1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449939603321

Autore

Mumford David <1937->

Titolo

Indra's pearls : the vision of Felix Klein / / David Mumford, Caroline Series, and David Wright ; with cartoons by Larry Gonick [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-71306-4

0-511-05897-7

1-107-71268-8

0-511-06743-7

1-107-71814-7

0-511-06530-2

1-107-05005-7

0-511-15720-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

514/.742

Soggetti

Fractals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

The language of symmetry -- A delightful fiction -- Double spirals and Möbius maps -- The Schottky dance -- Fractal dust and infinite words -- Indra's necklace -- The glowing gasket -- Playing with parameters -- Accidents will happen -- Between the cracks -- Crossing boundaries -- Epilogue -- Index -- Road map.

Sommario/riassunto

Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, discovered in mathematics an idea prefigured in Buddhist mythology: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple coexisting symmetries. For a century, these images barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However, in the 1980s, the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in doing so found many further extraordinary images. Join the authors on the path from basic mathematical ideas to



the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can follow the step-by-step instructions for writing programs that generate the images. Others can see how the images relate to ideas at the forefront of research.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910557610003321

Autore

Clemente Filipe

Titolo

Fitness Assessment, Athlete's Monitoring Cycle and Training Interventions in Team Sports

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Soggetti

Humanities

Social interaction

History

Social and ethical issues

yangara (East Arnhemland NT SD53-04)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Team sports training are progressively growing, and thus challenging strength and conditioning coaches and head coaches. As part of a well-prepared training strategy, it is important to establish a functional relationship among fitness assessment, load, and well-being monitoring and readiness analysis to identify the consequences of training stimulus for players. Each of these topics has already been isolated in research; however, it is important to bridge the gap between them and establish a greater and more comprehensive approach among fitness adaptations, training monitoring, and specific interventions performed. This may help us to achieve a clearer view of the big picture in terms of the consequences for players, such as,



considering their exposure to successful biological adaptations or less successful cases, including illness or injuries. As it is clear that more research should be performed on the relationship among these dimensions and topics, the aim of the Special Issue on "Fitness Assessment, Athlete's Monitoring Cycle and Training Interventions in Team Sports" was to publish high-quality original investigations, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis in the research field of team sports. We have published 22 articles that cover the topics of performance assessment and relationships between fitness measures; training load monitoring, well-being, and readiness in team sports;training interventions; complementary strategies for performance (e.g., nutrition, supplementation, psychology, injury preventions, and recovery); and determinants of illness and injuries in players.