs.- Knowledge Graphs for Community Detection in Textual Data.- Framework for Author Name Disambiguation in Scientific Papers Using an Ontological Approach and Deep Learning.- On contrasting and completing YAGO with GPT language models: an experiment for person-related attributes.- Easy and complex: new perspectives for metadata modeling using RDF-star and Named Graphs.- Multi-Aspect Sentiment Analysis using Domain Ontologies.- Popularity Driven Data Integration.- Methodology for Creating a Community Corpus using a Wikibase Knowledge Graph.- Understanding Human Activity Patterns in Smart Homes with Process Mining.- String Matching based Framework for Online Hindi Question Answering System.- Towards an ontological approach to business continuity assessment.- From Ontology to Knowledge Graph Trend: Ontology As Foundation Layer For Knowledge Graph.
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Springer International Publishing AG The E. M. Stein Lectures on Hardy Spaces
Book SynopsisThe book The E. M. Stein Lectures on Hardy Spaces is based on a graduate course on real variable Hardy spaces which was given by E.M. Stein at Princeton University in the academic year 1973-1974. Stein, along with C. Fefferman and G. Weiss, pioneered this subject area, removing the theory of Hardy spaces from its traditional dependence on complex variables, and to reveal its real-variable underpinnings.This book is based on Steven G. Krantz’s notes from the course given by Stein. The text builds on Fefferman's theorem that BMO is the dual of the Hardy space. Using maximal functions, singular integrals, and related ideas, Stein offers many new characterizations of the Hardy spaces. The result is a rich tapestry of ideas that develops the theory of singular integrals to a new level. The final chapter describes the major developments since 1974.This monograph is of broad interest to graduate students and researchers in mathematical analysis. Prerequisites for the book include a solid understanding of real variable theory and complex variable theory. A basic knowledge of functional analysis would also be useful.Table of ContentsIntroductory material.- More on Hardy Spaces.- Background on H^p Spaces.- Hardy Spaces on D.- Hardy Spaces on R^n.- Developments Since 1974.- Concluding Remarks.- Bibliography.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Optimization and Learning: 5th International Conference, OLA 2022, Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy, July 18–20, 2022, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Optimization and Learning, OLA 2022, which took place in Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy, in July 2022. The 19 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Optimization and Learning; Novel Optimization Techniques; Logistics; and Applications.Table of ContentsOptimization and Learning.- Evolutionary-Based Co-Optimization of DNN and Hardware Configurations on Edge GPU.- Maximum Information Coverage and Monitoring Path Planning With Unmanned Surface Vehicles Using Deep Reinforcement Learning.- Tuning ForestDisc hyperparameters: A sensitivity analysis.- Multi-objective hyperparameter optimization with performance uncertainty.- Novel Optimization Techniques.- A new algorithm for bi-objective problems based on gradient information.- Adaptive Continuous Multi-Objective Optimization using Cooperative Agents.- Integer Linear Programming reformulations for the linear ordering problem.- SHAMan: a versatile auto-tuning framework for costly and noisy HPC systems.- Cooperation-based search of global optima.- Date-driven Simulation-Optimization (DSO): An Efficient Approach to Optimize Simulation Models with Databases.- Logistics.- Sweep Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem with TimeWindows.- Improving the accuracy of vehicle routing problem approximation using the formula for the average distance between a point and a rectangular area.- Optimal Delivery Area Assignment for the Capital Vehicle Routing Problem Based on a Maximum Likelihood Approach.- Neural Order-First Split-Second Algorithm for the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem.- Applications.- GRASP-based hybrid search to solve the multi-objective requirements selection problem.- Comparing Parallel Surrogate-based and Surrogate-free Multi-Objective Optimization of COVID-19 vaccines allocation.- Decentralizing and Optimizing Nation-Wide Employee Allocation while Simultaneously Maximizing Employee Satisfaction.- Categorical-Continuous Bayesian optimization applied to chemical reactions.- Assessing Similarity-Based Grammar-Guided Genetic Programming Approaches for Program Synthesis.
