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Topological Analysis
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ISBN: 1283857944 3110277344 9783110277340 9783110277333 3110277336 9783110277227 3110277220 9781283857949 Year: 2012 Publisher: Berlin Boston

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This monograph aims to give a self-contained introduction into the whole field of topological analysis: Requiring essentially only basic knowledge of elementary calculus and linear algebra, it provides all required background from topology, analysis, linear and nonlinear functional analysis, and multivalued maps, containing even basic topics like separation axioms, inverse and implicit function theorems, the Hahn-Banach theorem, Banach manifolds, or the most important concepts of continuity of multivalued maps. Thus, it can be used as additional material in basic courses on such topics. The main intention, however, is to provide also additional information on some fine points which are usually not discussed in such introductory courses. The selection of the topics is mainly motivated by the requirements for degree theory which is presented in various variants, starting from the elementary Brouwer degree (in Euclidean spaces and on manifolds) with several of its famous classical consequences, up to a general degree theory for function triples which applies for a large class of problems in a natural manner. Although it has been known to specialists that, in principle, such a general degree theory must exist, this is the first monograph in which the corresponding theory is developed in detail.


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The Norm Residue Theorem in Motivic Cohomology
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ISBN: 0691189633 Year: 2019 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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This book presents the complete proof of the Bloch-Kato conjecture and several related conjectures of Beilinson and Lichtenbaum in algebraic geometry. Brought together here for the first time, these conjectures describe the structure of étale cohomology and its relation to motivic cohomology and Chow groups.Although the proof relies on the work of several people, it is credited primarily to Vladimir Voevodsky. The authors draw on a multitude of published and unpublished sources to explain the large-scale structure of Voevodsky's proof and introduce the key figures behind its development. They go on to describe the highly innovative geometric constructions of Markus Rost, including the construction of norm varieties, which play a crucial role in the proof. The book then addresses symmetric powers of motives and motivic cohomology operations.Comprehensive and self-contained, The Norm Residue Theorem in Motivic Cohomology unites various components of the proof that until now were scattered across many sources of varying accessibility, often with differing hypotheses, definitions, and language.


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Demand functions and the Slutsky matrix
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ISBN: 0691042225 1306989531 1400853060 0691616140 9781400853069 0691643466 9780691042220 Year: 1980 Volume: 7 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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The utility idea has had a long history in economics, especially in the explanation of demand and in welfare economics. In a comprehensive survey and critique of the Slutsky theory and the pattern to which it belongs in the economic context, S. N. Afriat offers a resolution of questions central to its main idea, including sufficient conditions as well.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Demand functions (Economic theory) --- Utility theory --- 330.105 --- 338.5 --- Demand (Economic theory) --- Value --- Revealed preference theory --- Demand curves (Economic theory) --- Functions, Demand (Economic theory) --- Economics --- 330.105 Wiskundige economie. Wiskundige methoden in de economie --- Wiskundige economie. Wiskundige methoden in de economie --- 338.5 Prijsvorming. Prijskostenverhouding. Prijsbeweging. Prijsfluctuatie--macroeconomisch; prijsindex zie {336.748.12} --- Prijsvorming. Prijskostenverhouding. Prijsbeweging. Prijsfluctuatie--macroeconomisch; prijsindex zie {336.748.12} --- Mathematical models --- Quantitative methods (economics) --- E-books --- Utility theory. --- DEMAND FUNCTIONS (Economic theory) --- Adjoint. --- Aggregate supply. --- Arrow's impossibility theorem. --- Axiom. --- Big O notation. --- Bruno de Finetti. --- Chain rule. --- Coefficient. --- Commodity. --- Concave function. --- Continuous function. --- Convex cone. --- Convex function. --- Convex set. --- Corollary. --- Cost curve. --- Cost-effectiveness analysis. --- Cost–benefit analysis. --- Counterexample. --- Demand curve. --- Derivative. --- Determinant. --- Differentiable function. --- Differential calculus. --- Differential equation. --- Differential form. --- Divisia index. --- Economic equilibrium. --- Economics. --- Einstein notation. --- Equivalence relation. --- Explicit formulae (L-function). --- Factorization. --- Frobenius theorem (differential topology). --- Function (mathematics). --- Functional equation. --- General equilibrium theory. --- Heine–Borel theorem. --- Hessian matrix. --- Homogeneous function. --- Idempotence. --- Identity (mathematics). --- Identity matrix. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Inference. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Integrating factor. --- Interdependence. --- Interval (mathematics). --- Inverse demand function. --- Inverse function theorem. --- Inverse function. --- Invertible matrix. --- Lagrange multiplier. --- Lagrangian (field theory). --- Lagrangian. --- Law of demand. --- Limit point. --- Line segment. --- Linear function. --- Linear inequality. --- Linear map. --- Linearity. --- Logical disjunction. --- Marginal cost. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematical optimization. --- Maxima and minima. --- Monotonic function. --- Ordinary differential equation. --- Orthogonal complement. --- Oskar Morgenstern. --- Pareto efficiency. --- Partial derivative. --- Permutation. --- Preference (economics). --- Price index. --- Principal part. --- Production function. --- Production theory. --- Quasiconvex function. --- Recursive definition. --- Reductio ad absurdum. --- Regular matrix. --- Requirement. --- Row and column vectors. --- Samuelson condition. --- Second derivative. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Special case. --- Statistic. --- Support function. --- Symmetric relation. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Transpose. --- Upper and lower bounds. --- Utility. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Welfare economics.


