Number theory Books
Cambridge University Press The HardyLittlewood Method 125 Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics Series Number 125
Book SynopsisThis introduction to the Hardy-Littlewood method deals with its classical forms and outlines some of the more recent developments. Now in its second edition, it has been fully updated, and covers recent developments in detail. It is the standard reference on the Hardy-Littlewood method.Trade Review'Now in its second edition, it has been fully updated; extensive revisions have been made and a new chapter added to take account of major advances.' L'Enseignement MathématiqueTable of Contents1. Introduction and historical background; 2. The simplest upper bound for G(k); 3. Goldbach's problems; 4. The major arcs in Waring's problem; 5. Vinogradov's methods; 6. Davenport's methods; 7. Vinogradov's upper bound for G(k); 8. A ternary additive problem; 9. Homogenous equations and Birch's theorem; 10. A theorem of Roth; 11. Diophantine inequalities; 12. Wooley's upper bound for G(k); Bibliography.
£128.25
Cambridge University Press LMS 254 Galois Repres Algebra Geom London
Book SynopsisThis book has its origins in the 1996 Durham Symposium on 'Galois representations in arithmetic algebraic geometry'. Included here are expositions of subjects on the interface between algebraic number theory and arithmetic algebraic geometry which have received substantial attention from many of the best known researchers in this field.Table of ContentsPreface; List of participants; Lecture programme; 1. The Eigencurve R. Coleman and B. Mazur; 2. Geometric trends in Galois module theory Boas Erez; 3. Mixed elliptic motives Alexander Goncharov; 4. On the Satake isomorphism Benedict H. Gross; 5. Open problems regarding rational points on curves and varieties B. Mazur; 6. Models of Shimura varieties in mixed characteristics Ben Moonen; 7. Euler systems and modular elliptic curves Karl Rubin; 8. Basic notions of rigid analytic geometry Peter Schneider; 9. An introduction to Kato's Euler systems A. J. Scholl; 10. La distribution d'Euler-Poincaré d'un groupe profini Jean-Pierre Serre.
£53.54
Cambridge University Press Automorphic Forms Representations 55 Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics Series Number 55
Book SynopsisIntermediate in level between an advanced textbook and a monograph, this book covers both the classical and representation theoretic views of automorphic forms in a style which is accessible to graduate students entering the field. The treatment is based on complete proofs, which reveal the uniqueness principles underlying the basic constructions. The book features extensive foundational material on the representation theory of GL(1) and GL(2) over local fields, the theory of automorphic representations, L-functions and advanced topics such as the Langlands conjectures, the Weil representation, the RankinâSelberg method and the triple L-function, examining this subject matter from many different and complementary viewpoints. Researchers as well as students will find this a valuable guide to a notoriously difficult subject.Trade Review'This important textbook closes a gap in the existing literature, for it presents the 'representation theoretic' viewpoint of the theory of automorphic forms on GL(2) … it will become a stepping stone for many who want to study the Corvallis Proceedings or the Lecture Notes by H. Jaquet and R. Langlands or seek a pathway to R. Langland's conjectures.' Monatshefte für Mathematik'Students and researchers will find the book an understandable and penetrating treatment of a beautiful theory.' European Mathematical SocietyTable of Contents1. Modular forms; 2. Automorphic forms and representations of GL( 2, R); 3. Automorphic representations; 4. GL(2) over a p-adic field.
£59.99
Cambridge University Press The Higher Arithmetic An Introduction to the
Book SynopsisNow into its eighth edition and with additional material on primality testing written by J. H. Davenport, The Higher Arithmetic introduces concepts and theorems in a way that does not assume an in-depth knowledge of the theory of numbers but touches upon matters of deep mathematical significance.Trade Review'Although this book is not written as a textbook but rather as a work for the general reader, it could certainly be used as a textbook for an undergraduate course in number theory and, in the reviewer's opinion, is far superior for this purpose to any other book in English.' From a review of the first edition in Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society'… the well-known and charming introduction to number theory … can be recommended both for independent study and as a reference text for a general mathematical audience.' European Maths Society Journal'Its popularity is based on a very readable style of exposition.' EMS NewsletterTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Factorization and the primes; 2. Congruences; 3. Quadratic residues; 4. Continued fractions; 5. Sums of squares; 6. Quadratic forms; 7. Some Diophantine equations; 8. Computers and number theory; Exercises; Hints; Answers; Bibliography; Index; Additional notes.
£39.99
Cambridge University Press Special Functions 71 Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications Series Number 71
Book SynopsisSpecial functions, natural generalizations of the elementary functions, have been studied for centuries. The greatest mathematicians, among them Euler, Gauss, Legendre, Eisenstein, Riemann, and Ramanujan, have laid the foundations for this beautiful and useful area of mathematics. This treatise presents an overview of special functions, focusing primarily on hypergeometric functions and the associated hypergeometric series, including Bessel functions and classical orthogonal polynomials, using the basic building block of the gamma function. In addition to relatively new work on gamma and beta functions, such as Selberg's multidimensional integrals, many important but relatively unknown nineteenth century results are included. Other topics include q-extensions of beta integrals and of hypergeometric series, Bailey chains, spherical harmonics, and applications to combinatorial problems. The authors provide organizing ideas, motivation, and historical background for the study and applicaTrade Review'Occasionally there is published a mathematics book that one is compelled to describe as, well, let us say, special. Special Functions is certainly one of those rare books. … this treatise … should become a classic. Every student, user, and researcher in analysis will want to have it close at hand as she/he works.' The Mathematical Intelligencer' … the material is written in an excellent manner … I recommend this book warmly as a rich source of information to everybody who is interested in 'Special Functions'.' Zentralblatt MATH' … this book contains a wealth of fascinating material which is presented in a user-friendly way. If you want to extend your knowledge of special functions, this is a good place to start. Even if your interests are in number theory or combinatorics, there is something for you too … the book can be warmly recommended and should be in all good libraries.' Adam McBride, The Mathematical Gazette' … it comes into the range of affordable books that you want to (and probably should have on your desk'. Jean Mawhin, Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society'The book is full of beautiful and interesting formulae, as was always the case with mathematics centred around special functions. It is written in the spirit of the old masters, with mathemtics developed in terms of formulas. There are many historical comments in the book. It can be recommended as a very useful reference.' European Mathematical Society'… full of beautiful and interesting formulae … It can be recommended as a very useful reference.' EMS Newsletter'a very erudite text and reference in special functions' Allen Stenger, MAA ReviewsTable of Contents1. The Gamma and Beta functions; 2. The hypergeometric functions; 3. Hypergeometric transformations and identities; 4. Bessel functions and confluent hypergeometric functions; 5. Orthogonal polynomials; 6. Special orthogonal transformations; 7. Topics in orthogonal polynomials; 8. The Selberg integral and its applications; 9. Spherical harmonics; 10. Introduction to q-series; 11. Partitions; 12. Bailey chains; Appendix 1. Infinite products; Appendix 2. Summability and fractional integration; Appendix 3. Asymptotic expansions; Appendix 4. Euler-Maclaurin summation formula; Appendix 5. Lagrange inversion formula; Appendix 6. Series solutions of differential equations.
£59.99
Cambridge University Press Abelian Varieties Theta Functions and the Fourier Transform
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to present a modern treatment of the theory of theta functions in the context of algebraic geometry. The novelty of its approach lies in the systematic use of the Fourier–Mukai transform.Trade Review'The book is written by a leading expert in the field and it will certainly be a valuable enhancement to the existing literature.' EMS NewsletterTable of ContentsPart I. Analytic Theory: 1. Line bundles on complex tori; 2. Representations of Heisenberg groups I ; 3. Theta functions; 4. Representations of Heisenberg groups II: intertwining operators; 5. Theta functions II: functional equation; 6. Mirror symmetry for tori; 7. Cohomology of a line bundle on a complex torus: mirror symmetry approach; Part II. Algebraic Theory: 8. Abelian varieties and theorem of the cube; 9. Dual Abelian variety; 10. Extensions, biextensions and duality; 11. Fourier–Mukai transform; 12. Mumford group and Riemann's quartic theta relation; 13. More on line bundles; 14. Vector bundles on elliptic curves; 15. Equivalences between derived categories of coherent sheaves on Abelian varieties; Part III. Jacobians: 16. Construction of the Jacobian; 17. Determinant bundles and the principle polarization of the Jacobian; 18. Fay's trisecant identity; 19. More on symmetric powers of a curve; 20. Varieties of special divisors; 21. Torelli theorem; 22. Deligne's symbol, determinant bundles and strange duality; Bibliographical notes and further reading; References.