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Springer International Publishing AG Computing and Combinatorics: 28th International Conference, COCOON 2022, Shenzhen, China, October 22–24, 2022, Proceedings
Book SynopsisChapter(s) “Chapter Name or No.” is/are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsA stochastic algorithm for non-monotone DR-submodular maximziation over a convex set.- Flow shop scheduling problems with transportation constraints revisited.- LotterySampling: A Randomized Algorithm for the Heavy Hitters and Top-k Problems in Data Streams.- Approximation Algorithms for the Min-Max Mixed Rural Postmen Cover Problem and Its Variants.- Large k-gons in a 1.5D Terrain.- Nondeterministic Auxiliary Depth-Bounded Storage Automata and Semi-Unbounded Fan-in Cascading Circuits (Extended Abstract).-Analysis of Approximate sorting in I/O model.-Two Generalizations of Proper Coloring: Hardness and Approximability.-Approximation Algorithms for Capacitated Assignment with Budget Constraints and Applications in Transportation Systems.-On the Complexity of Minimum Maximal Acyclic Matchings.-Online non-monotone DR-submodular maximization: 1/4 approximation ratio and sublinear regret.-Fair Division with Minimal Withheld Information in Social Networks.- Facility Location Games with Ordinal Preferences.-Fully Dynamic $k$-Center Clustering with Outliers.-Refutation of Spectral Graph Theory Conjectures with Monte Carlo Search.-Online one-sided smooth function maximization.-Revisiting Maximum Satisfiability and Related Problems in Data Streams.-Turing Machines with Two-level Memory: A Deep Look into the Input/Output Complexity.- A quantum version of Pollard's Rho of which Shor's Algorithm is a particular case.-Single machine scheduling with rejection to minimize the $k$-th power of the makespan.- Escape from the Room.- Algorithms for hard-constraint point processes via discretization.-Space Limited Graph Algorithms on Big Data Counting Cycles on Planar Graphs in Subexponential Time.-Semi-strict chordal digraphs.- Reallocation Problems with Minimum Completion Time.-The bound coverage problem by aligned disks in L1 metric.-Facility Location Games with Group Externalities.- Some New Results on Gallai Theorem and Perfect Matching for k-Uniform Hypergraphs.- Refined Computational Complexities of Hospitals/Residents Problem with Regional Caps.- Customizable Hub Labeling: Properties and Algorithms Linear-Time Algorithm for Paired-Domination on Distance-Hereditary Graphs.-Bounding the Number of Eulerian Tours in Undirected Graphs.- A Probabilistic Model Revealing Shortcomings in Lua's Hybrid Tables.- A 4-Space Bounded.- Approximation Algorithm \\for Online Bin Packing Problem.-Generalized Sweeping Line Spanners.- Rooting Gene Trees via Phylogenetic Networks.- An evolving network model from clique extension.- Online semi-matching problem with two heterogeneous sensors in a metric space.- Two-Stage BP Maximization under $p$-matroid Constraint.- The Hamiltonian Path Graph is Connected for Simple $s,t$ Paths in Rectangular Grid Graphs.- An $O(n^3)$-Time Algorithm for the Min-Gap.- Unit-Length Job Scheduling Problem.- Approximation Schemes for k-Facility Location.- Improved Deterministic Algorithms for Non-monotone Submodular Maximization.- Distributed Dominating Sets in Interval Graphs.- Optimal Window Queries on Line Segments using the Trapezoidal Search DAG.- On Rotation Distance, Transpositions and Rank Bounded Trees.- Hitting Geometric Objects Online via Points in $\mathbb{Z}^d$.- Capacitated Facility Location with Outliers/Penalties Improved Separated Red Blue Center Clustering.- Proper colorability of segment intersection graphs.
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Springer International Publishing AG Graph Drawing and Network Visualization: 30th International Symposium, GD 2022, Tokyo, Japan, September 13–16, 2022, Revised Selected Papers
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, GD 2022, held in Tokyo, Japan, during September 13-16, 2022. The 25 full papers, 7 short papers, presented together with 2 invited talks, one report on graph drawing contest, and one obituary in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The abstracts of 5 posters presented at the conference can be found in the back matter of the volume. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: properties of drawings of complete graphs; stress-based visualizations of graphs; planar and orthogonal drawings; drawings and properties of directed graphs; beyond planarity; dynamic graph visualization; linear layouts; and contact and visibility graph representations. Table of ContentsProperties of Drawings of Complete Graphs.- Stress-based Visualizations of Graphs.- Planar and Orthogonal Drawings.- Drawings and Properties of Directed Graphs.- Beyond Planarity.- Dynamic Graph Visualization.- Linear Layouts.- Contact and Visibility Graph Representations.
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Springer International Publishing AG Advances in Artificial Intelligence – IBERAMIA 2022: 17th Ibero-American Conference on AI, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, November 23–25, 2022, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IBERAMIA 2022, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in November 2022. The 33 full and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: applications of AI; ethics and smart city; green and sustainable AI; machine learning; natural language processing; robotics and computer vision; simulation and forecasting.Table of ContentsApplications of AI.- Ethics and Smart City.- Green and Sustainable AI.- Machine Learning.- Natural Language Processing.- Robotics and Computer Vision.- Simulation and Forecasting.
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Springer International Publishing AG p-adic Banach Space Representations: With
Book SynopsisThis book systematically develops the theory of continuous representations on p-adic Banach spaces. Its purpose is to lay the foundations of the representation theory of reductive p-adic groups on p-adic Banach spaces, explain the duality theory of Schneider and Teitelbaum, and demonstrate its applications to continuous principal series. Written to be accessible to graduate students, the book gives a comprehensive introduction to the necessary tools, including Iwasawa algebras, p-adic measures and distributions, p-adic functional analysis, reductive groups, and smooth and algebraic representations. Part 1 culminates with the duality between Banach space representations and Iwasawa modules. This duality is applied in Part 2 for studying the intertwining operators and reducibility of the continuous principal series on p-adic Banach spaces.This monograph is intended to serve both as a reference book and as an introductory text for graduate students and researchers entering the area.Trade Review“This is a book on the representation theory of p-adic groups on p-adic Banach spaces whose foundations were laid by Schneider and Teitelbaum. It explains their duality theory and demonstrates its applications to continuous principal series. ... It could also be of an interest to mathematicians who are working in the representation theory on complex vector spaces.” (Barbara Bošnjak, zbMATH 1523.22001, 2023)Table of ContentsPart I : Banach space representations of p-adic Lie groupsChapter 1. Iwasawa algebras: The purpose of the chapter is to define Iwasawa algebras and study their properties. As a preparation, we first cover projective limits of topological spaces, finite groups, and linear-topological modules. After that, we explain in detail Iwasawa algebras and their topology.Chapter 2. Distributions: We review basic definitions and properties of locally convex vector spaces. We study the algebra of continuous distributions and establish an isomorphism with the corresponding Iwasawa algebra. We discuss different topologies on the algebra of continuous distributions, among them the weak topology and the bounded-weak topology.Chapter 3. Banach space representations: We prove some fundamental theorems in nonarchimedean functional analysis and introduce Banach space representations. We give an overview of the Schikhof duality between p-adic Banach spaces and compactoids. Then, we present the theory of admissible Banach space representations by Schneider and Teitelbaum and their duality theory.Part II: Principal series representations of reductive groupsChapter 4. Reductive Groups: In this chapter, we give an overview of the structure theory of split reductive Z-groups, with no proofs. The purpose of this chapter is to help a learner navigate through the literature and to explain different objects we need in Chapters 6 and 7, such as roots, unipotent subgroups, and Iwahori subgroups. We also review important structural results, such as Bruhat decomposition, Iwasawa decomposition, and Iwahori factorization.Chapter 5. Algebraic and smooth representations: In our study of Banach space representations, we also encounter algebraic and smooth representations. Namely, continuous principal series representations may contain finite dimensional algebraic representations or smooth principal series representations. In this chapter, we review some basic properties of these representations.Chapter 6. Continuous principal series: We establish some basic properties of the continuous principal series representations. In particular, we prove that they are Banach. After that, we work on the dual side and study the corresponding Iwasawa modules.Chapter 7. Intertwining operators: In this chapter, we present the main results and proofs from a recent joint work with Joseph Hundley. The purpose is to describe the space of continuous intertwining operators between principal series representations. As before, we apply the Schneider-Teitelbaum duality and work with the corresponding Iwasawa modules.
