# Shape-Preserving Approximation by Real and Complex Polynomials

Author: Sorin G. Gal

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9780817647032

Category: Mathematics

Page: 352

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First comprehensive treatment in book form of shape-preserving approximation by real or complex polynomials in one or several variables Of interest to grad students and researchers in approximation theory, mathematical analysis, numerical analysis, Computer Aided Geometric Design, robotics, data fitting, chemistry, fluid mechanics, and engineering Contains many open problems to spur future research Rich and updated bibliography

# Analytic Theory of Polynomials

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780198534938

Category: Mathematics

Page: 742

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'A nicely written book that will be useful for scientists, engineers and mathematicians from other fields. It can be strongly recommended as an undergraduate or graduate text and as a comprehensive source for self study.' -EMSPresents easy to understand proofs of some of the most difficult results about polynomials demonstrated by means of applications.

# Forthcoming Books

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# Mathematical Reviews

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# Geometry of Polynomials

Author: Morris Marden

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 0821815032

Category: Electronic books

Page: 243

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During the years since the first edition of this well-known monograph appeared, the subject (the geometry of the zeros of a complex polynomial) has continued to display the same outstanding vitality as it did in the first 150 years of its history, beginning with the contributions of Cauchy and Gauss. Thus, the number of entries in the bibliography of this edition had to be increased from about 300 to about 600 and the book enlarged by one third. It now includes a more extensive treatment of Hurwitz polynomials and other topics. The new material on infrapolynomials, abstract polynomials, and matrix methods is of particular interest.

# Orthogonal Polynomials and Painlevé Equations

Author: Walter Van Assche

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1108441947

Category: Mathematics

Page: N.A

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There are a number of intriguing connections between Painlev� equations and orthogonal polynomials, and this book is one of the first to provide an introduction to these. Researchers in integrable systems and non-linear equations will find the many explicit examples where Painlev� equations appear in mathematical analysis very useful. Those interested in the asymptotic behavior of orthogonal polynomials will also find the description of Painlev� transcendants and their use for local analysis near certain critical points helpful to their work. Rational solutions and special function solutions of Painlev� equations are worked out in detail, with a survey of recent results and an outline of their close relationship with orthogonal polynomials. Exercises throughout the book help the reader to get to grips with the material. The author is a leading authority on orthogonal polynomials, giving this work a unique perspective on Painlev� equations.

# Conformal Invariants

Topics in Geometric Function Theory

Author: Lars Valerian Ahlfors

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 0821852701

Category: Mathematics

Page: 160

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Most conformal invariants can be described in terms of extremal properties. Conformal invariants and extremal problems are therefore intimately linked and form together the central theme of this classic book which is primarily intended for students with approximately a year's background in complex variable theory. The book emphasizes the geometric approach as well as classical and semi-classical results which Lars Ahlfors felt every student of complex analysis should know before embarking on independent research. At the time of the book's original appearance, much of this material had never appeared in book form, particularly the discussion of the theory of extremal length. Schiffer's variational method also receives special attention, and a proof of $\vert a_4\vert \leq 4$ is included which was new at the time of publication. The last two chapters give an introduction to Riemann surfaces, with topological and analytical background supplied to support a proof of the uniformization theorem. Included in this new reprint is a Foreword by Peter Duren, F. W. Gehring, and Brad Osgood, as well as an extensive errata. ... encompasses a wealth of material in a mere one hundred and fifty-one pages. Its purpose is to present an exposition of selected topics in the geometric theory of functions of one complex variable, which in the author's opinion should be known by all prospective workers in complex analysis. From a methodological point of view the approach of the book is dominated by the notion of conformal invariant and concomitantly by extremal considerations. ... It is a splendid offering. --Reviewed for Math Reviews by M. H. Heins in 1975

# Holomorphic Dynamical Systems

Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, July 7-12, 2008

Author: Nessim Sibony,Dierk Schleicher,Dinh Tien Cuong,Marco Brunella,Eric Bedford,Marco Abate

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 3642131700

Category: Mathematics

Page: 348

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The theory of holomorphic dynamical systems is a subject of increasing interest in mathematics, both for its challenging problems and for its connections with other branches of pure and applied mathematics. A holomorphic dynamical system is the datum of a complex variety and a holomorphic object (such as a self-map or a vector ?eld) acting on it. The study of a holomorphic dynamical system consists in describing the asymptotic behavior of the system, associating it with some invariant objects (easy to compute) which describe the dynamics and classify the possible holomorphic dynamical systems supported by a given manifold. The behavior of a holomorphic dynamical system is pretty much related to the geometry of the ambient manifold (for instance, - perbolic manifolds do no admit chaotic behavior, while projective manifolds have a variety of different chaotic pictures). The techniques used to tackle such pr- lems are of variouskinds: complexanalysis, methodsof real analysis, pluripotential theory, algebraic geometry, differential geometry, topology. To cover all the possible points of view of the subject in a unique occasion has become almost impossible, and the CIME session in Cetraro on Holomorphic Dynamical Systems was not an exception.