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Estimates for the -δ- Neumann problem
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ISBN: 0691080135 1400869226 Year: 1977 Publisher: Princeton, N.J.

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The ∂̄ Neumann problem is probably the most important and natural example of a non-elliptic boundary value problem, arising as it does from the Cauchy-Riemann equations. It has been known for some time how to prove solvability and regularity by the use of L2 methods. In this monograph the authors apply recent methods involving the Heisenberg group to obtain parametricies and to give sharp estimates in various function spaces, leading to a better understanding of the ∂̄ Neumann problem. The authors have added substantial background material to make the monograph more accessible to students.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Partial differential equations --- Neumann problem. --- Neumann problem --- Mathematics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Calculus --- Boundary value problems --- Differential equations, Partial --- A priori estimate. --- Abuse of notation. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Approximation. --- Asymptotic expansion. --- Asymptotic formula. --- Basis (linear algebra). --- Besov space. --- Boundary (topology). --- Boundary value problem. --- Boundedness. --- Calculation. --- Cauchy's integral formula. --- Cauchy–Riemann equations. --- Change of variables. --- Characterization (mathematics). --- Combination. --- Commutative property. --- Commutator. --- Complex analysis. --- Complex manifold. --- Complex number. --- Computation. --- Convolution. --- Coordinate system. --- Corollary. --- Counterexample. --- Derivative. --- Determinant. --- Differential equation. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dimension. --- Dimensional analysis. --- Dirichlet boundary condition. --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elliptic boundary value problem. --- Equation. --- Error term. --- Estimation. --- Even and odd functions. --- Existential quantification. --- Function space. --- Fundamental solution. --- Green's theorem. --- Half-space (geometry). --- Hardy's inequality. --- Heisenberg group. --- Holomorphic function. --- Infimum and supremum. --- Integer. --- Integral curve. --- Integral expression. --- Inverse function. --- Invertible matrix. --- Iteration. --- Laplace's equation. --- Left inverse. --- Lie algebra. --- Lie group. --- Linear combination. --- Logarithm. --- Lp space. --- Mathematical induction. --- Neumann boundary condition. --- Notation. --- Open problem. --- Orthogonal complement. --- Orthogonality. --- Parametrix. --- Partial derivative. --- Pointwise. --- Polynomial. --- Principal branch. --- Principal part. --- Projection (linear algebra). --- Pseudo-differential operator. --- Quantity. --- Recursive definition. --- Schwartz space. --- Scientific notation. --- Second derivative. --- Self-adjoint. --- Singular value. --- Sobolev space. --- Special case. --- Standard basis. --- Stein manifold. --- Subgroup. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Support (mathematics). --- Tangent bundle. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Upper half-plane. --- Variable (mathematics). --- Vector field. --- Volume element. --- Weak solution. --- Neumann, Problème de --- Equations aux derivees partielles --- Problemes aux limites

Temperley-Lieb recoupling theory and invariants of 3-manifolds
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ISBN: 0691036411 0691036403 1400882532 9780691036403 9780691036410 Year: 1994 Volume: 134 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press