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Springer International Publishing AG SOFSEM 2023: Theory and Practice of Computer Science: 48th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2023, Nový Smokovec, Slovakia, January 15–18, 2023, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the conference proceedings of the 48th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM 2023, held in Nový Smokovec, Slovakia, during January 15–18, 2023.The 22 full papers presented together with 2 best papers and 2 best students papers in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions.This workshop focuses on graphs problems and optimization; graph drawing and visualization; NP-hardness and fixed parameter tractability; communication and temporal graphs; complexity and learning; and robots and strings. Table of ContentsThe Complexity of Finding Tangles.- A spectral algorithm for finding maximum cliques in dense random intersection graphs.- Solving Cut-Problems in Quadratic Time for Graphs With Bounded Treewidth.- More Effort Towards Multiagent Knapsack.- Dominance Drawings for DAGs with Bounded Modular Width.- Morphing Planar Graph Drawings Through 3D.- Visualizing Multispecies Coalescent Trees: Drawing Gene Trees Inside Species Trees.- Parameterized Approaches to Orthogonal Compaction.- Hardness of bounding influence via graph modification.- On the Parameterized Complexity of $s$-club Cluster Deletion Problems.- Balanced Substructures in Bicolored Graphs.- On the Complexity of Scheduling Problems With a Fixed Number of Parallel Identical Machines.- On the 2-Layer Window Width Minimization Problem.- Sequentially Swapping Tokens: Further on Graph Classes.- On the Preservation of Properties when Changing Communication Models.- Introduction to Routing Problems with Mandatory Transitions .- Multi-Parameter Analysis of Finding Minors and Subgraphs in Edge-Periodic Temporal Graphs.- Lower Bounds for Monotone $q$-Multilinear Boolean Circuits.- A faster algorithm for determining the linear feasibility of systems of BTVPI constraints.- Quantum complexity for vector domination problem.- Learning through Imitation by using Formal Verification.- Delivery to Safety with Two Cooperating Robots.- Space-Efficient STR-IC-LCS Computation.- The k-center Problem for Classes of Cyclic Words.
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Springer International Publishing AG Game Theory for Networks: 11th International EAI Conference, GameNets 2022, Virtual Event, July 7–8, 2022, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, GameNets 2022, held as a virtual event in July 7–8, 2022.The 25 papers presented were reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Wireless Networks; Internet of Things; and Game Theory.Table of ContentsWireless Networks.- Block-chain Abnormal Transaction Detection Method Based on Dynamic Graph Representation.- Multi-service communication isolation of underground pipe gallery based on WiFi6.- MU-PDR: A Method of Fingerprint Passive Positioning for WiFi6 Based on MU-RTS/CTS.- The Optimal Layer of User-Specific Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Structure for Uplink Communication System.- A Sophisticated Anti-Jamming Strategy for a Joint Radar and Communication System.- Internet of Things.- Power data credible decision-making mechanism based on federated learning and blockchain.- A Service Protection Mechanism of Deterministic Networking Based on Segment Routing.- Cloud-edge collaboration based power IoT scene perception mechanism.- Task allocation mechanism of power Internet of things based on edge routing optimization.- Voluntary Data Preservation Mechanism in Base Station-less Sensor Networks.- Design and Implementation of Targeted Poverty Alleviation System Based on Blockchain Network.- An Intent-based Routing Scheme in Satellite IoT.- Game Theory.- Interference Management in Terrestrial-Satellite Networks Using Stackelberg Game.- Optimal Resource Allocation for Computation Offloading in Maritime Communication Networks: An Energy-Efficient Design via Matching Game.- Game Theoretic Analysis of Resource Allocation in Multi-tiered Networks.- Energy-Efficient Multi-Cell NOMA Design via Coalition Formation Game.- The vaccination Game in SIS networks with multipopulations.- A Stochastic Bandwidth Scanning Game.- Port Capacity Leasing Games at Internet Exchange Points.- A Phase Transition in Large Network Games.- Dynamic Pricing for Tenants in an Automated Slicing Marketplace.- Service Function Chain Placement in Cloud Data Center Networks: a Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach.- The Art of Concession in General Lotto Games.- Providing slowdown information to improve selfish routing.- Budgeted Adversarial Network Resource Utilization Games.
