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Cellular Neural Networks and Analog VLSI
by Leon Chua Glenn Gulak Edmund Pierzchala Ángel Rodríguez-VázquezCellular Neural Networks and Analog VLSI brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this fast moving area. Cellular Neural Networks and Analog VLSI serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.
Cellular Neural Networks: Dynamics and Modelling (Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications #16)
by A. SlavovaConventional digital computation methods have run into a se rious speed bottleneck due to their serial nature. To overcome this problem, a new computation model, called Neural Networks, has been proposed, which is based on some aspects of neurobiology and adapted to integrated circuits. The increased availability of com puting power has not only made many new applications possible but has also created the desire to perform cognitive tasks which are easily carried out by the human brain. It become obvious that new types of algorithms and/or circuits were necessary to cope with such tasks. Inspiration has been sought from the functioning of the hu man brain, which led to the artificial neural network approach. One way of looking at neural networks is to consider them to be arrays of nonlinear dynamical systems that interact with each other. This book deals with one class of locally coupled neural net works, called Cellular Neural Networks (CNNs). CNNs were intro duced in 1988 by L. O. Chua and L. Yang [27,28] as a novel class of information processing systems, which posseses some of the key fea tures of neural networks (NNs) and which has important potential applications in such areas as image processing and pattern reco gnition. Unfortunately, the highly interdisciplinary nature of the research in CNNs makes it very difficult for a newcomer to enter this important and fasciriating area of modern science.
Cellular Spaces, Null Spaces and Homotopy Localization (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #1622)
by Emmanuel D. FarjounIn this monograph we give an exposition of some recent development in homotopy theory. It relates to advances in periodicity in homotopy localization and in cellular spaces. The notion of homotopy localization is treated quite generally and encompasses all the known idempotent homotopy functors. It is applied to K-theory localizations, to Morava-theories, to Hopkins-Smith theory of types. The method of homotopy colimits is used heavily. It is written with an advanced graduate student in topology and research homotopy theorist in mind.
CEM 11+ Mathematics Practice Papers
by David E HansonExam Board: ISEBLevel: 11 PlusSubject: MathsFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Autumn 2016Brand new for 2016, these practice exam papers prepare children for the most challenging pre-tests and 11 plus independent school examinations. Nine levelled exam papers with a total of 184 questions are designed to test pupil's ability across all mathematical topics:- there are four training tests, which include some simpler questions and slower timing designed to develop confidence- four tests in the style of pre-tests, ISEB and short-format CEM in terms of difficulty, speed and question variation- one test in the style of the longer format GL/bespoke tests in multiple choice question formatThe papers will develop and perfect exam technique, and will teach pupils to improve their response rates with timed papers. Pupils will ...- become familiar with the way long-format 11 plus tests are presented- build exam-room confidence by practising with a variety of exam paper styles- work with the most challenging question setThe brand new 11 plus and pre-test range has been constructed to help pupils follow a three step revision journey ..Step 1) 11 Plus Maths Revision GuideStep 2) Practice Papers11 Plus Maths Practice Papers 111 Plus Maths Practice Papers 2Step 3) Workbooks10-Minute Maths Tests Workbook Age 8-10 10-Minute Maths Tests Workbook Age 9-11 Mental Arithmetic Workbook Age 8-10 Mental Arithmetic Workbook Age 9-11
CEM 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning & Spatial Reasoning Practice Papers: For 11+, Pre-test And Independent School Exams Including Cem, Gl And Iseb
by Peter FrancisThese three practice exam papers test pupils ahead of the CEM 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning test, including those taking bespoke tests created by CEM for individual schools. Three levelled papers test pupils' skills in non-verbal and spatial reasoning.The papers are designed to:- Develop and perfect exam technique for all CEM 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning tests- Teach pupils to improve their response rates with timed papers- Identify weaker areas and improve results by studying the answers, which contain references to Galore Park's revision materials for guidance and useful tips- The resource also contains links to downloadable answer sheets so that the tests can be re-sat.These practice papers are part of Galore Park's 11+ revision series, which provides a three-step learning journey that teaches children the skills needed to pass rigorous school entrance exams.
