Autore	Nahin Paul J
Edizione	[With a New preface by the author]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, : Princeton University Press, 2012, c2007
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (285 p.)
Disciplina	519.3/2
Collana	Princeton puzzlers
Soggetto topico	Differential games
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4008-4206-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the Paperback Edition -- What You Need to Know to Read This Book (and How I Learned What I Needed to Know to Write It) -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Classic Pursuit Problem -- Chapter 2. Pursuit of (Mostly) Maneuvering Targets -- Chapter 3. Cyclic Pursuit -- Chapter 4. Seven Classic Evasion Problems -- Appendix A. Solution to the Challenge Problems of Section 1.1 -- Appendix B. Solutions to the Challenge Problems of Section 1.2 -- Appendix C. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 1.5 -- Appendix D. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 2.2 -- Appendix E. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 2.3 -- Appendix F. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 2.5 -- Appendix G. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 3.2 -- Appendix H. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 4.3 -- Appendix I. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 4.4 -- Appendix J. Solution to the Challenge Problem of Section 4.7 -- Appendix K. Guelman's Proof -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Backmatter
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Autore	Nahin Paul J
Edizione	[1st ed. 2014.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (235 p.)
Disciplina	201.680938762
Collana	Science and Fiction
Soggetto topico	Physics Popular works Religion—Philosophy Philosophy and science Philosophy History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Popular Science, general Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Technology
ISBN	1-4939-0618-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. Introduction -- Author’s Note One -- God and Skepticism -- God, Fantasy, and Science Fiction -- God and Science -- Author’s Note Two -- 2. Religious Science Fiction Before Science Fiction -- The 'Start' of Modern SF -- Before the 'Start' of SF -- Early Theological SF -- Theological Maturity -- 3. Time, Space, God's Omniscience, and Free Will -- What is Time? -- Time in SF and Theology -- The Four-Dimensional World -- The Block Universe -- God's Omniscience in Theology and SF -- 4. Religious Robots -- Alan Turing, Artificial Minds, and the Souls of Machines -- Asimov’s Robotic Laws -- Robots and God -- 5. Computers as God -- Computers as Local Gods -- Computers as Planet-Wide Gods -- Computers as Known Universe Gods -- 6. Space Travel, Radio, and Alien Encounters -- The Fiction of Interstellar Space Travel -- Theology and Early Fictional Alien Encounters -- Interstellar Radio Messages -- Direct Encounters -- 7. Time Traveling to Jesus -- Time Travel: Fact or Fantasy -- Theology and the Past -- Jesus and Time Travelers -- Quantum Mechanics and God -- 8. What if God Revealed Himself? -- Not So Serious Speculations -- The End of It All -- Appendix 1: Matching Wits with 'God' -- Appendix 2: (fantasy) "Some Things Just Have to Be Done By Hand!" and "The Next Time Around" -- Appendix 3: (science fiction): "A Father's Gift" -- Appendix 4: "Applied Mathematical Theology" (Gregory Benford) -- Appendix 5: "Gravity's Whispers" (Gregory Benford) -- Bibliography of Short Stories Cited.
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Autore	Nahin Paul J
Edizione	[2nd ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (542 pages)
Disciplina	530
Collana	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Physics Applied mathematics Engineering mathematics Functions of real variables Sequences (Mathematics) Functions of complex variables Mathematical Methods in Physics Mathematical and Computational Engineering Real Functions Sequences, Series, Summability Functions of a Complex Variable
ISBN	3-030-43788-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	From the Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- ‘Easy’ Integrals -- Feynman’s Favorite Trick -- Gamma and Beta Function Integrals -- Using Power Series to Evaluate Integrals -- Seven Not-So-Easy Integrals -- Using √(-1) to Evaluate Integrals -- Contour Integration -- Epilogue -- Solutions to the Challenge Problems.
Record Nr.	UNISA-996418181803316

Autore	Nahin Paul J
Edizione	[2nd ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (542 pages)
Disciplina	530
Collana	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Mathematical physics Engineering mathematics Engineering - Data processing Functions of real variables Sequences (Mathematics) Functions of complex variables Mathematical Methods in Physics Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications Real Functions Sequences, Series, Summability Functions of a Complex Variable
ISBN	3-030-43788-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	From the Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- ‘Easy’ Integrals -- Feynman’s Favorite Trick -- Gamma and Beta Function Integrals -- Using Power Series to Evaluate Integrals -- Seven Not-So-Easy Integrals -- Using √(-1) to Evaluate Integrals -- Contour Integration -- Epilogue -- Solutions to the Challenge Problems.
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Autore	Nahin Paul J
Edizione	[1st ed. 2015.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (XXIII, 412 p. 34 illus., 1 illus. in color.)
Disciplina	515/.4
Collana	Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics
Soggetto topico	Mathematical physics Mathematical analysis Engineering mathematics Engineering - Data processing Sequences (Mathematics) Integral equations Mathematical Methods in Physics Integral Transforms and Operational Calculus Mathematical and Computational Engineering Applications Sequences, Series, Summability Integral Equations
ISBN	1-4939-1277-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	From the Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- ‘Easy’ Integrals -- Feynman’s Favorite Trick -- Gamma and Beta Function Integrals -- Using Power Series to Evaluate Integrals -- Seven Not-So-Easy Integrals -- Using √(-1) to Evaluate Integrals -- Contour Integration -- Epilogue -- Solutions to the Challenge Problems.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910300406903321