Multidimensional Systems Theory: Progress, Directions and Open Problems in Multidimensional Systems (Mathematics and Its Applications series)

Bose, N. K. (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 9027717648 / ISBN 13: 9789027717641

Published by D Reidel Publishing Company, 1985

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Condition : Good. Hard cover, no jacket. Former university library copy with associated markings. 264pp. No annotations or highlighting. Covered in a protective laminate which has small chips at edges. Photo on request.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Multidimensional Systems Theory: Progress, Directions and Open Problems in Multidimensional Systems (Mathematics and Its Applications series)
• Publisher: D Reidel Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027717648
• ISBN 13: 9789027717641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Approach your problem from the right end It isn't that they can't see the solution. and begin with the answers. It is that they can't see the problem. Then one day, perhaps you will find the final question. G. K. Chesterton. The Scandal of Father Brown The point of a Pin. The Hermit Clad in Crane Feathers in R. van Gulik's The Chinese Maze Murders. Growing specialization and diversification have brought a host of mono­ graphs and textbooks on increasingly specialized topics. However, the "tree" of knowledge of mathematics and related fields does not grow only by putting forth new branches. It also happens, quite often in fact, that branches which were thought to be completely disparate are suddenly seen to be related. Further, the kind and level of sophistication of mathematics applied in various sciences has changed drastically in recent years: measure theory is used (non-trivially) in regional and theoretical economics; algebraic geometry interacts with physics; the Minkowsky lemma, coding theory and the structure of water meet one another in packing and covering theory; quantum fields, crystal defects and mathematical programming profit from homotopy theory; Lie algebras are relevant to filtering; and prediction and electrical engineering can use Stein spaces. And in addi­ tion to this there are such new emerging subdisciplines as "experimental mathematical", "CFD", "completely integrable systems", "chaos, synergetics and large-scale order" , which are almost impossible to fit into the existing classification schemes.