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Springer International Publishing AG Digital Forensics and Watermarking: 21st International Workshop, IWDW 2022, Guilin, China, November 18-19, 2022, Revised Selected Papers
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st International Workshop, IWDW 2022, held in Guilin, China, during November 18-19, 2022. The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Steganology, Forensics and Security Analysis, Watermarking.Table of ContentsSteganology.- High-Performance Steganographic Coding Based on Sub-Polarized Channel.- High-Capacity Adaptive Steganography Based on Transform Coefficient for HEVC.- Forensics and Security Analysis.- SE-ResNet56: Robust Network Model for Deepfake Detection.- Voice Conversion Using Learnable Similarity-Guided Masked Autoencoder.- Visual Explanations for Exposing Potential Inconsistency of Deepfakes.- Improving the Transferability of Adversarial Attacks through Both Front and Rear Vector Method.- Manipulated Face Detection and Localization Based on Semantic Segmentation.- Deep Learning Image Age Approximation - What is more Relevant: Image Content or Age Information?.- Watermarking.- Physical Anti-Copying Semi-Robust Random Watermarking for QR Code.- Robust and Imperceptible Watermarking Scheme for GWAS Data Traceability.- Adaptive Robust Watermarking Method Based on Deep Neural Networks.- Adaptive Despread Spectrum-Based Image Watermarking for Fast Product Tracking.- Reversible Data Hiding via Arranging Blocks of Bit-Planes in Encrypted Images.- High Capacity Reversible Data Hiding for Encrypted 3D Mesh Models Based on Topology.
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Springer International Publishing AG Metaheuristics: 14th International Conference, MIC 2022, Syracuse, Italy, July 11–14, 2022, Proceedings
Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Metaheuristics, MIC 2022, held in Syracuse, Italy, in July 2022.The 48 full papers together with 17 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. The papers detail metaheuristic techniques.Chapter “Evaluating the Effects of Chaos in Variable Neighbourhood Search” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
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Springer International Publishing AG Quantum Mechanics for Chemistry
Book SynopsisThis textbook forms the basis for an advanced undergraduate or graduate level quantum chemistry course, and can also serve as a reference for researchers in physical chemistry and chemical physics.
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Springer International Publishing AG Mathematical Principles of Topological and
Book SynopsisThis book explores and demonstrates how geometric tools can be used in data analysis. Beginning with a systematic exposition of the mathematical prerequisites, covering topics ranging from category theory to algebraic topology, Riemannian geometry, operator theory and network analysis, it goes on to describe and analyze some of the most important machine learning techniques for dimension reduction, including the different types of manifold learning and kernel methods. It also develops a new notion of curvature of generalized metric spaces, based on the notion of hyperconvexity, which can be used for the topological representation of geometric information.In recent years there has been a fascinating development: concepts and methods originally created in the context of research in pure mathematics, and in particular in geometry, have become powerful tools in machine learning for the analysis of data. The underlying reason for this is that data are typically equipped with some kind of notion of distance, quantifying the differences between data points. Of course, to be successfully applied, the geometric tools usually need to be redefined, generalized, or extended appropriately.Primarily aimed at mathematicians seeking an overview of the geometric concepts and methods that are useful for data analysis, the book will also be of interest to researchers in machine learning and data analysis who want to see a systematic mathematical foundation of the methods that they use. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Topological foundations, hypercomplexes and homology.- Weighted complexes, cohomology and Laplace operators.- The Laplace operator and the geometry of graphs.- Metric spaces and manifolds.- Linear methods: Kernels, variations, and averaging.- Nonlinear schemes: Clustering, feature extraction and dimension reduction.- Manifold learning, the scheme of Laplacian eigenmaps.- Metrics and curvature.
