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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Since the time of surfaces -+ in differential Gauss, parametrized (x, y) P(x, y) have been described a frame attached to the moving geometry through TI(x, y) surface. One introduces the Gauss- which linear dif- Weingarten equations are , ferential equations = U = TIX T1, VT', !PY (1. for the and their condition frame, compatibility - = V + [U, V] 0, UY (1.2) which the Gauss-Codazzi For surfaces in three-dim- represents equations . a sional Euclidean the frame T1 lies in the usually or space, group SO(3) SU(2). On the other a of a non-linear in the form hand, representation equation (1.2) is the of the of of starting point theory integrable equations (theory solitons), which in mathematical in the 1960's appeared physics [NMPZ, AbS, CD, FT, More the differential for the coefficients of AbC]. exactly, partial equation (1.2) the matrices U and V is considered to be if these matrices can be integrable , extended to U V non-trivially a one-parameter family (x, y, A), (x, y, A) satisfying - = + U(A)y V(A). [U(A), V(A)] 0, (1-3) so that the differential is and original partial equation preserved.' . Usually U(A) V are rational functions of the which is called the (A) parameter A, spectral param- In soliton the eter is called the Lax . theory, representation (1.3) representation the Zakharov-Shabat or representation [ZS].Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This expanded version of the 1997 European Mathematical Society Lectures given by the author in Helsinki, begins with a self-contained introduction to nonstandard analysis (NSA) and the construction of Loeb Measures, which are rich measures discovered in 1975 by Peter Loeb, using techniques from NSA. Subsequent chapters sketch a range of recent applications of Loeb measures due to the author and his collaborators, in such diverse fields as (stochastic) fluid mechanics, stochastic calculus of variations ('Malliavin' calculus) and the mathematical finance theory. The exposition is designed for a general audience, and no previous knowledge of either NSA or the various fields of applications is assumed.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 416 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This volume tries to summarize the status of observational knowledge of the Kuiper Belt. Its recent discovery has revitalized the astromomical study of the Solar System and is beginning to open new and unexpected windows on the physics of planetesimal accretion. With more and better observational data being obtained at the technological limit of current facilities, a new perception of the relationships that exist among the various classes of small Solar System bodies has emerged. The new observations have also motivated a number of fascinating theoretical studies in Solar System dynamics.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is devoted to the presentation of some flow problems in porous media having relevant industrial applications. The main topics covered are: the manufacturing of composite materials, the espresso coffee brewing process, the filtration of liquids through diapers, various questions about flow problems in oil reservoirs and the theory of homogenization. The aim is to show that filtration problems arising in very practical industrial context exhibit interesting and highly nontrivial mathematical aspects. Thus the style of the book is mathematically rigorous, but specifically oriented towards applications, so that it is intended for both applied mathematicians and researchers in various areas of technological interest. The reader is required to have a good knowledge of the classical theory of PDE and basic functional analysis.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Inhaltsangabe1 Pilzinfektionen der Haut und der hautnahen Schleimhäute.- 2 Dermatophytosen (Tinea).- 2.1 Tinea manuum.- 2.2 Tinea pedis.- 2.3 Tinea corporis et faciei.- 2.4 Tinea inguinalis.- 2.5 Tinea capitis.- 2.6 Tinea unguium.- 2.7 Tinea follicularis.- 3 Hefemykosen der Haut und der hautnahen Schleimhäute (Levurose).- 3.1 Candidose.- 3.1.1 Orale Candidose.- 3.1.2 Candidosis genito-glutealis infantum.- 3.1.3 Candidosis intertriginosa.- 3.1.4 Candidosis interdigitalis.- 3.1.5 Paronychia candidosa.- 3.1.6 Genitalcandidose.- 3.1.7 Chronische mukokutane Candidose.- 3.1.8 Folliculitis barbae candidomycetica.- 3.2 Pityriasis versicolor.- 3.3 Cryptococcose der Haut.- 4 Antimykotika, systemisch wirksam.- 4.1 Griseofulvin.- 4.2 Ketoconazol.- 4.3 Itraconazol.- 4.4 Fluconazol.- 4.5 Terbinafin.- 5 Lokalantimykotika.- 5.1 Azole.- 5.1.1 Clotrimazol.- 5.1.2 Miconazol.- 5.1.3 Andere topisch angewandte Azole.- 5.2 Polyene (Behandlung des Orogastrointestinaltraktes).- 5.2.1 Nystatin.- 5.2.2 Amphotericin B.- 5.2.3 Natamycin.- 5.3 Naphthalinderivate.- 5.3.1 Tolnaftat.