Author: William P. Ziemer
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: functions, graduate, texts, variation, mathematics, spaces, differentiable, sobolev, weakly, bounded
Number of Pages: 332
Published: 1989-09-18
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0387970177
ISBN-13: 9780387970172

The major thrust of this book is the analysis of pointwise behavior of Sobolev functions of integer order and BV functions (functions whose partial derivatives are measures with finite total variation). The development of Sobolev functions includes an analysis of their continuity properties in terms of Lebesgue points, approximate continuity, and fine continuity as well as a discussion of their higher order regularity properties in terms of Lp-derivatives. This provides the foundation for further results such as a strong approximation theorem and the comparison of Lp and distributional derivat

Authors:Klaus Ziemer, Jerzy W. Borejsza,
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: lessons, twentieth, century, legacies, europe, authoritarian, regimes, totalitarian
Number of Pages: 607
Published: 2006-02-15
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 1571816410
ISBN-13: 9781571816412

The concept of "Totalitarianism" has been widely, and often hotly, debated, one major issue being whether this term can be equally applied to quite different authoritarian regimes such as fascism, Nazism or communism. This volume is the first attempt to analyze, on a large scale, totalitarian and authoritarian systems in Europe, both in a long-term historical perspective and immediately after their collapse. Often using new archival material, historians, legal scholars, political scientists, and sociologists from western and eastern countries explore traditional concepts and typologies of tota

Authors:William J. Cook, William H. Cunningham, William R.
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
Keywords: optimization, combinatorial
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1997-11-12
List price: $156.00
ISBN-10: 047155894X
ISBN-13: 9780471558941

A complete, highly accessible introduction to one of today’s most exciting areas of applied mathematics One of the youngest, most vital areas of applied mathematics, combinatorial optimization integrates techniques from combinatorics, linear programming, and the theory of algorithms. Because of its success in solving difficult problems in areas from telecommunications to VLSI, from product distribution to airline crew scheduling, the field has seen a ground swell of activity over the past decade. Combinatorial Optimization is an ideal introduction to this mathematical discipline for ad

Authors:William Reichenstein, William W. Jennings, William
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: code, tax, investments, integrating
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2003-01-17
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0471216429
ISBN-13: 9780471216421

Add Value to any Client’s Portfolio With Tax-Saving Strategies "Bill Reichenstein and William Jennings are two of the industry’s very few true pioneers. This book should be on the short list of anyone interested in private wealth management, whether expressed in thousands or millions of dollars." –Jean L. P. Brunel, CFA, Editor of the Journal of Wealth Management and author of Integrated Wealth Management "Reichenstein and Jennings tackle many key issues facing individual investors, including ‘How should you differentiate between the before-tax dollars in retirement acc

Authors:William G. Gale, J. Mark Iwry, David C. John, William
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Keywords: saves, america, way, changing, automatic
Number of Pages: 278
Published: 2009-08-04
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0815702787
ISBN-13: 9780815702788

Automatic offers an innovative new way to think about how Americans can save for retirement.Over the past quarter century, America’s pension system has shifted away from defined benefit plans and toward defined contribution savings programs such as 401(k)s and IRAs. There is much to be done to improve the defined contribution system. Many workers fail to participate and those who do often contribute too little, invest the funds poorly, and are not adequately prepared to manage funds while in retirement.To resolve these problems, the authors propose that employees should be automatically

Authors:William S. Laufer, William Merton, Freda Adler, Willi
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Keywords: theory, volume, criminology, advances, legacy, anomie
Number of Pages: 449
Published: 1999-11-01
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 0765806622
ISBN-13: 9780765806628

Authors:Daniel Goleman, William Peace, William Pagonis, To
Publisher: Harvard Business Pre
Keywords: leadership, breakthrough, review, business, harvard
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-05-07
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 1578518059
ISBN-13: 9781578518050

The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series is designed to bring today’s managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. From the preeminent thinkers whose work has defined an entire field to the rising stars who will redefine the way we think about business, here are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for ambitious businesspeople in organizations around the globe. This collection features an all-new roundtable discussion with a unique "closing essay" on