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Springer International Publishing AG Partial Differential Equations I: Basic Theory
Book SynopsisThe first of three volumes on partial differential equations, this one introduces basic examples arising in continuum mechanics, electromagnetism, complex analysis and other areas, and develops a number of tools for their solution, in particular Fourier analysis, distribution theory, and Sobolev spaces. These tools are then applied to the treatment of basic problems in linear PDE, including the Laplace equation, heat equation, and wave equation, as well as more general elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic equations. The book is targeted at graduate students in mathematics and at professional mathematicians with an interest in partial differential equations, mathematical physics, differential geometry, harmonic analysis, and complex analysis.The third edition further expands the material by incorporating new theorems and applications throughout the book, and by deepening connections and relating concepts across chapters. In includes new sections on rigid body motion, on probabilistic results related to random walks, on aspects of operator theory related to quantum mechanics, on overdetermined systems, and on the Euler equation for incompressible fluids. The appendices have also been updated with additional results, ranging from weak convergence of measures to the curvature of Kahler manifolds.Michael E. Taylor is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.Review of first edition: “These volumes will be read by several generations of readers eager to learn the modern theory of partial differential equations of mathematical physics and the analysis in which this theory is rooted.”(Peter Lax, SIAM review, June 1998)Table of ContentsContents of Volumes II and III.- Preface.- 1 Basic Theory of ODE and Vector Fields.- 2 The Laplace Equation and Wave Equation.- 3 Fourier Analysis, Distributions, and Constant-Coefficient Linear PDE.- 4 Sobolev Spaces.- 5 Linear Elliptic Equation.- 6 Linear Evolution Equations.- A Outline of Functional Analysis.- B Manifolds, Vector Bundles, and Lie Groups.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Partial Differential Equations III: Nonlinear
Book SynopsisThe third of three volumes on partial differential equations, this is devoted to nonlinear PDE. It treats a number of equations of classical continuum mechanics, including relativistic versions, as well as various equations arising in differential geometry, such as in the study of minimal surfaces, isometric imbedding, conformal deformation, harmonic maps, and prescribed Gauss curvature. In addition, some nonlinear diffusion problems are studied. It also introduces such analytical tools as the theory of L^p Sobolev spaces, Holder spaces, Hardy spaces, and Morrey spaces, and also a development of Calderon-Zygmund theory and paradifferential operator calculus. The book is targeted at graduate students in mathematics and at professional mathematicians with an interest in partial differential equations, mathematical physics, differential geometry, harmonic analysis, and complex analysis. The third edition further expands the material by incorporating new theorems and applications throughout the book, and by deepening connections and relating concepts across chapters. It includes new sections on rigid body motion, on probabilistic results related to random walks, on aspects of operator theory related to quantum mechanics, on overdetermined systems, and on the Euler equation for incompressible fluids. The appendices have also been updated with additional results, ranging from weak convergence of measures to the curvature of Kahler manifolds.Michael E. Taylor is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.Review of first edition: “These volumes will be read by several generations of readers eager to learn the modern theory of partial differential equations of mathematical physics and the analysis in which this theory is rooted.”(Peter Lax, SIAM review, June 1998)Table of ContentsContents of Volumes I and II.- Preface.- 13 Function Space and Operator Theory for Nonlinear Analysis.- 14 Nonlinear Elliptic Equations.- 15 Nonlinear Parabolic Equations.- 16 Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations.- 17 Euler and Navier–Stokes Equations for Incompressible Fluids.- 18 Einstein’s Equations.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Combinatorial Models for Scheduling Sports
Book SynopsisThis book introduces solutions for sports scheduling problems in a variety of settings. In particular the book covers timetabling, the traveling tournament problem, carryover minimization, breaks minimization, tournament design, tournament planning, and referee assignment. A rich selection of applications to sports such as football, baseball, basketball, cricket or hockey are employed to illustrate the methods and techniques. In a step-by-step tutorial format the book describes the use of graph theory concepts, local search operators and integer programming in the context of sports scheduling. The methods presented in this book are essential to sports scheduling in all its dimensions, from tournaments that are followed by millions of people across the world, with broadcast rights that amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in some competitions, to amateur leagues that require coordination and logistical efforts due to the large number of tournaments and competitors.Table of ContentsLeagues, tournaments, and schedules.- Combinatorial structures.- Metaheuristics and local search.- Integer programming approaches.- Case studies.
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Springer International Publishing AG CAT(0) Cube Complexes: An Introduction
Book SynopsisIn recent years cube complexes have become a cornerstone topic of geometric group theory and have proven to be a powerful tool in other areas, such as low dimensional topology, phylogenetic trees or in the context of optimization problems.This book covers a wide variety of algebraic and geometric properties of cube complexes and the groups acting on them. The content ranges from basic properties of metric spaces, notions of non-positive curvature, Gromov's link condition and the Švarc–Milnor theorem to advanced material such as the cubulation of half-space systems and the Roller boundary, the construction of cube complexes associated with Coxeter groups, and the Tits alternative for cubical groups.Being the first self-contained, comprehensive introduction to cube complexes this book serves as an entry point for researchers interested in the subject. The material is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The text is illustrated with many figures and examples and comes with a large collection of exercises.Table of Contents- 1. Introduction. - 2. Metric Spaces Meet Groups. - 3. Non-positive Curvature. - 4. Cube Complexes and Gromov’s Link Condition. - 5. Hyperplanes and Half-Spaces. - 6. Cubulating Coxeter Groups. - 7. A Panoramic Tour.
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Springer International Publishing AG Introduction to Galois Theory
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides an undergraduate introduction to Galois theory and its most notable applications. Galois theory was born in the 19th century to study polynomial equations.
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Springer The Group Theory Puzzle Book
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Springer International Publishing AG Semantics in Mobile Sensing
Book SynopsisThe dramatic progress of smartphone technologies has ushered in a new era of mobile sensing, where traditional wearable on-body sensors are being rapidly superseded by various embedded sensors in our smartphones. For example, a typical smartphone today, has at the very least a GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, triaxial accelerometer, and gyroscope. Alongside, new accessories are emerging such as proximity, magnetometer, barometer, temperature, and pressure sensors. Even the default microphone can act as an acoustic sensor to track noise exposure for example. These sensors act as a ""lens"" to understand the user's context along different dimensions. Data can be passively collected from these sensors without interrupting the user. As a result, this new era of mobile sensing has fueled significant interest in understanding what can be extracted from such sensor data both instantaneously as well as considering volumes of time series from these sensors. For example, GPS logs can be used to determine automatically the significant places associated to a user's life (e.g., home, office, shopping areas). The logs may also reveal travel patterns, and how a user moves from one place to another (e.g., driving or using public transport). These may be used to proactively inform the user about delays, relevant promotions from shops, in his ""regular"" route. Similarly, accelerometer logs can be used to measure a user's average walking speed, compute step counts, gait identification, and estimate calories burnt per day. The key objective is to provide better services to end users. The objective of this book is to inform the reader of the methodologies and techniques for extracting meaningful information (called ""semantics"") from sensors on our smartphones. These techniques form the cornerstone of several application areas utilizing smartphone sensor data. We discuss technical challenges and algorithmic solutions for modeling and mining knowledge from smartphone-resident sensor data streams. This book devotes two chapters to dive deep into a set of highly available, commoditized sensors---the positioning sensor (GPS) and motion sensor (accelerometer). Furthermore, this book has a chapter devoted to energy-efficient computation of semantics, as battery life is a major concern on user experience.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments.- Introduction.- Semantic Trajectories from Positioning Sensors.- Semantic Activities from Motion Sensors.- Energy-Efficient Computation of Semantics from Sensors.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Authors' Biographies .