- 5.3.2 Tolciclat.- 5.4 Allylamine.- 5.4.1 Naftifin.- 5.4.2 Terbinafin.- 5.5 Pyridone: Ciclopiroxolamin.- 5.6 Amorolfin.- 5.7 Obsolete Antimykotika.- 6 Nicht medikamentöse Behandlungsvorschläge.- 7 Patienteninformationen.- 8 Literatur.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 184 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Der vorliegende Band enthält die Hauptvorträge des 117. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Chirurgie in Berlin sowie die durch ein Peer Review ausgewählten freien Vorträge. Der Band gehört nicht nur in die Hände eines jeden Chirurgen, der Anspruch auf die wissenschaftliche Ausübung seines Faches erhebt, sondern auch in jede Klinikbibliothek.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 1064 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Es ist heute nahezu unmöglich, die Übersicht über die verschiedenen therapeutischen Angebote für körperbehinderte Kinder zu behalten. Ärzte, Therapeuten und Lehrer sind meist überfordert, wenn sie den betroffenen Eltern umfassende Auskunft darüber geben sollen. Dieses Buch ist ein Wegweiser zu den gängigsten Therapiemöglichkeiten. Von führenden Vertretern der einzelnen Verfahren - von der Vojtamethode über das Bobathprinzip, von der Manuellen Medizin über die Ergotherapie zur Logopädie, Hilfsmittelversorgung Operationsplanung usw. - werden über 20 Verfahren vorgestellt und bewertet. Auch die kritischen Fragen zu Wirksamkeitsnachweisen und Kosten der oft lebenslangen Therapie werden behandelt. Die inhaltlich homogen gegliederten Kapitel erlauben einen raschen und detaillierten Überblick.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 328 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Cinderella ist eine einzigartige, technisch ausgereifte interaktive Geometrie-Lernsoftware, die sich ausgezeichnet für Studenten zum Erlernen der Euklidischen, projektiven, sphärischen und hyperbolischen Geometrie eignet. Aufgrund seines leistungsfähigen mathematischen Kerns kann Cinderella jedoch ebenfalls als Werkzeug für Wissenschaftler in der Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Geometrie und Komplexitätstheorie Anwendung finden. Die Software enthält einen eingebauten automatischen Beweiser für geometrische Sätze. Durch eine einfache Exportfunktion kann Cinderella als Werkzeug zum Gestalten von WWW-Seiten oder als Hilfe bei der Ausarbeitung interaktiver Geometrie-Bücher genutzt werden.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book contains a revised version of the dissertation the author wrote at the Department of Computer Science of the University of Chicago. The thesis was submitted to the Faculty of Physical Sciences in conformity with the requirements for the PhD degree in June 1999. It was honored with the 1999 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award in May 2000. Summary Computational complexity is the study of the inherent di culty of compu- tional problems and the power of the tools we may use to solve them. It aims to describe how many resources we need to compute the solution as a function of the problem size. Typical resources include time on sequential and parallel architectures and memory space. As we want to abstract away from details of input representation and speci cs of the computer model, we end up with classes of problems that we can solve within certain robust resource bounds such as polynomial time, parallel logarithmic time, and logarithmic space. Research in complexity theory boils down to determining the relationships between these classes { inclusions and separations. In this dissertation, we focus on the role of randomness and look at various properties of hard problems in order to obtain separations. We also investigate the power of nondeterminism and alternation, as well as space versus time issues. Randomness provides a resource that seems to help in various situations.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 220 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Variational methods are applied to prove the existence of weak solutions for boundary value problems from the deformation theory of plasticity as well as for the slow, steady state flow of generalized Newtonian fluids including the Bingham and Prandtl-Eyring model. For perfect plasticity the role of the stress tensor is emphasized by studying the dual variational problem in appropriate function spaces. The main results describe the analytic properties of weak solutions, e.g. differentiability of velocity fields and continuity of stresses. The monograph addresses researchers and graduate students interested in applications of variational and PDE methods in the mechanics of solids and fluids.