A Lost Mathematician Takeo Nakasawa

Author : Hirokazu Nishimura,Susumu Kuroda
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783764385736

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A Lost Mathematician, Takeo Nakasawa by Hirokazu Nishimura,Susumu Kuroda Pdf

Matroid theory was invented in the middle of the 1930s by two mathematicians independently, namely, Hassler Whitney in the USA and Takeo Nakasawa in Japan. Whitney became famous, but Nakasawa remained anonymous until two decades ago. He left only four papers to the mathematical community, all of them written in the middle of the 1930s. It was a bad time to have lived in a country that had become as eccentric as possible. Just as Nazism became more and more flamboyant in Europe in the 1930s, Japan became more and more esoteric and fanatical in the same time period. This book explains the little that is known about Nakasawa’s personal life in a Japan that had, among other failures, lost control over its military. This book contains his four papers in German and their English translations as well as some extended commentary on the history of Japan during those years. The book also contains 14 photos of him or his family. Although the veil of mystery surrounding Nakasawa’s life has only been partially lifted, the work presented in this book speaks eloquently of a tragic loss to the mathematical community.

Author : Hirokazu Nishimura,Susumu Kuroda
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-29
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3764394617

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A Lost Mathematician, Takeo Nakasawa by Hirokazu Nishimura,Susumu Kuroda Pdf

Matroid theory was invented in the middle of the 1930s by two mathematicians independently, namely, Hassler Whitney in the USA and Takeo Nakasawa in Japan. Whitney became famous, but Nakasawa remained anonymous until two decades ago. He left only four papers to the mathematical community, all of them written in the middle of the 1930s. It was a bad time to have lived in a country that had become as eccentric as possible. Just as Nazism became more and more flamboyant in Europe in the 1930s, Japan became more and more esoteric and fanatical in the same time period. This book explains the little that is known about Nakasawa’s personal life in a Japan that had, among other failures, lost control over its military. This book contains his four papers in German and their English translations as well as some extended commentary on the history of Japan during those years. The book also contains 14 photos of him or his family. Although the veil of mystery surrounding Nakasawa’s life has only been partially lifted, the work presented in this book speaks eloquently of a tragic loss to the mathematical community.

Author : Hirokazu Nishimura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:611740000

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A Lost Mathematician by Hirokazu Nishimura Pdf

Author : Douglas B. West
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781107058583

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Combinatorial Mathematics by Douglas B. West Pdf

This is the most readable and thorough graduate textbook and reference for combinatorics, covering enumeration, graphs, sets, and methods.

Author : Mauricio G.C. Resende,Celso C. Ribeiro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781493965304

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Optimization by GRASP by Mauricio G.C. Resende,Celso C. Ribeiro Pdf

This is the first book to cover GRASP (Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures), a metaheuristic that has enjoyed wide success in practice with a broad range of applications to real-world combinatorial optimization problems. The state-of-the-art coverage and carefully crafted pedagogical style lends this book highly accessible as an introductory text not only to GRASP, but also to combinatorial optimization, greedy algorithms, local search, and path-relinking, as well as to heuristics and metaheuristics, in general. The focus is on algorithmic and computational aspects of applied optimization with GRASP with emphasis given to the end-user, providing sufficient information on the broad spectrum of advances in applied optimization with GRASP. For the more advanced reader, chapters on hybridization with path-relinking and parallel and continuous GRASP present these topics in a clear and concise fashion. Additionally, the book offers a very complete annotated bibliography of GRASP and combinatorial optimization. For the practitioner who needs to solve combinatorial optimization problems, the book provides a chapter with four case studies and implementable templates for all algorithms covered in the text. This book, with its excellent overview of GRASP, will appeal to researchers and practitioners of combinatorial optimization who have a need to find optimal or near optimal solutions to hard combinatorial optimization problems.

Author : Christopher H Griffin
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789811273124

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Applied Graph Theory: An Introduction With Graph Optimization And Algebraic Graph Theory by Christopher H Griffin Pdf

This book serves as an introduction to graph theory and its applications. It is intended for a senior undergraduate course in graph theory but is also appropriate for beginning graduate students in science or engineering. The book presents a rigorous (proof-based) introduction to graph theory while also discussing applications of the results for solving real-world problems of interest. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 covers the combinatorial aspects of graph theory including a discussion of common vocabulary, a discussion of vertex and edge cuts, Eulerian tours, Hamiltonian paths and a characterization of trees. This leads to Part 2, which discusses common combinatorial optimization problems. Spanning trees, shortest path problems and matroids are all discussed, as are maximum flow problems. Part 2 ends with a discussion of graph coloring and a proof of the NP-completeness of the coloring problem. Part 3 introduces the reader to algebraic graph theory, and focuses on Markov chains, centrality computation (e.g., eigenvector centrality and page rank), as well as spectral graph clustering and the graph Laplacian. Part 4 contains additional material on linear programming, which is used to provide an alternative analysis of the maximum flow problem. Two appendices containing prerequisite material on linear algebra and probability theory are also provided.

