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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'The IMO Compendium' is the ultimate collection of challenging high-school-level mathematics problems and is an invaluable resource not only for high-school students preparing for mathematics competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates mathematics.The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), nearing its 50th anniversary, has become the most popular and prestigious competition for high-school students interested in mathematics. Only six students from each participating country are given the honor of participating in this competition every year. The IMO represents not only a great opportunity to tackle interesting and challenging mathematics problems, it also offers a way for high school students to measure up with students from the rest of the world.Until the first edition of this book appearing in 2006, it has been almost impossible to obtain a complete collection of the problems proposed at the IMO in book form. 'The IMO Compendium' is the result of a collaboration between four former IMO participants from Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro, to rescue these problems from old and scattered manuscripts, and produce the ultimate source of IMO practice problems. This book attempts to gather all the problems and solutions appearing on the IMO through 2009. This second edition contains 143 new problems, picking up where the 1959-2004 edition has left off. 809 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'The IMO Compendium' is the ultimate collection of challenging high-school-level mathematics problems and is an invaluable resource not only for high-school students preparing for mathematics competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates mathematics.The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), nearing its 50th anniversary, has become the most popular and prestigious competition for high-school students interested in mathematics. Only six students from each participating country are given the honor of participating in this competition every year. The IMO represents not only a great opportunity to tackle interesting and challenging mathematics problems, it also offers a way for high school students to measure up with students from the rest of the world.Until the first edition of this book appearing in 2006, it has been almost impossible to obtain a complete collection of the problems proposed at the IMO in book form. 'The IMO Compendium' is the result of a collaboration between four former IMO participants from Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro, to rescue these problems from old and scattered manuscripts, and produce the ultimate source of IMO practice problems. This book attempts to gather all the problems and solutions appearing on the IMO through 2009. This second edition contains 143 new problems, picking up where the 1959-2004 edition has left off. 809 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The IMO Compendium is the ultimate collection of challenging high school level mathematics problems. It is an invaluable resource, not only for students preparing for competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates math. Training for mathematical olympiads is enjoyed by talented students throughout the world. Olympiads have become one of the primary ways to recognize and develop talented youth with a potential to excel in areas that require abstract thinking. Although the problems appearing at IMO do not involve advanced mathematics, they must be difficult and their solutions must arise from creative and clever insights rather than tedious calculations.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Offers a unique combination of informative text, magnificent illustrations and stylish design Examines the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope Features spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, that portray distant corners of the universe Author Govert Schilling is a renowned astronomy journalist and science communicator In his Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries, astronomy journalist Govert Schilling tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy. He looks at the 100 most important discoveries since the invention of the telescope. Doing what Schilling does best, he takes the reader on an adventure through both space and time. Photographs and amazing pictures line the pages of this book, offering the reader an escape from this world and an invitation to a world far beyond what the unaided human eye can detect.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The IMO Compendium is the ultimate collection of challenging high school level mathematics problems. It is an invaluable resource, not only for students preparing for competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates math. Training for mathematical olympiads is enjoyed by talented students throughout the world. Olympiads have become one of the primary ways to recognize and develop talented youth with a potential to excel in areas that require abstract thinking. Although the problems appearing at IMO do not involve advanced mathematics, they must be difficult and their solutions must arise from creative and clever insights rather than tedious calculations.