Latin American Development: Geographical Perspectives

American Development Latin

Longman Scientific & Technical

Why do we find certain people and certain situations funny? Why do we laugh? Why do we pay people to make us laugh? In short, what is humour for? These are some of the questions dealt with in this book, which is based on a series of lectures given under the Presidency of Dr Jonathan Miller at the 1987 Annual Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. It aims to present a serious but amusing look at humour by scientists and scholars, cartoonists and comedians.

Laughing Matters: A Serious Look at Humour (Humor)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Provides an international history of urban development, from its origins to the industrial revolution. This well established book maintains the high standard of information found in the previous two editions, describing the physical results of some 5000 years of urban activity. It explains and develops the concept of 'unplanned' cities that grow organically, in contrast with 'planned' cities that were shaped in response to urban form determinants. Spread throughout the texts are copious illustrations from a wealth of sources, including cartographic urban records, aerial and other photographs, original drawings and the author's numerous analytical line drawings.

A History of Urban Form: Before the Industrial Revolution

Politics & Social Sciences

A.E.J. Morris

Social Sciences

This is an introductory text explaining the main features and functions of AutoCAD 12 for Windows. This takes the student step-by-step through all the main features and functions and each chapter contains summaries, questions and exercises. It assumes no prior knowledge of AutoCAD and is illustrated with examples of what the student will see on-screen. The colour section shows different screens, layer colours and solid models. All the drawings in the book were constructed in AutoCAD for Windows. Early chapters deal with 2D (two-dimensional) drawing and these are followed by chapters dealing with methods of constructiong 3D drawings. Later chapters deal with the construction of 3D solid model drawing with the aid of AME (Advanced Modelling Extension). The final chapter contains a short description of the rendering of a couple of solid models in AutoCAD render. There is sufficient detail to enable students and those wishing to get to grips with working in AutoCAD to become reasonably expert in its operation. The book is aimed at students in colleges and those in industry who are beginning to learn how to use AutoCAD in the Windows environment. It should be useful to BTEC NC/D and HNC/D engineering and construction students and to CGLI Computer Aided Draughting and Design using AutoCAD (4351) courses.

Autocad for Windows

Computers & Technology

Graphics & Design

Galois' Theory of Algebraic Equations

Science & Math

J.P. Tignol

Mathematics

Managing construction conflict

Engineering & Transportation

Hellard, R. Baden

Engineering

Perturbation Bounds for Matrix Eigenvalues contains a unified exposition of spectral variation inequalities for matrices. The text provides a complete and self-contained collection of bounds for the distance between the eigenvalues of two matrices, which could be arbitrary or restricted to special classes. The book s emphasis on sharp estimates, general principles, elegant methods, and powerful techniques, makes it a good reference for researchers and students.   For the SIAM Classics edition, the author has added over 60 pages of new material, which includes recent results and discusses the important advances made in the theory, results, and proof techniques of spectral variation problems in the two decades since the book s original publication.   Audience This updated edition is appropriate for use as a research reference for physicists, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians interested in operator theory, linear algebra, and numerical analysis. The text is also suitable for a graduate course in linear algebra or functional analysis.   Contents Preface to the Classics Edition; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Preliminaries; Chapter 2: Singular values and norms; Chapter 3: Spectral variation of Hermitian matrices; Chapter 4: Spectral variation of normal matrices; Chapter 5: The general spectral variation problem; Chapter 6: Arbitrary perturbations of constrained matrices; Postscripts; References; Supplements 1986 2006; Chapter 7: Singular values and norms; Chapter 8: Spectral variation of Hermitian matrices; Chapter 9: Spectral variation of normal matrices; Chapter 10: Spectral variation of diagonalizable matrices; Chapter 11: The general spectral variation problem; Chapter 12: Arbitrary perturbations of constrained matrices; Chapter 13: Related Topics; Bibliography; Errata.

Perturbation Bounds for Matrix Eigenvalues (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics Series)

Rajendra Bhatia

The lastest edition of this classic text continues to provide the basis for understanding the genetic principles behind quantitative differences in phenotypes and how they apply to animal and plant improvement and evolution. It extends these concepts to the segregation of genes that cause genetic variation in quantitative traits. Key techniques and methods are also covered.

Introduction to Quantitative Genetics

D. S. Falconer

Biological Sciences

Ten years after publication of the popular first edition of this volume, the index theorem continues to stand as a central result of modern mathematics-one of the most important foci for the interaction of topology, geometry, and analysis. Retaining its concise presentation but offering streamlined analyses and expanded coverage of important examples and applications, Elliptic Operators, Topology, and Asymptotic Methods, Second Edition introduces the ideas surrounding the heat equation proof of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem.The author builds towards proof of the Lefschetz formula and the full index theorem with four chapters of geometry, five chapters of analysis, and four chapters of topology. The topics addressed include Hodge theory, Weyl's theorem on the distribution of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian, the asymptotic expansion for the heat kernel, and the index theorem for Dirac-type operators using Getzler's direct method. As a "dessert," the final two chapters offer discussion of Witten's analytic approach to the Morse inequalities and the L2-index theorem of Atiyah for Galois coverings.The text assumes some background in differential geometry and functional analysis. With the partial differential equation theory developed within the text and the exercises in each chapter, Elliptic Operators, Topology, and Asymptotic Methods becomes the ideal vehicle for self-study or coursework. Mathematicians, researchers, and physicists working with index theory or supersymmetry will find it a concise but wide-ranging introduction to this important and intriguing field.

Elliptic Operators, Topology and Asymptotic Methods (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics)

John Roe

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications: v. 9 (Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics Series)

Brezis, H and J.L. Lions, Editors

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