Groups and group theory

This book provides a diverse collection of studies reporting the effects of social influence processes in multiple cultures at both the universal and culture-specific levels.

This third edition again brings together interdisciplinary contributions to provide a comprehensive and multifaceted resource that reflects the breadth and depth of research on family communication and family relationships.

This is the first fundamental book devoted to non-Kolmogorov probability models.

This book gathers original research papers and survey articles presented at the "e;International Conference on Class Groups of Number Fields and Related Topics,"e; held at Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India, on September 4-7, 2017.

Although the study of dynamical systems is mainly concerned with single trans- formations and one-parameter flows (i.

This book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing (IMECC) of the University of Campinas, Brazil, by offering reviews of selected research developed at one of the most prestigious mathematics institutes in Latin America.

This book is based on a course given at the University of Chicago in 1980-81.

Theory of permutation group algorithms for graduates and above.

Intergroup competition and conflict create pervasive problems in human society, giving rise to such phenomena as prejudice, terrorism, ethnic cleansing, and interstate war.

En cierta forma se puede considerar este libro como prolongación del curso del mismo autor Lecciones de Álgebra moderna, publicado por esta Editorial, y lo que de él se dice es aplicable a éste.

This monograph is devoted to various types of algebras of functions with n variables.

Quantum Yang-Mills theory is now the foundation of most of elementary particle theory, and its predictions have been tested at many experimental laboratories, but its mathematical foundation is still unclear.

This volume resulted from presentations given at the international "e;Brainstorming Workshop on New Developments in Discrete Mechanics, Geometric Integration and Lie-Butcher Series"e;, that took place at the Instituto de Ciencias Matematicas (ICMAT) in Madrid, Spain.

Symmetry is one of the most important organising principles in the natural sciences.

This highly readable book aims to ease the many challenges of starting undergraduate research.

Computers have stretched the limits of what is possible in mathematics.

This textbook provides an introduction to representations of general *-algebras by unbounded operators on Hilbert space, a topic that naturally arises in quantum mechanics but has so far only been properly treated in advanced monographs aimed at researchers.

The volume is a follow-up to the INdAM meeting "e;Special metrics and quaternionic geometry"e; held in Rome in November 2015.

This book presents a collection of carefully refereed research articles and lecture notes stemming from the Conference "e;Automorphic Forms and L-Functions"e;, held at the University of Heidelberg in 2016.

Is human nature cooperative?

The modular representation theory of Iwahori-Hecke algebras and this theory's connection to groups of Lie type is an area of rapidly expanding interest; it is one that has also seen a number of breakthroughs in recent years.

This Handbook is a comprehensive and scholarly overview of the latest research on prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination.

The most important invariant of a topological space is its fundamental group.

This second edition is fully updated, covering in particular new types of coherent states (the so-called Gazeau-Klauder coherent states, nonlinear coherent states, squeezed states, as used now routinely in quantum optics) and various generalizations of wavelets (wavelets on manifolds, curvelets, shearlets, etc.

This groundbreaking volume explores how family communication influences the perennial and controversial topic of race.

This book presents some of the basic ideas and tools of quantum field theory to a mathematical audience.

A comprehensive treatment of the theory.

What are the ultimate motives that instigate individuals' behaviours?

This textbook provides an introduction to fundamental concepts of algebra at upper undergraduate to graduate level, covering the theory of rings, fields and modules, as well as the representation theory of finite groups.

Als mehrbändiges Nachschlagewerk ist das Springer-Handbuch der Mathematik in erster Linie für wissenschaftliche Bibliotheken, akademische Institutionen und Firmen sowie interessierte Individualkunden in Forschung und Lehre gedacht.

It is impossible to understand human behavior without understanding the critical role that groups play in people's lives.

Through an empathetic and positive approach to interpersonal communication, this book guides readers to build on the skills they already possess to communicate-and connect-with others.

From Crowd Psychology to the Dynamics of Large Groups offers transdisciplinary research on the history of the study of social formations, ranging from nineteenth-century crowd psychology in France and twentieth-century Freudian mass psychology, including the developments in critical theory, to the study of the psychodynamics of contemporary large groups.

In this groundbreaking volume, Vezzali and Stathi present their research program within the larger contact literature, examining classic theories and current empirical findings, to show how they can be used to reduce prejudice and negative attitudes.

This volume consists of twenty articles stemming from presentations given at the 2023 Integers Conference.

The objectives of the volume are to direct the field's attention to the unique value of studying interactions between members of different groups and to offer the most up-to-date summaries of prominent and cutting-edge scholarship on this topic written by leading scholars in the field.

This is an all-encompassing and exhaustive exposition of the theory of infinite-dimensional Unitary Representations of Locally Compact Groups and its generalization to representations of Banach algebras.

The last decade witnessed an increasing interest of mathematicians in prob- lems originated in mathematical physics.

This book is summarizing the results of the workshop "e;Uniform Distribution and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods"e; of the RICAM Special Semester on "e;Applications of Algebra and Number Theory"e; in October 2013.

This book discusses the mathematical interests of Joachim Schwermer, who throughout his career has focused on the cohomology of arithmetic groups, automorphic forms and the geometry of arithmetic manifolds.