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1. |  Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory By: Alexander Cardona; Iván Contreras; Andrés F. Reyes-Lega Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 30-APR-2013 Insert Date: 04-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory
Based on lectures given at the renowned Villa de Leyva summer school, this book provides a unique presentation of modern geometric methods in quantum field theory. Written by experts, it enables readers to enter some of the most fascinating research topics in this subject. Covering a series of topics on geometry, topology, algebra, number theory methods and their applications to quantum field theory, the book covers topics such as Dirac structures, holomorphic bundles and stability, Feynman integrals, geometric aspects of quantum field theory and the standard model, spectral and Riemannian...
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2. |  Common Core Mathematics Standards and Implementing Digital Technologies By: Drew Polly Publisher: IGI Global Publication Date: 31-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 01-JUN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Common Core Mathematics Standards and Implementing Digital Technologies Standards in the American education system are traditionally handled on a state-by-state basis, which can differ significantly from one region of the country to the next. Recently, initiatives proposed at the federal level have attempted to bridge this gap. Common Core Mathematics Standards and Implementing Digital Technologies provides a critical discussion of educational standards in mathematics and how communication technologies can support the implementation of common practices across state lines. Leaders in the fields of mathematics education and educational technology will find an...
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3. |  By: Rajendra Bhatia Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: 10-JAN-2009 Insert Date: 23-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Positive Definite Matrices
This book represents the first synthesis of the considerable body of new research into positive definite matrices. These matrices play the same role in noncommutative analysis as positive real numbers do in classical analysis. They have theoretical and computational uses across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including calculus, electrical engineering, statistics, physics, numerical analysis, quantum information theory, and geometry. Through detailed explanations and an authoritative and inspiring writing style, Rajendra Bhatia carefully develops general techniques that have wide...
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4. |  By: Babu Ram Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 22-JUL-2010 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Discrete Mathematics
Discrete Mathematics will be of use to any undergraduate as well as post graduate courses in Computer Science and Mathematics. The syllabi of all these courses have been studied in depth and utmost care has been taken to ensure that all the essential topics in discrete structures are adequately emphasized. The book will enable the students to develop the requisite computational skills needed in software engineering.
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5. |  Engineering Mathematics, Volume III By: E. Rukmangadachari; E. Keshava Reddy Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 18-AUG-2010 Insert Date: 06-MAY-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Engineering Mathematics, Volume III
Mathematics lays the basic foundation for engineering students to pursue their core subjects. In Engineering Mathematics-III, the topics have been dealt with in a style that is lucid and easy to understand, supported by illustrations that enable the student to assimilate the concepts effortlessly. Each chapter is replete with exercises to help the student gain a deep insight into the subject. The nuances of the subject have been brought out through more than 300 well-chosen, worked-out examples interspersed across the book.
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6. |  A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry By: Wolfram Decker; Gerhard Pfister Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 07-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 24-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry
A First Course in Computational Algebraic Geometry is designed for young students with some background in algebra who wish to perform their first experiments in computational geometry. Originating from a course taught at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, the book gives a compact presentation of the basic theory, with particular emphasis on explicit computational examples using the freely available computer algebra system, Singular. Readers will quickly gain the confidence to begin performing their own experiments.
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7. |  How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests, 2nd Edition By: Heidi Smith Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-MAY-2013 Insert Date: 10-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests, 2nd Edition Designed to help anyone lacking in practice, How to Pass Numerical Reasoning Tests is an invaluable resource for brushing up on your maths skills. An overview of the basics is followed by a step-by-step guide to numerical tests including fractions and decimals, rates, percentages, data interpretation and ratios and proportions.
Written in an approachable way and using an easy to follow format, it will help boost your understanding and develop your analytical skills. Focusing on the core areas of numeracy, it will help you learn to answer questions without using of a calculator and...
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8. |  By: Bhaskar Dasgupta Publisher: Pearson Education India Publication Date: 29-JUN-2006 Insert Date: 08-APR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Applied Mathematical Methods
Applied Mathematical Methods covers the material vital for research in today's world and can be covered in a regular semester course. It is the consolidation of the efforts of teaching the compulsory first semester post-graduate applied mathematics course at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kanpur for two successive years.
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9. |  Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, 4th Edition By: Stuart A. Klugman; Harry H. Panjer; Gordon E. Willmot Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 11-SEP-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, 4th Edition
Praise for the Third Edition
"This book provides in-depth coverage of modelling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science. . . . The exceptional high standard of this book has made it a pleasure to read." —Annals of Actuarial Science
Newly organized to focus exclusively on material tested in the Society of Actuaries' Exam C and the Casualty Actuarial Society's Exam 4, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions, Fourth Edition continues to supply actuaries with a practical approach to the key concepts and techniques needed on the job. With updated material and extensive...
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10. |  Probabilistic Reliability Models By: Igor A. Ushakov Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 09-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Probabilistic Reliability Models
Practical Approaches to Reliability Theory in Cutting-Edge Applications
Probabilistic Reliability Models helps readers understand and properly use statistical methods and optimal resource allocation to solve engineering problems.
The author supplies engineers with a deeper understanding of mathematical models while also equipping mathematically oriented readers with a fundamental knowledge of the engineeringrelated applications at the center of model building. The book showcases the use of probability theory and mathematical statistics to solve common, real-world reliability problems....
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11. |  Structural Equation Modeling: Applications Using Mplus By: Jichuan Wang; Xiaoqian Wang Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 01-OCT-2012 Insert Date: 12-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Structural Equation Modeling: Applications Using Mplus
A reference guide for applications of SEM using Mplus
Structural Equation Modeling: Applications Using Mplus is intended as both a teaching resource and a reference guide. Written in non-mathematical terms, this book focuses on the conceptual and practical aspects of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Basic concepts and examples of various SEM models are demonstrated along with recently developed advanced methods, such as mixture modeling and model-based power analysis and sample size estimate for SEM. The statistical modeling program, Mplus, is also featured and provides researchers...
