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UNINA9910707190003321 |
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Titolo |
American armies and battlefields in Europe : a history, guide, and reference book / / prepared by the American Battle Monuments Commission |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : American Battle Monuments Commission, , 1938 |
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[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Government Printing Office |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 547 pages, 5 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) |
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World War, 1914-1918 - United States |
Cemeteries - France |
Cemeteries - Belgium |
Cemeteries - Great Britain |
Soldiers' monuments - France |
Soldiers' monuments - Belgium |
Soldiers' monuments - Great Britain |
Cemeteries |
Soldiers' monuments |
Belgium |
France |
Great Britain |
United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"A revision of a book entitled 'A guide to the American Battlefields in Europe' which was published by the Commission in 1927"--Page xi. |
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UNINA9910786748103321 |
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Autore |
Lescop Christine <1966-> |
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Titolo |
Global surgery formula for the Casson-Walker invariant / / by Christine Lescop |
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Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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0-691-02133-3 |
1-4008-6515-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (156 p.) |
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Annals of Mathematics Studies ; ; Number 10 |
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Disciplina |
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Surgery (Topology) |
Three-manifolds (Topology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction and statements of the results -- Chapter 2. The Alexander series of a link in a rational homology sphere and some of its properties -- Chapter 3. Invariance of the surgery formula under a twist homeomorphism -- Chapter 4. The formula for surgeries starting from rational homology spheres -- Chapter 5. The invariant A. for 3-manifolds with nonzero rank -- Chapter 6. Applications and variants of the surgery formula -- Appendix. More about the Alexander series -- Bibliography -- Index |
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This book presents a new result in 3-dimensional topology. It is well known that any closed oriented 3-manifold can be obtained by surgery on a framed link in S 3. In Global Surgery Formula for the Casson-Walker Invariant, a function F of framed links in S 3 is described, and it is proven that F consistently defines an invariant, lamda (l), of closed oriented 3-manifolds. l is then expressed in terms of previously known invariants of 3-manifolds. For integral homology spheres, l is the invariant introduced by Casson in 1985, which allowed him to solve old and famous questions in 3-dimensional topology. l becomes simpler as the first Betti number increases. As an explicit function of Alexander polynomials and surgery coefficients of framed links, the function F extends in a natural way to framed links in rational homology spheres. |
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It is proven that F describes the variation of l under any surgery starting from a rational homology sphere. Thus F yields a global surgery formula for the Casson invariant. |
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UNINA9910797395703321 |
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Titolo |
Islam and human rights : advancing a U.S.-Muslim dialogue / / edited by Shireen T. Hunter with Huma Malik |
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Washington, District of Columbia : , : Center for Strategic and International Studies, , [2005] |
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©2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Significant issues series, , 0736-7136 ; ; volume 27, number 5 |
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Human rights - Religious aspects - Islam |
Human rights - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction / Shireen T. Hunter -- Evolving concepts of human rights / Ann Elizabeth Mayer -- Is there a distinctly Islamic view of human rights, and is it compatible with the universal declaration of human rights? / Khaled Abou El Fadl -- Women's rights in Islam / Riffat Hassan -- Minority rights in Islam : from dhimmi to citizen / Recep Senturk -- The causes of Muslim countries' poor record of human rights / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Human rights and U.S. foreign policy : reconciling ideals and interests / Robert Pastor -- Conclusions / Shireen T. Hunter. |
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<span><span>In the last few years, issues related to human rights have acquired great importance in shaping the character of U.S.-Muslim relations. Many Muslims doubt the seriousness of the U.S. commitment to the cause of human rights and democracy in the Muslim world, believing that the United States applies human rights' standards selectively to suit its strategic and economic interests. Irrespective of the validity of these charges, they are part of the context of the U.S.-Muslim dialogue on human rights that this volume seeks to |
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