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This book offers a self-contained account of the 3-manifold invariants arising from the original Jones polynomial. These are the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev and the Turaev-Viro invariants. Starting from the Kauffman bracket model for the Jones polynomial and the diagrammatic Temperley-Lieb algebra, higher-order polynomial invariants of links are constructed and combined to form the 3-manifold invariants. The methods in this book are based on a recoupling theory for the Temperley-Lieb algebra. This recoupling theory is a q-deformation of the SU(2) spin networks of Roger Penrose. The recoupling theory is developed in a purely combinatorial and elementary manner. Calculations are based on a reformulation of the Kirillov-Reshetikhin shadow world, leading to expressions for all the invariants in terms of state summations on 2-cell complexes. Extensive tables of the invariants are included. Manifolds in these tables are recognized by surgery presentations and by means of 3-gems (graph encoded 3-manifolds) in an approach pioneered by Sostenes Lins. The appendices include information about gems, examples of distinct manifolds with the same invariants, and applications to the Turaev-Viro invariant and to the Crane-Yetter invariant of 4-manifolds.

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Drie-menigvuldigheden (Topologie) --- Knopentheorie --- Knot theory --- Noeuds [Theorie des ] --- Three-manifolds (Topology) --- Trois-variétés (Topologie) --- Knot theory. --- Algebraic topology --- Invariants --- Mathematics --- Invariants (Mathematics) --- Invariants. --- 3-manifolds (Topology) --- Manifolds, Three dimensional (Topology) --- Three-dimensional manifolds (Topology) --- Low-dimensional topology --- Topological manifolds --- Knots (Topology) --- 3-manifold. --- Addition. --- Algorithm. --- Ambient isotopy. --- Axiom. --- Backslash. --- Barycentric subdivision. --- Bijection. --- Bipartite graph. --- Borromean rings. --- Boundary parallel. --- Bracket polynomial. --- Calculation. --- Canonical form. --- Cartesian product. --- Cobordism. --- Coefficient. --- Combination. --- Commutator. --- Complex conjugate. --- Computation. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Connected sum. --- Cubic graph. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Dimension. --- Disjoint sets. --- Disjoint union. --- Elaboration. --- Embedding. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Explicit formula. --- Explicit formulae (L-function). --- Factorial. --- Fundamental group. --- Graph (discrete mathematics). --- Graph embedding. --- Handlebody. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Identity element. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Inverse function. --- Jones polynomial. --- Kirby calculus. --- Line segment. --- Linear independence. --- Matching (graph theory). --- Mathematical physics. --- Mathematical proof. --- Mathematics. --- Maxima and minima. --- Monograph. --- Natural number. --- Network theory. --- Notation. --- Numerical analysis. --- Orientability. --- Orthogonality. --- Pairing. --- Pairwise. --- Parametrization. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Partition function (mathematics). --- Permutation. --- Poincaré conjecture. --- Polyhedron. --- Quantum group. --- Quantum invariant. --- Recoupling. --- Recursion. --- Reidemeister move. --- Result. --- Roger Penrose. --- Root of unity. --- Scientific notation. --- Sequence. --- Significant figures. --- Simultaneous equations. --- Smoothing. --- Special case. --- Sphere. --- Spin network. --- Summation. --- Symmetric group. --- Tetrahedron. --- The Geometry Center. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Time complexity. --- Tubular neighborhood. --- Two-dimensional space. --- Vector field. --- Vector space. --- Vertex (graph theory). --- Winding number. --- Writhe.


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Classifying Spaces of Degenerating Polarized Hodge Structures. (AM-169)
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ISBN: 0691138214 1400837111 0691138222 9780691138220 9781400837113 9780691138213 Year: 2008 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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In 1970, Phillip Griffiths envisioned that points at infinity could be added to the classifying space D of polarized Hodge structures. In this book, Kazuya Kato and Sampei Usui realize this dream by creating a logarithmic Hodge theory. They use the logarithmic structures begun by Fontaine-Illusie to revive nilpotent orbits as a logarithmic Hodge structure. The book focuses on two principal topics. First, Kato and Usui construct the fine moduli space of polarized logarithmic Hodge structures with additional structures. Even for a Hermitian symmetric domain D, the present theory is a refinement of the toroidal compactifications by Mumford et al. For general D, fine moduli spaces may have slits caused by Griffiths transversality at the boundary and be no longer locally compact. Second, Kato and Usui construct eight enlargements of D and describe their relations by a fundamental diagram, where four of these enlargements live in the Hodge theoretic area and the other four live in the algebra-group theoretic area. These two areas are connected by a continuous map given by the SL(2)-orbit theorem of Cattani-Kaplan-Schmid. This diagram is used for the construction in the first topic.