# An Introduction to Extremal Kähler Metrics

Author: Gábor Székelyhidi

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 1470410478

Category: Mathematics

Page: 192

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A basic problem in differential geometry is to find canonical metrics on manifolds. The best known example of this is the classical uniformization theorem for Riemann surfaces. Extremal metrics were introduced by Calabi as an attempt at finding a higher-dimensional generalization of this result, in the setting of Kähler geometry. This book gives an introduction to the study of extremal Kähler metrics and in particular to the conjectural picture relating the existence of extremal metrics on projective manifolds to the stability of the underlying manifold in the sense of algebraic geometry. The book addresses some of the basic ideas on both the analytic and the algebraic sides of this picture. An overview is given of much of the necessary background material, such as basic Kähler geometry, moment maps, and geometric invariant theory. Beyond the basic definitions and properties of extremal metrics, several highlights of the theory are discussed at a level accessible to graduate students: Yau's theorem on the existence of Kähler-Einstein metrics, the Bergman kernel expansion due to Tian, Donaldson's lower bound for the Calabi energy, and Arezzo-Pacard's existence theorem for constant scalar curvature Kähler metrics on blow-ups.

# Area, Lattice Points, and Exponential Sums

Author: M. N. Huxley

Publisher: Clarendon Press

ISBN: 0191590320

Category: Mathematics

Page: 506

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In analytic number theory a large number of problems can be "reduced" to problems involving the estimation of exponential sums in one or several variables. This book is a thorough treatment of the developments arising from the method developed by Bombieri and Iwaniec in 1986 for estimating the Riemann zeta function on the line *s = 1/2. Huxley and his coworkers (mostly Huxley) have taken this method and vastly extended and improved it. The powerful techniques presented here go considerably beyond older methods for estimating exponential sums such as van de Corput's method. The potential for the method is far from being exhausted, and there is considerable motivation for other researchers to try to master this subject. However, anyone currently trying to learn all of this material has the formidable task of wading through numerous papers in the literature. This book simplifies that task by presenting all of the relevant literature and a good part of the background in one package. The audience for the book will be mathematics graduate students and faculties with a research interest in analytic theory; more specifically, those with an interest in exponential sum methods. The book is self-contained; any graduate student with a one semester course in analytic number theory should have a more than sufficient background.

# Harmonic Morphisms Between Riemannian Manifolds

Author: Paul Baird,John C. Wood

Publisher: Oxford University Press

ISBN: 9780198503620

Category: Mathematics

Page: 520

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This is an account in book form of the theory of harmonic morphisms between Riemannian manifolds. Giving a complete account of the fundamental aspects of the subject, this book is self-contained, assuming only a basic knowledge of differential geometry.

# Bergman Spaces

Author: Peter L. Duren,Alexander Schuster

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 0821808109

Category: Mathematics

Page: 318

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The modern subject of Bergman spaces is a masterful blend of complex function theory with functional analysis and operator theory. It has much in common with Hardy spaces but involves new elements such as hyperbolic geometry, reproducing kernels, and biharmonic Green functions. This book develops background material and provides a self-contained introduction to a broad range of old and new topics in Bergman spaces, including recent advances on interpolation and sampling, contractive zero-divisors, and invariant subspaces. It is accessible to anyone who has studied basic real and complex analysis at the graduate level.

# Real Solutions to Equations from Geometry

Author: Frank Sottile

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 0821853317

Category: Mathematics

Page: 200

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Understanding, finding, or even deciding on the existence of real solutions to a system of equations is a difficult problem with many applications outside of mathematics. While it is hopeless to expect much in general, we know a surprising amount about these questions for systems which possess additional structure often coming from geometry. This book focuses on equations from toric varieties and Grassmannians. Not only is much known about these, but such equations are common in applications. There are three main themes: upper bounds on the number of real solutions, lower bounds on the number of real solutions, and geometric problems that can have all solutions be real. The book begins with an overview, giving background on real solutions to univariate polynomials and the geometry of sparse polynomial systems. The first half of the book concludes with fewnomial upper bounds and with lower bounds to sparse polynomial systems. The second half of the book begins by sampling some geometric problems for which all solutions can be real, before devoting the last five chapters to the Shapiro Conjecture, in which the relevant polynomial systems have only real solutions.