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 809 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The IMO Compendium' is the ultimate collection of challenging high-school-level mathematics problems and is an invaluable resource not only for high-school students preparing for mathematics competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates mathematics.The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), nearing its 50th anniversary, has become the most popular and prestigious competition for high-school students interested in mathematics. Only six students from each participating country are given the honor of participating in this competition every year. The IMO represents not only a great opportunity to tackle interesting and challenging mathematics problems, it also offers a way for high school students to measure up with students from the rest of the world.Until the first edition of this book appearing in 2006, it has been almost impossible to obtain a complete collection of the problems proposed at the IMO in book form. 'The IMO Compendium' is the result of a collaboration between four former IMO participants from Yugoslavia, now Serbia and Montenegro, to rescue these problems from old and scattered manuscripts, and produce the ultimate source of IMO practice problems. This book attempts to gather all the problems and solutions appearing on the IMO through 2009. This second edition contains 143 new problems, picking up where the 1959-2004 edition has left off.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The IMO Compendium is the ultimate collection of challenging high school level mathematics problems. It is an invaluable resource, not only for students preparing for competitions, but for anyone who loves and appreciates math. Training for mathematical olympiads is enjoyed by talented students throughout the world. Olympiads have become one of the primary ways to recognize and develop talented youth with a potential to excel in areas that require abstract thinking. Although the problems appearing at IMO do not involve advanced mathematics, they must be difficult and their solutions must arise from creative and clever insights rather than tedious calculations. 809 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the same 27 km tunnel but in the opposite direction, resulting in the production of many elementary particles some never created in the laboratory before. It is widely expected that the LHC will discover the Higgs boson, the particle which supposedly lends masses to all other fundamental particles. In addition, the question as to whether there is some new law of physics at such high energy is likely to be answered through this experiment.The present volume contains a collection of articles written by international experts, both theoreticians and experimentalists, from India and abroad, which aims to acquaint a non-specialist with some basic issues related to the LHC. At the same time, it is expected to be a useful, rudimentary companion of introductory exposition and technical expertise alike, and it is hoped to become unique in its kind. The fact that there is substantial Indian involvement in the entire LHC endeavour, at all levels including fabrication, physics analysis procedures as well as theoretical studies, is also amply brought out in the collection.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieses erfolgreiche Praktikumsbuch bewährt sich seit vielen Jahren bei Studierenden der Physik sowie anderer naturwissenschaftlicher Studiengänge und des Lehramts, die ein physikalisches Grundpraktikum absolvieren. Vielfach genutzt wird es auch von Studierenden der Ingenieurwissenschaften an Technischen Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. In der vorliegenden 14. Auflage wurden Änderungen bzw. Ergänzungen im Text und in einigen Abbildungen vorgenommen, die zur Verbesserung der Darstellung einiger Inhalte beitragen sollen. Die bisherigen Onlinematerialien zum Buch wurden durch zusätzliche Ergänzungen zu ausgewählten Themen (z. B. Simulationsprogramm zum nichtlinearen Drehpendel nach Pohl, Fourier-Transformation und -Analyse, Ermittlung der Unsicherheit bei Messungen, Begründungen von Gleichungen) erweitert. 397 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieses erfolgreiche Praktikumsbuch bewährt sich seit vielen Jahren bei Studierenden der Physik sowie anderer naturwissenschaftlicher Studiengänge und des Lehramts, die ein physikalisches Grundpraktikum absolvieren. Vielfach genutzt wird es auch von Studierenden der Ingenieurwissenschaften an Technischen Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. In der vorliegenden 14. Auflage wurden Änderungen bzw. Ergänzungen im Text und in einigen Abbildungen vorgenommen, die zur Verbesserung der Darstellung einiger Inhalte beitragen sollen. Die bisherigen Onlinematerialien zum Buch wurden durch zusätzliche Ergänzungen zu ausgewählten Themen (z. B. Simulationsprogramm zum nichtlinearen Drehpendel nach Pohl, Fourier-Transformation und -Analyse, Ermittlung der Unsicherheit bei Messungen, Begründungen von Gleichungen) erweitert. 