Author: John Lindsay Orr
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804057
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Immersive environments such as virtual reality technology makes possible can respond to their audiences, so that each person's experience of the environment is unique. This volume brings together 11 essays along with artists' projects produced at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada to explore issues raised by the creation of virtual environments. The essays approach the social and cultural implications of cyberspace from the perspective of cultural studies, communications, art history, art criticism, English, and women's studies; while artists who created nine virtual worlds at the Banff Centre discuss what they have tried to accomplish in both theoretical and technical terms. With 64 illustrations, including 18 color plates. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Triangular Algebras and Ideals of Nest Algebras
Author: John Lindsay Orr
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804057
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Immersive environments such as virtual reality technology makes possible can respond to their audiences, so that each person's experience of the environment is unique. This volume brings together 11 essays along with artists' projects produced at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada to explore issues raised by the creation of virtual environments. The essays approach the social and cultural implications of cyberspace from the perspective of cultural studies, communications, art history, art criticism, English, and women's studies; while artists who created nine virtual worlds at the Banff Centre discuss what they have tried to accomplish in both theoretical and technical terms. With 64 illustrations, including 18 color plates. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804057
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Immersive environments such as virtual reality technology makes possible can respond to their audiences, so that each person's experience of the environment is unique. This volume brings together 11 essays along with artists' projects produced at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada to explore issues raised by the creation of virtual environments. The essays approach the social and cultural implications of cyberspace from the perspective of cultural studies, communications, art history, art criticism, English, and women's studies; while artists who created nine virtual worlds at the Banff Centre discuss what they have tried to accomplish in both theoretical and technical terms. With 64 illustrations, including 18 color plates. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Triangular Algebras and Ideals of Nest Algebras
Author: John Lindsay Orr
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 9780821862858
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Triangular algebras and nest algebras are two important classes of non-selfadjoint operator algebras. In this book, the author uses the new depth of understanding which the similarity theory for nests has opened up to study ideals of nest algebras. In particular, a unique largest diagonal-disjoint ideal is identified for each nest algebra. Using a construction proposed by Kadison and Singer, this ideal can be used to construct new maximal triangular algebras. These new algebras are the first concrete descriptions of maximal triangular algebras that are not nest algebras.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 9780821862858
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Triangular algebras and nest algebras are two important classes of non-selfadjoint operator algebras. In this book, the author uses the new depth of understanding which the similarity theory for nests has opened up to study ideals of nest algebras. In particular, a unique largest diagonal-disjoint ideal is identified for each nest algebra. Using a construction proposed by Kadison and Singer, this ideal can be used to construct new maximal triangular algebras. These new algebras are the first concrete descriptions of maximal triangular algebras that are not nest algebras.
Irreducible Triangular Algebras
Author: Baruch Solel
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 082182290X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This memoir is devoted to the study of the structure of irreducible triangular algebras generated by a maximal abelian algebra and an ordered semigroup of unitary operators acting on the maximal abelian algebra.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 082182290X
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
This memoir is devoted to the study of the structure of irreducible triangular algebras generated by a maximal abelian algebra and an ordered semigroup of unitary operators acting on the maximal abelian algebra.
Geometry of Loop Spaces and the Cobar Construction
Author: Hans J. Baues
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821822306
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The homology of iterated loop spaces [capital Greek]Omega [superscript]n [italic]X has always been a problem of major interest because it gives some insight into the homotopy of [italic]X, among other things. Therefore, if [italic]X is a CW-complex, one has been interested in small CW models for [capital Greek]Omega [superscript]n [italic]X in order to compute the cellular chain complex. The author proves a very general model theorem from which he can derive models, in addition to very technical proofs of the model theorem for several other models.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821822306
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The homology of iterated loop spaces [capital Greek]Omega [superscript]n [italic]X has always been a problem of major interest because it gives some insight into the homotopy of [italic]X, among other things. Therefore, if [italic]X is a CW-complex, one has been interested in small CW models for [capital Greek]Omega [superscript]n [italic]X in order to compute the cellular chain complex. The author proves a very general model theorem from which he can derive models, in addition to very technical proofs of the model theorem for several other models.
The Classification of Countable Homogeneous Directed Graphs and Countable Homogeneous $n$-tournaments
Author: Gregory L. Cherlin
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 9780821808368
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
In this book, Ramsey theoretic methods introduced by Lachlan are applied to classify the countable homogeneous directed graphs. This is an uncountable collection, and this book presents the first explicit classification result covering an uncountable family. The author's aim is to demonstrate the potential of Lachlan's method for systematic use.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 9780821808368
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
In this book, Ramsey theoretic methods introduced by Lachlan are applied to classify the countable homogeneous directed graphs. This is an uncountable collection, and this book presents the first explicit classification result covering an uncountable family. The author's aim is to demonstrate the potential of Lachlan's method for systematic use.
Model Theory and Linear Extreme Points in the Numerical Radius Unit Ball
Author: Michael A. Dritschel
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821806513
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
This memoir initiates a model theory-based study of the numerical radius norm. Guided by the abstract model theory of Jim Agler, the authors propose a decomposition for operators that is particularly useful in understanding their properties with respect to the numerical radius norm. Of the topics amenable to investigation with these tools, the following are presented: a complete description of the linear extreme points of the non-matrix (numerical radius) unit ball; several equivalent characterizations of matricial extremals in the unit ball, that is, those members which do not allow a nontrivial extension remaining in the unit ball; and applications to numerical ranges of matrices, including a complete parameterization of all matrices whose numerical ranges are closed disks.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821806513
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
This memoir initiates a model theory-based study of the numerical radius norm. Guided by the abstract model theory of Jim Agler, the authors propose a decomposition for operators that is particularly useful in understanding their properties with respect to the numerical radius norm. Of the topics amenable to investigation with these tools, the following are presented: a complete description of the linear extreme points of the non-matrix (numerical radius) unit ball; several equivalent characterizations of matricial extremals in the unit ball, that is, those members which do not allow a nontrivial extension remaining in the unit ball; and applications to numerical ranges of matrices, including a complete parameterization of all matrices whose numerical ranges are closed disks.