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Hodge theory. --- Logarithms. --- Logs (Logarithms) --- Algebra --- Complex manifolds --- Differentiable manifolds --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Homology theory --- Algebraic group. --- Algebraic variety. --- Analytic manifold. --- Analytic space. --- Annulus (mathematics). --- Arithmetic group. --- Atlas (topology). --- Canonical map. --- Classifying space. --- Coefficient. --- Cohomology. --- Compactification (mathematics). --- Complex manifold. --- Complex number. --- Congruence subgroup. --- Conjecture. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Continuous function. --- Convex cone. --- Degeneracy (mathematics). --- Diagram (category theory). --- Differential form. --- Direct image functor. --- Divisor. --- Elliptic curve. --- Equivalence class. --- Existential quantification. --- Finite set. --- Functor. --- Geometry. --- Hodge structure. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homomorphism. --- Inverse function. --- Iwasawa decomposition. --- Local homeomorphism. --- Local ring. --- Local system. --- Logarithmic. --- Maximal compact subgroup. --- Modular curve. --- Modular form. --- Moduli space. --- Monodromy. --- Monoid. --- Morphism. --- Natural number. --- Nilpotent orbit. --- Nilpotent. --- Open problem. --- Open set. --- P-adic Hodge theory. --- P-adic number. --- Point at infinity. --- Proper morphism. --- Pullback (category theory). --- Quotient space (topology). --- Rational number. --- Relative interior. --- Ring (mathematics). --- Ring homomorphism. --- Scientific notation. --- Set (mathematics). --- Sheaf (mathematics). --- Smooth morphism. --- Special case. --- Strong topology. --- Subgroup. --- Subobject. --- Subset. --- Surjective function. --- Tangent bundle. --- Taylor series. --- Theorem. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Transversality (mathematics). --- Two-dimensional space. --- Vector bundle. --- Vector space. --- Weak topology.

Dynamics in one complex variable
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ISBN: 9780691124889 9780691124872 0691124884 0691124876 9786613001481 1400835534 1283001489 9781400835539 9781283001489 6613001481 Year: 2006 Publisher: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,

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This volume studies the dynamics of iterated holomorphic mappings from a Riemann surface to itself, concentrating on the classical case of rational maps of the Riemann sphere. This subject is large and rapidly growing. These lectures are intended to introduce some key ideas in the field, and to form a basis for further study. The reader is assumed to be familiar with the rudiments of complex variable theory and of two-dimensional differential geometry, as well as some basic topics from topology. This third edition contains a number of minor additions and improvements: A historical survey has been added, the definition of Lattés map has been made more inclusive, and the écalle-Voronin theory of parabolic points is described. The résidu itératif is studied, and the material on two complex variables has been expanded. Recent results on effective computability have been added, and the references have been expanded and updated. Written in his usual brilliant style, the author makes difficult mathematics look easy. This book is a very accessible source for much of what has been accomplished in the field.