397 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - L'esperienza mediante esplorazione e la familiarità con l'ambiente migliorano la capacità di muoversi competentemente nel mondo. Questo libro intende potenziare il senso dell'orientamento fin dalla prima infanzia, proponendo esercizi eseguibili a scuola e a casa. La prima parte illustra le teorie sulla capacità navigazionale e sull'acquisizione di tale competenza, seguita da un'indagine sperimentale condotta su bambini di 4-7 anni per indagare lo sviluppo di differenti tipi di memoria implicati nell'orientamento. La seconda parte ha come protagonista un piccolo alieno 'Kosmos' che si è perso sul nostro pianeta e ha bisogno di aiuto per imparare ad usare i prerequisiti di percezione visuo-spaziale, il linguaggio spaziale, la memoria di posizioni nell'ambiente, le rotazioni mentali e il riconoscimento di luoghi e oggetti da diverse prospettive. I bambini dovranno inoltre aiutare Kosmos a consultare delle mappe e a riprodurre dei percorsi all'interno di un ambiente virtuale.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dieses erfolgreiche Praktikumsbuch bewährt sich seit vielen Jahren bei Studierenden der Physik sowie anderer naturwissenschaftlicher Studiengänge und des Lehramts, die ein physikalisches Grundpraktikum absolvieren. Vielfach genutzt wird es auch von Studierenden der Ingenieurwissenschaften an Technischen Universitäten und Fachhochschulen. In der vorliegenden 14. Auflage wurden Änderungen bzw. Ergänzungen im Text und in einigen Abbildungen vorgenommen, die zur Verbesserung der Darstellung einiger Inhalte beitragen sollen. Die bisherigen Onlinematerialien zum Buch wurden durch zusätzliche Ergänzungen zu ausgewählten Themen (z. B. Simulationsprogramm zum nichtlinearen Drehpendel nach Pohl, Fourier-Transformation und -Analyse, Ermittlung der Unsicherheit bei Messungen, Begründungen von Gleichungen) erweitert.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In dem Band werden Ursachen, Diagnostik und Therapie einer Krankheit beschrieben, die zunehmend an Aufmerksamkeit gewinnt: Demenzen. Wie geht man bei Diagnostik und Therapie vor Was muss bei der Einweisung beachtet werden Welche präventiven Maßnahmen sind möglich und nötig Klar und präzise beantworten Herausgeber - einer der angesehensten Demenzforscher in Deutschland - und Autoren diese Fragen in über 25 Kapiteln, die auch einzeln gelesen werden können. Die 3. Auflage berücksichtigt die neuesten Erkenntnisse zu den verschiedenen Demenzformen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This lively and practical introduction to the mathematics of money invites us to take a fresh look at the numbers that underpin our financial decisions. Morton D. Davis talks about strategies to use when we are required to bet against the odds (purchasing auto insurance) or choose to bet against the odds (wagering in a casino or at the track). He considers the ways in which we can streamline and simplify the choices available to us in mortgages and other loans. And he helps us understand the real probabilities when we accept a tip on that 'one in a thousand' stock, even when the tip comes from a successful day trader. With a wealth of entertaining and counterintuitive examples, The Math of Money delights as well as informs, and will help readers treat their financial resources more rationally. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Many of us wish we could design inventions and make decisions that were optimal and sustainable, but we do not know how to begin the approach. This book offers a guide to dramatically improve the quality of innovation and solution-making through the respectful use of existing and abundant, but often-ignored, resources. Sustainable innovation is about creative combination of ideas, materials, methods, and people, courage to derive value from opposition and diversity, integrative intelligence, virtuous planning, minimal consumption of resources, and definition of alternative plans. Using the method successfully requires that we are truly interested in the common good of humankind, that we care about our environment, and that we take time to think carefully about consequences before we act, invent, or make decisions. It is a call for a much-needed collaboration between people of different backgrounds, skills, and opinions with the intent to preserve individual and local integrity and adopt a win-win mindset. Try it, and partake in its positive and long-lasting effects!Key Features- Description of sustainable innovation and the untapped innovation potential- Sustainable innovation requirements- Sustainable innovation attitudes- Step-by-step guide to sustainable innovation- Application to 21st century challenges- A global win-win scenarioTable of Contents: Innovation Attitudes / Inspiration from the Natural and Behavioral Sciences / Untapped Sustainable Innovation Potential / Step-by-Step Guide to Sustainable Innovation / Notes on the Application to 21st century challenges/ Personal Step-by-Step Work Section / Looking to the Future 88 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Radiologie lebt von Bildern! Der vorliegende Atlas trägt dieser Tatsache Rechnung. Der Leser findet zu jedem Krankheitsbild des Gehirns Referenzbilder zum Abgleichen mit eigenen Befunden. Zusätzlich sind auch die anatomischen Grundlagen in detaillierten Bildernenthalten.Oberstes Gebot: Ausrichtung an den praktischen Bedürfnissen des Befunders: - hervorragende Bildqualität; - stichwortartiger Text zur schnellen Informationsaufnahme; - synoptische Übersichten typischer Befunde; - Checklisten helfen bei der Diagnosefindung; - ausführliche Berücksichtigung der Differenzialdiagnosen.Ob zum schnellen Nachschlagen während der täglichen Routine oder zum vertiefenden Nachlesen: Dieser Atlas ist ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter für jeden Arzt, der sich intensiver mit neuroradiologischen Fragestellungen beschäftigt.Und nicht zuletzt: Ein großes Format mit modernem, leserfreundlichem Layout macht Freude, mit diesem Buch zu arbeiten. 