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 284 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Affective computing is a fascinating new area of research emerging in computer science. It dwells on problems where 'computing is related to, arises from or deliberately influences emotions' (Picard 1997). Following this new research direction and considering the human element as crucial in designing and implementing interactive intelligent interfaces, affective computing is now influencing the way we shape, design, construct, and evaluate human-computer interaction and computer-mediated communcation. This book originates from a workshop devoted to affective interactions. It presents revised full versions of several papers accepted in preliminary version for the workshop and various selectively solicited papers by key people as well as an introductory survey by the volume editor and interview with Rosaling Picard, a pioneer researcher in the field. The book competently assesses the state of the art in this fascinating new field.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This is the first book to present a model, based on rational mechanics of electrorheological fluids, that takes into account the complex interactions between the electromagnetic fields and the moving liquid. Several constitutive relations for the Cauchy stress tensor are discussed. The main part of the book is devoted to a mathematical investigation of a model possessing shear-dependent viscosities, proving the existence and uniqueness of weak and strong solutions for the steady and the unsteady case. The PDS systems investigated possess so-called non-standard growth conditions. Existence results for elliptic systems with non-standard growth conditions and with a nontrivial nonlinear r.h.s. and the first ever results for parabolic systems with a non-standard growth conditions are given for the first time. Written for advanced graduate students, as well as for researchers in the field, the discussion of both the modeling and the mathematics is self-contained.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 192 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -These are the pre-proceedings of CHES 2000, the second workshop on Cryp- graphicHardware andEmbedded Systems. The rst workshop, CHES¿99, which was held at WPI in August 1999, was received quite enthusiastically by people in academia and industry who are interested in hardware and software imp- mentations of cryptography. We believe there has been a long-standing need for a workshop series combining theory and practice for integrating strong data - curity into modern communications and e-commerce applications. We are very glad that we had the opportunity to serve this purpose and to create the CHES workshop series. As is evident by the papers in these proceedings, there have been many excellentcontributions.Selectingthepapersforthisyear¿sCHESwasnotaneasy task, and we regret that we had to reject several good papers due to the limited availability of time. There were 51 submitted contributions to CHES 2000, of which 25 were selected for presentation. This corresponds to a paper acceptance rate of 49% for this year, which is a decrease from the 64% acceptance rate for CHES¿99.Allpaperswerereviewed.Inadditiontothecontributedpresentations, we have invited two speakers. As last year, the focus of the workshop is on all aspects of cryptographic hardware and embedded system design. Of special interest were contributions that describe new methods for e cient hardware implementations and hi- speed software for embedded systems, e.g., smart cards, microprocessors, DSPs, etc. In addition, there were again several very interesting and innovative - pers dealingwith cryptanalysis in practice, rangingfrom side-channel attacks to FPGA-based attack hardware. 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Relativistic effects are of major importance for understanding the properties of heavier atoms and molecules. Volumes I-III of Relativistic Theory of Atoms and Molecules constitute the only available bibliography on related calculations. In Volume III, 3792 new references covering 1993-1999 are added to the database. The material is characterized by an analysis of the respective papers. The volume gives the user a comprehensive bibliography on relativistic atomic and molecular calculations, including studies on the Dirac equation and related solid-state work.