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Springer Exercise Book of Statistical Inference
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Springer Linear Algebra Data Science and Machine Learning
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Springer Statistics for Composite Indicators
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Springer Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Spacetime White Noise and Random Fields
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Springer The Unreasonable Elegance of Mathematics
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Discrete Mathematics A Combinatorial Approach
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Birkhauser Verlag AG Families of Automorphic Forms
Book SynopsisAutomorphic forms on the upper half plane have been studied for a long time. Most attention has gone to the holomorphic automorphic forms, with numerous applications to number theory. Maass, [34], started a systematic study of real analytic automorphic forms. He extended Hecke’s relation between automorphic forms and Dirichlet series to real analytic automorphic forms. The names Selberg and Roelcke are connected to the spectral theory of real analytic automorphic forms, see, e. g. , [50], [51]. This culminates in the trace formula of Selberg, see, e. g. , Hejhal, [21]. Automorphicformsarefunctionsontheupperhalfplanewithaspecialtra- formation behavior under a discontinuous group of non-euclidean motions in the upper half plane. One may ask how automorphic forms change if one perturbs this group of motions. This question is discussed by, e. g. , Hejhal, [22], and Phillips and Sarnak, [46]. Hejhal also discusses the e?ect of variation of the multiplier s- tem (a function on the discontinuous group that occurs in the description of the transformation behavior of automorphic forms). In [5]–[7] I considered variation of automorphic forms for the full modular group under perturbation of the m- tiplier system. A method based on ideas of Colin de Verdi` ere, [11], [12], gave the meromorphic continuation of Eisenstein and Poincar´ e series as functions of the eigenvalue and the multiplier system jointly. The present study arose from a plan to extend these results to much more general groups (discrete co?nite subgroups of SL (R)).Trade ReviewFrom reviews: "It is made abundantly clear that this viewpoint, of families of automorphic functions depending on varying eigenvalue and multiplier systems, is both deep and fruitful." - MathSciNetTable of ContentsModular introduction.- Modular introduction.- General theory.- Automorphic forms on the universal covering group.- Discrete subgroups.- Automorphic forms.- Poincaré series.- Selfadjoint extension of the Casimir operator.- Families of automorphic forms.- Transformation and truncation.- Pseudo Casimir operator.- Meromorphic continuation of Poincaré series.- Poincaré families along vertical lines.- Singularities of Poincaré families.- Examples.- Automorphic forms for the modular group.- Automorphic forms for the theta group.- Automorphic forms for the commutator subgroup.
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Birkhauser Verlag AG Éléments de Géométrie Rigide: Volume I.
Book SynopsisLa géométrie rigide est devenue, au fil des ans, un outil indispensable dans un grand nombre de questions en géométrie arithmétique. Depuis ses premières fondations, posées par J. Tate en 1961, la théorie s'est développée dans des directions variées. Ce livre est le premier volume d'un traité qui expose un développement systématique de la géométrie rigide suivant l'approche de M. Raynaud, basée sur les schémas formels à éclatements admissibles près. Ce volume est consacré à la construction des espaces rigides dans une situation relative et à l'étude de leurs propriétés géométriques. L'accent est particulièrement mis sur l'étude de la topologie admissible d'un espace rigide cohérent, analogue de la topologie de Zariski d'un schéma. Parmi les sujets traités figurent l'étude des faisceaux cohérents et de leur cohomologie, le théorème de platification par éclatements admissibles qui généralise au cadre formel-rigide un théorème de Raynaud-Gruson dans le cadre algébrique, et le théorème de comparaison du type GAGA pour les faisceaux cohérents. Ce volume contient aussi de larges rappels et compléments de la théorie des schémas formels de Grothendieck. Ce traité est destiné tout autant aux étudiants ayant une bonne connaissance de la géométrie algébrique et souhaitant apprendre la géométrie rigide qu'aux experts en géométrie algébrique et en théorie des nombres comme source de références. Table of ContentsPréface par Michel Raynaud.- Avant-propos.- Introduction.- Chapitre 1. Préliminaires.- Chapitre 2. Géométrie formelle.- Chapitre 3. Éclatements admissibles.- Chapitre 4. Géométrie rigide.- Chapitre 5. Platitude.- Chapitre 6. Invariants différentiels. Morphismes lisses.- Chapitre 7. Espaces rigides quasi-séparés.- Bibliographie.- Index.