524 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Radiologie lebt von Bildern! Der vorliegende Atlas trägt dieser Tatsache Rechnung. Der Leser findet zu jedem Krankheitsbild des Gehirns Referenzbilder zum Abgleichen mit eigenen Befunden. Zusätzlich sind auch die anatomischen Grundlagen in detaillierten Bildern enthalten.Oberstes Gebot: Ausrichtung an den praktischen Bedürfnissen des Befunders: - hervorragende Bildqualität; - stichwortartiger Text zur schnellen Informationsaufnahme; - synoptische Übersichten typischer Befunde; - Checklisten helfen bei der Diagnosefindung; - ausführliche Berücksichtigung der Differenzialdiagnosen.Ob zum schnellen Nachschlagen während der täglichen Routine oder zum vertiefenden Nachlesen: Dieser Atlas ist ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter für jeden Arzt, der sich intensiver mit neuroradiologischen Fragestellungen beschäftigt.Und nicht zuletzt: Ein großes Format mit modernem, leserfreundlichem Layout macht Freude, mit diesem Buch zu arbeiten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 524 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Radiologie lebt von Bildern! Der vorliegende Atlas trägt dieser Tatsache Rechnung. Der Leser findet zu jedem Krankheitsbild des Gehirns Referenzbilder zum Abgleichen mit eigenen Befunden. Zusätzlich sind auch die anatomischen Grundlagen in detaillierten Bildernenthalten.Oberstes Gebot: Ausrichtung an den praktischen Bedürfnissen des Befunders: - hervorragende Bildqualität; - stichwortartiger Text zur schnellen Informationsaufnahme; - synoptische Übersichten typischer Befunde; - Checklisten helfen bei der Diagnosefindung; - ausführliche Berücksichtigung der Differenzialdiagnosen.Ob zum schnellen Nachschlagen während der täglichen Routine oder zum vertiefenden Nachlesen: Dieser Atlas ist ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter für jeden Arzt, der sich intensiver mit neuroradiologischen Fragestellungen beschäftigt.Und nicht zuletzt: Ein großes Format mit modernem, leserfreundlichem Layout macht Freude, mit diesem Buch zu arbeiten.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 504 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Analytical reasoning techniques are methods by which users explore their data to obtain insight and knowledge that can directly support situational awareness and decision making. Recently, the analytical reasoning process has been augmented through the use of interactive visual representations and tools which utilize cognitive, design and perceptual principles. These tools are commonly referred to as visual analytics tools, and the underlying methods and principles have roots in a variety of disciplines. This chapter provides an introduction to young researchers as an overview of common visual representations and statistical analysis methods utilized in a variety of visual analytics systems. The application and design of visualization and analytical algorithms are subject to design decisions, parameter choices, and many conflicting requirements. As such, this chapter attempts to provide an initial set of guidelines for the creation of the visual representation, including pitfalls and areas where the graphics can be enhanced through interactive exploration. Basic analytical methods are explored as a means of enhancing the visual analysis process, moving from visual analysis to visual analytics.Table of Contents: Data Types / Color Schemes / Data Preconditioning / Visual Representations and Analysis / Summary 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Gaussian quadrature is a powerful technique for numerical integration that falls under the broad category of spectral methods. The purpose of this work is to provide an introduction to the theory and practice of Gaussian quadrature. We study the approximation theory of trigonometric and orthogonal polynomials and related functions and examine the analytical framework of Gaussian quadrature. We discuss Gaussian quadrature for bandlimited functions, a topic inspired by some recent developments in the analysis of prolate spheroidal wave functions. Algorithms for the computation of the quadrature nodes and weights are described. Several applications of Gaussian quadrature are given, ranging from the evaluation of special functions to pseudospectral methods for solving differential equations. Software realization of select algorithms is provided. Table of Contents: Introduction / Approximating with Polynomials and Related Functions / Gaussian Quadrature / Applications / Links to Mathematical Software 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book presents a cultural perspective on scientific and technological development. As opposed to the 'story-lines' of economic innovation and social construction that tend to dominate both the popular and scholarly literature on science, technology and society (or STS), the authors offer an alternative approach, devoting special attention to the role played by social and cultural movements in the making of science and technology. They show how social and cultural movements, from the Renaissance of the late 15th century to the environmental and global justice movements of our time, have provided contexts, or sites, for mixing scientific knowledge and technical skills from different fields and social domains into new combinations, thus fostering