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This book offers an account of the classical theory of quadratic residues and non-residues with the goal of using that theory as a lens through which to view the development of some of the fundamental methods employed in modern elementary, algebraic, and analytic number theory. The first three chapters present some basic facts and the history of quadratic residues and non-residues and discuss various proofs of the Law of Quadratic Reciprosity in depth, with an emphasis on the six proofs that Gauss published. The remaining seven chapters explore some interesting applications of the Law of Quadratic Reciprocity, prove some results concerning the distribution and arithmetic structure of quadratic residues and non-residues, provide a detailed proof of Dirichlet’s Class-Number Formula, and discuss the question of whether quadratic residues are randomly distributed. The text is a valuable resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students as well as for mathematicians interested in number theory.

Mathematics. --- Commutative algebra. --- Commutative rings. --- Algebra. --- Field theory (Physics). --- Fourier analysis. --- Convex geometry. --- Discrete geometry. --- Number theory. --- Number Theory. --- Commutative Rings and Algebras. --- Field Theory and Polynomials. --- Convex and Discrete Geometry. --- Fourier Analysis. --- Number study --- Numbers, Theory of --- Analysis, Fourier --- Classical field theory --- Continuum physics --- Math --- Algebra --- Geometry --- Combinatorial geometry --- Mathematical analysis --- Physics --- Continuum mechanics --- Mathematics --- Rings (Algebra) --- Science --- Discrete groups. --- Groups, Discrete --- Infinite groups --- Discrete mathematics --- Convex geometry .

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Put the essential concepts and techniques of digital compositing to work for you without the need of a single mathematical equation. "Compositing visual effects" is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of film shots, figures, illustrations and diagrams to help the visual reader gain a valuable vocabulary and understanding of the full range of visual effects, in which digital compositing plays a key role. Beginning with an inspirational tour of the scope and magnitude of digital compositing you get a solid overview of the kinds of digital effects routinely executed today. See how CGI (Computer Generated Image) is composited with live action, how set extensions are done, and what a match-move shot is. Following that, you learn each of the key applications of digital compositing, which include bluescreen compositing, bullet time shots, motion tracking, and rotoscoping, and you get a primer on digital images, key concepts, and terms used in the compositing process. The subsequent chapters dig down into each of the major digital compositing applications, introducing the fundamental concepts and processes behind them. This includes the many ways to composite CGI, bluescreen compositing, animation, creating masks, working with digital keyers, and many more; but most importantly, the art of digital compositing-making your shots look not just photorealistic, but cool. Learn what is easy and hard, possible and impossible, and what to expect when working on a job that entails digital compositing. There are tips on when not to use the new low-end DV video cameras and tips for the client, such as guidelines on how to shoot a quality bluescreen or greenscreen to get the best results at compositing time. All the while, special attention is paid to defining new terminology and telling a clear story from the ground up, with the only requirement being that you have read the previous chapters. * An accessible introduction to a complex subject for novice compositors * Full color presentation illustrating the art and techniques of the practice * An experienced book author of 20 years compositing experience; with 60 feature film credits including Vanilla Sky, X-Men 2, Swept Away, and Solaris.

Cinéma --- Cinéma, technique --- Informatique appliquée --- Informatique graphique

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In The Weight of the Printed Word , Steve Wright explores the creation and use of documents as a key dimension in the activities of the Italian workerists during the 1960s and 1970s. From leaflets and newspapers to books, internal documents and workers' enquiries; the operaisti deployed a wide variety of printed materials in their efforts to organise amongst new subjectivities of mass rebellion. As Wright demonstrates, the practice of working with print was a central part of what it meant to be a workerist or autonomist militant during these years: one that throws light both on the meaning of political engagement, as well as the challenges posed by the use of technologies of communication and by emergent social subjects.

Autonomism --- Press, Labor --- Underground press publications --- History --- Italy --- Politics and government

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Intelligent Spaces: The Application of Pervasive ICT sets out a vision where Information & Communication Technology (ICT) moves from the PC on the desktop out into the physical world, and becomes pervasive. The world about us will appear to have real intelligence embedded in it, creating what we term "Intelligent Spaces" or "iSpaces", which will augment and support virtually every human activity. An iSpace consists of • The physical world in which the user exists, in his/her relevant context. • The interface between the digital world and the physical world. This contains embedded sensors to gather data, labels to identify objects, actuators to control things/appliances in the physical world, together with support software to facilitate non-intrusive two-way communication across the interface, • The digital world in which digital knowledge and intelligent systems are available to intelligently analyse data gathered from the physical world, and to influence and support our actions in that physical world. Intelligent Spaces: The Application of Pervasive ICT describes the vision and how it has already been demonstrated in a number of applications ranging from the home, healthcare and traffic systems to monitoring glaciers. It identifies many of the technical, human and business issues which need to be researched before the benefits can become widespread, and describes possible solutions to them. Academic & industrial researchers in Computer Science, IT & Communications, as well as practitioners will find this key reading as it delivers practical & implementable current research.

Computer Science. --- Information Systems and Communication Service. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Computer science. --- Information systems. --- Informatique --- Réseaux d'ordinateurs --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Systèmes d'information --- Intelligent control systems. --- Interactive computer systems. --- Ubiquitous computing. --- Ubiquitous computing --- Intelligent control systems --- Interactive computer systems --- Computer Science --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Pervasive computing --- UbiComp (Computer science) --- Intelligent control --- Intelligent controllers --- Computer communication systems. --- Computers. --- Computer systems --- Online data processing --- Automatic control --- Electronic data processing --- Embedded computer systems --- Distributed processing --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Automatic computers --- Automatic data processors --- Computer hardware --- Computing machines (Computers) --- Electronic brains --- Electronic calculating-machines --- Electronic computers --- Hardware, Computer --- Cybernetics --- Machine theory --- Calculators --- Cyberspace