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De Gruyter Character Theory of Finite Groups
Book SynopsisThe aim of the Expositions is to present new and important developments in pure and applied mathematics. Well established in the community over more than two decades, the series offers a large library of mathematical works, including several important classics. The volumes supply thorough and detailed expositions of the methods and ideas essential to the topics in question. In addition, they convey their relationships to other parts of mathematics. The series is addressed to advanced readers interested in a thorough study of the subject. Editorial Board Lev Birbrair, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, BrasilWalter D. Neumann, Columbia University, New York, USAMarkus J. Pflaum, University of Colorado, Boulder, USADierk Schleicher, Aix-Marseille Université, FranceKatrin Wendland, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Honorary Editor Victor P. Maslov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Titles in planning include Yuri A. Bahturin, Identical Relations in Lie Algebras (2019)Yakov G. Berkovich, Lev G. Kazarin, and Emmanuel M. Zhmud', Characters of Finite Groups, Volume 2 (2019)Jorge Herbert Soares de Lira, Variational Problems for Hypersurfaces in Riemannian Manifolds (2019)Volker Mayer, Mariusz Urbański, and Anna Zdunik, Random and Conformal Dynamical Systems (2021)Ioannis Diamantis, Boštjan Gabrovšek, Sofia Lambropoulou, and Maciej Mroczkowski, Knot Theory of Lens Spaces (2021) Table of ContentsNotations and results from group theory; representations and representation-modules; simple and semisimple modules; orthogonality relations; the group algebra; characters of abelian groups; degrees of irreducible representations; characters of some small groups; products of representation and characters; on the number of solutions gm =1 in a group; a theorem of A. Hurwitz on multiplicative sums of squares ; permutation representations and characters; the class number; real characters and real representations; Coprime action; groups pa qb; Fronebius groups; induced characters; Brauer's permutation lemma and Glauberman's character correspondence; Clifford theory 1; projective representations; Clifford theory 2; extension of characters; Degree pattern and group structure; monomial groups; representation of wreath products; characters of p-groups; groups with a small number of character degrees; linear groups; the degree graph; groups all of whose character degrees are primes; two special degree problems; lengths of conjugacy classes; R. Brauer's theorem on the character ring; applications of Brauer's theorems; Artin's induction theorem; splitting fields; the Schur index; integral representations; three arithmetical applications; small kernels and faithful irreducible characters; TI-sets; involutions; groups whose Sylow-2-subgroups are generalized quaternion groups; perfect Fronebius complements. (Part contents).
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De Gruyter Banach Algebras 97: Proceedings of the 13th
Book SynopsisThe series is aimed specifically at publishing peer reviewed reviews and contributions presented at workshops and conferences. Each volume is associated with a particular conference, symposium or workshop. These events cover various topics within pure and applied mathematics and provide up-to-date coverage of new developments, methods and applications.
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De Gruyter Algebraic Number Theory and Diophantine Analysis:
Book SynopsisThe series is aimed specifically at publishing peer reviewed reviews and contributions presented at workshops and conferences. Each volume is associated with a particular conference, symposium or workshop. These events cover various topics within pure and applied mathematics and provide up-to-date coverage of new developments, methods and applications.
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De Gruyter Chaos and Chance: An Introduction to Stochastic Aspects of Dynamics
With emphasis on stochastic aspects of deterministic systems this short book introduces the reader to the basic facts and some special topics of applied ergodic theory. It adresses advanced undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines, i.e. mathematicians, physicists, electrical and mechanical engineers. Based upon a sound (but non-technical) mathematical introduction, a number of typical examples from applications (mostly from mechanics) are thoroughly discussed. By studying both probabilistic and deterministic features of dynamical systems the reader will develop what might be considered a unified view on chaos and chance as two sides of the same thing.
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De Gruyter Shape optimization and spectral theory
Book Synopsis„Shape optimization and spectral theory” is a survey book aiming to give an overview of recent results in spectral geometry and its links with shape optimization. It covers most of the issues which are important for people working in PDE and differential geometry interested in sharp inequalities and qualitative behaviour for eigenvalues of the Laplacian with different kind of boundary conditions (Dirichlet, Robin and Steklov). This includes: existence of optimal shapes, their regularity, the case of special domains like triangles, isospectrality, quantitative form of the isoperimetric inequalities, optimal partitions, universal inequalities and numerical results. Much progress has been made in these extremum problems during the last ten years and this edited volume presents a valuable update to a wide community interested in these topics. List of contributors Antunes Pedro R.S., Ashbaugh Mark, Bonnaillie-Noël Virginie, Brasco Lorenzo, Bucur Dorin, Buttazzo Giuseppe, De Philippis Guido, Freitas Pedro, Girouard Alexandre, Helffer Bernard, Kennedy James, Lamboley Jimmy, Laugesen Richard S., Oudet Edouard, Pierre Michel, Polterovich Iosif, Siudeja Bartłomiej A., Velichkov Bozhidar
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Springer International Publishing AG The Real Numbers: An Introduction to Set Theory
