1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454556703321

Titolo

Infinitesimal differences [[electronic resource] ] : controversies between leibniz and his contemporaries / / edited by Ursula Goldenbaum and Douglas Jesseph

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter De Gruyter, c2008

ISBN

1-283-39828-1

9786613398284

3-11-021186-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Classificazione

CF 5517

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldenbaumUrsula

JessephDouglas Michael

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Physics - Philosophy

Mathematics - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume had its beginnings in a conference entitled The Metaphysical and Mathematical Discussion os the Status of Infinitesimals in Leibniz's Time held in April 2006 at Emory University"--Introd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-323) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Leery Bedfellows: Newton and Leibniz on the Status of Infinitesimals -- Infinity, Infinitesimals, and the Reform of Cavalieri: John Wallis and his Critics -- Indivisibilia Vera - How Leibniz Came to Love Mathematics -- Indivisibles and Infinitesimals in Early Mathematical Texts of Leibniz -- Archimedes, Infinitesimals and the Law of Continuity: On Leibniz's Fictionalism -- An Enticing (Im)Possibility: Infinitesimals, Differentials, and the Leibnizian Calculus -- Productive Ambiguity in Leibniz's Representation of Infinitesimals -- Generality and Infinitely Small Quantities in Leibniz's Mathematics - The Case of his Arithmetical Quadrature of Conic Sections and Related Curves -- Leibniz's Calculation with Compendia -- Nieuwentijt, Leibniz, and Jacob Hermann on Infinitesimals -- Truth in Fiction: Origins and Consequences of Leibniz's Doctrine of Infinitesimal Magnitudes -- Rule



of Continuity and Infinitesimals in Leibniz's Physics -- Leibniz on Infinitesimals and the Reality of Force -- Dead Force, Infinitesimals, and the Mathematicization of Nature -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The essays offer a unified and comprehensive view of 17th century mathematical and metaphysical disputes over status of infinitesimals, particularly the question whether they were real or mere fictions. Leibniz's development of the calculus and his understanding of its metaphysical foundation are taken as both a point of departure and a frame of reference for the 17th century discussions of infinitesimals, that involved Hobbes, Wallis, Newton, Bernoulli, Hermann, and Nieuwentijt. Although the calculus was undoubtedly successful in mathematical practice, it remained controversial because its procedures seemed to lack an adequate metaphysical or methodological justification. The topic is also of philosophical interest, because Leibniz freely employed the language of infinitesimal quantities in the foundations of his dynamics and theory of forces. Thus, philosophical disputes over the Leibnizian science of bodies naturally involve questions about the nature of infinitesimals. The volume also includes newly discovered Leibnizian marginalia in the mathematical writings of Hobbes.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910555069503321

Autore

Ledoux Michel

Titolo

Heat transfer . 1 Conduction / / Michel Ledoux ; coordinated by Abdelkhalak El Hami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : ISTE

Hoboken, NJ : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2021

ISBN

1-5231-4350-9

1-119-81822-2

1-119-81823-0

1-119-81821-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 311 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Mathematical and mechanical engineering set ; ; Volume 9

Disciplina

621.4022

Soggetti

Heat - Conduction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I.1. Preamble -- I.2. Introduction -- I.3. Interlude -- 1 The Problem of Thermal Conduction: General Comments -- 1.1. The fundamental problem of thermal conduction -- 1.2. Definitions -- 1.2.1. Temperature, isothermal surface and gradient -- 1.2.2. Flow and density of flow -- 1.3. Relation to thermodynamics -- 1.3.1. Calorimetry -- 1.3.2. The first principle -- 1.3.3. The second principle -- 2 The Physics of Conduction -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Fourier's law -- 2.2.1. Experiment -- 2.2.2. Temperature profile -- 2.2.3. General expression of the Fourier law -- 2.3. Heat equation -- 2.3.1. General problem -- 2.3.2. Mono-dimensional plane problem -- 2.3.3. Case of the axisymmetric system -- 2.3.4. Case of the spherical system -- 2.4. Resolution of a problem -- 2.5. Examples of application -- 2.5.1. Problems involving spherical symmetry -- 3 Conduction in a Stationary Regime -- 3.1. Thermal resistance -- 3.1.1. Thermal resistance: plane geometry -- 3.1.2. Thermal resistance: axisymmetric geometry. The case of a cylindrical wall -- 3.1.3. Thermal resistance to convection -- 3.1.4. Critical radius -- 3.2. Examples of the application of thermal resistance in plane geometry -- 3.3. Examples of the



application of the thermal resistance in cylindrical geometry -- 3.4. Problem of the critical diameter -- 3.5. Problem with the heat balance -- 4 Quasi-stationary Model -- 4.1. We can perform a simplified calculation, adopting the following hypotheses -- 4.2. Method: instantaneous thermal balance -- 4.3. Resolution -- 4.4. Applications for plane systems -- 4.5. Applications for axisymmetric systems -- 5 Non-stationary Conduction -- 5.1. Single-dimensional problem -- 5.1.1. Temperature imposed at the interface at instant t =0.