£105.45
Cambridge University Press Automorphic Forms and LFunctions for the Group GLnR 99 Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics Series Number 99
Book SynopsisL-functions associated to automorphic forms encode all classical number theoretic information. They are akin to elementary particles in physics. This book provides an entirely self-contained introduction to the theory of L-functions in a style accessible to graduate students with a basic knowledge of classical analysis, complex variable theory, and algebra. Also within the volume are many new results not yet found in the literature. The exposition provides complete detailed proofs of results in an easy-to-read format using many examples and without the need to know and remember many complex definitions. The main themes of the book are first worked out for GL(2,R) and GL(3,R), and then for the general case of GL(n,R). In an appendix to the book, a set of Mathematica functions is presented, designed to allow the reader to explore the theory from a computational point of view.Trade Review'… a gentle introduction to this fascinating new subject. The presentation is very explicit and many examples are worked out with great detail … This book should be of great interest to students beginning with the theory of modular forms or for more advanced readers wanting to know about general L-functions.' Emmanuel P. Royer, Mathematical Reviews'This book, whose clear and sometimes simplified proofs make the basic theory of automorphic forms on GL(n) accessible to a wide audience, will be valuable for students. It nicely complements D. Bump's book (Automorphic Forms and Representations, Cambridge, 1997), which offers a greater emphasis on representation theory and a different selection of topics.' Zentralblatt MATH'Unfortunately, when n > 2 the GL(n) theory is not very accessible to the student of analytic number theory, yet it is increasing in importance. [This book] addresses this problem by developing a large part of the theory in a way that is carefully designed to make the field accessible … much of the literature is written in the adele language, and seeing how it translates into classical terms is both useful and enlightening … This is a unique and very welcome book, one that the student of automorphic forms will want to study, and also useful to experts.' Daniel Bump, SIAM ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Discrete group actions; 2. Invariant differential operators; 3. Automorphic forms and L-functions for SL(2,Z); 4. Existence of Maass forms; 5. Maass forms and Whittaker functions for SL(n,Z); 6. Automorphic forms and L-functions for SL(3,Z); 7. The Gelbert–Jacquet lift; 8. Bounds for L-functions and Siegel zeros; 9. The Godement–Jacquet L-function; 10. Langlands Eisenstein series; 11. Poincaré series and Kloosterman sums; 12. Rankin–Selberg convolutions; 13. Langlands conjectures; Appendix. The GL(n)pack manual; References.
£99.75
Cambridge University Press Galois Groups and Fundamental Groups 117
Book SynopsisEver since the concepts of Galois groups in algebra and fundamental groups in topology emerged during the nineteenth century, mathematicians have known of the strong analogies between the two concepts. This book presents the connection starting at an elementary level and assuming as little technical background as possible.Trade Review"The book is well written and contains much information about the etale fundamental group. There are exercises in every chapter. On the whole, the book is useful for mathematicians and graduate students looking for one place where they can find information about the etale fundamental group and the related Nori fundamental group scheme." Swaminathan Subramanian, Mathematical ReviewsTable of ContentsForeword; 1. Galois theory of fields; 2. Fundamental groups in topology; 3. Riemann surfaces; 4. Fundamental groups of algebraic curves; 5. Fundamental groups of schemes; 6. Tannakian fundamental groups; Bibliography; Index.
£60.99
Harvard University Press Numbers and the Making of Us
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA fascinating book. -- James Ryerson * New York Times Book Review *Fascinating…This is bold, heady stuff…The breadth of research Everett covers is impressive, and allows him to develop a narrative that is both global and compelling. He is as much at home describing the niceties of experimental work in cognitive science as he is discussing arcane tribal rituals and the technical details of grammar…It is often poignant, and makes a virtue of the author’s experiences with some of the indigenous peoples he describes, based on a childhood following his missionary parents—in particular his famous father, Daniel Everett—into the Amazon jungle…Numbers is eye-opening, even eye-popping. And it makes a powerful case for language, as a cultural invention, being central to the making of us. -- Vyvyan Evans * New Scientist *Everett buttresses his argument with an impressive array of studies from different fields…It all adds up to a powerful and convincing case for Everett’s main thesis: that numbers are neither natural nor innate to humans but ‘a creation of the human mind, a cognitive invention that has altered forever how we see and distinguish quantities.’ His argument that numbers played a crucial role in the development of agriculture and the complex societies it supported is equally persuasive. -- Amir Alexander * Wall Street Journal *In this multi-disciplinary investigation, anthropologist Caleb Everett examines the seemingly limitless possibilities and innovations made possible by the evolution of number systems. -- Rachel E. Gross * Smithsonian *Caleb Everett provides a fascinating account of the development of human numeracy, from innate abilities to the complexities of agricultural and trading societies, all viewed against the general background of human cultural evolution. He successfully draws together insights from linguistics, cognitive psychology, anthropology, and archaeology in a way that is accessible to the general reader as well as to specialists. He does not avoid controversy, making this a key contribution to a developing debate. -- Bernard Comrie, University of California, Santa BarbaraIn his journey through the millennia of human evolution, from the forests of Amazonia to the deserts of Australia, ever in search of a better understanding of human diversity, Caleb Everett presents a breathtaking narrative of how the human species developed one of its most distinct cognitive and linguistic achievements: to count and to use concepts of quantity to expand and enrich a wide range of cultural activities. -- Bernd Heine, University of Cologne
£18.00
Princeton University Press Algebraic Theory of Numbers
Book SynopsisExplores fundamental concepts in arithmetic. This book begins with the definitions and properties of algebraic fields. It then discusses the theory of divisibility from an axiomatic viewpoint, rather than by the use of ideals. It also gives an introduction to p-adic numbers and their uses, which are important in modern number theory.Table of ContentsCh. I Algebraic Fields 1 Ch. II Theory of Divisibility (Kronecker, Dedekind) 33 Ch. III Local Primadic Analysis (Kummer, Hensel) 71 Ch. IV Algebraic Number Fields 141 Amendments 223
£60.00
Princeton University Press The Ergodic Theory of Lattice Subgroups
Book SynopsisDevelops a systematic general approach to the proof of ergodic theorems for a large class of non-amenable locally compact groups and their lattice subgroups. This book formulates simple general conditions on the spectral theory of the group and the regularity of the averaging sets, which suffice to guarantee convergence to the ergodic mean.Table of ContentsPreface vii 0.1 Main objectives vii 0.2 Ergodic theory and amenable groups viii 0.3 Ergodic theory and nonamenable groups x Chapter 1. Main results: Semisimple Lie groups case 1 1.1 Admissible sets 1 1.2 Ergodic theorems on semisimple Lie groups 2 1.3 The lattice point-counting problem in admissible domains 4 1.4 Ergodic theorems for lattice subgroups 6 1.5 Scope of the method 8 Chapter 2. Examples and applications 11 2.1 Hyperbolic lattice points problem 11 2.2 Counting integral unimodular matrices 12 2.3 Integral equivalence of general forms 13 2.4 Lattice points in S-algebraic groups 15 2.5 Examples of ergodic theorems for lattice actions 16 Chapter 3. Definitions, preliminaries, and basic tools 19 3.1 Maximal and exponential-maximal inequalities 19 3.2 S-algebraic groups and upper local dimension 21 3.3 Admissible and coarsely admissible sets 21 3.4 Absolute continuity and examples of admissible averages 23 3.5 Balanced and well-balanced families on product groups 26 3.6 Roughly radial and quasi-uniform sets 27 3.7 Spectral gap and strong spectral gap 29 3.8 Finite-dimensional subrepresentations 30 Chapter 4. Main results and an overview of the proofs 33 4.1 Statement of ergodic theorems for S-algebraic groups 33 4.2 Ergodic theorems in the absence of a spectral gap: overview 35 4.3 Ergodic theorems in the presence of a spectral gap: overview 38 4.4 Statement of ergodic theorems for lattice subgroups 40 4.5 Ergodic theorems for lattice subgroups: overview 42 4.6 Volume regularity and volume asymptotics: overview 44 Chapter 5. Proof of ergodic theorems for S-algebraic groups 47 5.1 Iwasawa groups and spectral estimates 47 5.2 Ergodic theorems in the presence of a spectral gap 50 5.3 Ergodic theorems in the absence of a spectral gap, I 56 5.4 Ergodic theorems in the absence of a spectral gap, II 57 5.5 Ergodic theorems in the absence of a spectral gap, III 60 5.6 The invariance principle and stability of admissible averages 67 Chapter 6. Proof of ergodic theorems for lattice subgroups 71 6.1 Induced action 71 6.2 Reduction theorems 74 6.3 Strong maximal inequality 75 6.4 Mean ergodic theorem 78 6.5 Pointwise ergodic theorem 83 6.6 Exponential mean ergodic theorem 84 6.7 Exponential strong maximal inequality 87 6.8 Completion of the proofs 90 6.9 Equidistribution in isometric actions 91 Chapter 7. Volume estimates and volume regularity 93 7.1 Admissibility of standard averages 93 7.2 Convolution arguments 98 7.3 Admissible, well-balanced, and boundary-regular families 101 7.4 Admissible sets on principal homogeneous spaces 105 7.5 Tauberian arguments and Holder continuity 107 Chapter 8. Comments and complements 113 8.1 Lattice point-counting with explicit error term 113 8.2 Exponentially fast convergence versus equidistribution 115 8.3 Remark about balanced sets 116 Bibliography 117 Index 121
£42.50
Princeton University Press On the Cohomology of Certain NonCompact Shimura
