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This is a collection of four lectures on some mathematical aspects related to the nonlinear Boltzmann equation.

This comprehensive reference volume, suitable for graduate teaching, includes problems, exercises, solutions and an extensive bibliography.

The International Conference on Fundamental Sciences: Mathematics and Theoretical Physics provided a forum for reviewing some of the significant developments in mathematics and theoretical physics in the 20th century; for the leading theorists in these fields to expound and discuss their views on new ideas and trends in the basic sciences as the new millennium approached; for increasing public awareness of the importance of basic research in mathematics and theoretical physics; and for promoting a high level of interest in mathematics and theoretical physics among school students and teachers.

This monograph describes mathematical methods applicable to studying nonclassical problems of mathematical physics.

Similarities, differences, advantages and limitations of perturbation techniques are pointed out concisely.

The book offers detailed treatment on fundamental concepts of fracture mechanics.

This book examines fuzzy relational calculus theory with applications in various engineering subjects.

This book frames and demonstrates the best of modern morphometric methods, bridging the gap between biostatistics and organismal biology.

In this second edition, the following recent papers have been added: "e;Gauss Codes, Quantum Groups and Ribbon Hopf Algebras"e;, "e;Spin Networks, Topology and Discrete Physics"e;, "e;Link Polynomials and a Graphical Calculus"e; and "e;Knots Tangles and Electrical Networks"e;.

Over the last two decades, topological ideas have found increasingly more applications in quantum field theory.

The combined finite discrete element method is a relatively new computational tool aimed at problems involving static and / or dynamic behaviour of systems involving a large number of solid deformable bodies.

This book deals with the boundary value problems for non-regular partial differential equations in the half-plane.

This proceedings volume focusses on the applications of geometry in present day science.

This book is an introductory course to accelerator physics at the level of graduate students.

Time is considered as an independent entity which cannot be reduced to the concept of matter, space or field.

These proceedings contain lecture notes on computer algebra, cosmological models, quantum cosmology, and black hole physics.

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This book is a reissue of classic textbook of mathematical methods.

In response to demand, the author has written a new chapter on the subject of least squares estimation.

This book contains thirty-six short papers on recent progress in a variety of subjects in mathematical and theoretical physics, written for the proceedings of a symposium in honor of the seventieth birthday of Professor F Y Wu, held at the Nankai Institute of Mathematics, October 7-11, 2001.

An engaging, accessible introduction into how numbers work and why we shouldn't be afraid of them, from maths expert Rachel Riley.

A student-friendly Analysis textbook suitable as an undergraduate course book or for self-study.

Linear and non-linear models of populations, molecular evolution, phylogenetic tree construction, genetics, and infectious diseases are presented with minimal prerequisites.

This book on modelling and simulation in biomathematics will be invaluable to researchers who are interested in the emerging areas of the field.

Noncommutative algebras, rings and other noncommutative objects, along with their more classical commutative counterparts, have become a key part of modern mathematics, physics and many other fields.

Some of the most effective gauges in field theory are noncovariant gauges of the axial kind, such as the light-cone gauge and the temporal gauge.

This book provides a panorama of modern techniques in the asymptotic analysis of classical and quantum fields in general relativity.

Some of the most active practitioners in the field of integrable systems have been asked to describe what they think of as the problems and results which seem to be most interesting and important now and are likely to influence future directions.

Statistics lectures have been a source of much bewilderment and frustration for generations of students.

This volume introduces readers to the world of disordered systems and to some of the remarkable probabilistic techniques developed in the field.

An accessible and up-to-date treatment featuring the connection between neural networks and statistics A Statistical Approach to Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition presents a statistical treatment of the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), which is the most widely used of the neural network models.

This completely revised edition provides a comprehensive tour of the mathematical knowledge and techniques needed by students across the physical sciences.

Recent groundbreaking discoveries in physics, including the discovery of the Higgs Boson and gravitational waves, have relied on chi-squared analysis and model testing, a data analysis method.

Leonhard Euler zählt zu den größten Mathematikern aller Zeiten.

Iteration theory has its roots in the operation of substituting functions into itself.

This is the first volume of the second edition of the standard text on design theory.

The author uses a unique approach which emphasizes the field theoretic aspects of gravitation and the strong analogies between gravitation and the other areas that are studied in physics.

The possible upgrade of LHC or a future generation of colliders at the extreme limits of energy and luminosity will require detectors based on very advanced technological solutions to fully exploit the physics opportunities offered.

In this volume, topics such as the AdS/CFT correspondence, non-BPS states, noncommutative gauge theories and the Randall-Sundrum scenario are discussed.

This volume of proceedings consists of 14 invited papers.

This is the fourth conference on "e;Supersymmetry and Perturbation Theory"e; (SPT 2002).

The aim of the Workshop was to bring together scientists involved in approaching topical problems in mathematical physics by probabilistic methods.