# Geometry of Isotropic Convex Bodies

Author: Silouanos Brazitikos,Apostolos Giannopoulos,Petros Valettas,Beatrice-Helen Vritsiou

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 1470414562

Category: Mathematics

Page: 594

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The study of high-dimensional convex bodies from a geometric and analytic point of view, with an emphasis on the dependence of various parameters on the dimension stands at the intersection of classical convex geometry and the local theory of Banach spaces. It is also closely linked to many other fields, such as probability theory, partial differential equations, Riemannian geometry, harmonic analysis and combinatorics. It is now understood that the convexity assumption forces most of the volume of a high-dimensional convex body to be concentrated in some canonical way and the main question is whether, under some natural normalization, the answer to many fundamental questions should be independent of the dimension. The aim of this book is to introduce a number of well-known questions regarding the distribution of volume in high-dimensional convex bodies, which are exactly of this nature: among them are the slicing problem, the thin shell conjecture and the Kannan-Lovász-Simonovits conjecture. This book provides a self-contained and up to date account of the progress that has been made in the last fifteen years.

# Recurrence Sequences

Author: Graham Everest, Alf van der Poorten,Igor Shparlinski,Thomas Ward

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 1470423154

Category:

Page: 318

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Recurrence sequences are of great intrinsic interest and have been a central part of number theory for many years. Moreover, these sequences appear almost everywhere in mathematics and computer science. This book surveys the modern theory of linear recurrence sequences and their generalizations. Particular emphasis is placed on the dramatic impact that sophisticated methods from Diophantine analysis and transcendence theory have had on the subject. Related work on bilinear recurrences and an emerging connection between recurrences and graph theory are covered. Applications and links to other areas of mathematics are described, including combinatorics, dynamical systems and cryptography, and computer science. The book is suitable for researchers interested in number theory, combinatorics, and graph theory.

# General Orthogonal Polynomials

Author: Herbert Stahl,Vilmos Totik

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521415347

Category: Mathematics

Page: 250

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An encyclopedic presentation of general orthogonal polynomials, placing emphasis on asymptotic behaviour and zero distribution.

# Theory of Bergman Spaces

Author: Hakan Hedenmalm,Boris Korenblum,Kehe Zhu

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 1461204976

Category: Mathematics

Page: 289

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Fifteen years ago, most mathematicians who worked in the intersection of function theory and operator theory thought that progress on the Bergman spaces was unlikely, yet today the situation has completely changed. For several years, research interest and activity have expanded in this area and there are now rich theories describing the Bergman spaces and their operators. This book is a timely treatment of the theory, written by three of the major players in the field.

# The Proof is in the Pudding

The Changing Nature of Mathematical Proof

Author: Steven G. Krantz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

ISBN: 9780387487441

Category: Mathematics

Page: 264

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This text explores the many transformations that the mathematical proof has undergone from its inception to its versatile, present-day use, considering the advent of high-speed computing machines. Though there are many truths to be discovered in this book, by the end it is clear that there is no formalized approach or standard method of discovery to date. Most of the proofs are discussed in detail with figures and equations accompanying them, allowing both the professional mathematician and those less familiar with mathematics to derive the same joy from reading this book.

# Supersymmetry for Mathematicians

An Introduction

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 0821835742

Category: Mathematics

Page: 300

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Supersymmetry has been the object of study by theoretical physicists since the early 1970's. In recent years it has attracted the interest of mathematicians because of its novelty, and because of significance, both in mathematics and physics, of the main issues it raises. This book presents the foundations of supersymmetry to the mathematically minded reader in a cogent and self-contained manner. It begins with a brief introduction to the physical foundations of the theory, especially the classification of relativistic particles and their wave equations, such as the equations of Dirac and Weyl. It then continues the development of the theory of supermanifolds stressing the analogy with the Grothendieck theory of schemes. All the super linear algebra needed for the book is developed here and the basic theorems are established: differential and integral calculus in supermanifolds, Frobenius theorem, foundations of the theory of super Lie groups, and so on. A special feature of the book is the treatment in depth of the theory of spinors in all dimensions and signatures, which is the basis of all developments of supergeometry both in physics and mathematics, especially in quantum field theory and supergravity.

# Opera de Cribro

Author: John B. Friedlander,Henryk Iwaniec

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

ISBN: 0821849700

Category: Mathematics

Page: 527

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