CEMAF as a Census Method: A Proposal for a Re-Designed Census and An Independent U.S. Census Bureau (SpringerBriefs in Population Studies)
by David A. Swanson Paula J. WalashekIn provocative terms that push the envelope of technical, administrative, and legal capabilities, Swanson and Walashek propose a re-vamped US census based neither on the current system, self-enumeration, nor its predecessor, door-to-door canvassing. Instead, they propose that it be built on a combination of four elements: (1) administrative records; (2) the continuously updated Master Address File; (3) survey data; and (4) modeling and imputation techniques. They use “Census-Enhanced Master Address File (CEMAF) as a descriptive term for their proposal, which is based on four principles and includes a proposal for an independent Census Bureau. They argue that evidence suggests that the methods used to conduct traditional census counts may be at the end of their useful working lives, as evidenced by increasing costs and declining response rates. Some of their ideas will seem farfetched. However, Swanson and Walashek believe this is the time to discuss radical proposals as governments re-examine the utility of traditional census counts and consider reductions, as is the case in Canada and England. This SpringerBriefs should be on the reading list of staff in statistical agencies grappling with rising costs and declining response rates, as well as census stakeholders concerned about costs, accuracy, and census utility.
Census 2020: Understanding the Issues
by Teresa A. SullivanThe decennial Census is the US Government's largest statistical undertaking, and it costs billions of dollars in planning, execution, and analysis. From a statistical viewpoint, it is critical because it is the only database that maps every inhabitant into a geographic location. By constitutional mandate, census data are the basis for reapportioning the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. The states use census data to redistrict their state legislatures and often to redraw boundaries for local elections. Census data inform the distribution of over $1.5 trillion in federal funding during the decade. This book details the fundamentals and significance of the 2020 Census for the non-specialist reader. It covers why the Census is the only statistical activity required by the US Constitution, the challenges of working towards an accurate and complete count, and what political ramifications flow from this process. Concise, timely, and comprehensible, this book provides helpful real-life examples while also offering an overview of the entwined statistical and political issues that surround the Census.
The Centenary of a Paper on Slow Viscous Flow by the Physicist H.A. Lorentz
by H. K. KuikenThis book commemorates the appearance one hundred years ago of a paper on slow viscous flow, written by the physicist and Nobel laureate H.A. Lorentz. Although Lorentz is not remembered by most as a fluid dynamicist - indeed, his fame rests primarily on his contributions to the theory of electrons, electrodynamics and early developments in relativity - his fluid-mechanics paper of 1896 contains many ideas which have remained important in fluid mechanics to this very day. In that short paper he put forward his reciprocal theorem (an integral-equation formulation which is used extensively nowadays in boundary-element calculations) and his reflection theorem. Furthermore, he must be credited with the invention of the stokeslet. The contributors to this book have all made their mark in slow viscous flow. Each of these authors highlights further developments of one of Lorentz's ideas. There are applications in sintering, micropolar fluids, bubbles, locomotion of microorganisms, non-Newtonian fluids, drag calculations, etc. Other contributions are of a more theoretical nature, such as the flow due to an array of stokeslets, the interaction between a drop and a particle, the interaction of a particle and a vortex, the reflection theorem for other geometries, a disk moving along a wall and a higher-order investigation. Lorentz's paper of 1896 is also included in an English translation. An introductory paper puts Lorentz's work in fluid mechanics in a wider perspective. His other great venture in fluid mechanics - his theoretical modelling on the enclosure of the Zuyderzee - is also discussed. The introduction also presents a short description of Lorentz's life and times. It was Albert Einstein who said of Lorentz that he was `...the greatest and noblest man of our time'.
The Center and Cyclicity Problems: A Computational Algebra Approach
by Valery Romanovski Douglas ShaferUsing a computational algebra approach, this comprehensive text addresses the center and cyclicity problems as behaviors of dynamical systems and families of polynomial systems. The book gives the main properties of ideals in polynomial rings and their affine varieties followed by a discussion on the theory of normal forms and stability of differential equations. It contains numerous examples, pseudocode displays of all the computational algorithms, historical notes, nearly two hundred exercises, and an extensive bibliography, making it a suitable graduate textbook as well as research reference.