Hodge Theory in the Sobolev Topology for the de Rham Complex
Author: Luigi Fontana
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821808303
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
In this book, the authors treat the full Hodge theory for the de Rham complex when calculated in the Sobolev topology rather than in the $L2$ topology. The use of the Sobolev topology strikingly alters the problem from the classical setup and gives rise to a new class of elliptic boundary value problems. The study takes place on both the upper half space and on a smoothly bounded domain. It features: a good introduction to elliptic theory, pseudo-differential operators, and boundary value problems; theorems completely explained and proved; and new geometric tools for differential analysis on domains and manifolds.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821808303
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
In this book, the authors treat the full Hodge theory for the de Rham complex when calculated in the Sobolev topology rather than in the $L2$ topology. The use of the Sobolev topology strikingly alters the problem from the classical setup and gives rise to a new class of elliptic boundary value problems. The study takes place on both the upper half space and on a smoothly bounded domain. It features: a good introduction to elliptic theory, pseudo-differential operators, and boundary value problems; theorems completely explained and proved; and new geometric tools for differential analysis on domains and manifolds.
Wavelet Methods for Pointwise Regularity and Local Oscillations of Functions
Author: Stéphane Jaffard
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804758
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
We investigate several topics related to the local behavior of functions: pointwise Hölder regularity, local scaling invariance and very oscillatory "chirp-like" behaviors. Our main tool is to relate these notions to two-microlocal conditions which are defined either on the Littlewood-Paley decomposition or on the wavelet transform. We give characterizations and the main properties of these two-microlocal spaces and we give several applications, such as bounds on the dimension of the set of Hölder singularities of a function, Sobolev regularity of trace functions, and chirp expansions of specific functions.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804758
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
We investigate several topics related to the local behavior of functions: pointwise Hölder regularity, local scaling invariance and very oscillatory "chirp-like" behaviors. Our main tool is to relate these notions to two-microlocal conditions which are defined either on the Littlewood-Paley decomposition or on the wavelet transform. We give characterizations and the main properties of these two-microlocal spaces and we give several applications, such as bounds on the dimension of the set of Hölder singularities of a function, Sobolev regularity of trace functions, and chirp expansions of specific functions.
Degree 16 Standard L-function of $GSp(2) \times GSp(2)$
Author: Dihua Jiang
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804766
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Automorphic L-functions, introduced by Robert Langlands in the 1960s, are natural extensions of such classical L-functions as the Riemann zeta function, Hecke L-functions, etc. They form an important part of the Langlands Program, which seeks to establish connections among number theory, representation theory, and geometry. This book offers, via the Rankin-Selberg method, a thorough and comprehensive examination of the degree 16 standard L-function of the product of two rank two symplectic similitude groups, which includes the study of the global integral of Rankin-Selberg type and local integrals, analytic properties of certain Eisenstein series of symplectic groups, and the relevant residue representations.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804766
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Automorphic L-functions, introduced by Robert Langlands in the 1960s, are natural extensions of such classical L-functions as the Riemann zeta function, Hecke L-functions, etc. They form an important part of the Langlands Program, which seeks to establish connections among number theory, representation theory, and geometry. This book offers, via the Rankin-Selberg method, a thorough and comprehensive examination of the degree 16 standard L-function of the product of two rank two symplectic similitude groups, which includes the study of the global integral of Rankin-Selberg type and local integrals, analytic properties of certain Eisenstein series of symplectic groups, and the relevant residue representations.
The Real Positive Definite Completion Problem: Cycle Completability
Author: Wayne Walton Barrett
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804731
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Given a partial symmetric matrix, the positive definite completion problem asks if the unspecified entries in the matrix can be chosen so as to make the resulting matrix positive definite. Applications include probability and statistics, image enhancement, systems engineering, geophysics, and mathematical programming. The positive definite completion problem can also be viewed as a mechanism for addressing a fundamental problem in Euclidean geometry: which potential geometric configurations of vectors (i.e., configurations with angles between some vectors specified) are realizable in a Euclidean space. The positions of the specified entries in a partial matrix are naturally described by a graph. The question of existence of a positive definite completion was previously solved completely for the restrictive class of chordal graphs and this work solves the problem for the class of cycle completable graphs, a significant generalization of chordal graphs. These are graphs for which knowledge of completability for induced cycles (and cliques) implies completability of partial symmetric matrices with the given graph.
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN: 0821804731
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Given a partial symmetric matrix, the positive definite completion problem asks if the unspecified entries in the matrix can be chosen so as to make the resulting matrix positive definite. Applications include probability and statistics, image enhancement, systems engineering, geophysics, and mathematical programming. The positive definite completion problem can also be viewed as a mechanism for addressing a fundamental problem in Euclidean geometry: which potential geometric configurations of vectors (i.e., configurations with angles between some vectors specified) are realizable in a Euclidean space. The positions of the specified entries in a partial matrix are naturally described by a graph. The question of existence of a positive definite completion was previously solved completely for the restrictive class of chordal graphs and this work solves the problem for the class of cycle completable graphs, a significant generalization of chordal graphs. These are graphs for which knowledge of completability for induced cycles (and cliques) implies completability of partial symmetric matrices with the given graph.