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Functions of complex variables --- Holomorphic mappings --- Riemann surfaces --- Fonctions d'une variable complexe --- Applications holomorphes --- Riemann, surfaces de --- Holomorphic mappings. --- Mappings, Holomorphic --- Functions of complex variables. --- Riemann surfaces. --- Surfaces, Riemann --- Functions --- Functions of several complex variables --- Mappings (Mathematics) --- Complex variables --- Elliptic functions --- Functions of real variables --- Absolute value. --- Addition. --- Algebraic equation. --- Attractor. --- Automorphism. --- Beltrami equation. --- Blaschke product. --- Boundary (topology). --- Branched covering. --- Coefficient. --- Compact Riemann surface. --- Compact space. --- Complex analysis. --- Complex number. --- Complex plane. --- Computation. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Connected space. --- Constant function. --- Continued fraction. --- Continuous function. --- Coordinate system. --- Corollary. --- Covering space. --- Cross-ratio. --- Derivative. --- Diagram (category theory). --- Diameter. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Disjoint sets. --- Disjoint union. --- Disk (mathematics). --- Division by zero. --- Equation. --- Euler characteristic. --- Existential quantification. --- Exponential map (Lie theory). --- Fundamental group. --- Harmonic function. --- Holomorphic function. --- Homeomorphism. --- Hyperbolic geometry. --- Inequality (mathematics). --- Integer. --- Inverse function. --- Irrational rotation. --- Iteration. --- Jordan curve theorem. --- Julia set. --- Lebesgue measure. --- Lecture. --- Limit point. --- Line segment. --- Linear map. --- Linearization. --- Mandelbrot set. --- Mathematical analysis. --- Maximum modulus principle. --- Metric space. --- Monotonic function. --- Montel's theorem. --- Normal family. --- Open set. --- Orbifold. --- Parameter space. --- Parameter. --- Periodic point. --- Point at infinity. --- Polynomial. --- Power series. --- Proper map. --- Quadratic function. --- Rational approximation. --- Rational function. --- Rational number. --- Real number. --- Riemann sphere. --- Riemann surface. --- Root of unity. --- Rotation number. --- Schwarz lemma. --- Scientific notation. --- Sequence. --- Simply connected space. --- Special case. --- Subgroup. --- Subsequence. --- Subset. --- Summation. --- Tangent space. --- Theorem. --- Topological space. --- Topology. --- Uniform convergence. --- Uniformization theorem. --- Unit circle. --- Unit disk. --- Upper half-plane. --- Winding number.


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Outer Billiards on Kites (AM-171)
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ISBN: 1282458582 9786612458583 1400831970 9781400831975 0691142483 9780691142487 0691142491 9780691142494 9781282458581 6612458585 Year: 2009 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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Outer billiards is a basic dynamical system defined relative to a convex shape in the plane. B. H. Neumann introduced this system in the 1950's, and J. Moser popularized it as a toy model for celestial mechanics. All along, the so-called Moser-Neumann question has been one of the central problems in the field. This question asks whether or not one can have an outer billiards system with an unbounded orbit. The Moser-Neumann question is an idealized version of the question of whether, because of small disturbances in its orbit, the Earth can break out of its orbit and fly away from the Sun. In Outer Billiards on Kites, Richard Schwartz presents his affirmative solution to the Moser-Neumann problem. He shows that an outer billiards system can have an unbounded orbit when defined relative to any irrational kite. A kite is a quadrilateral having a diagonal that is a line of bilateral symmetry. The kite is irrational if the other diagonal divides the quadrilateral into two triangles whose areas are not rationally related. In addition to solving the basic problem, Schwartz relates outer billiards on kites to such topics as Diophantine approximation, the modular group, self-similar sets, polytope exchange maps, profinite completions of the integers, and solenoids--connections that together allow for a fairly complete analysis of the dynamical system.

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Hyperbolic spaces. --- Singularities (Mathematics) --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Geometry, Plane. --- Plane geometry --- Algorithms --- Differential invariants --- Geometry, Differential --- Geometry, Algebraic --- Hyperbolic complex manifolds --- Manifolds, Hyperbolic complex --- Spaces, Hyperbolic --- Geometry, Non-Euclidean --- Abelian group. --- Automorphism. --- Big O notation. --- Bijection. --- Binary number. --- Bisection. --- Borel set. --- C0. --- Calculation. --- Cantor set. --- Cartesian coordinate system. --- Combination. --- Compass-and-straightedge construction. --- Congruence subgroup. --- Conjecture. --- Conjugacy class. --- Continuity equation. --- Convex lattice polytope. --- Convex polytope. --- Coprime integers. --- Counterexample. --- Cyclic group. --- Diameter. --- Diophantine approximation. --- Diophantine equation. --- Disjoint sets. --- Disjoint union. --- Division by zero. --- Embedding. --- Equation. --- Equivalence class. --- Ergodic theory. --- Ergodicity. --- Factorial. --- Fiber bundle. --- Fibonacci number. --- Fundamental domain. --- Gauss map. --- Geometry. --- Half-integer. --- Homeomorphism. --- Hyperbolic geometry. --- Hyperplane. --- Ideal triangle. --- Intersection (set theory). --- Interval exchange transformation. --- Inverse function. --- Inverse limit. --- Isometry group. --- Lattice (group). --- Limit set. --- Line segment. --- Linear algebra. --- Linear function. --- Line–line intersection. --- Main diagonal. --- Modular group. --- Monotonic function. --- Multiple (mathematics). --- Orthant. --- Outer billiard. --- Parallelogram. --- Parameter. --- Partial derivative. --- Penrose tiling. --- Permutation. --- Piecewise. --- Polygon. --- Polyhedron. --- Polytope. --- Product topology. --- Projective geometry. --- Rectangle. --- Renormalization. --- Rhombus. --- Right angle. --- Rotational symmetry. --- Sanity check. --- Scientific notation. --- Semicircle. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Special case. --- Square root of 2. --- Subsequence. --- Summation. --- Symbolic dynamics. --- Symmetry group. --- Tangent. --- Tetrahedron. --- Theorem. --- Toy model. --- Translational symmetry. --- Trapezoid. --- Triangle group. --- Triangle inequality. --- Two-dimensional space. --- Upper and lower bounds. --- Upper half-plane. --- Without loss of generality. --- Yair Minsky.