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -0. In this work of we the Lie- and Jordan on an study interplay theory and ona level.Weintendtocontinue ittoa algebraic geometric systematicstudy ofthe role Jordan inharmonic In the of theoryplays analysis. fact, applications the of Jordan to theharmonic on cones theory algebras analysis symmetric (cf. of the wereatthe theauthor'sworkinthisarea. Then monograph[FK94]) origin Jordan in of turned the causal algebras up study many symmetric (see spaces Section and clearthat all soon itbecame XI.3), 'generically' symmetric spaces have Since a relation toJordan Jordan does not significant theory. theory (yet) to the standard tools inharmonic the is text belong analysis, present designed to self-contained introduction to Jordan for readers a provide theory having basic Lie and Our ofview some on knowledge groups symmetric spaces. point is introduce first the relevant structures geometric: throughout we geometric anddeducefromtheir identities fortheassociated propertiesalgebraic algebraic structures. Thus our differs from related ones presentation (cf. e.g. [FK94], the fact thatwe do not take an axiomatic definition ofsome [Lo77], [Sa80]) by Jordan structureasour Let us nowanoverviewof algebraic startingpoint. give the See alsothe introductions the contents. at ofeach given beginning chapter. 0.1. Lie and Jordan Ifwe the associative algebras algebras. decompose of the matrix in its and product algebra M(n,R) symmetric skew-symmetric parts, - XY YX XY YX + XY= + (0.1) 2 2 then second the term leads to the Lie with algebra gf(n,R) product [X,Y] XY- and first the termleadstotheJordan M with YX, algebra (n,R) product - X Y= + (XY YX).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 292 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on High Performance Computing, HiPC 2000, held in Bangalore, India in December 2000. The 46 revised papers presented together with five invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 127 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on system software, algorithms, high-performance middleware, applications, cluster computing, architecture, applied parallel processing, networks, wireless and mobile communication systems, and large scale data mining.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 592 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Der Übergang von der heutigen fossil-nuklearen zu einer nachhaltigen, regenerativ geprägten Energiewirtschaft wird eine der zentralen Aufgaben des kommenden Jahrhunderts sein. Dieser Übergang verlangt nicht nur die technische Realisierung enormer Energieeinsparpotentiale und die Entwicklung innovativer Technologien, sondern auch neue Ideen für deren Einsatz und Förderung. Hier kommen Wissenschaftler, Techniker, Soziologen, Politiker und Politikwissenschaftler, aber auch Praktiker gleichermaßen zu Wort. Ihr gemeinsames Anliegen ist es, den Blick für eine nachhaltige Energieversorgung zu schärfen und damit zu einer Abkehr von unserer derzeitigen Energiestruktur beizutragen. Einsparkraftwerke, die Zukunft von Stromnetzen, Nord-Süd-Partnerschaften zur Erschließung des Solarenergiepotentials und die Abschätzung des zukünftigen Energiebedarfs gehören zu den behandelten Aspekten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes aus der Reihe Suchtmedizin basieren auf langjährigen Erfahrungen von Ärzten, Psychologen und Sozialarbeitern in der Behandlung Abhängiger. Die multiprofessionale Ausrichtung macht deutlich, dass eine zeitgemäße Behandlung nicht ohne den Wissensaustausch verschiedener Professionen möglich ist. Ein wichtiger Schritt zur Sensibilisierung für diese Thematik im ärztlichen Bereich wurde durch die Bundesärztekammer vollzogen, die ein Curriculum 'Suchtmedizinische Grundversorgung' etablierte und somit die Fachkunde auf diesem Gebiet empfahl. Somit wird der Erkenntnis Rechnung getragen, dass ein großer Teil der Betroffenen Kontakt zu Ärzten hat, hier aber oft die mangelhafte ärztliche Ausbildung oder allgemein kommunikative Probleme eine aktive Bearbeitung der Problematik erschwert. Der vorliegende Band stellt eine praxisnahe Betrachtung dieser Schwierigkeiten in den Vordergrund und zeigt Lösungsmöglichkeiten auf. Neben Ärzten, Mitarbeitern von Suchtberatungsstellen, Behörden u. Justiz wird auch die interessierte Öffentlichkeit von dieser Publikation profitieren.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 420 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Grothendieck's duality theory for coherent cohomology is a fundamental tool in algebraic geometry and number theory, in areas ranging from the moduli of curves to the arithmetic theory of modular forms. Presented is a systematic overview of the entire theory, including many basic definitions and a detailed study of duality on curves, dualizing sheaves, and Grothendieck's residue symbol. Along the way proofs are given of some widely used foundational results which are not proven in existing treatments of the subject, such as the general base change compatibility of the trace map for proper Cohen-Macaulay morphisms (e.g., semistable curves). This should be of interest to mathematicians who have some familiarity with Grothendieck's work and wish to understand the details of this theory.