Book SynopsisStudies the intersection cohomology of the Shimura varieties associated to unitary groups of any rank over Q. The author also uses the method developed by Langlands, Ihara, and Kottwitz, which is to compare the Grothendieck-Lefschetz fixed point formula and the Arthur-Selberg trace formula.Trade Review"This book is a research monograph, yet the author takes care in recalling in detail the relevant notation and previous results instead of just referring to the literature. Also, explicit calculations are given, making the book readable not only for experts but also for interested advanced students."--Eva Viehmann, Mathematical ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface vii Chapter 1: The fixed point formula 1 Chapter 2: The groups 31 Chapter 3: Discrete series 47 Chapter 4: Orbital integrals at p 63 Chapter 5: The geometric side of the stable trace formula 79 Chapter 6: Stabilization of the fixed point formula 85 Chapter 7: Applications 99 Chapter 8: The twisted trace formula 119 Chapter 9: The twisted fundamental lemma 157 Appendix: Comparison of two versions of twisted transfer factors 189 Bibliography 207 Index 215
£49.30
Princeton University Press Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series
Book SynopsisWeyl group multiple Dirichlet series are generalizations of the Riemann zeta function. Like the Riemann zeta function, they are Dirichlet series with analytic continuation and functional equations, having applications to analytic number theory. This book proves foundational results about these series and develops their combinatorics.Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. vii*Chapter One. Type A Weyl Group Multiple Dirichlet Series, pg. 1*Chapter Two. Crystals and Gelfand-Tsetlin Patterns, pg. 10*Chapter Three. Duality, pg. 22*Chapter Four. Whittaker Functions, pg. 26*Chapter Five. Tokuyama's Theorem, pg. 31*Chapter Six. Outline of the Proof, pg. 36*Chapter Seven. Statement B Implies Statement A, pg. 51*Chapter Eight. Cartoons, pg. 54*Chapter Nine. Snakes, pg. 58*Chapter Ten. Noncritical Resonances, pg. 64*Chapter Eleven. Types, pg. 67*Chapter Twelve. Knowability, pg. 74*Chapter Thirteen. The Reduction to Statement D, pg. 77*Chapter Fourteen. Statement E Implies Statement D, pg. 87*Chapter Fifteen. Evaluation of LAMBDAGAMMA and LAMBDADELTA, and Statement G, pg. 89*Chapter Sixteen. Concurrence, pg. 96*Chapter Seventeen. Conclusion of the Proof, pg. 104*Chapter Eighteen. Statement B and Crystal Graphs, pg. 108*Chapter Nineteen. Statement B and the Yang-Baxter Equation, pg. 115*Chapter Twenty. Crystals and p-adic Integration, pg. 132*Bibliography, pg. 143*Notation, pg. 149*Index, pg. 155
£49.30
Princeton University Press Single Digits
Book SynopsisIn Single Digits, Marc Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their history, applications, and connections to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, chaos theory, numerical analysis, and mathematical physics. For instance, why do eight perfect card shuffles leaTrade Review"Fascinating... Chamberland offers enticing explanations that will leave readers hungry to know more. This wonderful book never loses its focus or momentum."--Publishers Weekly "[B]oth amateur and professional mathematicians alike will find new items of interest here... [A] welcome, splendid, fruitful addition to my math bookshelf."--Math Tango blog "The collection is outright delightful. It will agitate the minds of students and shake the sense of know-all off many a professional and most of the amateurs."--Alexander Bogomolny, Cut the Knot blog "Boring deep into the innocuous-looking number one, Chamberland opens an unexpected entry point into a dizzying maze of infinities... A bracing mathematical adventure."--Booklist "The exotics like pi and e have gotten their share of attention in the world of popular mathematical writing. Now it's time to give proper attention to the integers 1 through 9... [Single Digits] is consistently entertaining and well-written."--MAA Reviews "Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their history, applications, and connections to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, chaos theory, numerical analysis, and mathematical physics... Appealing to high-school and college students, professional mathematicians, and those mesmerized by patterns, this book shows that single digits offer a plethora of possibilities that readers can count on."--DVD, Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin "Chamberland makes this an entertaining and historical exposition, using wit and humor throughout."--Math Horizons "To put it simply, this book is a delight. Chamberland has assembled a fascinating collection of vignettes, each tied to a digit from one to nine, that inform, entertain, and intrigue... This wide spectrum of ideas is consistently interesting, and the author's skill in mining each nugget is worthy of great respect."--Choice "The range of topics included virtually guarantees that any reader will find new and unfamiliar material to enjoy... [Single Digits] is a very enjoyable book which, at many points, makes some very deep mathematics quite accessible. Highly recommended."--Keith Johnson, CMS Notes "For instructors of math courses of all levels, the vignettes in Single Digits can provide a very readable introduction or jumping-off point for discussions and projects... In an introductory group theory course, it would be a good exercise for students to consider perfect riffle shuffles in decks of size other than 52. Finally, a statistics class collecting and analyzing real-world data sets could consider whether Benford's Law applies in their situation."--Matthew Welz, MAA Focus "I highly recommend Single Digits: In Praise of Small Numbers. It would be a fine addition to any high school or math department library. As a carefully curated set of interesting topics, it would serve as a good place to start exploring the ocean of ideas in mathematics."--Bruce Cohen, NCTMTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. xi*Chapter 1. The Number One, pg. 1*Chapter 2. The Number Two, pg. 24*Chapter 3. The Number Three, pg. 69*Chapter 4. The Number Four, pg. 111*Chapter 5. The Number Five, pg. 132*Chapter 6. The Number Six, pg. 156*Chapter 7. The Number Seven, pg. 170*Chapter 8. The Number Eight, pg. 191*Chapter 9. The Number Nine, pg. 205*Chapter 10. Solutions, pg. 216*Further reading, pg. 219*Credits for illustrations, pg. 223*Index, pg. 225
£28.84
Princeton University Press Classification of Pseudoreductive Groups
Book SynopsisIn the earlier monograph Pseudo-reductive Groups, Brian Conrad, Ofer Gabber, and Gopal Prasad explored the general structure of pseudo-reductive groups. In this new book, Classification of Pseudo-reductive Groups, Conrad and Prasad go further to study the classification over an arbitrary field. An isomorphism theorem proved here determines the autoTrade Review"This book is beautiful and will be at the origin of many advances in the general theory of arbitrary algebraic groups."--Bertrand Remy, MathSciNetTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*1. Introduction, pg. 1*2. Preliminary notions, pg. 15*3. Field-theoretic and linear-algebraic invariants, pg. 28*4. Central extensions and groups locally of minimal type, pg. 57*5. Universal smooth k-tame central extension, pg. 66*6. Automorphisms, isomorphisms, and Tits classification, pg. 79*7. Constructions with regular degenerate quadratic forms, pg. 108*8. Constructions when PHI has a double bond, pg. 138*9. Generalization of the standard construction, pg. 171*A. Pseudo-isogenies, pg. 181*B. Clifford constructions, pg. 187*C. Pseudo-split and quasi-split forms, pg. 206*D. Basic exotic groups of type F4 of relative rank 2, pg. 230*Bibliography, pg. 239*Index, pg. 241
£60.00
Princeton University Press Single Digits
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fascinating... Chamberland offers enticing explanations that will leave readers hungry to know more. This wonderful book never loses its focus or momentum."--Publishers Weekly "[B]oth amateur and professional mathematicians alike will find new items of interest here... [A] welcome, splendid, fruitful addition to my math bookshelf."--Math Tango blog "The collection is outright delightful. It will agitate the minds of students and shake the sense of know-all off many a professional and most of the amateurs."--Alexander Bogomolny, Cut the Knot blog "Boring deep into the innocuous-looking number one, Chamberland opens an unexpected entry point into a dizzying maze of infinities... A bracing mathematical adventure."--Booklist "The exotics like pi and e have gotten their share of attention in the world of popular mathematical writing. Now it's time to give proper attention to the integers 1 through 9... [Single Digits] is consistently entertaining and well-written."--MAA Reviews "Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their history, applications, and connections to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, chaos theory, numerical analysis, and mathematical physics... Appealing to high-school and college students, professional mathematicians, and those mesmerized by patterns, this book shows that single digits offer a plethora of possibilities that readers can count on."--DVD, Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin "Chamberland makes this an entertaining and historical exposition, using wit and humor throughout."--Math Horizons "To put it simply, this book is a delight. Chamberland has assembled a fascinating collection of vignettes, each tied to a digit from one to nine, that inform, entertain, and intrigue... This wide spectrum of ideas is consistently interesting, and the author's skill in mining each nugget is worthy of great respect."--Choice "The range of topics included virtually guarantees that any reader will find new and unfamiliar material to enjoy... [Single Digits] is a very enjoyable book which, at many points, makes some very deep mathematics quite accessible. Highly recommended."--Keith Johnson, CMS Notes "For instructors of math courses of all levels, the vignettes in Single Digits can provide a very readable introduction or jumping-off point for discussions and projects... In an introductory group theory course, it would be a good exercise for students to consider perfect riffle shuffles in decks of size other than 52. Finally, a statistics class collecting and analyzing real-world data sets could consider whether Benford's Law applies in their situation."--Matthew Welz, MAA Focus "I highly recommend Single Digits: In Praise of Small Numbers. It would be a fine addition to any high school or math department library. As a carefully curated set of interesting topics, it would serve as a good place to start exploring the ocean of ideas in mathematics."--Bruce Cohen, NCTMTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Preface, pg. xi*Chapter 1. The Number One, pg. 1*Chapter 2. The Number Two, pg. 24*Chapter 3. The Number Three, pg. 69*Chapter 4. The Number Four, pg. 111*Chapter 5. The Number Five, pg. 132*Chapter 6. The Number Six, pg. 156*Chapter 7. The Number Seven, pg. 170*Chapter 8. The Number Eight, pg. 191*Chapter 9. The Number Nine, pg. 205*Chapter 10. Solutions, pg. 216*Further reading, pg. 219*Credits for illustrations, pg. 223*Index, pg. 225
