Author: G. Birkhoff
Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society
Keywords: proceedings, mathematics, applied, symposia, orbit, theory
Number of Pages: 195
Published: 1959-06
List price: $41.00
ISBN-10: 0821813099
ISBN-13: 9780821813096

Author: Garrett Birkhoff
Publisher: Society for Industrial Mathematic
Keywords: conference, series, applied, mathematics, regional, nsf, solution, elliptic, equations, cbms, numerical
Number of Pages: 89
Published: 1987-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0898710014
ISBN-13: 9780898710014

A concise survey of the current state of knowledge in 1972 about solving elliptic boundary-value eigenvalue problems with the help of a computer. This volume provides a case study in scientific computing -- the art of utilizing physical intuition, mathematical theorems and algorithms, and modern computer technology to construct and explore realistic models of problems arising in the natural sciences and engineering.Book DescriptionA concise survey of the current state of knowledge in 1972 about solving elliptic boundary-value eigenvalue problems with the help of a computer. This volume provide

Author: Garrett Birkhoff
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: mathematical, soc, amer, publications, theory, colloquium, lattice
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 1940-12-31
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0821810251
ISBN-13: 9780821810255

The purpose of the third edition is threefold: to make the deeper ideas of lattice theory accessible to mathematicians generally, to portray its structure, and to indicate some of its most interesting applications. This 1996 reprint includes expanded and updated Additional References.

Authors:Garrett Birkhoff, R.S. Varga,
Publisher: Amer Mathematical Society
Keywords: siam, ams, proceedings, physics, continuum, solution, field, problems, numerical
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1970-12-31
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0821813218
ISBN-13: 9780821813218

Authors:Saunders Mac Lane, Garret Birkhoff,
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: publishing, chelsea, ams, algebra
Number of Pages: 626
Published: 1999-02-11
List price: $62.00
ISBN-10: 0821816462
ISBN-13: 9780821816462

This book presents modern algebra from first principles and is accessible to undergraduates or graduates. It combines standard materials and necessary algebraic manipulations with general concepts that clarify meaning and importance. This conceptual approach to algebra starts with a description of algebraic structures by means of axioms chosen to suit the examples, for instance, axioms for groups, rings, fields, lattices, and vector spaces. This axiomatic approach--emphasized by Hilbert and developed in Germany by Noether, Artin, Van der Waerden, et al., in the 1920s--was popularized for the g

Author: Garrett Birkhoff; Saunders MacLane
Publisher: AK Peters, Ltd.
Keywords: classics, akp, algebra, modern, survey
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1997-01
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1568810687
ISBN-13: 9781568810683

This classic, written by two young instructors who became giants in their field, has shaped the understanding of modern algebra for generations of mathematicians and remains a valuable reference and text for self study and college courses.

Authors:Garrett Birkhoff, Robert E. Lynch,
Publisher: Society for Industrial Mathematics
Keywords: numerical, applied, mathematics, studies, problems, solution, elliptic
Number of Pages: 331
Published: 1987-01-01
List price: $79.50
ISBN-10: 0898714761
ISBN-13: 9780898714760

A study of the art and science of solving elliptic problems numerically, with an emphasis on problems that have important scientific and engineering applications, and that are solvable at moderate cost on computing machines.