what the authors term a 'hybrid imagination.' Such a hybrid imagination is especially important today, as a way to counter the competitive and commercial 'hubris' that is so much taken for granted in contemporary science and engineering discourses and practices with a sense of cooperation and social responsibility. The book portrays the history of science and technology as an underlying tension between hubris -- literally the ambition to 'play god' on the part of many a scientist and engineer and neglect the consequences - and a hybrid imagination, connecting scientific 'facts' and technological 'artifacts' with cultural understanding. The book concludes with chapters on the recent transformations in the modes of scientific and technological production since the Second World War and the contending approaches to 'greening' science and technology in relation to the global quest for sustainable development. The book is based on a series of lectures that were given by Andrew Jamison at the Technical University of Denmark in 2010 and draws on the authors' many years of experience in teaching non-technical, or contextual knowledge, to science and engineering students. The book has been written as part of the Program of Research on Opportunities and Challenges in Engineering Education in Denmark (PROCEED) supported by the Danish Strategic Research Council from 2010 to 2013.Table of Contents: Introduction / Perceptions of Science and Technology / Where Did Science and Technology Come From / Science, Technology and Industrialization / Science, Technology and Modernization / Science, Technology and Globalization / The Greening of Science and Technology 184 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Inside the Multi-Generational Family is an inside look at how familial relationships affect the success or the failure of the family business. Many family business owners encounter conflict between siblings, children, and other relatives especially when they're all involved with the business. 195 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Pragmatic Electrical Engineering: Systems and Instruments is about some of the non-energy parts of electrical systems, the parts that control things and measure physical parameters. The primary topics are control systems and their characterization, instrumentation, signals, and electromagnetic compatibility. This text features a large number of completely worked examples to aid the reader in understanding how the various principles fit together.While electric engineers may find this material useful as a review, engineers in other fields can use this short lecture text as a modest introduction to these non-energy parts of electrical systems. Some knowledge of basic d-c circuits and of phasors in the sinusoidal steady state is presumed.Table of Contents: Closed-Loop Control Systems / Characterizing a System / Instrumentation / Processing Signals / Electromagnetic Compatibility 144 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Space medicine has been an important component of the success of human spaceflight and will continue to play a critical role in the future ventures. To prepare for the day when astronauts will leave low Earth orbit for long-duration exploration missions, space medicine experts must develop a thorough understanding of the effects of microgravity on the human body, as well as ways of migrating these effects. To gain a complete understanding of the effects of space on the human body and to create the tools and technologies required for successful exploration, space medicine will become an increasingly collaborative discipline incorporating the skills of physicians, biomedical scientists, engineers, and mission planners. In this work, Dr. Erik Seedhouse examines the future of space medicine in relation to human space exploration. He describes what is necessary to keep a crew alive in space, how it will be accomplished in the future, and the medical challenges faced by interplanetary astronauts. The book is divided into three sections. The first looks at space medicine on board the ISS, where astronaut stays are often of long duration. The second section considers the Exploration Class medical dangers, beginning with radiation and the consequent Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS). The final section looks at future developments and the importance of telemedicine and how revolutionary technologies will protect interplanetary astronauts from the space environment. The book ends with a description of the kind of hibernation necessary to insure the well being of interplanetary astronauts. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This lecture introduces systematically into the problem of managing large data collections in peer-to-peer systems. Search over large datasets has always been a key problem in peer-to-peer systems and the peer-to-peer paradigm has incited novel directions in the field of data management. This resulted in many novel peer-to-peer data management concepts and algorithms, for supporting data management tasks in a wider sense, including data integration, document management and text retrieval. The lecture covers four different types of peer-to-peer data management systems that are characterized by the type of data they manage and the search capabilities they support. The first type are structured peer-to-peer data management systems which support structured query capabilities for standard data models. The