Authors:James Dugundji,  Andrzej Grana,
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: theory, point, fixed
Number of Pages: 708
Published: 2010-02-19
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1441918051
ISBN-13: 9781441918055

"Granas-Dugundji’s book is an encyclopedic survey of the classical fixed point theory of continuous maps (the work of Poincaré, Brouwer, Lefschetz-Hopf, Leray-Schauder) and all its various modern extensions. This is certainly the most learned book ever likely to be published on this subject." -Felix Browder, Rutgers University "The theory of Fixed Points is one of the most powerful tools of modern mathematics. Not only is it used on a daily basis in pure and applied mathematics, but it also serves as a bridge between Analysis and Topology, and provides a very fruitful area of interactio

Author: John B. Conway
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: analysis, functional, course
Number of Pages: 420
Published: 2010-02-19
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 1441930922
ISBN-13: 9781441930927

This book is an introductory text in functional analysis, aimed at the graduate student with a firm background in integration and measure theory. Unlike many modern treatments, this book begins with the particular and works its way to the more general, helping the student to develop an intuitive feel for the subject. For example, the author introduces the concept of a Banach space only after having introduced Hilbert spaces, and discussing their properties. The student will also appreciate the large number of examples and exercises which have been included.

Authors:Neville H. Fletcher,  Thomas D. Rossing,
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: instruments, musical, physics
Number of Pages: 780
Published: 2010-02-19
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 1441931201
ISBN-13: 9781441931207

This thoroughly comprehensive and highly respected reference organizes what is known of the hows and whys behind the production and tonality of musical tones produced by the complete gamut of Western musical instruments. Addressed to readers who are not put off by a little physics and mathematics, this revised study edition describes the results of recent and historical acoustical investigations. 486 illustrations. Approx.

Authors:Susan M. Houston,  Lisa Anne Bove,
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: informatics, healthcare, management, project
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-12-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1441925279
ISBN-13: 9781441925275

Nurses are constantly involved with projects; staff nurses develop plans of care, nurse managers determine projected staffing patterns, staff development instructors create courses, informatics nurses implement software applications. The project management process can be utilized to facilitate these and many other nursing projects. Project Management for Healthcare Informatics will provide an explanation of the project management process tailored for nurses through its use of real clinical examples. In the first chapters, the project management process will be described in detail along with it

Author: Gregoire Allaire
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: method, homogenization, optimization, shape
Number of Pages: 476
Published: 2010-02-19
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 1441929428
ISBN-13: 9781441929426

"The book is very well structured, very clearly written, very well motivated, and complete in its treatment of modeling, analysis and simulation. It will be a basic reference for whoever wants to deeply understand homogenization from the point of view of its application to optimal design. The treatment is right to the point, a quality that is very much appreciated by readers. In summary, I believe this text may become a main source for the subject of optimal design and shape optimization." -Mathematical Reviews

Author: David W. Hafemeister
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: physics, energy, undergraduate, texts, contemporary, environment, security, societal, issues, calculations, national
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2007-05-04
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 0387955607
ISBN-13: 9780387955605

Why this book on the Physics of Societal Issues? The subdivisions of physics - nuclear physics, particle physics, condensed-matter physics, biophysics - have their textbooks, while the subdivision of physics and society lacks an equation-oriented text on the physics of arms, energy and the environment. Physics of Societal Issues is intended for undergraduate and doctoral students who may work on applied topics, or who simply want to know why things are the way they are. Decisions guiding policies on nuclear arms, energy and the environment often seem mysterious and contradictory. What is the s

Authors:Richard J. Cook, Jerald F. Lawless,
Publisher: Springer New York
Keywords: events, recurrent, analysis, statistical
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2009-11-23
List price: $89.95
ISBN-10: 1441924159
ISBN-13: 9781441924155

Recurrent event data arise in diverse fields such as medicine, public health, insurance, social science, economics, manufacturing and reliability. The purpose of this book is to present models and statistical methods for the analysis of recurrent event data. No single comprehensive treatment of these areas currently exists. The authors provide broad but detailed coverage of the major approaches to analysis, while also emphasizing the modeling assumptions that they are based on. Thus, they consider important models such as Poisson and renewal processes, with extensions to incorporate covariates