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 312 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Standardwerk über Konstruktionskataloge. Band 2 enthält im ersten Teil die wichtigsten Kataloge zum systematischen Konstruieren, die Arbeitsweise mit ihnen und Anleitungen zu ihrer Neuerstellung sowie Auswahl- und Bewertungsmethoden. Im zweiten Teil sind zahlreiche Verfahren zur eindeutigen Bestimmung von Stützpunktlagerungen, Verfahren zur interaktiven Konstruktion mit dem Rechner und zur automatischen Konstruktion durch den Rechner sowie ein ausführliches Verzeichnis der im Schrifttum vorliegenden Konstruktionskataloge. Übersichtlich aufbereitete, mechanische Lösungen wichtiger Funktionen für den Praktiker, von den Welle-Nabe-Verbindngen, den Nieten bis zu wälzgelagerten Geradführungen, Nachrechnung der vielen 100.000 Stützpunktlagerungen für den Theoretiker, Anleitung zur automatische Konstruktion von Verbindungsaufgaben für den Rechneranwender.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 492 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Die arztrechtliche Thematik des vorliegenden Buches läßt Mediziner und Juristen nicht los. Die Rechtsprechung stilisiert den ärztlichen Eingriff unterschiedslos zur tatbestandlichen Körperverletzung. Sie stellt damit den Arzt in seinem alltäglichen beruflichen Handeln mit dem 'Messerstecher' auf eine Stufe. Erst die aufgeklärte Einwilligung des Patienten vermag das strafrechtliche Unrecht im Einzelfall zu kompensieren. Das Unverständnis der Mediziner bezüglich dieser vor mehr als 100 Jahren entfalteten Rechtfertigungslösung ist ungebrochen. Ein Sonderstrafrecht für Ärzte, wie im Referentenentwurf zum 6. Strafrechtsreformgesetz von 1996 vorgesehen, vermag zurecht nicht zu besänftigen. Die Arbeit hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, den Straftatbestand der Körperverletzung mit Blick auf das ärztliche Handeln und die Patientenautonomie zu durchleuchten und die Grenzen aufzuzeigen, innerhalb derer die traditionelle Einordnung akzeptabel ist.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 532 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Spinnen sind wundervolle Kreaturen. Ihr reichhaltiges und komplexes Verhalten verfügt über hochentwickelte Sinnessysteme und ist hervorragend an die Bedingungen ihrer Umwelt angepasst - wie sich aus ihrem evolutionären Erfolg ersehen lässt: sie hatten 400 Millionen Jahre Zeit, ihre Biosensoren zu einer faszinierenden technischen Perfektion und Komplexität auszuarbeiten. Professor Friedrich G. Barth stellt in seinem packenden Buch diese 'technische Perfektion' in den übergeordneten Zusammenhang der 'Biologie', in der die Passung zwischen Umwelt und Sinnesorganen und die Selektivität der Sinne als Bindeglied zwischen Umwelt und Verhalten eine vorranginge Rolle spielt.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 444 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Purchasing .Fabrication Assembly Distribution Figure 1.1: Multi-Level Manufacturing System for Make-to-Order Products specific resources of a type, i.e., a certain machine or a single worker, the determination of the sequence operations are processed on a ma chine, and the assignment of start and finish times to operations. We will modify this framework to be specifically suited for multi level make-to-order manufacturing systems. We assume that the facil ity design issue is settled, i.e., the location and the layout of the facility as well as the capacity ofthe three main resource types of the company are determined. These resource types are the engineering department, the fabrication department, and the assembly department. The engineering department is concerned with the construction of new products as well as the modification and customization of ex isting products. This entails the generation of engineering documents such as blue prints for manufacturing. The capacity of the engineering department is determined by the the count and qualification of engi neers and by the availability of construction devices such as computer aided design (CAD) systems etc.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -International financial markets play an increasing role in the mind of the general public, much more than they did a few decades ago. There can be no doubt that the size of financial markets has grown at a faster pace than the markets for goods and services in the past ten or twenty years. However, it is still unclear whether this is a desirable development, or whether it indicates looming risks. The book documents and classifies the debate about the potential decoupling of the financial sector from the real economy, and then to introduce it into the context of established scientific lines of research. We try to provide a logical structuring of the heterogeneous arguments by postulating a decoupling hypothesis (phenomena, causes, consequences). Various models are presented in this structure and stylized facts can be isolated. 