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  • Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms

    An Introduction to Computational Algebraic Geometry and Commutative Algebra

    by David A. Cox, John Little, Donal O'Shea ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This text covers topics in algebraic geometry and commutative algebra with a strong perspective toward practical and computational aspects. The first four chapters form the core of the book. A comprehensive chart in the Preface illustrates a variety of ways to proceed with the material once these chapters are covered. In addition to the fundamentals of algebraic geometry—the elimination theorem, ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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  • Elliptic Tales

    Curves, Counting, and Number Theory

    by Avner Ash, Robert Gross ...
    A look at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in mathematics todayElliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics—the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. In this book, Avner Ash and Robert Gross guide readers through the mathematics they need to understand this captivating problem.The ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Enlightening Symbols

    A Short History of Mathematical Notation and Its Hidden Powers

    by Joseph Mazur ...
    "[A] fascinating narrative. . . . This is a nuanced, intelligently framed chronicle . . . In a word: enlightening." —George Szpiro, NatureWhile all of us regularly use basic math symbols such as those for plus, minus, and equals, few of us know that many of these symbols weren't available before the sixteenth century. What did mathematicians rely on for their work before then? And how did ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mathematical Concepts

    by Jürgen Jost ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The main intention of this book is to describe and develop the conceptual, structural and abstract thinking of mathematics. Specific mathematical structures are used to illustrate the conceptual approach; providing a deeper insight into mutual relationships and abstract common features. These ideas are carefully motivated, explained and illustrated by examples so that many of the more technical ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Set Theory

    With an Introduction to Real Point Sets

    by Abhijit Dasgupta ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    What is a number? What is infinity? What is continuity? What is order? Answers to these fundamental questions obtained by late nineteenth-century mathematicians such as Dedekind and Cantor gave birth to set theory. This textbook presents classical set theory in an intuitive but concrete manner.To allow flexibility of topic selection in courses, the book is organized into four relatively ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • On Logical, Algebraic, and Probabilistic Aspects of Fuzzy Set Theory

    Edited by Radko Mesiar, Susanne Saminger-Platz ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The book is a collection of contributions by leading experts, developed around traditional themes discussed at the annual Linz Seminars on Fuzzy Set Theory. The different chapters have been written by former PhD students, colleagues, co-authors and friends of Peter Klement, a leading researcher and the organizer of the Linz Seminars on Fuzzy Set Theory. The book also includes advanced findings on ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Periods and Nori Motives

    by Annette Huber, Benjamin Friedrich, Jonas von Wangenheim, Stefan Müller-Stach ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book casts the theory of periods of algebraic varieties in the natural setting of Madhav Nori’s abelian category of mixed motives. It develops Nori’s approach to mixed motives from scratch, thereby filling an important gap in the literature, and then explains the connection of mixed motives to periods, including a detailed account of the theory of period numbers in the sense of Kontsevich ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra

    Dedicated to Winfried Bruns on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday

    Edited by Aldo Conca, Tim Römer, Joseph Gubeladze ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This volume collects contributions by leading experts in the area of commutative algebra related to the INdAM meeting “Homological and Computational Methods in Commutative Algebra” held in Cortona (Italy) from May 30 to June 3, 2016 . The conference and this volume are dedicated to Winfried Bruns on the occasion of his 70th birthday. In particular, the topics of this book strongly reflect the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Ordered Sets

    An Introduction with Connections from Combinatorics to Topology

    by Bernd Schröder ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The second edition of this highly praised textbook provides an expanded introduction to the theory of ordered sets and its connections to various subjects. Utilizing a modular presentation, the core material is purposely kept brief, allowing for the benefits of a broad exposure to the subject without the risk of overloading the reader with too much information all at once. The remaining chapters ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Galois Theory, Coverings, and Riemann Surfaces

    by Askold Khovanskii ...
    Translated by Vladlen Timorin, Valentina Kiritchenko ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    The first part of this book provides an elementary and self-contained exposition of classical Galois theory and its applications to questions of solvability of algebraic equations in explicit form. The second part describes a surprising analogy between the fundamental theorem of Galois theory and the classification of coverings over a topological space. The third part contains a geometric ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Representation Theory

    A Homological Algebra Point of View

    by Alexander Zimmermann ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    Introducing the representation theory of groups and finite dimensional algebras, first studying basic non-commutative ring theory, this book covers the necessary background on elementary homological algebra and representations of groups up to block theory. It further discusses vertices, defect groups, Green and Brauer correspondences and Clifford theory. Whenever possible the statements are ... Read more

    $205.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Singularities

    by Shihoko Ishii ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This book is an introduction to singularities for graduate students and researchers.It is said that algebraic geometry originated in the seventeenth century with the famous work Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences by Descartes. In that book he introduced coordinates to the study of geometry. After its publication, research on algebraic ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD