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The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers
| The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers |
| Autore | Byers William |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Acknowledgment (creative arts and sciences)
Algorithm Ambiguity Analogy Approximation Axiom Axiomatic system Basic research Big O notation Calculation Certainty Chaos theory Circumference Computation Concept Conjecture Consciousness Consistency Contingency (philosophy) Continuous function Continuum hypothesis Contradiction Counting David Bohm Dynamism (metaphysics) Emergence Euclidean geometry Explanation Feeling Fermat's Last Theorem Geometry Gestalt psychology Gregory Chaitin Gödel's incompleteness theorems Human behavior Human intelligence Hypothesis Ideology Inference Integer Irrational number Learning Logic Logical reasoning Mathematician Mathematics Measurement Methodology Modernity Molecule Natural number Nature Paradigm shift Paradox Participant Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science Philosophy Platonism Prediction Principle Probability Pythagoreanism Qualitative property Quantification (science) Quantity Quantum mechanics Randomness Rational number Rationality Real number Reality Reason Reductionism Relationship between religion and science Result Science Scientific method Scientific progress Scientific theory Scientist Self-reference Set theory Special case Subatomic particle Subjectivity Suggestion Technology The Philosopher Theorem Theoretical physics Theory of everything Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Uncertainty Universality (philosophy) Writing |
| ISBN |
1-283-00150-0
9786613001504 1-4008-3815-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty -- 1. The Blind Spot -- 2. The Blind Spot Revealed -- 3. Certainty or Wonder? -- 4. A World in Crisis! -- 5. Ambiguity -- 6. Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science -- 7. The Mystery of Number -- 8. Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity -- 9. The Still Point -- 10. Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Curvature and Betti Numbers. (AM-32), Volume 32 / / Kentaro Yano, Salomon Trust
| Curvature and Betti Numbers. (AM-32), Volume 32 / / Kentaro Yano, Salomon Trust |
| Autore | Trust Salomon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
| Disciplina |
513.7
516.7* |
| Collana | Annals of Mathematics Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Curvature
Geometry, Differential |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Abelian integral
Affine connection Algebraic operation Almost periodic function Analytic function Arc length Betti number Coefficient Compact space Complex analysis Complex conjugate Complex dimension Complex manifold Conservative vector field Constant curvature Constant function Continuous function Convex set Coordinate system Covariance and contravariance of vectors Covariant derivative Curvature Derivative Differential form Differential geometry Dimension (vector space) Dimension Einstein manifold Equation Euclidean domain Euclidean geometry Euclidean space Existential quantification Geometry Hausdorff space Hypersphere Killing vector field Kähler manifold Lie group Manifold Metric tensor (general relativity) Metric tensor Mixed tensor One-parameter group Orientability Partial derivative Periodic function Permutation Quantity Ricci curvature Riemannian manifold Scalar (physics) Sectional curvature Self-adjoint Special case Subset Summation Symmetric tensor Symmetrization Tensor algebra Tensor calculus Tensor field Tensor Theorem Torsion tensor Two-dimensional space Uniform convergence Uniform space Unit circle Unit sphere Unit vector Vector field |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8220-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter I. Riemannian Manifold -- Chapter II. Harmonic and Killing Vectors -- Chapter III. Harmonic and Killing Tensors -- Chapter IV. Harmonic and Killing Tensors in Flat Manifolds -- Chapter V. Deviation from Flatness -- Chapter VI. Semi-simple Group Spaces -- Chapter VII. Pseudo-harmonic Tensors and Pseudo-Killing Tensors in Metric Manifolds with Torsion -- Chapter VIII. Kaehler Manifold -- Chapter IX. Supplements / Bochner, S. -- Bibliography -- Backmatter |
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Trust Salomon
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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Encounters with Euclid : how an ancient Greek geometry text shaped the world / / Benjamin Wardhaugh
| Encounters with Euclid : how an ancient Greek geometry text shaped the world / / Benjamin Wardhaugh |
| Autore | Wardhaugh Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) : 34 b/w illus |
| Disciplina | 516.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geometry
Mathematics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Early works. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Alfred North Whitehead
Baruch Spinoza Bodleian Library Copernicus Edna St. Vincent Millay Euclidean geometry Galileo Galilei Galileo Hobbes Johannes Kepler Kepler Platonic solids Proclus Ptolemaic Egypt Pythagorean theorem Spinoza Thales' theorem Thomas Hobbes Vatican Library book history geometric algebra golden ratio great books history of math history of mathematics history of the book lemma logic mathematical proofs music theory parallel postulate perspective plane geometry prime numbers |
| ISBN | 0-691-21981-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- I: AUTHOR -- Alexandria -- Elephantine -- Hypsicles -- Theon of Alexandria -- Stephanos the scribe -- Al-Hajjaj -- Adelard -- Erhard Ratdolt -- Marget Seymer her hand -- Edward Bernard -- Interlude -- II: SAGE -- Plato -- Proclus Diadochus -- Hroswitha of Gandersheim -- Rabbi Levi ben Gershom -- Christoph Clavius -- Xu Guangqi -- Blame not our author -- Baruch Spinoza -- Anne Lister -- Interlude -- III: HERO -- Petechonsis -- Dividing the monochord -- Hyginus -- Muhammad Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani -- Lady Geometria -- Piero della Francesca -- Euclid Speidell -- Isaac Newton -- Interlude -- IV: SHADOW AND MASK -- Mary Fairfax -- François Peyrard -- Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii -- Maggie and Tom -- Simson in Urdu -- His modern rivals -- Thomas Little Heath -- Max Ernst -- Euclidean designs -- Lambda -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Image Credits -- Notes on Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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Wardhaugh Benjamin
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| Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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Lectures on Differential Equations. (AM-14), Volume 14 / / Solomon Lefschetz
| Lectures on Differential Equations. (AM-14), Volume 14 / / Solomon Lefschetz |
| Autore | Lefschetz Solomon |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Disciplina | 517.38 |
| Collana | Annals of Mathematics Studies |
| Soggetto topico | Differential equations |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Abscissa
Absolute value Addition Adjoint Algebraic topology Antiderivative Approximation Canonical form Cartesian coordinate system Characteristic equation Characteristic exponent Circumference Coefficient matrix Coefficient Compact space Complex number Complex plane Complex-valued function Condition index Conformal map Connected space Conservation of energy Continuous function Convex hull Coordinate system Corollary Degrees of freedom (statistics) Derivative Determinant Diagram (category theory) Differentiable function Differential equation Dimension Dissipation Eigenvalues and eigenvectors Empty set Entire function Equation Euclidean geometry Euclidean space Existence theorem Existential quantification Exterior (topology) Holomorphic function Homogeneous polynomial Inflection point Initial point Integer Intersection (set theory) Jacobian matrix and determinant Jordan curve theorem Limit point Limit set Line at infinity Linear differential equation Linear map Lipschitz continuity Lyapunov stability Mathematical physics Mathematician Matrix function Maximal set Monotonic function Nonlinear system Notation Open set Parameter Parametric equation Partial derivative Periodic function Phase space Polar coordinate system Polynomial Power series Projective geometry Projective plane Quadratic Radius of convergence Rectangle Regular representation Saddle point Separatrix (mathematics) Set theory Simple polygon Solomon Lefschetz Special case Spherical cap Stereographic projection Subset Summation Theorem Theory Topological property Toroid Two-dimensional space Uniform convergence Upper and lower bounds Variable (mathematics) Vector space Zero of a function |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8194-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. SOME PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS -- CHAPTER II. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS -- CHAPTER III. LINEAR SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER IV. CRITICAL POINTS AND PERIODIC MOTIONS QUESTIONS OF STABILITY -- CHAPTER V. TWO DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER VI. APPLICATION TO CERTAIN EQUATIONS' OF THE SECOND ORDER -- INDEX |
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Lefschetz Solomon
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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Metric Methods of Finsler Spaces and in the Foundations of Geometry. (AM-8) / / Herbert Busemann
| Metric Methods of Finsler Spaces and in the Foundations of Geometry. (AM-8) / / Herbert Busemann |
| Autore | Busemann Herbert |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 516 |
| Collana | Annals of Mathematics Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Generalized spaces
Geometry - Foundations |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Abelian group