248 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dissipative Quantum Chaos and Decoherence provides an overview of the state of the art of research in this exciting field. The main emphasis is on the development of a semiclassical formalism that allows one to incorporate the effect of dissipation and decoherence in a precise, yet tractable way into the quantum mechanics of classically chaotic systems. The formalism is employed to reveal how the spectrum of the quantum mechanical propagator of a density matrix is determined by the spectrum of the corresponding classical propagator of phase space density. Simple quantum--classical hybrid formulae for experimentally relevant correlation functions and time-dependent expectation values of observables are derived. The problem of decoherence is treated in detail, and highly unexpected cases of very slow decoherence are revealed, with important consequences for the long-debated realizability of Schrödinger cat states as well as for the construction of quantum computers.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Foliations is one of the major concepts of modern geometry and topology meaning a partition of topological space into a disjoint sum of leaves. This book is devoted to geometry and topology of surface foliations and their links to ergodic theory, dynamical systems, complex analysis, differential and noncommutative geometry. This comprehensive book addresses graduate students and researchers and will serve as a reference book for experts in the field.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 480 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -It is safe to say that without Jeffrey Klein, who first described tumes cent local anesthesia, this book would never have been written. This technique of local anesthesia, originally designed for use in outpatient liposuction procedures in the United States of America, was intro duced into clinical practice in Darmstadt in 1990 and is now employed in a growing number of areas of surgical dermatology. Eight years of experience have shown it to be a particularly elegant and safe method of local anesthesia, especially in the treatment of large areas of skin. A large number of scientific studies have improved our under standing of tumescent local anesthesia. The administration of large quantities of a dilute local anesthetic into lipophilic tissue is no longer seen as a risk to the patient, although further discussion at the inter national level will be required over the next few years in order to standardize the tumescent solution. Until then, the widely varying dosages reported around the world should be regarded with caution. The progress made and experience gained in recent years make it likely that tumescent local anesthesia will become firmly established in all branches of surgery. One important factor is the economy of the tumescent technique, the material costs of which are very low. In comparison to general anesthesia, enormous savings can be made in the costs of postopera tive care,owing to reduced staff requirements and fewer complications of wound healing.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 232 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Hard Ball Systems and the Lorentz Gas are fundamental models arising in the theory of Hamiltonian dynamical systems. Moreover, in these models, some key laws of statistical physics can also be tested or even established by mathematically rigorous tools. The mathematical methods are most beautiful but sometimes quite involved. This collection of surveys written by leading researchers of the fields - mathematicians, physicists or mathematical physicists - treat both mathematically rigourous results, and evolving physical theories where the methods are analytic or computational. Some basic topics: hyperbolicity and ergodicity, correlation decay, Lyapunov exponents, Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy, entropy production, irreversibility. This collection is a unique introduction into the subject for graduate students, postdocs or researchers - in both mathematics and physics - who want to start working in the field.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 472 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Elektrische Versorgungsnetze dienen dem Transport und der Verteilung der unverzichtbaren elektrischen Energie. Sie stellen das kapitalintensive Bindeglied zwischen den Kraftwerken und den Energieverbrauchern dar. Der neue, von maßgeblichen Fachleuten erarbeitete HÜTTE-Band Netze behandelt erstmals sämtliche Aspekte sowohl der Planung als auch des Betriebes dieser Versorgungsnetze - einschließlich der wirtschaftlichen Grundlagen und der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen. Die energietechnischen Betriebsmittel sowie die informationstechnischen Systeme für die erforderliche Signalübertragung und die Leittechnik werden ausführlich und aus einheitlicher Sicht dargestellt.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 856 pp. Deutsch.