The Center and Focus Problem: Algebraic Solutions and Hypotheses (Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs and Research Notes in Mathematics)
by M.N. Popa V.V. PricopThe Center and Focus Problem: Algebraic Solutions and Hypotheses, M. N. Popa and V.V. Pricop, ISBN: 978-1-032-01725-9 (Hardback) This book focuses on an old problem of the qualitative theory of differential equations, called the Center and Focus Problem. It is intended for mathematicians, researchers, professors and Ph.D. students working in the field of differential equations, as well as other specialists who are interested in the theory of Lie algebras, commutative graded algebras, the theory of generating functions and Hilbert series. The book reflects the results obtained by the authors in the last decades. A rather essential result is obtained in solving Poincaré's problem. Namely, there are given the upper estimations of the number of Poincaré-Lyapunov quantities, which are algebraically independent and participate in solving the Center and Focus Problem that have not been known so far. These estimations are equal to Krull dimensions of Sibirsky graded algebras of comitants and invariants of systems of differential equations. Table of Contents 1. Lie Algebra Of Operators Of Centro-Affine Group Representation In The Coefficient Space Of Polynomial Differential Systems 2. Differential Equations For Centro-Affine Invariants And Comitants Of Differential Systems And Their Applications 3. Generating Functions And Hilbert Series For Sibirsky Graded Algebras Of Comitants And Invariants Of Differential Systems 4. Hilbert Series For Sibirsky Algebras And Krull Dimension For Them 5. About The Center And Focus Problem 6. On The Upper Bound Of The Number Of Algebraically Independent Focus Quantities That Take Part In Solving The Center And Focus Problem For The System s(1,m1,…,m`) 7. On The Upper Bound Of The Number Of Algebraically Independent Focus Quantities That Take Part In Solving The Center And Focus Problem For Lyapunov System. Bibliography Appendixes Biographies Popa Mihail Nicolae, holds a Ph.D. from Gorky University (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). He has served as Director and Deputy Director of Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMCS)) in the Laboratory of Differential Equations. He is Professor at the State University of Tiraspol (based in Chisinau). His scientific interests are related to the invariant processes in the qualitative theory of differential equations, Lie algebras and commutative graded algebras, generating functions and Hilbert series, orbit theory, Lyapunov stability theory. Pricop Victor Vasile, holds a Ph.D. from Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science. He is professor at the State Institute of International Relations of Moldova. Victor Pricop's scientific interests are related to Lie algebras and graded algebras of invariants and comitants, generating functions and Hilbert series, applications of algebras to polynomial differential systems.
The Center and Focus Problem: Algebraic Solutions and Hypotheses (Chapman & Hall/CRC Monographs and Research Notes in Mathematics)
by M.N. Popa V.V. PricopThe Center and Focus Problem: Algebraic Solutions and Hypotheses, M. N. Popa and V.V. Pricop, ISBN: 978-1-032-01725-9 (Hardback) This book focuses on an old problem of the qualitative theory of differential equations, called the Center and Focus Problem. It is intended for mathematicians, researchers, professors and Ph.D. students working in the field of differential equations, as well as other specialists who are interested in the theory of Lie algebras, commutative graded algebras, the theory of generating functions and Hilbert series. The book reflects the results obtained by the authors in the last decades. A rather essential result is obtained in solving Poincaré's problem. Namely, there are given the upper estimations of the number of Poincaré-Lyapunov quantities, which are algebraically independent and participate in solving the Center and Focus Problem that have not been known so far. These estimations are equal to Krull dimensions of Sibirsky graded algebras of comitants and invariants of systems of differential equations. Table of Contents 1. Lie Algebra Of Operators Of Centro-Affine Group Representation In The Coefficient Space Of Polynomial Differential Systems 2. Differential Equations For Centro-Affine Invariants And Comitants Of Differential Systems And Their Applications 3. Generating Functions And Hilbert Series For Sibirsky Graded Algebras Of Comitants And Invariants Of Differential Systems 4. Hilbert Series For Sibirsky Algebras And Krull Dimension For Them 5. About The Center And Focus Problem 6. On The Upper Bound Of The Number Of Algebraically Independent Focus Quantities That Take Part In Solving The Center And Focus Problem For The System s(1,m1,…,m`) 7. On The Upper Bound Of The Number Of Algebraically Independent Focus Quantities That Take Part In Solving The Center And Focus Problem For Lyapunov System. Bibliography Appendixes Biographies Popa Mihail Nicolae, holds a Ph.D. from Gorky University (now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia). He has served as Director and Deputy Director of Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMCS)) in the Laboratory of Differential Equations. He is Professor at the State University of Tiraspol (based in Chisinau). His scientific interests are related to the invariant processes in the qualitative theory of differential equations, Lie algebras and commutative graded algebras, generating functions and Hilbert series, orbit theory, Lyapunov stability theory. Pricop Victor Vasile, holds a Ph.D. from Vladimir Andrunachievici Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science. He is professor at the State Institute of International Relations of Moldova. Victor Pricop's scientific interests are related to Lie algebras and graded algebras of invariants and comitants, generating functions and Hilbert series, applications of algebras to polynomial differential systems.