Absolute geometry Affine transformation Approximation Arc length Archimedean property Asymptote Axiom A. Axiom Axiomatic system Bernhard Riemann C0 Cartesian coordinate system Closed geodesic Collinearity Compact space Conjecture Conjugate points Constant curvature Convex body Convex curve Convex function Convex hull Convex metric space Convex polygon Convex set Coordinate system Counterexample Covariance and contravariance of vectors Curvature Diameter Differentiable function Dimension (vector space) Dimension Dimensional analysis Elementary proof Ellipse Ellipsoid Elliptic geometry Equation Equidistant Euclidean distance Euclidean geometry Euclidean space Exterior (topology) Geodesic Geodesy Geometry Group theory Hilbert geometry Hilbert space Homogeneous space Homotopy Hyperbola Hyperbolic geometry Hyperbolic motion Hyperplane Infimum and supremum Infinitesimal Intersection (set theory) Invariance theorem Jordan curve theorem Limit point Line at infinity Linear space (geometry) Linear subspace Linearity Metric space Minkowski space Non-Euclidean geometry Non-positive curvature Notation Open problem Parity (mathematics) Perpendicular Pointwise Projective geometry Projective plane Requirement Riemannian geometry Sequence Sign (mathematics) Simply connected space Special case Subgroup Subsequence Subset Tangent cone Tangent space Theorem Theory Three-dimensional space (mathematics) Topological group Topological space Topology Transitive relation Triangle inequality Two-dimensional space Unit circle Unit vector |
| ISBN | 1-4008-8229-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter I. Metric Spaces with Geodesics -- Chapter II. Metric Conditions for Finsler Spaces -- Chapter III. Properties of General S. L. Spaces -- Chapter IV. Spaces with Convex Spheres -- Chapter V. Motions -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Busemann Herbert
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2016] | ||
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The structure of affine buildings [[electronic resource] /] / Richard M. Weiss
| The structure of affine buildings [[electronic resource] /] / Richard M. Weiss |
| Autore | Weiss Richard M (Richard Mark), <1946-> |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (381 p.) |
| Disciplina | 512/.2 |
| Collana | Annals of mathematics studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Buildings (Group theory)
Moufang loops Automorphisms Affine algebraic groups |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Addition
Additive group Additive inverse Algebraic group Algebraic structure Ambient space Associative property Automorphism Big O notation Bijection Bilinear form Bounded set (topological vector space) Bounded set Calculation Cardinality Cauchy sequence Commutative property Complete graph Complete metric space Composition algebra Connected component (graph theory) Consistency Continuous function Coordinate system Corollary Coxeter group Coxeter–Dynkin diagram Diagram (category theory) Diameter Dimension Discrete valuation Division algebra Dot product Dynkin diagram E6 (mathematics) E7 (mathematics) E8 (mathematics) Empty set Equipollence (geometry) Equivalence class Equivalence relation Euclidean geometry Euclidean space Existential quantification Free monoid Fundamental domain Hyperplane Infimum and supremum Jacques Tits K0 Linear combination Mathematical induction Metric space Multiple edges Multiplicative inverse Number theory Octonion Parameter Permutation group Permutation Pointwise Polygon Projective line Quadratic form Quaternion Remainder Root datum Root system Scientific notation Sphere Subgroup Subring Subset Substructure Theorem Topology of uniform convergence Topology Torus Tree (data structure) Tree structure Two-dimensional space Uniform continuity Valuation (algebra) Vector space Without loss of generality |
| ISBN |
1-282-45836-1
9786612458361 1-4008-2905-4 |
| Classificazione | SI 830 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Affine Coxeter Diagrams -- Chapter 2. Root Systems -- Chapter 3. Root Data with Valuation -- Chapter 4. Sectors -- Chapter 5. Faces -- Chapter 6. Gems -- Chapter 7. Affine Buildings -- Chapter 8. The Building at Infinity -- Chapter 9. Trees with Valuation -- Chapter 10. Wall Trees -- Chapter 11. Panel Trees -- Chapter 12. Tree-Preserving Isomorphisms -- Chapter 13. The Moufang Property at Infinity -- Chapter 14. Existence -- Chapter 15. Partial Valuations -- Chapter 16. Bruhat-Tits Theory -- Chapter 17. Completions -- Chapter 18. Automorphisms and Residues -- Chapter 19. Quadrangles of Quadratic Form Type -- Chapter 20. Quadrangles of Indifferent Type -- Chapter 21. Quadrangles of Type E6, E7 and E8 -- Chapter 22. Quadrangles of Type F4 -- Chapter 23. Quadrangles of Involutory Type -- Chapter 24. Pseudo-Quadratic Quadrangles -- Chapter 25. Hexagons -- Chapter 26. Assorted Conclusions -- Chapter 27. Summary of the Classification -- Chapter 28. Locally Finite Bruhat-Tits Buildings -- Chapter 29. Appendix A -- Chapter 30. Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Weiss Richard M (Richard Mark), <1946->
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