LEADER 02259nam 2200457 450 001 996418261203316 005 20210220083737.0 010 $a3-030-53759-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-53759-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011469440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6356032 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-53759-3 035 $a(PPN)250223325 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011469440 100 $a20210220d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn invitation to mathematical physics and its history /$fJont Allen 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XIX, 379 p. 95 illus., 32 illus. in color.) 311 $a3-030-53758-7 327 $aIntroduction -- Number Systems -- Algebraic Equations -- Scalar Calculus -- Vector Calculus. 330 $aThis state of the art book takes an applications based approach to teaching mathematics to engineering and applied sciences students. 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Besides serving as core textbook, this book will also appeal to undergraduate students with cross-disciplinary interests as a supplementary text or reader. 606 $aMathematical physics 606 $aMathematical physics$xHistory 615 0$aMathematical physics. 615 0$aMathematical physics$xHistory. 676 $a530.15 700 $aAllen$b Jont$0994826 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996418261203316 996 $aAn invitation to mathematical physics and its history$92278672 997 $aUNISA LEADER 03727nam 2200505Ia 450 001 9910739411603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4614-7488-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-7488-3 035 $a(OCoLC)857587302 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL6XRN 035 $a(CKB)2670000000530479 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1398438 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000530479 100 $a20130817d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aQuadratic and higher degree forms /$fKrishnaswami Alladi ... [et al.], editors 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York $cSpringer$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 298 pages) 225 0$aDevelopments in mathematics,$x1389-2177 ;$vv. 31 300 $aPapers from three conferences on Quadratic forms in 2009 and 2010. 311 $a1-4614-7487-6 311 $a1-4939-0144-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aPreface -- Toy Models for D. H. Lehmer's Conjecture II (E. Bannai, T. Miezaki) -- On the Representation of an Integer by X2+Y2+Z2 and the Modular Equations of Degree 3 and 5 (A. Berkovich) -- Almost Universal Ternary Sums of Squares and Triangular Numbers (W. Chan, A. Haensch) -- Weighted Generating Functions for Type II Lattices and Codes (N. Elkies, S. Kominers) -- Quadratic and Automorphic Forms (J. Hanke) -- Integral Positive Ternary Quadratic Forms (W. Jagy) -- Some Aspects of the Algebraic Theory of Quadratic Forms (R. Parimala) -- On the Length of Binary Forms (B. Reznick) -- Representation of Quadratic Forms by Integral Quadratic Forms (R. Schulze-Pillot) -- Identifying the Matrix Ring (J. Voight). 330 $aIn the last decade, the areas of quadratic and higher degree forms have witnessed  dramatic advances. This volume is an outgrowth of three seminal conferences on these topics held in 2009, two at the University of Florida and one at the Arizona Winter School.  The volume also includes papers from the two focused weeks on quadratic forms and integral lattices at the University of Florida in 2010.Topics discussed include the links between quadratic forms and automorphic forms, representation of integers and forms by quadratic forms, connections between quadratic forms and lattices,  and algorithms for quaternion algebras  and quadratic forms. The book will be of interest to graduate students and mathematicians wishing to study quadratic and higher degree forms, as well as to established researchers in these areas. Quadratic and Higher Degree Forms contains research and semi-expository papers that stem from the presentations at conferences at the University of Florida as well as survey lectures on quadratic forms based on the instructional workshop for graduate students held at the Arizona Winter School. The survey papers in the volume provide an excellent introduction to various aspects of the theory of quadratic forms starting from the basic concepts and provide a glimpse of some of the exciting questions currently being investigated. 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