The Real Fatou Conjecture. (AM-144), Volume 144
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ISBN: 0691002576 1400865182 9781400865185 9780691002583 9780691002576 0691002584 9780691002583 Year: 2014 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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In 1920, Pierre Fatou expressed the conjecture that--except for special cases--all critical points of a rational map of the Riemann sphere tend to periodic orbits under iteration. This conjecture remains the main open problem in the dynamics of iterated maps. For the logistic family x- ax(1-x), it can be interpreted to mean that for a dense set of parameters "a," an attracting periodic orbit exists. The same question appears naturally in science, where the logistic family is used to construct models in physics, ecology, and economics. In this book, Jacek Graczyk and Grzegorz Swiatek provide a rigorous proof of the Real Fatou Conjecture. In spite of the apparently elementary nature of the problem, its solution requires advanced tools of complex analysis. The authors have written a self-contained and complete version of the argument, accessible to someone with no knowledge of complex dynamics and only basic familiarity with interval maps. The book will thus be useful to specialists in real dynamics as well as to graduate students.

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Geodesics (Mathematics) --- Polynomials. --- Mappings (Mathematics) --- Maps (Mathematics) --- Functions --- Functions, Continuous --- Topology --- Transformations (Mathematics) --- Algebra --- Geometry, Differential --- Global analysis (Mathematics) --- Mathematics --- Absolute value. --- Affine transformation. --- Algebraic function. --- Analytic continuation. --- Analytic function. --- Arithmetic. --- Automorphism. --- Big O notation. --- Bounded set (topological vector space). --- C0. --- Calculation. --- Canonical map. --- Change of variables. --- Chebyshev polynomials. --- Combinatorics. --- Commutative property. --- Complex number. --- Complex plane. --- Complex quadratic polynomial. --- Conformal map. --- Conjecture. --- Conjugacy class. --- Conjugate points. --- Connected component (graph theory). --- Connected space. --- Continuous function. --- Corollary. --- Covering space. --- Critical point (mathematics). --- Dense set. --- Derivative. --- Diffeomorphism. --- Dimension. --- Disjoint sets. --- Disjoint union. --- Disk (mathematics). --- Equicontinuity. --- Estimation. --- Existential quantification. --- Fibonacci. --- Functional equation. --- Fundamental domain. --- Generalization. --- Great-circle distance. --- Hausdorff distance. --- Holomorphic function. --- Homeomorphism. --- Homotopy. --- Hyperbolic function. --- Imaginary number. --- Implicit function theorem. --- Injective function. --- Integer. --- Intermediate value theorem. --- Interval (mathematics). --- Inverse function. --- Irreducible polynomial. --- Iteration. --- Jordan curve theorem. --- Julia set. --- Limit of a sequence. --- Linear map. --- Local diffeomorphism. --- Mathematical induction. --- Mathematical proof. --- Maxima and minima. --- Meromorphic function. --- Moduli (physics). --- Monomial. --- Monotonic function. --- Natural number. --- Neighbourhood (mathematics). --- Open set. --- Parameter. --- Periodic function. --- Periodic point. --- Phase space. --- Point at infinity. --- Polynomial. --- Projection (mathematics). --- Quadratic function. --- Quadratic. --- Quasiconformal mapping. --- Renormalization. --- Riemann sphere. --- Riemann surface. --- Schwarzian derivative. --- Scientific notation. --- Subsequence. --- Theorem. --- Theory. --- Topological conjugacy. --- Topological entropy. --- Topology. --- Union (set theory). --- Unit circle. --- Unit disk. --- Upper and lower bounds. --- Upper half-plane. --- Z0.

