1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792731703321

Autore

Trapido Joe

Titolo

Breaking rocks : music, ideology and economic collapse, from Paris to Kinshasa / / Joe Trapido

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Dislocations ; ; Volume 19

Disciplina

781.63096751

Soggetti

Popular music - Economic aspects - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Popular music - Social aspects - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Music patronage - Congo (Democratic Republic)

Congolese (Democratic Republic) - Europe - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Bars, music, gender and politics -- Exchange, music, patronage -- Potlatch migrants : travelling to Europe, arriving in Kinshasa -- Rights, piracy and producers -- The president as gatekeeper, patronage as a class relationship. Elders and cadets Rey reproduced now -- Mikiliste economies -- Love and money -- Charismatic fetishism -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on fieldwork in Kinshasa and Paris, "Breaking Rocks" examines patronage payments within Congolese popular music, where a love song dedication can cost 6,000 dollars and a simple name check can trade for 500 or 600 dollars. Tracing this system of prestige through networks of musicians and patrons - who include gangsters based in Europe, kleptocratic politicians in Congo, and lawless diamond dealers in northern Angola - this book offers insights into ideologies of power and value in central Africa's troubled post-colonial political economy, as well as a glimpse into the economic flows that make up the hidden side of the globalization.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786795203321

Autore

Hirschfeld J. W. P (James William Peter), <1940->

Titolo

Algebraic curves over a finite field / / J. W. P. Hirschfeld, G. Korchmaros, F. Torres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4008-4741-9

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (717 p.)

Collana

Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics

Classificazione

SK 240

Disciplina

516.352

Soggetti

Curves, Algebraic

Finite fields (Algebra)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- PART 1. General theory of curves -- Chapter One. Fundamental ideas -- Chapter Two. Elimination theory -- Chapter Three. Singular points and intersections -- Chapter Four. Branches and parametrisation -- Chapter Five. The function field of a curve -- Chapter Six. Linear series and the Riemann-Roch Theorem -- Chapter Seven. Algebraic curves in higher-dimensional spaces -- PART 2. Curves over a finite field -- Chapter Eight. Rational points and places over a finite field -- Chapter Nine. Zeta functions and curves with many rational points -- PART 3. Further developments -- Chapter Ten. Maximal and optimal curves -- Chapter Eleven. Automorphisms of an algebraic curve -- Chapter Twelve. Some families of algebraic curves -- Chapter Thirteen. Applications: codes and arcs -- Appendix A. Background on field theory and group theory -- Appendix B. Notation -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an accessible and self-contained introduction to the theory of algebraic curves over a finite field, a subject that has been of fundamental importance to mathematics for many years and that has essential applications in areas such as finite geometry, number theory, error-correcting codes, and cryptology. Unlike other books, this one emphasizes the algebraic geometry rather than the function field approach to algebraic curves. The authors begin by developing the



general theory of curves over any field, highlighting peculiarities occurring for positive characteristic and requiring of the reader only basic knowledge of algebra and geometry. The special properties that a curve over a finite field can have are then discussed. The geometrical theory of linear series is used to find estimates for the number of rational points on a curve, following the theory of Stöhr and Voloch. The approach of Hasse and Weil via zeta functions is explained, and then attention turns to more advanced results: a state-of-the-art introduction to maximal curves over finite fields is provided; a comprehensive account is given of the automorphism group of a curve; and some applications to coding theory and finite geometry are described. The book includes many examples and exercises. It is an indispensable resource for researchers and the ideal textbook for graduate students.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA990005700950403321

Autore

Milano <Ducato>

Titolo

Carteggi diplomatici fra Milano Sforzesca e la Francia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Istituto storico italiano per l'età moderna e contemporanea, 1978

Descrizione fisica

v. ; 27 cm

Collana

Fonti per la storia d'Italia / pubblicate dall'Istituto storico italiano per l'età moderna e contemporanea ; 135

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

945 ISIME 01 (135)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1.: 18 agosto 1450-26 dicembre 1456 / a cura di Ernesto Pontieri