5.2. Non-stationary conduction with constant flow density -- 5.3. Temperature imposed on the wall: sinusoidal variation -- 5.4. Problem with two walls stuck together -- 5.5. Application examples -- 5.5.1. Simple applications -- 5.5.2. Some scenes from daily life -- 6 Fin Theory: Notions and Examples -- 6.1. Notions regarding the theory of fins -- 6.1.1. Principle of fins -- 6.1.2. Elementary fin theory -- 6.1.3. Parallelepiped fin -- 6.2. Examples of application -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Heat Equation of a Three-dimensional System -- Appendix 2: Heat Equation: Writing in the Main Coordinate Systems -- Appendix 3: One-dimensional Heat Equation -- Appendix 4: Conduction of the Heat in a Non-stationary Regime: Solutions to Classic Problems -- Appendix 5: Table of erf (x), erfc(x) and ierfc(x) Functions -- Appendix 6: Complementary Information Regarding Fins -- Appendix 7: The Laplace Transform -- Appendix 8: Reminders Regarding Hyperbolic Functions -- References -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Mechanical Engineering and Solid Mechanics -- EULA.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789909103321

Autore

Irawati Dessy

Titolo

Knowledge transfer in the automobile industry : global-local production networks / / Dessy Irawati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-135-42190-0

1-283-45830-6

9786613458308

0-203-69885-1

1-135-42191-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (227 p.)

Collana

Routledge Studies in the modern world economy ; ; 97

Disciplina

629.2068/4

Soggetti

Automobile industry and trade - Indonesia

Automobile industry and trade - Japan

Industrial clusters - Indonesia

Technology transfer - Japan

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 (p. [185]-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Knowledge Transfer in the Automobile Industry; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures, maps and tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Clusters and knowledge transfer into the Indonesian automotive industry; Research background and aims; Research questions; Book structure; 2. Theoretical framework on clusters; Clusters and competitive advantage; Clusters and networks; Proximity and industrial clusters: the impact on networks and technology; Cluster boundaries; Benefits from clusters; Cluster analysis methods; Clusters and policy; Clusters in developing countries and FDI

Conclusion: bringing the strands together3. Production and knowledge transfer in Japanese automotive networks; Knowledge transfer by Japanese MNEs in the automotive industry; Japanese automotive production networks in Southeast Asia; Vertical and horizontal networks in the automotive industry; FDI in the Japanese automotive industry and its supply chain networks in Southeast Asia; Conclusion; 4. Global and national environments: the macroeconomiccontext in



Indonesia; The Indonesian macroeconomy after the Asian financial crisis; Manufacturing investment in Indonesia

Indonesian industrial policy in the automotive sectorCluster strategy in Indonesia: from SMEs to industry; Conclusion; 5. Methodologies; Data analysis; Research limitations; Research ethics; Conclusion; 6. The importance of the Java region for the Indonesian automotive cluster; The importance of Java as an industrial location; The economic, spatial and cultural context in Java; Automotive cluster characteristics in Java; Organising capacity of the automotive cluster in Java; Conclusion; 7. Car production in Indonesia: the Toyota complex; The Indonesian subsidiary within the Japanese MNE

Knowledge transfer within the global keiretsuKnowledge transfer within the Indonesian automotive cluster; Conclusion; 8. Motorcycle production in Indonesia: the Honda complex; The Indonesian subsidiary within the Japanese MNE; The Indonesian automotive cluster supply chain; Knowledge transfer within the Indonesian automotive cluster; Conclusion; 9. The Indonesian automotive cluster in Toyota and Honda's global production networks; Toyota and Honda's significant presence in the development of the Indonesian automotive cluster; Clusters in the context of the Indonesian automotive industry

The learning aspect of knowledge networksIndonesian government policy and Japan; Conclusion; 10. Conclusion; The cluster concept; Theoretical contributions; Areas for future research; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book arose from a multi-disciplinary study which looked at the development of global-local manufacturing clusters in the context of a developing, Asian economy. The study demonstrates the connection amongst theoretical perspectives such as international business, development studies, economic geography, and organisational learning clusters/production networks through an in-depth case study of the Indonesian automotive cluster. The book gives a detailed account of two automotive clusters (Toyota and Honda) and their contribution to regional economic development in emerging economies in A