£15.29
Princeton University Press The Plaid Model
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] enjoyable excursion into a new field."---Meghan De Witt, MAA Reviews
£130.40
Princeton University Press The Plaid Model
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[An] enjoyable excursion into a new field."---Meghan De Witt, MAA Reviews
£60.00
Princeton University Press Berkeley Lectures on padic Geometry
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Berkeley lectures on p-adic] represents a new beginning advancing p-adic geometry and its relation to these other paramount areas. It should be treated now as a ‘must have’ in any aspiring p-adic arithmetic geometer’s library and a critical resource for all researchers in the field."---Lance Edward Miller, MathSciNet
£60.00
Princeton University Press Berkeley Lectures on padic Geometry
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Berkeley lectures on p-adic] represents a new beginning advancing p-adic geometry and its relation to these other paramount areas. It should be treated now as a ‘must have’ in any aspiring p-adic arithmetic geometer’s library and a critical resource for all researchers in the field."---Lance Edward Miller, MathSciNet
£130.40
Princeton University Press The Irrationals
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The insides of this book are as clever and compelling as the subtitle on the cover. Havil, a retired former master at Winchester College in England, where he taught math for decades, takes readers on a history of irrational numbers--numbers, like v2 or p, whose decimal expansion 'is neither finite nor recurring.' We start in ancient Greece with Pythagoras, whose thinking most likely helped to set the path toward the discovery of irrational numbers, and continue to the present day, pausing to ponder such questions as, 'Is the decimal expansion of an irrational number random?'"---Anna Kuchment, Scientific American"The Irrationals is a true mathematician's and historian's delight."---Robert Schaefer, New York Journal of Books"From its lively introduction straight through to a rousing finish this is a book which can be browsed for its collection of interesting facts or studied carefully by anyone with an interest in numbers and their history. . . . This is a wonderful book which should appeal to a broad audience. Its level of difficulty ranges nicely from ideas accessible to high school students to some very deep mathematics. Highly recommended!"---Richard Wilders, MAA Reviews"It is a book that can be warmly recommended to any mathematician or any reader who is generally interested in mathematics. One should be prepared to read some of the proofs. Skipping all the proofs would do injustice to the concept, leaving just a skinny skeleton, but skipping some of the most advanced ones is acceptable. The style, the well documented historical context and quotations mixed with references to modern situations make it a wonderful read."---A. Bultheel, European Mathematical Society"To follow the mathematical sections of the book, the reader should have at least a second-year undergraduate mathematical background, as the author does not shrink from providing some detailed arguments. However, the presentation of historical material is given in modern mathematical form. Many readers will encounter unfamiliar and surprising material in this field in which much remains to be explored."---E. J. Barbeau, Mathematical Reviews Clippings"This is a well-written book to which senior high school students who do not intend to study mathematics at university should be exposed in their last two years at school. The ideas are challenging and provocative, with numerous clear diagrams. The topics are presented with numerous examples, and unobtrusive humour which renders the exposition even more palatable. The book would be an ideal source of ideas in a mathematics course within a liberal arts college because it links not only with the historical source of mathematics problems, but also with some of the great ideas of philosophy."---A. G. Shannon, Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics"Mathematicians and serious students of mathematics will find much to admire in this book. . . . Every mathematician and student of mathematics with appropriate background will find [it] to be a valuable resource."---Pamela Gorkin, Mathematical Intelligencer
£15.29
Edinburgh University Press Speaking Against Number
Book SynopsisNumbers and politics are inter-related at almost every level--be it the abstract geometry of understandings of territory, the explosion of population statistics and measures of economic standards, the popularity of Utilitarianism, Rawlsian notions of justice, the notion of value, or simply the very idea of political science. Time and space are reduced to co-ordinates, illustrating a very real take on the political: a way of measuring and controlling it.This book engages with the relation between politics and number through a reading, exegesis and critique of the work of Martin Heidegger. The importance of mathematics and the role played by the understandings of calculation is a recurrent concern in his writing and is regularly contrasted with understandings of speech and language. This book provides the most detailed analysis of the relation between language, politics and mathematics in Heidegger''s work. It insists that questions of language and calculation in Heidegger are inherently political, and that a far broader range of his work is concerned with politics than is usually admitted.Trade ReviewElden should be applauded for writing with such sharp focus, while simultaneously never reducing the genuine complexity of Heidegger's thought. Contemporary Political Theory Elden is a careful scholar, who writes in a clear, accessible prose. He has identified all the important texts germane to his argument and provides a good rationale to the volume as proposed. -- Dr Laurence Hemming, Heythrop College, University of London I wholeheartedly recommend this book with its rich lode of expositions of Heidegger's texts on the political in its ancient, modern and postmodern manifestations. -- Professor Theodore Kisiel, Northern Illinois University Stuart Elden's Speaking Against Number takes full advantage of the most recent volumes of Heidegger's previously unpublished lectures and manuscripts to develop a rich new approach to his political thought. The resulting book should be widely read, especially by everyone who thinks they already know all there is to know about this topic. -- Professor Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis This volume shows wide-ranging and sound scholarship. Elden has done a superior job of weaving together many important strands of Heidegger's thought. -- Richard Polt Continental Philosophy Review Elden's book manages to reinvigorate a seemingly tired debate regarding Heidegger's political engagement. This is a unique achievement in that he succeeds in re-opening a question that continues to haunt readers of Heidegger: to what extent can we separate the man from his thought? -- Paul Ennis, UCD Borderlands e-journal An importantly original contribution to the question of Heidegger and the political. -- Babette E. Babich, Fordham University, New York Political Theory Elden should be applauded for writing with such sharp focus, while simultaneously never reducing the genuine complexity of Heidegger's thought. Elden is a careful scholar, who writes in a clear, accessible prose. He has identified all the important texts germane to his argument and provides a good rationale to the volume as proposed. I wholeheartedly recommend this book with its rich lode of expositions of Heidegger's texts on the political in its ancient, modern and postmodern manifestations. Stuart Elden's Speaking Against Number takes full advantage of the most recent volumes of Heidegger's previously unpublished lectures and manuscripts to develop a rich new approach to his political thought. The resulting book should be widely read, especially by everyone who thinks they already know all there is to know about this topic. This volume shows wide-ranging and sound scholarship. Elden has done a superior job of weaving together many important strands of Heidegger's thought. Elden's book manages to reinvigorate a seemingly tired debate regarding Heidegger's political engagement. This is a unique achievement in that he succeeds in re-opening a question that continues to haunt readers of Heidegger: to what extent can we separate the man from his thought? An importantly original contribution to the question of Heidegger and the political.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Speaking: Rhetorical Politics; 2. Against: Polemical Politics; 3. Number: Calculative Politics; Conclusion: Taking the Measure of the Political.
£81.00
Johns Hopkins University Press What Is a Number
Book SynopsisThis historic and thematic study refutes the received wisdom that mathematical concepts are esoteric and divorced from other intellectual pursuits-revealing them instead as dynamic and intrinsic to almost every human endeavor.Trade ReviewA very unusual book!... Every chapter offers a refreshing wealth of surprising connections, gently nudging readers to expand and assimilate their growing understanding of mathematics and its role in society... Highly recommended. Choice 2009 I recommend this book for teachers and college students interested in the role mathematics play in answering the big 'Whys?' of life. -- Vicki Schell Mathematics Teacher 2010Table of ContentsPreface1. Mysticism, Number, and Geometry: An Introduction to Pythagoreanism2. The Elgin Marbles and Plato's Geometric Chemistry3. An Introduction to Infinity4. The Flat Earth and the Spherical Sky5. Theology, Logic, and Questions about Angels6. Time, Infinity, and Incommensurability7. Medieval Theories of Vision and the Discovery of Space8. The Shape of Space and the Fourth Dimension9. What Is a Number?10. The Dual Nature of Points and Lines11. Modern Mathematical Infinity12. Elegance and TruthNotesBibliographyIndex
£28.50
Birkhauser Boston Representation Theory and Automorphic Forms
Book SynopsisThis volume uses a unified approach to representation theory and automorphic forms.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Ramakrishnan, D.: Irreducibility and Cuspidality.-Ikeda, T.: On Liftings of Holomorphic Modular Forms.-Kobayashi, T.: Multiplicity-free Theorems of the Restrictions of Unitary Highest Weight Modules with respect to Reductive Symmetric Pairs.-Miller, S., Schmid, W.: The Rankin--Selberg Method for Automorphic Distributions.- Shahidi, F.: Langlands Functoriality Conjecture and Number Theory.- Yoshikawa, K.: Discriminant of certain K3 surfaces.- References.- Index.
