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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452798603321

Autore

Schlæger Jesper

Titolo

E-government in China : technology, power and local government reform / / Jesper Schlæger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-64351-3

1-135-01825-1

0-203-76055-7

1-135-01826-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Collana

China policy series ; ; 34

Disciplina

352.3/802854678

Soggetti

Internet in public administration - China

Socialism - China

Local government - China

Political participation - China

Electronic books.

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

1. Introduction -- 2. E-government in China -- 3. Analysing e-government -- 4. Informatization offices and the automation of bias -- 5. Government affairs service centres -- 6. Digital urban management -- 7. Technology, power and local government reform -- 8. Conclusion -- 9. Appendix.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at how information and communication technology and e-government influences power relations in public administration in China. It highlights the role of technology in combating corruption, and clarifies the interplay between ideas, institutions and technologies in shaping the foundation for organisational change. Using fieldwork based case studies, the book provides an incisive view into the working processes of the Chinese administration previously inaccessible to research. It challenges the high expectations for the transformative potential of information technology, and is a



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254573103321

Titolo

Symmetries and integrability of difference equations : lecture notes of the Abecederian school of SIDE 12, Montreal 2016 / / edited by Decio Levi, Raphaël Rebelo, Pavel Winternitz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56666-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 pages)

Collana

CRM Series in Mathematical Physics

Disciplina

515.35

Soggetti

Physics

Difference equations

Functional equations

Algebra

Field theory (Physics)

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Difference and Functional Equations

Field Theory and Polynomials

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Continuous, Discrete and Ultradiscrete Painlevé Equations -- Chapter 2. Elliptic Hypergeometric Functions -- Chapter 3. Integrability of Difference Equations through Algebraic Entropy and Generalized Symmetries -- Chapter 4. Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Integrable Theories in Discrete Complex Analysis -- Chapter 5. Discrete Integrable Systems, Darboux Transformations and Yang–Baxter Maps -- Chapter 6. Symmetry-Preserving Numerical Schemes -- Chapter 7. Introduction to Cluster Algebras -- Chapter 8. An Introduction to Difference Galois Theory -- Chapter 9. Lectures on Quantum Integrability: Lattices, Symmetries and Physics.

Sommario/riassunto

This book shows how Lie group and integrability techniques, originally developed for differential equations, have been adapted to the case of difference equations. Difference equations are playing an increasingly important role in the natural sciences. Indeed, many phenomena are



inherently discrete and thus naturally described by difference equations. More fundamentally, in subatomic physics, space-time may actually be discrete. Differential equations would then just be approximations of more basic discrete ones. Moreover, when using differential equations to analyze continuous processes, it is often necessary to resort to numerical methods. This always involves a discretization of the differential equations involved, thus replacing them by difference ones. Each of the nine peer-reviewed chapters in this volume serves as a self-contained treatment of a topic, containing introductory material as well as the latest research results and exercises. Each chapter is presented by one or more early career researchers in the specific field of their expertise and, in turn, written for early career researchers. As a survey of the current state of the art, this book will serve as a valuable reference and is particularly well suited as an introduction to the field of symmetries and integrability of difference equations. Therefore, the book will be welcomed by advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as by more advanced researchers.