Author : Martina Becvarova
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781786349323

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Development Of Mathematics Between The World Wars, The: Case Studies, Examples And Analyses by Martina Becvarova Pdf

The Development of Mathematics Between the World Wars traces the transformation of scientific life within mathematical communities during the interwar period in Central and Eastern Europe, specifically in Germany, Russia, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Throughout the book, in-depth mathematical analyses and examples are included for the benefit of the reader.World War I heavily affected academic life. In European countries, many talented researchers and students were killed in action and scientific activities were halted to resume only in the postwar years. However, this inhibition turned out to be a catalyst for the birth of a new generation of mathematicians, for the emergence of new ideas and theories and for the surprising creation of new and outstanding scientific schools.The final four chapters are not restricted to Central and Eastern Europe and deal with the development of mathematics between World War I and World War II. After describing the general state of mathematics at the end of the 19th century and the first third of the 20th century, three case studies dealing with selected mathematical disciplines are presented (set theory, potential theory, combinatorics), in a way accessible to a broad audience of mathematicians as well as historians of mathematics.

Author : Kōji Mizoguchi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521884907

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The Archaeology of Japan by Kōji Mizoguchi Pdf

The first book-length introduction to the Yayoi and Kofun periods of Japan (c.600 BC-AD 700).

Author : Matsuda Wataru
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136821097

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Japan and China by Matsuda Wataru Pdf

This volume ties together the histories of Japan and China for the modern period prior to the 20th century. The chapters look at Chinese and Japanese works which were written in response to events in the other country. None of these works has received any sustained attention in the west. As a result we get a view of how Chinese and Japanese saw each other at a time when there were few personal contacts allowed. Many of these texts were built on fanciful embellishments of stories that migrated from one land to the other. But the unique qualities of the Sino-Japanese cultural bond seem to have conditioned the interaction so that these texts all reveal a fascinatingly well-defined area.

Author : Anantha K. Duraiappah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9280812106

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Satoyama--satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-being by Anantha K. Duraiappah Pdf

"Satoyama" is a Japanese term describing mosaic landscapes of different ecosystems--secondary forests, farm lands, irrigation ponds and grasslands--along with human settlements managed to produce bundles of ecosystem services for human wellbeing. The concept of "satoyama," longstanding traditions associated with land management practices that allow sustainable use of natural resources, has been extended to cover marine and coastal ecosystems ( "satoumi"). These landscapes and seascapes have been rapidly changing, and the ecosystem services they provide are under threat from various social, economic, political, and technological factors. "Satoyama-Satoumi Ecosystems and Human Well-Being" presents the findings of the Japan Satoyama Satoumi Assessment (JSSA), a study of the interaction between humans and ecosystems in Japan. It was written by the 200-plus authors, stakeholders, and reviewers from Japan and elsewhere who make up the JSSA team. The study analyzes changes that have occurred in "satoyama-satoumi" ecosystems over the last 50 years and identifies plausible future scenarios for the year 2050, taking into account various drivers such as governmental and economic policy, climate change, technology, and sociobehavioral responses. This provides a new approach to land-use planning that addresses not only economic development but also cultural values and ecological integrity. This book is a key reference text for development planners, policymakers, scientists, postgraduate students, and others interested in the environment and development.

Author : Yoshio Sugimoto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781139489478

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An Introduction to Japanese Society by Yoshio Sugimoto Pdf

Essential reading for students of Japanese society, An Introduction to Japanese Society now enters its third edition. Here, internationally renowned scholar, Yoshio Sugimoto, writes a sophisticated, yet highly readable and lucid text, using both English and Japanese sources to update and expand upon his original narrative. The book challenges the traditional notion that Japan comprises a uniform culture, and draws attention to its subcultural diversity and class competition. Covering all aspects of Japanese society, it includes chapters on class, geographical and generational variation, work, education, gender, minorities, popular culture and the establishment. This new edition features sections on: Japan's cultural capitalism; the decline of the conventional Japanese management model; the rise of the 'socially divided society' thesis; changes of government; the spread of manga, animation and Japan's popular culture overseas; and the expansion of civil society in Japan.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Industrial design
ISBN : OCLC:78275172

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Mutant materials in contemporary design by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hans G. Vogel,Wolfgang H. Vogel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783662033333

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Drug Discovery and Evaluation by Hans G. Vogel,Wolfgang H. Vogel Pdf

This reference book contains a comprehensive selection of the most frequently used assays for reliably detecting pharmacological effects of potential drugs, including tests for cardiovascular, analgesic, psychotropic, metabolic, endocrine, respiratory, renal, and immunomodulatory activities. Each of the over 700 assays comprises a detailed protocol with the purpose and rationale of the method, a description of the experimental procedure, a critical assessment of the results and their pharmacological and clinical relevance, and pertinent references. Identification of specific tests is facilitated by the enclosed CD-ROM which allows for a quick and full text research. An appendix with guidelines and legal regulations for animal experiments in various countries will help to plan these experiments properly in accordance with the welfare of laboratory animals.

Author : Alain C. Pierre
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030381448

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Introduction to Sol-Gel Processing by Alain C. Pierre Pdf

This book presents a broad, general introduction to the processing of Sol-Gel technologies. This updated volume serves as a general handbook for researchers and students entering the field. This new edition provides updates in fields that have undergone rapid developments, such as Ceramics, Catalysis, Chromatropgraphy, biomaterials, glass science, and optics. It provides a simple, compact resource that can also be used in graduate-level materials science courses.

Author : John Van Sant,Peter Mauch, Western Sydney University,Yoneyuki Sugita
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810864627

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Historical Dictionary of United States-Japan Relations by John Van Sant,Peter Mauch, Western Sydney University,Yoneyuki Sugita Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of United States-Japan Relations traces this one hundred and fifty year relationship through a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations. Covering everything from Walt Whitman's poem, A Broadway Pageant, commemorating the visit of the Shogun's Embassy to the U.S. in 1860, to zaibatsu, this ready reference is an excellent starting point for the study of Japan's dealings with the U.S.