£104.49
Birkhauser Boston Inc Mathematical Olympiad Challenges Second Edition
Book SynopsisHundreds of beautiful, challenging, and instructive problems from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, combinatorics, and number theory Historical insights and asides are presented to stimulate further inquiry Emphasis is on creative solutions to open-ended problems Many examples, problems and solutions, with a user-friendly and accessible style Enhanced motivatio ReferencesTrade ReviewFrom the reviews: "The authors are experienced problem solvers and coaches of mathematics teams. This expertise shows through and the result is a volume that would be a welcome addition to any mathematician's bookshelf."—MAA Online "This [book] is…much more than just another collection of interesting, challenging problems, but is instead organized specifically for learning. The book expertly weaves together related problems, so that insights gradually become techniques, tricks slowly become methods, and methods eventually evolve into mastery…. The book is aimed at motivated high school and beginning college students and instructors. It can be used as a text for advanced problem-solving courses, for self-study, or as a resource for teachers and students training for mathematical competitions, and for teacher professional development, seminars, and workshops. I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in creative problem-solving in mathematics…. It has already taken up a prized position in my personal library, and is bound to provide me with many hours of intellectual pleasure."—The Mathematical Gazette "The Olympiad book is easier to describe since the format of the Olympiad competition and the books it has spawned will be well known to most Gazette readers. … The authors have organised the material to reduce the pain … and to make the material a genuine learning experience for Olympian hopefuls and their teachers. … a valuable addition to the problem literature, and their organisational features are generally helpful rather than merely attempts to look different." (John Baylis, The Mathematical Gazette, July, 2004)Table of ContentsProblems.- Geometry and Trigonometry.- Algebra and Analysis.- Number Theory and Combinatorics.- Solutions.- Geometry and Trigonometry.- Algebra and Analysis.- Number Theory and Combinatorics.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Harmonic Analysis and Number Theory
Book SynopsisPresents the proceedings of a conference on 'Harmonic Analysis and Number Theory' held at McGill University (Montreal). The papers are dedicated to the memory of Carl Herz, who had deep interests in both harmonic analysis and number theory.Table of ContentsThe mathematical work of Carl S. Herz by S. W. Drury Multiplicateurs spectraux sur certains groupes non-umimodulaires by S. Mustapha Convolution powers on discrete groups of polynomial volume growth by G. Alexopoulos Tangential harmonic approximation on Riemannian manifolds by T. Bagby, P. M. Gauthier, and J. Woodworth Herz's "Principe de Majoration" and the Kunze-Stein phenomenon by M. G. Cowling A Fourier formula for prime numbers by J.-P. Kahane Estimees $L^p$ des solutions de l'equation des ondes sur les varietes Riemanniennes, les groupes de Lie et applications by N. Lohoue Distributions invariantes sur les groupes de chemins by P. Malliavin Stronger multiplicity one for Selberg's class by M. R. Murty The local theorem for symmetric diffusion on Lie groups. An overview by N. Th. Varopoulos Sur les pseudogroupes abstraits de type F by N. Kamran and T. Robart Values at integers of binary quadratic forms by P. Samak On the Cauchy problem for linear Schrodinger systems with variable coefficient lower order terms by C. E. Kenig, G. A. Ponce, and L. Vega.
£56.70
MP-AMM American Mathematical Elements of the Theory of Elliptic Functions
Book SynopsisPresents the theory of elliptic functions and its applications. Suitable primarily for engineers who work with elliptic functions, this work is also intended for those with background in the elements of mathematical analysis and the theory of functions contained in the first two years of mathematics and physics courses at the college level.Table of ContentsGeneral theorems about elliptic functions Modular functions; The Weierstrass functions Theta functions The Jacobi functions Transformation of elliptic functions Additional facts about elliptic integrals Some conformal mappings Extremal properties of fractions to which a transformation of elliptic functions reduces Generalization of Tchebycheff polynomials Various supplements and applications.
£131.40
MP-AMM American Mathematical Algebraic Ktheory
Book SynopsisPresents the proceedings of the Joint Summer Research Conference on Algebraic $K$-theory held at the University of Washington in Seattle. This work includes an account of Voevodsky's proof of the Milnor conjecture relating the Milnor $K$-theory of fields to Galois cohomology.Table of ContentsConjectures de type local-global sur l'image des groupes de Chow dans la cohomologie etale by J.-L. Colliot-Thelene Algebraic theory of characteristic classes of bundles with connection by H. Esnault Polylogarithmic identities in cubical higher Chow groups by H. Gangl and S. Muller-Stach Topological cyclic homology of schemes by T. Geisser and L. Hesselholt Filtrations on higher algebraic $K$-theory by H. Gillet and C. Soule Motivic cohomology of smooth geometrically cellular varieties by B. Kahn Integral homology of $PGL_2$ over elliptic curves by K. P. Knudson Application of motivic complexes to negligible classes by E. Peyre Two-primary algebraic $K$-theory of spaces and related spaces of symmetries of manifolds by J. Rognes A mini-course on recent progress in algebraic $K$-theory and its relationship with topology and analysis by J. Rosenberg The Chow ring of a classifying space by B. Totaro Voevodsky's Seattle lectures: $K$-theory and motivic cohomology by V. Voevodsky Products in higher Chow groups and motivic cohomology by C. Weibel.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Proceedings on Moonshine and Other Topics
Book SynopsisContains the proceedings of the Moonshine workshop held at the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques (CRM) in Montreal. This work presents the various classical Moonshine themes, namely the Monster simple group and other finite groups, automorphic functions and forms and related congruence groups, and vertex algebras and their representations.Table of ContentsInvariants for finite dimensional groups in vertex operator algebras associated to basic representations of affine algebras by A. Baker and H. Tamanoi Transformation laws for theta functions by C. Dong and G. Mason Algebro-geometric isomonodromic deformations linking Hauptmoduls: Variation of the mirror map by C. F. Doran On McKay's connection between the affine $E_8$ diagram and the monster by G. Glauberman and S. P. Norton Sylow 2-subgroups of simple groups by K. Harada and M. L. Lang Yoshida surfaces with Picard number $\rho \geq 17$ by W. L. Hoyt and C. F. Schwartz Hypergeometric modular forms and supersingular elliptic curves by M. Kaneko and N. Todaka Fusion rules for ternary and $\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2$ code vertex operator algebras by C. H. Lam The regular representations and the $A_{n}(V)$-algebras by H. Li Linear dependencies among completely replicable functions by J. McKay Arithmetic semistable elliptic surfaces by J. McKay and A. Sebbar Modular invariance of trace functions on VOAs in many variables by M. Miyamoto The mirror map for a family of $K$3 surfaces induced from the simplest 3-dimensional reflexive polytope by N. Narumiya and H. Shiga From moonshine to the monster by S. Norton Hypergeometric functions and non-associative algebras by Y. Ohyama Extended affine root systems. V. Elliptic eta-products and their Dirichlet series by K. Saito Deflating infinite Coxeter groups to finite groups by C. S. Simons Genus two meromorphic conformal field theory by M. P. Tuite Picard-Fuchs equations of some families of elliptic curves by H. Verrill.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Euler Through Time A New Look at Old Themes
Book SynopsisEuler is one of the greatest and most prolific mathematicians of all time. This book examines his work and its relation to current mathematics. It also treats the progression of ideas regarding divergent series from Euler to many parts of modern analysis and quantum physics.Table of ContentsLeonhard Euler (1707-1783) The universal mathematician Zeta values Euler-Maclaurin sum formula Divergent series and integrals Euler products Gallery Sample pages from Opera Omnia: Sample pages from {\it Opera Omnia} Index.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical padic Analysis Compared with Real
Book SynopsisIntroduces $p$-adic numbers from the point of view of number theory, topology, and analysis. Covering several topics from real analysis and elementary topology, this book includes totally disconnected spaces and Cantor sets, points of discontinuity of maps and the Baire Category Theorem, and surjectivity of isometries of compact metric spaces.Table of ContentsArithmetic of the $p$-adic numbers The topology of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ vs. the topology of $\mathbb{R}$ Elementary analysis in $\mathbb{Q}_p$ $p$-adic functions Answers, hints, and solutions for selected exercises Bibliography Index.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Groups and Symmetries From Neolithic Scots to
Book SynopsisContains papers presented at a conference held in April 2007 at the CRM in Montreal honouring the remarkable contributions of John McKay. This title features the papers that cover a wide range of topics, including group theory, symmetries, modular functions, and geometry, with focus on 2 areas: 'Monstrous Moonshine' and the 'McKay Correspondence'.
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Inevitable Randomness in Discrete Mathematics
Book SynopsisMathematics has been called the science of order. This book intends to provide examples - and proofs - of the complexity law: discrete systems are either simple or they exhibit advanced pseudorandomness and a priori probabilities often exist even when there is no intrinsic symmetry.
