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The systole of a compact metric space $X$ is a metric invariant of $X$, defined as the least length of a noncontractible loop in $X$. When $X$ is a graph, the invariant is usually referred to as the girth, ever since the 1947 article by W. Tutte. The first nontrivial results for systoles of surfaces are the two classical inequalities of C. Loewner and P. Pu, relying on integral-geometric identities, in the case of the two-dimensional torus and real projective plane, respectively. Currently, systolic geometry is a rapidly developing field, which studies systolic invariants in their relation to other geometric invariants of a manifold. This book presents the systolic geometry of manifolds and ...
This book is an expanded text for a graduate course in commutative algebra, focusing on the algebraic underpinnings of algebraic geometry and of number theory. Accordingly, the theory of affine algebras is featured, treated both directly and via the theory of Noetherian and Artinian modules, and the theory of graded algebras is included to provide the foundation for projective varieties. Major topics include the theory of modules over a principal ideal domain, and its applicationsto matrix theory (including the Jordan decomposition), the Galois theory of field extensions, transcendence degree, the prime spectrum of an algebra, localization, and the classical theory of Noetherian and Artinian...
The articles in this collection present new results in combinatorics, algebra, algebraic geometry, dynamical systems, analysis, and probability. Of particular interest is the survey article by A. N. Kirillov devoted to combinatorics of Young diagrams and related problems of representation theory. Also included are articles devoted to the eightieth birthday of renowned Russian mathematician, V. A. Rokhlin, ``Remembrances of V. A. Rokhlin'', by I. R. Shafarevich, and ``An Unfinished Project of V.A. Rokhlin'', by V. N. Sudakov. The results, ideas, and methods given in the book will be of interest to a broad range of specialists.
Operads are mathematical devices which describe algebraic structures of many varieties and in various categories. From their beginnings in the 1960s, they have developed to encompass such areas as combinatorics, knot theory, moduli spaces, string field theory and deformation quantization.
The notion of complexity is an important contribution of logic to theoretical computer science and mathematics. This volume attempts to approach complexity in a holistic way, investigating mathematical properties of complexity hierarchies at the same time as discussing algorithms and computational properties. A main focus of the volume is on some of the new paradigms of computation, among them Quantum Computing and Infinitary Computation. The papers in the volume are tied together by an introductory article describing abstract properties of complexity hierarchies. This volume will be of great interest to both mathematical logicians and theoretical computer scientists, providing them with new insights into the various views of complexity and thus shedding new light on their own research.
This volume contains articles based on talks given at the Robert Brooks Memorial Conference on Geometry and Spectral Theory and the Workshop on Groups, Geometry and Dynamics held at Technion - the Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa). Robert Brooks' (1952 - 2002) broad range of mathematical interests is represented in the volume, which is devoted to various aspects of global analysis, spectral theory, the theory of Riemann surfaces, Riemannian and discrete geometry, and numbertheory. A survey of Brooks' work has been written by his close colleague, Peter Buser. Also included in the volume are articles on analytic topics, such as Szego's theorem, and on geometric topics, such as isoperimetric inequalities and symmetries of manifolds. The book is suitable for graduate studentsand researchers interested in various aspects of geometry and global analysis.
This volume grew out of a conference in honor of Boris Korenblum on the occasion of his 80th birthday, held in Barcelona, Spain, November 20-22, 2003. The book is of interest to researchers and graduate students working in the theory of spaces of analytic function, and, in particular, in the theory of Bergman spaces.
Experts in the theory of finite groups and in representation theory provide insight into various aspects of group theory, such as the classification of finite simple groups, character theory, groups with special properties, table algebras, etc. Information for our distributors include: This book is co-published with Bar-Ilan University (Ramat-Gan, Israel).
This volume is the first of two volumes representing leading themes of current research in nonlinear analysis and optimization. The articles are written by prominent researchers in these two areas and bring the readers, advanced graduate students and researchers alike, to the frontline of the vigorous research in these important fields of mathematics. This volume contains articles on nonlinear analysis. Topics covered include the convex feasibility problem, fixed point theory, mathematical biology, Mosco stability, nonexpansive mapping theory, nonlinear partial differential equations, optimal control, the proximal point algorithm and semigroup theory. The companion volume (Contemporary Mathe...