The Seiberg-Witten Equations and Applications to the Topology of Smooth Four-Manifolds. (MN-44), Volume 44
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ISBN: 1400865166 9781400865161 9780691025971 0691025975 9780691025971 Year: 2014 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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The recent introduction of the Seiberg-Witten invariants of smooth four-manifolds has revolutionized the study of those manifolds. The invariants are gauge-theoretic in nature and are close cousins of the much-studied SU(2)-invariants defined over fifteen years ago by Donaldson. On a practical level, the new invariants have proved to be more powerful and have led to a vast generalization of earlier results. This book is an introduction to the Seiberg-Witten invariants. The work begins with a review of the classical material on Spin c structures and their associated Dirac operators. Next comes a discussion of the Seiberg-Witten equations, which is set in the context of nonlinear elliptic operators on an appropriate infinite dimensional space of configurations. It is demonstrated that the space of solutions to these equations, called the Seiberg-Witten moduli space, is finite dimensional, and its dimension is then computed. In contrast to the SU(2)-case, the Seiberg-Witten moduli spaces are shown to be compact. The Seiberg-Witten invariant is then essentially the homology class in the space of configurations represented by the Seiberg-Witten moduli space. The last chapter gives a flavor for the applications of these new invariants by computing the invariants for most Kahler surfaces and then deriving some basic toological consequences for these surfaces.

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Four-manifolds (Topology) --- Seiberg-Witten invariants. --- Mathematical physics. --- Physical mathematics --- Physics --- Invariants --- 4-dimensional manifolds (Topology) --- 4-manifolds (Topology) --- Four dimensional manifolds (Topology) --- Manifolds, Four dimensional --- Low-dimensional topology --- Topological manifolds --- Mathematics --- Affine space. --- Affine transformation. --- Algebra bundle. --- Algebraic surface. --- Almost complex manifold. --- Automorphism. --- Banach space. --- Clifford algebra. --- Cohomology. --- Cokernel. --- Complex dimension. --- Complex manifold. --- Complex plane. --- Complex projective space. --- Complex vector bundle. --- Complexification (Lie group). --- Computation. --- Configuration space. --- Conjugate transpose. --- Covariant derivative. --- Curvature form. --- Curvature. --- Differentiable manifold. --- Differential topology. --- Dimension (vector space). --- Dirac equation. --- Dirac operator. --- Division algebra. --- Donaldson theory. --- Duality (mathematics). --- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. --- Elliptic operator. --- Elliptic surface. --- Equation. --- Fiber bundle. --- Frenet–Serret formulas. --- Gauge fixing. --- Gauge theory. --- Gaussian curvature. --- Geometry. --- Group homomorphism. --- Hilbert space. --- Hodge index theorem. --- Homology (mathematics). --- Homotopy. --- Identity (mathematics). --- Implicit function theorem. --- Intersection form (4-manifold). --- Inverse function theorem. --- Isomorphism class. --- K3 surface. --- Kähler manifold. --- Levi-Civita connection. --- Lie algebra. --- Line bundle. --- Linear map. --- Linear space (geometry). --- Linearization. --- Manifold. --- Mathematical induction. --- Moduli space. --- Multiplication theorem. --- Neighbourhood (mathematics). --- One-form. --- Open set. --- Orientability. --- Orthonormal basis. --- Parameter space. --- Parametric equation. --- Parity (mathematics). --- Partial derivative. --- Principal bundle. --- Projection (linear algebra). --- Pullback (category theory). --- Quadratic form. --- Quaternion algebra. --- Quotient space (topology). --- Riemann surface. --- Riemannian manifold. --- Sard's theorem. --- Sign (mathematics). --- Sobolev space. --- Spin group. --- Spin representation. --- Spin structure. --- Spinor field. --- Subgroup. --- Submanifold. --- Surjective function. --- Symplectic geometry. --- Symplectic manifold. --- Tangent bundle. --- Tangent space. --- Tensor product. --- Theorem. --- Three-dimensional space (mathematics). --- Trace (linear algebra). --- Transversality (mathematics). --- Two-form. --- Zariski tangent space.

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