£54.90
MP-AMM American Mathematical Poincares Legacies Part I
Book SynopsisFocuses on ergodic theory, combinatorics, and number theory. This book discusses a variety of topics, ranging from developments in additive prime number theory to expository articles on individual mathematical topics such as the law of large numbers and the Lucas-Lehmer test for Mersenne primes.Trade ReviewTao's mathematical knowledge has an extraordinary combination of breadth and depth: he can write confidently and authoritatively on topics ... Reading these extended discussions in book form will, for many people at least, be easier than reading them on the blog." - Mathematical Reviews"[This book] is demanding, entertaining, provides you with the big picture behind the sometimes technical results, and certainly gives you your money's worth. ... Armed with a minimal background in number theory, these lectures can be read with profit by advanced undergraduates." - Zentralblatt MATHTable of Contents Preface Expository articles Ergodic theory Lectures in additive prime number theory Bibliography Index
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Collected Works of John Tate Parts I and II
Book SynopsisIn these volumes, a reader will find all of John Tate's published mathematical papers-spanning more than six decades-enriched by new comments made by the author. Included also is a selection of his letters. His letters give us a close view of how he works and of his ideas in process of formation.Table of Contents Part I: Fourier analysis in number fields and Hecke's zeta-functions by J. T. Tate A note on finite ring extensions by E. Artin and J. T. Tate On the relation between extremal points of convex sets and homomorphisms of algebras by J. Tate Genus change in inseparable extensions of function fields by J. Tate On Chevalley's proof of Luroth's theorem by S. Lang and J. Tate The higher dimensional cohomology groups of class field theory by J. Tate The cohomology groups of algebraic number fields by J. T. Tate On the Galois cohomology of unramified extensions of function fields in one variable by Y. Kawada and J. Tate On the characters of finite groups by R. Brauer and J. Tate Homology of Noetherian rings and local rings by J. Tate WC-groups over $p$-adic fields by J. Tate On the inequality of Castelnuovo-Severi by E. Artin and J. Tate On the inequality of Castelnuovo-Severi, and Hodge's theorem by J. Tate Principal homogeneous spaces over abelian varieties by S. Lang and J. Tate Principal homogeneous spaces for abelian varieties by J. Tate A different with an odd class by A. Frohlich, J.-P. Serre, and J. Tate Nilpotent quotient groups by J. Tate Duality theorems in Galois cohomology over number fields by J. Tate Ramification groups of local fields by S. Sen and J. Tate Formal complex multiplication in local fields by J. Lubin and J. Tate Algebraic cycles and poles of zeta functions by J. T. Tate Elliptic curves and formal groups by J. Lubin, J. Serre, and J. Tate On the conjectures of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer and a geometric analog by J. Tate Formal moduli for one-parameter formal Lie groups by J. Lubin and J. Tate The cohomology groups of tori in finite Galois extensions of number fields by J. Tate Global class field theory by J. T. Tate Endomorphisms of abelian varieties over finite fields by J. Tate The rank of elliptic curves by J. T. Tate and I. R. Safarevic Residues of differentials on curves by J. Tate $p$-divisible groups by J. T. Tate The work of David Mumford by J. Tate Classes d'isogenie des varietes abeliennes sur un corps fini (d'apres T. Honda) by J. Tate Good reduction of abelian varieties by J.-P. Serre and J. Tate Group schemes of prime order by J. Tate and F. Oort Symbols in arithmetic by J. Tate Rigid analytic spaces by J. Tate The Milnor ring of a global field by H. Bass and J. Tate Appendix by H. Bass and J. Tate Letter from Tate to Iwasawa on a relation between $K_2$ and Galois cohomology by J. Tate Points of order 13 on elliptic curves by B. Mazur and J. Tate The arithmetic of elliptic curves by J. T. Tate The 1974 Fields Medals (I): An algebraic geometer by J. Tate Algorithm for determining the type of a singular fiber in an elliptic pencil by J. Tate Letters by J. Tate Part II: Problem 9: The general reciprocity law by J. Tate Relations between $K_2$ and Galois cohomology by J. Tate Local constants by J. T. Tate On the torsion in $K_2$ of fields by J. Tate Fields medals (IV): An instinct for the key idea by J. Tate A simple proof of the main theorem of elimination theory in algebraic geometry by P. Cartier and J. Tate Number theoretic background by J. Tate The Harish-Satake transform on $GL_r$ by J. Tate Brumer-Stark-Stickelberger by J. Tate On conjugation of abelian varieties of CM type by J. Tate On Stark's conjectures on the behavior of $L(s,\chi)$ at $s=0$ by J. Tate Variation of the canonical height of a point depending on a parameter by J. Tate A reciprocity law for $K_2$-traces by S. Rosset and J. Tate Canonical height pairings via Biextensions by B. Mazur and J. Tate On $p$-adic analogues of the conjectures of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer by B. Mazur, J. Tate, and J. Teitelbaum Refined conjectures of the ``Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer type'' by B. Mazur and J. Tate Commentary on algebra by B. Gross and J. Tate Some algebras associated to automorphisms of elliptic curves by M. Artin, J. Tate, and M. Van den Bergh The $p$-adic sigma function by B. Mazur and J. Tate Quantum deformations of $GL_n$ by M. Artin, W. Schelter, and J. Tate Modules over regular algebras of dimension 3 by M. Artin, J. Tate, and M. Van den Bergh Conjectures on algebraic cycles in $\ell$-adic cohomology by J. Tate The center of the 3-dimensional and 4-dimensional Sklyanin algebras by S. P. Smith and J. Tate The non-existence of certain Galois extensions of $\mathbb{Q}$ unramified outside 2 by J. Tate The centers of 3-dimensional Sklyanin algebras by M. Artin, W. Schelter, and J. Tate A review of non-Archimedean elliptic functions by J. Tate Homological properties of Sklyanin algebras by J. Tate and M. Van den Bergh Linear forms in $p$-adic roots of unity by J. Tate and J. F. Voloch Finite flat group schemes by J. Tate Bernard Dwork (1923-1998) by N. M. Katz and J. Tate Galois cohomology by J. Tate On a conjecture of Finotti by J. Tate Refining Gross's conjecture on the values of abelian $L$-functions by J. Tate On the Jacobians of plane cubics by M. Artin, F. Rodriguez-Villegas, and J. Tate Computation of $p$-adic heights and log convergence by B. Mazur, W. Stein, and J. Tate Letters by J. Tate
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MP-AMM American Mathematical Collected Works of John Tate
Book SynopsisIn these volumes, a reader will find all of John Tate's published mathematical papers-spanning more than six decades-enriched by new comments made by the author. Included also is a selection of his letters. His letters give us a close view of how he works and of his ideas in process of formation.Table of Contents Part I: Fourier analysis in number fields and Hecke's zeta-functions by J. T. Tate A note on finite ring extensions by E. Artin and J. T. Tate On the relation between extremal points of convex sets and homomorphisms of algebras by J. Tate Genus change in inseparable extensions of function fields by J. Tate On Chevalley's proof of Luroth's theorem by S. Lang and J. Tate The higher dimensional cohomology groups of class field theory by J. Tate The cohomology groups of algebraic number fields by J. T. Tate On the Galois cohomology of unramified extensions of function fields in one variable by Y. Kawada and J. Tate On the characters of finite groups by R. Brauer and J. Tate Homology of Noetherian rings and local rings by J. Tate WC-groups over $p$-adic fields by J. Tate On the inequality of Castelnuovo-Severi by E. Artin and J. Tate On the inequality of Castelnuovo-Severi, and Hodge's theorem by J. Tate Principal homogeneous spaces over abelian varieties by S. Lang and J. Tate Principal homogeneous spaces for abelian varieties by J. Tate A different with an odd class by A. Frohlich, J.-P. Serre, and J. Tate Nilpotent quotient groups by J. Tate Duality theorems in Galois cohomology over number fields by J. Tate Ramification groups of local fields by S. Sen and J. Tate Formal complex multiplication in local fields by J. Lubin and J. Tate Algebraic cycles and poles of zeta functions by J. T. Tate Elliptic curves and formal groups by J. Lubin, J. Serre, and J. Tate On the conjectures of Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer and a geometric analog by J. Tate Formal moduli for one-parameter formal Lie groups by J. Lubin and J. Tate The cohomology groups of tori in finite Galois extensions of number fields by J. Tate Global class field theory by J. T. Tate Endomorphisms of abelian varieties over finite fields by J. Tate The rank of elliptic curves by J. T. Tate and I. R. Safarevic Residues of differentials on curves by J. Tate $p$-divisible groups by J. T. Tate The work of David Mumford by J. Tate Classes d'isogenie des varietes abeliennes sur un corps fini (d'apres T. Honda) by J. Tate Good reduction of abelian varieties by J.-P. Serre and J. Tate Group schemes of prime order by J. Tate and F. Oort Symbols in arithmetic by J. Tate Rigid analytic spaces by J. Tate The Milnor ring of a global field by H. Bass and J. Tate Appendix by H. Bass and J. Tate Letter from Tate to Iwasawa on a relation between $K_2$ and Galois cohomology by J. Tate Points of order 13 on elliptic curves by B. Mazur and J. Tate The arithmetic of elliptic curves by J. T. Tate The 1974 Fields Medals (I): An algebraic geometer by J. Tate Algorithm for determining the type of a singular fiber in an elliptic pencil by J. Tate Letters by J. Tate
£139.50
Taylor & Francis Inc Computational Number Theory and Digital Signal
Book SynopsisMilitary service involves exposure to multiple sources of chronic, acute, and potentially traumatic stress, especially during deployment and combat. Notoriously variable, the effects of stress can be subtle to severe, immediate or delayed, impairing individual and group readiness, operational performance, andultimatelysurvival. A comprehensive compilation on the state of the science, Biobehavioral Resilience to Stress identifies key factors and characteristics that are essential to a scientifically useful and behaviorally predictive understanding of resilience to stress. Contributions from Uniquely Qualified Military and Civilian Experts Initiated by the Military Operational Medicine Research Directorate of the US Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC), this seminal volume integrates recent research and experience from military and civilian experts in behavioral and social sciences, human performance, and physiology. Each chapter is grounded in vigorTable of ContentsPsychological Screening: Predicting Resilience to Stress. Resilience and Military Psychiatry. The Stresses of Modern War. Resilience through Leadership. Adaptation to Stress and Psychobiological Mechanisms of Resilience. Psychophysiology of Resilience to Stress. Resilience and Survival in Extreme Environments. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors. Resilience and Personality. Cognitive Performance and Resilience to Stress. The Impact of Social Structural Conditions on Psychological Resilience to Stress. Resilience: Toward the State of the Possible.