second type are peer-to-peer data integration systems for querying of heterogeneous databases without requiring a common global schema. The third type are peer-to-peer document retrieval systems that enable document search based both on the textual content and the document structure. Finally, we introduce semantic overlay networks, which support similarity search on information represented in hierarchically organized and multi-dimensional semantic spaces. Topics that go beyond data representation and search are summarized at the end of the lecture. Table of Contents: Introduction / Structured Peer-to-Peer Databases / Peer-to-peer Data Integration / Peer-to-peer Retrieval / Semantic Overlay Networks / Conclusion 138 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This Guide is a detailed overview of all aspects of transfer pricing in China. Produced in association with Transfer Pricing Associates, a specialist global transfer pricing firm, this is an essential work for any businessman trading with or conducting business in China. The book deals with all aspects of transfer pricing from a practical perspective, from designing and implementing a transfer pricing system, to managing China compliance and preparing for an audit. 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Written for students taking a second or third year undergraduate course in mathematics or computer science, this book is the ideal companion to a course in enumeration. Enumeration is a branch of combinatorics where the fundamental subject matter is numerous methods of pattern formation and counting. Introduction to Enumeration provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to this subject giving a clear account of fundamental results and a thorough grounding in the use of powerful techniques and tools.Two major themes run in parallel through the book, generating functions and group theory. The former theme takes enumerative sequences and then uses analytic tools to discover how they are made up. Group theory provides a concise introduction to groups and illustrates how the theory can be used to count the number of symmetries a particular object has. These enrich and extend basic group ideas and techniques.The authors present their material through examples that are carefully chosen to establish key results in a natural setting. The aim is to progressively build fundamental theorems and techniques. This development is interspersed with exercises that consolidate ideas and build confidence. Some exercises are linked to particular sections while others range across a complete chapter. Throughout, there is an attempt to present key enumerative ideas in a graphic way, using diagrams to make them immediately accessible. The development assumes some basic group theory, a familiarity with analytic functions and their power series expansion along with some basic linear algebra. 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These notes, based on lectures delivered in Saint Flour, provide an easy introduction to the authors' 2007 Springer monograph 'Random Fields and Geometry.' While not as exhaustive as the full monograph, they are also less exhausting, while still covering the basic material, typically at a more intuitive and less technical level. They also cover some more recent material relating to random algebraic topology and statistical applications. The notes include an introduction to the general theory of Gaussian random fields, treating classical topics such as continuity and boundedness. This is followed by a quick review of geometry, both integral and Riemannian, with an emphasis on tube formulae, to provide the reader with the material needed to understand and use the Gaussian kinematic formula, the main result of the notes. This is followed by chapters on topological inference and random algebraic topology, both of which provide applications of the main results. 136 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A key determinant of overall system performance and power dissipation is the cache hierarchy since access to off-chip memory consumes many more cycles and energy than on-chip accesses. In addition, multi-core processors are expected to place ever higher bandwidth demands on the memory system. All these issues make it important to avoid off-chip memory access by improving the efficiency of the on-chip cache. Future multi-core processors will have many large cache banks connected by a network and shared by many cores. Hence, many important problems must be solved: cache resources must be allocated across many cores, data must be placed in cache banks that are near the accessing core, and the most important data must be identified for retention. Finally, difficulties in scaling existing technologies require adapting to and exploiting new technology constraints. The book attempts a synthesis of recent cache research that has focused on innovations for multi-core processors. It is an excellent starting point for early-stage graduate students, researchers, and practitioners who wish to understand the landscape of recent cache research. The book is suitable as a reference for advanced computer architecture classes as well as for experienced researchers and VLSI engineers. Table of Contents: Basic Elements of Large Cache Design / Organizing Data in CMP Last Level Caches / Policies Impacting Cache Hit Rates / Interconnection Networks within Large Caches / Technology / Concluding Remarks 156 pp. Englisch.