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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991003409299707536

Autore

Loday-Richaud, Michèle

Titolo

Divergent Series, summability and resurgence II [e-book] : Simple and multiple summability / by Michèle Loday-Richaud

ISBN

9783319290751

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 0075-8434 ; 2154

Classificazione

AMS 40-02

Disciplina

515.24

Soggetti

Difference equations

Functional equations

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Differential equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Software

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Avant-propos ; Preface to the three volumes ; Introduction to this volume ; 1 Asymptotic Expansions in the Complex Domain ; 2 Sheaves and Čech cohomology ; 3 Linear Ordinary Differential Equations ; 4 Irregularity and Gevrey Index Theorems ; 5 Four Equivalent Approaches to k-Summability ; 6 Tangent-to-Identity Diffeomorphisms ; 7 Six Equivalent Approaches to Multisummability ; Exercises ; Solutions to Exercises ; Index ; Glossary of Notations ; References

Sommario/riassunto

Addressing the question how to “sum” a power series in one variable when it diverges, that is, how to attach to it analytic functions, the volume gives answers by presenting and comparing the various theories of k-summability and multisummability. These theories apply in particular to all solutions of ordinary differential equations. The volume includes applications, examples and revisits, from a cohomological point of view, the group of tangent-to-identity germs of diffeomorphisms of C studied in volume 1. With a view to applying the theories to solutions of differential equations, a detailed survey of linear ordinary differential equations is provided which includes Gevrey asymptotic expansions, Newton polygons, index theorems and Sibuya’s proof of the meromorphic classification theorem that characterizes the



Stokes phenomenon for linear differential equations. This volume is the second of a series of three entitled Divergent Series, Summability and Resurgence. It is aimed at graduate students and researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics who are interested in divergent series, Although closely related to the other two volumes it can be read independently

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784434803321

Titolo

Evolution, rationality, and cognition [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive science for the twenty-first century / / edited by Antonio Zilhao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-23062-1

1-280-29034-X

9786610290345

0-203-01291-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the philosophy of science ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

ZilhãoAntónio <1960->

Disciplina

128/.2

Soggetti

Evolution - Philosophy

Cognition - Philosophy

Rationalism

Cognitive science - Philosophy

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

Part I: Evolution -- Intelligent design is untestable : what about natural selection? / Elliott Sober -- Social learning and the Baldwin effect / David Papineau -- Signals, evolution and the explanatory power of transient information / Brian Skyrms -- Part II: Rationality -- Untangling the evolution of mental representation / Peter Godfrey-Smith -- Innateness and brain-wiring optimization / Christopher Cherniak -- Evolution and the origins of the rational / Inman Harvey -- Part III: Cognition -- How to get around by mind and body : spatial thought, spatial action / Barbara Tversky -- Simulation and the



evolution of mindreading / Chandra Sripada and Alvin Goldman -- Enhancing and augmenting human reasoning / Tim van Gelder.

Sommario/riassunto

Evolutionary thinking has expanded in the last decades, spreading from its traditional stronghold - the explanation of speciation and adaptation in biology - to new domains. Fascinating pieces of work, the essays in this collection attest to the illuminating power of evolutionary thinking when applied to the understanding of the human mind.The contributors to Cognition, Evolution and Rationality use an evolutionary standpoint to approach the nature of the human mind, including both cognitive and behavioural functions. Cognitive science is by its nature an interdisciplinary s