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12. |  The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trigonometry By: Dmitriy Fotiyev; Izolda Fotiyeva Publisher: Alpha Publication Date: 03-APR-2012 Insert Date: 06-MAR-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Trigonometry - Follows a standard course curriculum.
- Includes both polar coordinates and complex numbers, unlike the competition....
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13. |  Bayesian Estimation and Tracking: A Practical Guide By: Anton J. Haug Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 19-JUN-2012 Insert Date: 27-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Bayesian Estimation and Tracking: A Practical Guide
A practical approach to estimating and tracking dynamic systems in real-worl applications
Much of the literature on performing estimation for non-Gaussian systems is short on practical methodology, while Gaussian methods often lack a cohesive derivation. Bayesian Estimation and Tracking addresses the gap in the field on both accounts, providing readers with a comprehensive overview of methods for estimating both linear and nonlinear dynamic systems driven by Gaussian and non-Gaussian noices.
Featuring a unified approach to Bayesian estimation and tracking, the book emphasizes the...
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14. |  Trigonometric Delights (New in Paperback) By: Eli Maor Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication Date: 13-MAR-2013 Insert Date: 23-FEB-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Trigonometric Delights (New in Paperback)
Trigonometry has always been an underappreciated branch of mathematics. It has a reputation as a dry and difficult subject, a glorified form of geometry complicated by tedious computation. In this book, Eli Maor draws on his remarkable talents as a guide to the world of numbers to dispel that view. Rejecting the usual arid descriptions of sine, cosine, and their trigonometric relatives, he brings the subject to life in a compelling blend of history, biography, and mathematics. He presents both a survey of the main elements of trigonometry and a unique account of its vital contribution to...
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15. |  An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition By: Robert Sedgewick; Philippe Flajolet Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional Publication Date: 18-JAN-2013 Insert Date: 31-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms, Second Edition Despite growing interest, basic information
on methods and models for mathematically analyzing algorithms has
rarely been directly accessible to practitioners, researchers, or
students. An Introduction to the Analysis of Algorithms,
Second Edition, organizes and presents that knowledge,
fully introducing primary techniques and results in the field.
Robert Sedgewick and the late Philippe
Flajolet have drawn from both classical mathematics and computer
science, integrating discrete mathematics, elementary real
analysis, combinatorics, algorithms, and data structures. They
emphasize the...
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16. |  Encyclopedia of Financial Models I By: Frank J. Fabozzi Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 20-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 23-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Encyclopedia of Financial Models I
An essential reference dedicated to a wide array of financial models, issues in financial modeling, and mathematical and statistical tools for financial modeling
The need for serious coverage of financial modeling has never been greater, especially with the size, diversity, and efficiency of modern capital markets. With this in mind, the Encyclopedia of Financial Models, 3 Volume Set has been created to help a broad spectrum of individuals—ranging from finance professionals to academics and students—understand financial modeling and make use of the various models currently...
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17. |  Encyclopedia of Financial Models II By: Frank J. Fabozzi Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 20-DEC-2012 Insert Date: 23-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Encyclopedia of Financial Models II
An essential reference dedicated to a wide array of financial models, issues in financial modeling, and mathematical and statistical tools for financial modeling
The need for serious coverage of financial modeling has never been greater, especially with the size, diversity, and efficiency of modern capital markets. With this in mind, the Encyclopedia of Financial Models, 3 Volume Set has been created to help a broad spectrum of individuals—ranging from finance professionals to academics and students—understand financial modeling and make use of the various models currently...
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18. |  How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd Edition By: Chris Tyreman Publisher: Kogan Page Publication Date: 03-FEB-2013 Insert Date: 17-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: How to Master Nursing Calculations, 2nd Edition For the maths-phobic, this 2nd edition of the best-selling How to Master Nursing Calculations, is ideal practice for learning key numeracy skills. The perfect companion for your training and in the first few crucial years of your career, it builds your competency through practice, revision and every day examples. Contents includes a review of the basics, clear illustrations of instrument scales, medical administration records and pharmaceutical labels as well as a detailed guide to reading drug dosage charts.
Including a brand new list of important abbreviations and a section on how to make...
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19. |  Bayesian Signal Processing: Classical, Modern and Particle Filtering Methods By: James V. Candy Publisher: Wiley-Interscience Publication Date: 06-APR-2009 Insert Date: 08-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Bayesian Signal Processing: Classical, Modern and Particle Filtering Methods
New Bayesian approach helps you solve tough problems in signal processing with ease
Signal processing is based on this fundamental concept—the extraction of critical information from noisy, uncertain data. Most techniques rely on underlying Gaussian assumptions for a solution, but what happens when these assumptions are erroneous? Bayesian techniques circumvent this limitation by offering a completely different approach that can easily incorporate non-Gaussian and nonlinear processes along with all of the usual methods currently available.
This text enables readers to fully exploit the...
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20. |  Fundamentals of Stochastic Networks By: Oliver C. Ibe Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 27-SEP-2011 Insert Date: 05-JAN-2013 Slots: 1.0 | Overview: Fundamentals of Stochastic Networks
An interdisciplinary approach to understanding queueing and graphical networks
In today's era of interdisciplinary studies and research activities, network models are becoming increasingly important in various areas where they have not regularly been used. Combining techniques from stochastic processes and graph theory to analyze the behavior of networks, Fundamentals of Stochastic Networks provides an interdisciplinary approach by including practical applications of these stochastic networks in various fields of study, from engineering and operations management to communications and the...
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