Book SynopsisWhile most texts on real analysis are content to assume the real numbers, or to treat them only briefly, this text makes a serious study of the real number system and the issues it brings to light. Analysis needs the real numbers to model the line, and to support the concepts of continuity and measure. But these seemingly simple requirements lead to deep issues of set theory—uncountability, the axiom of choice, and large cardinals. In fact, virtually all the concepts of infinite set theory are needed for a proper understanding of the real numbers, and hence of analysis itself.By focusing on the set-theoretic aspects of analysis, this text makes the best of two worlds: it combines a down-to-earth introduction to set theory with an exposition of the essence of analysis—the study of infinite processes on the real numbers. It is intended for senior undergraduates, but it will also be attractive to graduate students and professional mathematicians who, until now, have been content to "assume" the real numbers. Its prerequisites are calculus and basic mathematics.Mathematical history is woven into the text, explaining how the concepts of real number and infinity developed to meet the needs of analysis from ancient times to the late twentieth century. This rich presentation of history, along with a background of proofs, examples, exercises, and explanatory remarks, will help motivate the reader. The material covered includes classic topics from both set theory and real analysis courses, such as countable and uncountable sets, countable ordinals, the continuum problem, the Cantor–Schröder–Bernstein theorem, continuous functions, uniform convergence, Zorn's lemma, Borel sets, Baire functions, Lebesgue measure, and Riemann integrable functions.Trade Review“This is a book of both analysis and set theory, and the analysis begins at an elementary level with the necessary treatment of completeness of the reals. … the analysis makes it valuable to the serious student, say a senior or first-year graduate student. … Stillwell’s book can work well as a text for the course in foundations, with its good treatment of the cardinals and ordinals. … This enjoyable book makes the connection clear.” (James M. Cargal, The UMAP Journal, Vol. 38 (1), 2017)“This book is an interesting introduction to set theory and real analysis embedded in properties of the real numbers. … The 300-plus problems are frequently challenging and will interest both upper-level undergraduate students and readers with a strong mathematical background. … A list of approximately 100 references at the end of the book will help students to further explore the topic. … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates.” (D. P. Turner, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), August, 2014)“This is an informal look at the nature of the real numbers … . There are extensive historical notes about the evolution of real analysis and our understanding of real numbers. … Stillwell has deliberately set out to provide a different sort of construction where you understand what the foundation is supporting and why it is important. I think this is very successful, and his book … is much more informative and enjoyable.” (Allen Stenger, MAA Reviews, February, 2014)“This book will be fully appreciated by either professional mathematicians or those students, who already have passed a course in analysis or set theory. … The book contains a quantity of motivation examples, worked examples and exercises, what makes it suitable also for self-study.” (Vladimír Janiš, zbMATH, 2014)“The book offers a rigorous foundation of the real number system. It is intended for senior undergraduates who have already studied calculus, but a wide range of readers will find something interesting, new, or instructive in it. … This is an extremely reader-friendly book. It is full of interesting examples, very clear explanations, historical background, applications. Each new idea comes after proper motivation.” (László Imre Szabó, Acta Scientiarum Mathematicarum (Szeged), Vol. 80 (1-2), 2014)Table of ContentsThe Fundamental Questions.- From Discrete to Continuous.- Infinite Sets.- Functions and Limits.- Open Sets and Continuity.- Ordinals.- The Axiom of Choice.- Borel Sets.- Measure Theory.- Reflections.- Bibliography.- Index.
£999.99
Springer International Publishing AG Concise Computer Mathematics: Tutorials on Theory and Problems
Book SynopsisAdapted from a modular undergraduate course on computational mathematics, Concise Computer Mathematics delivers an easily accessible, self-contained introduction to the basic notions of mathematics necessary for a computer science degree. The text reflects the need to quickly introduce students from a variety of educational backgrounds to a number of essential mathematical concepts. The material is divided into four units: discrete mathematics (sets, relations, functions), logic (Boolean types, truth tables, proofs), linear algebra (vectors, matrices and graphics), and special topics (graph theory, number theory, basic elements of calculus). The chapters contain a brief theoretical presentation of the topic, followed by a selection of problems (which are direct applications of the theory) and additional supplementary problems (which may require a bit more work). Each chapter ends with answers or worked solutions for all of the problems.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is ideally suited as an adjunct to a course in computer mathematics or as a refresher for someone with some background in computer mathematics. … The book fulfills its purpose of providing a distilled treatment of the mathematics most commonly used in computer science. It is of most value to computer science students who need a place to find a succinct treatment of the topics covered.” (Marlin Thomas, Computing Reviews, April, 2014)“Each of the chapters opens with a short summary followed by a set of essential problems and then a set of supplementary problems. … it would be very useful for someone that needs a quick and effective review that includes problems.” (Charles Ashbacher, MAA Reviews, January, 2014)Table of ContentsSets and NumbersRelations and DatabasesFunctionsBoolean Algebra, Logic and QuantifiersNormal Forms, Proof and ArgumentVectors and Complex NumbersMatrices and ApplicationsMatrix Transformations for Computer GraphicsElements of Graph TheoryElements of Number Theory and CryptographyElements of CalculusElementary Numerical Methods
£49.49
Springer International Publishing AG Lévy Matters III: Lévy-Type Processes: Construction, Approximation and Sample Path Properties
Book SynopsisThis volume presents recent developments in the area of Lévy-type processes and more general stochastic processes that behave locally like a Lévy process. Although written in a survey style, quite a few results are extensions of known theorems, and others are completely new. The focus is on the symbol of a Lévy-type process: a non-random function which is a counterpart of the characteristic exponent of a Lévy process. The class of stochastic processes which can be associated with a symbol is characterized, various schemes constructing a stochastic process from a given symbol are discussed, and it is shown how one can use the symbol in order to describe the sample path properties of the underlying process. Lastly, the symbol is used to approximate and simulate Levy-type processes.This is the third volume in a subseries of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics called Lévy Matters. Each volume describes a number of important topics in the theory or applications of Lévy processes and pays tribute to the state of the art of this rapidly evolving subject with special emphasis on the non-Brownian world.Table of ContentsA Primer on Feller Semigroups and Feller Processes.- Feller Generators and Symbols.- Construction of Feller Processes.- Transformations of Feller Processes.- Sample Path Properties.- Global Properties.- Approximation.- Open Problems.- References.- Index.
£36.89