£133.00
Springer London Ltd Ergodic Theory With a View Towards Number Theory
Book SynopsisMotivation.- Ergodicity, Recurrence and Mixing.- Continued Fractions.- Invariant Measures for Continuous Maps.- Conditional Measures and Algebras.- Factors and Joinings.- Furstenberg's Proof of Szemeredi's Theorem.- Actions of Locally Compact Groups.- Geodesic Flow on Quotients of the Hyperbolic Plane.- Nilrotation.- More Dynamics on Quotients of the Hyperbolic Plane.- Appendix A: Measure Theory.- Appendix B: Functional Analysis.- Appendix C: Topological GroupsTrade ReviewFrom the reviews:“The book is an introduction to ergodic theory and dynamical systems. … The book is intended for graduate students and researchers with some background in measure theory and functional analysis. Definitely, it is a book of great interest for researchers in ergodic theory, homogeneous dynamics or number theory.” (Antonio Díaz-Cano Ocaña, The European Mathematical Society, January, 2014)“A book with a wider perspective on ergodic theory, and yet with a focus on the interaction with number theory, remained a glaring need in the overall context of the development of the subject. … The book under review goes a long way in fulfilling this need. … it covers a good deal of conventional ground in ergodic theory … . a very welcome addition and would no doubt inspire interest in the area among researchers as well as students, and cater to it successfully.” (S. G. Dani, Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, Vol. 32 (3), June, 2012)“The book under review is an introductory textbook on ergodic theory, written with applications to number theory in mind. … it aims both to provide the reader with a solid comprehensive background in the main results of ergodic theory, and of reaching nontrivial applications to number theory. … The book should also be very appealing to more advanced readers already conducting research in representation theory or number theory, who are interested in understanding the basis of the recent interaction with ergodic theory.” (Barak Weiss, Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung, Vol. 114, 2012)“This introductory book, which goes beyond the standard texts and allows the reader to get a glimpse of modern developments, is a timely and welcome addition to the existing and ever-growing ergodic literature. … This book is highly recommended to graduate students and indeed to anyone who is interested in acquiring a better understanding of contemporary developments in mathematics.” (Vitaly Bergelson, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2012 d)“The book contains a presentation of the ergodic theory field, focusing mainly on results applicable to number theory. … of interest for researchers, specialists, professors and students that work within some other areas than precisely the ergodic theory. … ‘Ergodic Theory. With a view toward number theory’ is now an indispensable reference in the domain and offers important instruments of research for other theoretical fields.” (Adrian Atanasiu, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1206, 2011)Table of ContentsMotivation.- Ergodicity, Recurrence and Mixing.- Continued Fractions.- Invariant Measures for Continuous Maps.- Conditional Measures and Algebras.- Factors and Joinings.- Furstenberg’s Proof of Szemeredi’s Theorem.- Actions of Locally Compact Groups.- Geodesic Flow on Quotients of the Hyperbolic Plane.- Nilrotation.- More Dynamics on Quotients of the Hyperbolic Plane.- Appendix A: Measure Theory.- Appendix B: Functional Analysis.- Appendix C: Topological Groups
£51.29
Springer London Geodesic and Horocyclic Trajectories
Book SynopsisGeodesic and Horocyclic Trajectories presents an introduction to the topological dynamics of two classical flows associated with surfaces of curvature −1, namely the geodesic and horocycle flows.Table of ContentsDynamics of Fuchsian groups.- Examples of Fuchsian Groups.- Topological dynamics of the geodesic flow.- Schottky groups.- Topological dynamics.- The Lorentzian point of view.- Trajectories and Diophantine approximations.
£52.24
MP-AMM American Mathematical Statistical Independence in Probability Analysis
Book SynopsisIllustrates how simple observations can be made the starting point of rich and fruitful theories and how the same theme recurs in seemingly unrelated disciplines. Mark Kac conveyed his infectious enthusiasm for mathematics and its applications in his lectures, papers, and books. Two of his papers won Chauvenet awards for expository excellence.Trade ReviewTerrific, friendly and profound."" - Persi Diaconis""This is a splendid book. It ranges from the primitive idea of statistical independence to applications of the most diverse sort: coin-tossing, anharmonic oscillations, prime numbers, and continued fractions. And it does all that with Kac.s customary clarity and charm. Every friend of probability should have it."" - Henry McKeon
£35.96
London Mathematical Society Algebraic Number Theory
£42.75
Onperson International Ltd. The Fibonacci Resonance and other new Golden Ratio discoveries Maths music archaeology architecture art quasicrystals metamaterials Book 1 ORI32 Geometry CryptoChromatology Series
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Cambridge University Press KTheory and Representation Theory
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Cambridge University Press Essays in Classical Number Theory
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Cambridge University Press Elliptic Curves
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introduction to Number Theory
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Number Theory covers the essential content of an introductory number theory course including divisibility and prime factorization, congruences, and quadratic reciprocity. The instructor may also choose from a collection of additional topics.Aligning with the trend toward smaller, essential texts in mathematics, the author strives for clarity of exposition. Proof techniques and proofs are presented slowly and clearly.The book employs a versatile approach to the use of algebraic ideas. Instructors who wish to put this material into a broader context may do so, though the author introduces these concepts in a non-essential way.A final chapter discusses algebraic systems (like the Gaussian integers) presuming no previous exposure to abstract algebra. Studying general systems helps students to realize unique factorization into primes is a more subtle idea than may at first appear; students will find this chapter interesting, fun and quite accTable of ContentsIntroduction. What is Number Theory? 1. Divisibility. 2. Congruences and Modular Arithmetic. 3. Cryptography: An Introduction. 4. Perfect Numbers. 5. Perfect Roots. 6. Quadratic Reciprocity. 7. Arithmetic Beyond Integers.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Galois Theory
Book SynopsisSince 1973, Galois theory has been educating undergraduate students on Galois groups and classical Galois theory. In Galois Theory, Fifth Edition, mathematician and popular science author Ian Stewart updates this well-established textbook for todayâs algebra students.New to the Fifth Edition Reorganised and revised Chapters 7 and 13 New exercises and examples Expanded, updated references Further historical material on figures besides Galois: Omar Khayyam, Vandermonde, Ruffini, and Abel A new final chapter discussing other directions in which Galois theory has developed: the inverse Galois problem, differential Galois theory, and a (very) brief introduction to p-adic Galois representations This bestseller continues to deliver a rigorous, yet engaging, treatment of the subject while keeping pace with current educational requirements. More than 200 exercises and a wealth of historical notes augment the proofs, formulas, and theorems.Trade Review"In mathematics, the fundamental theorem of Galois theory connects field theory and group theory, enabling certain mathematical problems in field theory to be reduced to group theory, making the problems simpler and easier to understand. The fifth updated edition of the textbook Galois Theory is an invaluable teaching text and resource for instructors of undergraduate mathematics students. Featuring more than 200 exercises and historical notes to enhance understanding of the proofs, formulas, and theorems, the fifth edition of Galois Theory is a "must-have" for university library mathematics collections, and highly recommended for instructors or for self-study"- Midwest Books ReviewPraise for the Previous Editions"… this book remains a highly recommended introduction to Galois theory along the more classical lines. It contains many exercises and a wealth of examples, including a pretty application of finite fields to the game solitaire. … provides readers with insight and historical perspective; it is written for readers who would like to understand this central part of basic algebra rather than for those whose only aim is collecting credit points."