Central Asia at the End of the Transition
by Boris Z. RumerFor better or worse, the former Soviet republics of Central Asia have largely completed their post-independence transitions. Over more than a decade, they have established themselves as independent states whose internal regimes and external relations have characteristic patterns and vulnerabilities both individually and as a group. The purpose of this volume is to assess both what has been accomplished and the trends of development in the region, especially its leading states. How sound are the foundations of this "bulwark against the spread of terrorism" in Eurasia?
Central Asia at the End of the Transition
by Boris Z. RumerFor better or worse, the former Soviet republics of Central Asia have largely completed their post-independence transitions. Over more than a decade, they have established themselves as independent states whose internal regimes and external relations have characteristic patterns and vulnerabilities both individually and as a group. The purpose of this volume is to assess both what has been accomplished and the trends of development in the region, especially its leading states. How sound are the foundations of this "bulwark against the spread of terrorism" in Eurasia?
Central Configurations, Periodic Orbits, and Hamiltonian Systems (Advanced Courses in Mathematics - CRM Barcelona)
by Jaume Llibre Richard Moeckel Carles SimóThe notes of this book originate from three series of lectures given at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) in Barcelona. The first one is dedicated to the study of periodic solutions of autonomous differential systems in Rn via the Averaging Theory and was delivered by Jaume Llibre. The second one, given by Richard Moeckel, focusses on methods for studying Central Configurations. The last one, by Carles Simó, describes the main mechanisms leading to a fairly global description of the dynamics in conservative systems.The book is directed towards graduate students and researchers interested in dynamical systems, in particular in the conservative case, and aims at facilitating the understanding of dynamics of specific models. The results presented and the tools introduced in this book include a large range of applications.
Central European Functional Programming School: Third Summer School, CEFP 2009, Budapest, Hungary, May 21-23, 2009 and Komárno, Slovakia, May 25-30, 2009, Revised Selected Lectures (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #6299)
by Zoltán Horváth Rinus Plasmeijer Viktoria ZsókThis volume presents the revised lecture notes of selected talks given at the Third Central European Functional Programming School, CEFP 2009, held in May 2009 in Komárno, Slovakia. It was co-organized with the TFP 2009 conference. The summer school included a three days warm-up session organized in Budapest, Hungary also in May, 2009. The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected. The lectures cover a wide range of topics such as design patterns, semantics, types, and advanced programming in various functional programming languages.
Central European Functional Programming School: Second Summer School, CEFP 2007, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, June 23-30, 2007, Revised Selected Lectures (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #5161)
by Anna SoósThis volume presents the revised lecture notes of selected talks given at the second Central European Functional Programming School, CEFP 2007, held June 23–30, 2007 at Babe¸ s-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The summer school was organized in the spirit of the advanced progr- ming schools. CEFP focuses on involving an ever-growing number of students, researchers,andteachersfromcentral,andeasternEuropeancountries.We were glad to welcome the invited lecturers and the participants: 15 professors and 30 students from 9 di?erent universities. The intensive program o?ered a creative and inspiring environment and a great opportunity to present and exchange ideas in new topics of functional programming. The lectures covereda wide range of topics like interactive work ?ows for the Web, proving properties of lazy functional programs, lambda calculus and - stract lambda calculus machines, programming in ? mega, object-oriented fu- tional programming, and refactoring in Erlang. We are very grateful to the lecturers and researchers for the time and the e?ort they devoted to the talks and the revised lecture notes. The lecture notes were each carefully checked by reviewers selected from experts of functional programming. Afterwards the papers were revised once more by the lecturers. This revision process guaranteed that only high-quality papers are accepted in the volume of the lecture notes.
A Century of State Murder?: Death and Policy in Twentieth Century Russia
by Michael Haynes Rumy HusanRussia has one of the lowest rates of adult life expectancy in the world. Average life expectancy for a man in America is 74; in Russia, it is just 59. Birth rates and population levels have also plummeted. These excess levels of mortality affect all countries that formed the former Soviet bloc. Running into many millions, they raise comparisons with the earlier period of forced transition under Stalin. *BR**BR*This book seeks to put the recent history of the transition into a longer term perspective by identifying, explaining and comparing the pattern of change in Russia in the last century. It offers a sharp challenge to the conventional wisdom and benign interpretations offered in the west of what has happened since 1991. *BR**BR*Mike Haynes and Rumy Husan have produced the first and most complete and accurate account of Russian demographic crisis from the Revolution to the present.
