An unparalleled collection, this volume features 566 problems plus answers. They cover a wide range of topics in an accessible manner, including steady-state harmonic oscillations, the Fourier method,
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Here is quite simply the most handsome edition of one of the finest and most popular novels of all time. It features an elegant cloth binding, attractive full-color dust wrapper, handsome typography,
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Intermediate-level survey covers remainder theory, convergence theorems, and uniform and best approximation. Other topics include least square approximation, Hilbert space, orthogonal polynomials, the
This book's coverage of differential equations begins with the structure of the solution space and the stability and periodic properties of linear ordinary and Volterra differential equations. Discuss
This volume offers a working knowledge of the fundamentals of matrix and tensor calculus that can be applied to a variety of fields, particularly scientific aeronautical engineering. Mathematicians, p
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These much-studied and frequently performed comedies by the great Elizabethan playwright satirize the greed, mendacity, gullibility, and pretension that Jonson saw rampant in 17h-century London socie
From the creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon comes this collection of eight delightful episodes from the famous strip that ran in newspapers across the country from 1942 to 1952. Along with Barnab
Prandtl was one of the great theorists of aerodynamics and this work has long been considered one of the finest introductory works in the field. Topics include flow through pipes, Prandtl's own work o
Appropriate for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, this volume addresses the fundamental concepts of martingales, stochastic integrals, and estimation. Written by an engineer for engine
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This book derives from author Nolan R. Wallach's notes for a course on symplectic geometry and Fourier analysis, which he delivered at Rutgers University in 1975 for an audience of graduate students i
This frequently cited scholarly reference presents a unified treatment of important subjects from the theory of operators and operator algebras on Hilbert spaces and integration and representation the
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These distinctive engravings were originally published in 1818 in the Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique des Trois Regnes de la Nature, the illustrated encyclopedia by Diderot and d'Alembert. Almost
The observation and analysis of particle and wave scattering plays a crucial role in physics. This book crosses the boundaries of physics' traditional subdivisions to treat the theories of scattering
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Treasury of 44 poems evokes stirring images of British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If?," "The White Man's Burden," "The Female of the Species," m
The groundbreaking work of Russian mathematician A. M. Liapunov (1857–1918) on the stability of dynamical systems was overlooked for decades because of political turmoil. During the Cold War, wh
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This advanced graduate-level treatment contains summaries and full-length reports on five seminars from a 1961 conference. Topics include decompositions and subsets of 3-space; n-manifolds; knot theor
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The Grail quest is the centerpiece of Arthurian literature — and here is the legend's most informative and profound exploration. The famed scholar and occultist draws upon Malory's Morte D'Arthur and
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An influential early Romantic composer for piano, John Field (1782-1837) redefined the term "nocturne." Field's dreamy, poetic style exerted a lasting effect on such later composers as Chopin, Liszt,
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Magnificent collection of medieval illustrations and decorations created by famed Victorian-era artist to illustrate a sumptuous limited edition of The Faerie Queene, Edmund Spenser's 16th-century all
Six masterpieces of the genre include title story plus "An Amateur Peasant Girl," "The Shot," "The Snowstorm," "The Postmaster," and "The Coffin-Maker ? all fascinating portraits of life in Tsarist Ru
Well-known text uses a few basic concepts to solve such problems as the vibrating string, vibrating membrane, and heat conduction. Problems and solutions. 31 illustrations.
A historical and theoretical survey of variational principles and their relationship to dynamics and quantum theory. Topics include Hamilton's principle, Hamilton-Jacobi equation, relationship to quan