—Zentralblatt MATH 1322"This edition preserves and even extends one of the most popular features of the original edition: the historical introduction and the story of the fatal duel of Evariste Galois. … These historical notes should be of interest to students as well as mathematicians in general. … after more than 30 years, Ian Stewart’s Galois Theory remains a valuable textbook for algebra undergraduate students."—Zentralblatt MATH, 1049"The penultimate chapter is about algebraically closed fields and the last chapter, on transcendental numbers, contains ‘what-every-mathematician-should-see-at-least-once,’ the proof of transcendence of pi. … The book is designed for second- and third-year undergraduate courses. I will certainly use it."—EMS NewsletterTable of Contents1. Classical Algebra. 1.1. Complex Numbers. 1.2. Subfields and Subrings of the Complex Numbers. 1.3. Solving Equations. 1.4. Solution by Radicals. 2. The Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. 2.1. Polynomials. 2.2. Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. 2.3. Implications 3. Factorisation of Polynomials. 3.1. The Euclidean Algorithm. 3.2 Irreducibility. 3.3. Gauss’s Lemma. 3.4. Eisenstein’s Criterion. 3.5. Reduction Modulo p. 3.6. Zeros of Polynomials. 4. Field Extensions. 4.1. Field Extensions. 4.2. Rational Expressions. 4.3. Simple Extensions. 5. Simple Extensions. 5.1. Algebraic and Transcendental Extensions. 5.2. The Minimal Polynomial. 5.3. Simple Algebraic Extensions. 5.4. Classifying Simple Extensions. 6. The Degree of an Extension. 6.1. Definition of the Degree. 6.2. The Tower Law. 6.3. Primitive Element Theorem. 7. Ruler-and-Compass Constructions. 7.1. Approximate Constructions and More General Instruments. 7.2. Constructions in C. 7.3. Specific Constructions. 7.4. Impossibility Proofs. 7.5. Construction From a Given Set of Points. 8. The Idea Behind Galois Theory. 8.1. A First Look at Galois Theory. 8.2. Galois Groups According to Galois. 8.3. How to Use the Galois Group. 8.4. The Abstract Setting. 8.5. Polynomials and Extensions. 8.6. The Galois Correspondence. 8.7. Diet Galois. 8.8. Natural Irrationalities. 9. Normality and Separability. 9.1. Splitting Fields. 9.2. Normality. 9.3. Separability. 10. Counting Principles. 10.1. Linear Independence of Monomorphisms. 11. Field Automorphisms. 11.1. K-Monomorphisms. 11.2. Normal Closures. 12. The Galois Correspondence. 12.1. The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory. 13. Worked Examples. 13.1. Examples of Galois Groups. 13.2. Discussion. 14. Solubility and Simplicity. 14.1. Soluble Groups. 14.2. Simple Groups. 14.3. Cauchy’s Theorem. 15. Solution by Radicals. 15.1. Radical Extensions. 15.2. An Insoluble Quintic. 15.3. Other Methods. 16. Abstract Rings and Fields. 16.1. Rings and Fields. 16.2. General Properties of Rings and Fields. 16.3. Polynomials Over General Rings. 16.4. The Characteristic of a Field. 16.5. Integral Domains. 17. Abstract Field Extensions and Galois Groups. 17.1. Minimal Polynomials. 17.2. Simple Algebraic Extensions. 17.3. Splitting Fields. 17.4. Normality. 17.5. Separability. 17.6. Galois Theory for Abstract Fields. 17.7. Conjugates and Minimal Polynomials. 17.8. The Primitive Element Theorem. 17.9. Algebraic Closure of a Field. 18. The General Polynomial Equation. 18.1. Transcendence Degree. 18.2. Elementary Symmetric Polynomials. 18.3. The General Polynomial. 18.5. Solving Equations of Degree Four or Less. 18.6. Explicit Formulas. 19. Finite Fields. 19.1. Structure of Finite Fields. 19.2. The Multiplicative Group. 19.3. Counterexample to the Primitive Element Theorem. 19.4. Application to Solitaire. 20. Regular Polygons. 20.1. What Euclid Knew. 20.2. Which Constructions are Possible? 20.3. Regular Polygons. 20.4. Fermat Numbers. 20.5. How to Construct a Regular 17-gon. 21. Circle Division. 21.1. Genuine Radicals. 21.2. Fifth Roots Revisited. 21.3. Vandermonde Revisited. 21.4. The General Case. 21.5. Cyclotomic Polynomials. 21.6. Galois Group of Q(ζ)= Q. 21.7. Constructions Using a Trisector. 22. Calculating Galois Groups. 22.1. Transitive Subgroups. 22.2. Bare Hands on the Cubic. 22.3. The Discriminant. 22.4. General Algorithm for the Galois Group. 23. Algebraically Closed Fields. 23.1. Ordered Fields and Their Extensions. 23.2. Sylow’s Theorem. 23.3. The Algebraic Proof. 24. Transcendental Numbers. 24.1. Irrationality. 24.2. Transcendence of e. 24.3. Transcendence of π. 25. What Did Galois Do or Know? 25.1. List of the Relevant Material. 25.2. The First Memoir. 25.3. What Galois Proved. 25.4. What is Galois Up To? 25.5. Alternating Groups, Especially A5. 25.6. Simple Groups Known to Galois. 25.7. Speculations about Proofs. 25.8. A5 is Unique. 26. Further Directions. 26.1. Inverse Galois Problem. 26.2. Differential Galois Theory. 26.3. p-adic Numbers.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Differential Geometry and Its Visualization
Book SynopsisDifferential Geometry and Its Visualization is suitable for graduate level courses in differential geometry, serving both students and teachers. It can also be used as a supplementary reference for research in mathematics and the natural and engineering sciences.Differential geometry is the study of geometric objects and their properties using the methods of mathematical analysis. The classical theory of curves and surfaces in three-dimensional Euclidean space is presented in the first three chapters. The abstract and modern topics of tensor algebra, Riemannian spaces and tensor analysis are studied in the last two chapters. A great number of illustrating examples, visualizations and genuine figures created by the authors' own software are included to support the understanding of the presented concepts and results, and to develop an adequate perception of the shapes of geometric objects, their properties and the relations between them.FeatuTable of Contents1. Curves in Three–dimensional Euclidean Space. 1.1. Points and Vectors. 1.2. Vector–valued Functions of a Real Variable. 1.3. The General Concept of Curves. 1.4. Some Examples of Planar Curves. 1.5. The Arc Length of a Curve. 1.6. The Vectors of the Trihedron of a Curve. 1.7. Frenet’s Formulae. 1.8. The Geometric Significance of Curvature and Torsion. 1.9. Osculating Circles and Spheres. 1.10. Involutes and Evolutes. 1.11. The Fundamental Theorem of Curves. 1.12. Lines of Constant Slope. 1.13. Spherical Images of a Curve. 2. Surfaces in Three–dimensional Euclidean Space. 2.1. Surfaces and Curves on Surfaces. 2.2. The Tangent Planes and Normal Vectors of a Surface. 2.3. The Arc Length, Angles and Gauss’s First Fundamental Coefficients. 2.4. the Curvature of Curves on Surfaces, Geodesic and Normal Curvature. 2.5. The Normal, Principal, Gaussian and Mean Curvature. 2.6. The Shape of a Surface in the Neighbourhood of a Point. 2.7. Dupin’s Indicatrix. 2.8. Lines of Curvature and Asymptotic Lines. 2.9. Triple Orthogonal Systems. 2.10. the Weingarten Equations. 3. The Intrinsic Geometry of Surfaces. 3.1. the Christoffel Symbols. 3.2. Geodesic Lines. 3.3. Geodesic Lines on Surfaces with Orthogonal Parameters. 3.4. Geodesic Lines on Surfaces of Revolution. 3.5. the Minimum Property of Geodesic Lines. 3.6. Orthogonal and Geodesic Parameters. 3.7. Levi–civitá Parallelism. 3.8. Theorema Egregium. 3.9. Maps Between Surfaces. 3.10. the Gauss–bonnet Theorem. 3.11. Minimal Surfaces. 4. Tensor Algebra and Riemannian Geometry. 4.1. Differentiable Manifolds. 4.2. Transformation of Bases. 4.3. Linear Functionals and Dual Spaces. 4.4. Tensors of Second Order. 4.5. Symmetric Bilinear Forms and Inner Products. 4.6. Tensors of Arbitary Order. 4.7. Symmetric and Anti–symmetric Tensors. 4.8. Riemann Spaces. 4.9. the Christoffel Symbols. 5. Tensor Analysis. 5.1. Covariant Differentiation. 5.2. the Covariant Derivative of an (R, S)–tensor. 5.3. the Interchange of Order for Covariant Differentiation and Ricci’s Identity. 5.4. Bianchi’s Identities for the Covariant Derivative of the Tensors of Curvature. 5.5. Beltrami’s Differentiators. 5.6. a Geometric Meaning of the Covariant Differentiation, the Levi–civitá Parallelism. 5.7. The Fundamental Theorem for Surfaces. 5.8. A Geometric Meaning of the Riemann Tensor of Curvature. 5.9. Spaces With Vanishing Tensor of Curvature. 5.10. An Extension of Frenet’s Formulae. 5.11. Riemann Normal Coordinates and the Curvature of Spaces.
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