A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel
by Gaurav Suri Hartosh Singh BalWhile taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier--and that had landed him in jail. Charged under an obscure blasphemy law in a small New Jersey town in 1919, Vijay Sahni is challenged by a skeptical judge to defend his belief that the certainty of mathematics can be extended to all human knowledge--including religion. Together, the two men discover the power--and the fallibility--of what has long been considered the pinnacle of human certainty, Euclidean geometry. As grandfather and grandson struggle with the question of whether there can ever be absolute certainty in mathematics or life, they are forced to reconsider their fundamental beliefs and choices. Their stories hinge on their explorations of parallel developments in the study of geometry and infinity--and the mathematics throughout is as rigorous and fascinating as the narrative and characters are compelling and complex. Moving and enlightening, A Certain Ambiguity is a story about what it means to face the extent--and the limits--of human knowledge.
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by Gaurav Suri Hartosh Singh BalWhile taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier--and that had landed him in jail. Charged under an obscure blasphemy law in a small New Jersey town in 1919, Vijay Sahni is challenged by a skeptical judge to defend his belief that the certainty of mathematics can be extended to all human knowledge--including religion. Together, the two men discover the power--and the fallibility--of what has long been considered the pinnacle of human certainty, Euclidean geometry. As grandfather and grandson struggle with the question of whether there can ever be absolute certainty in mathematics or life, they are forced to reconsider their fundamental beliefs and choices. Their stories hinge on their explorations of parallel developments in the study of geometry and infinity--and the mathematics throughout is as rigorous and fascinating as the narrative and characters are compelling and complex. Moving and enlightening, A Certain Ambiguity is a story about what it means to face the extent--and the limits--of human knowledge.
Certain Number-Theoretic Episodes In Algebra, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics)
by Sivaramakrishnan RThe book attempts to point out the interconnections between number theory and algebra with a view to making a student understand certain basic concepts in the two areas forming the subject-matter of the book.
Certain Number-Theoretic Episodes In Algebra, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics #Vol. 237)
by Sivaramakrishnan RThe book attempts to point out the interconnections between number theory and algebra with a view to making a student understand certain basic concepts in the two areas forming the subject-matter of the book.
Certificates of Positivity for Real Polynomials: Theory, Practice, and Applications (Developments in Mathematics #69)
by Victoria PowersThis book collects and explains the many theorems concerning the existence of certificates of positivity for polynomials that are positive globally or on semialgebraic sets. A certificate of positivity for a real polynomial is an algebraic identity that gives an immediate proof of a positivity condition for the polynomial. Certificates of positivity have their roots in fundamental work of David Hilbert from the late 19th century on positive polynomials and sums of squares. Because of the numerous applications of certificates of positivity in mathematics, applied mathematics, engineering, and other fields, it is desirable to have methods for finding, describing, and characterizing them. For many of the topics covered in this book, appropriate algorithms, computational methods, and applications are discussed. This volume contains a comprehensive, accessible, up-to-date treatment of certificates of positivity, written by an expert in the field. It provides an overview of both the theory and computational aspects of the subject, and includes many of the recent and exciting developments in the area. Background information is given so that beginning graduate students and researchers who are not specialists can learn about this fascinating subject. Furthermore, researchers who work on certificates of positivity or use them in applications will find this a useful reference for their work.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (cka) Exam Guide: Validate Your Knowledge Of Kubernetes And Implement It In A Real-life Production Environment
by Brendan Burns Melony Qin Mark Whitby Alessandro VozzaValidate your knowledge of Kubernetes and implement it in a real-life production environment
Certified Programs and Proofs: Third International Conference, CPP 2013, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, December 11-13,2013, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #8307)
by Georges Gonthier Michael NorrishThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Certified Programs and Proofs, CPP 2013, colocated with APLAS 2013 held in Melbourne, Australia, in December 2013. The 18 revised regular papers presented together with 1 invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on code verification, elegant proofs, proof libraries, certified transformations and security.
Certified Programs and Proofs: Second International Conference, CPP 2012, Kyoto, Japan, December 13-15, 2012, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #7679)
by Chris Hawblitzel Dale MillerThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Certified Programs and Proofs, CPP 2012, held in Kyoto, Japan, in December 2012. The 18 revised regular papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. They deal with those topics in computer science and mathematics in which certification via formal techniques is crucial.