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A Decade of the Berkeley Math Circle

Author : Zvezdelina Stankova
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821846833
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book A Decade of the Berkeley Math Circle written by Zvezdelina Stankova and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many mathematicians have been drawn to mathematics through their experience with math circles: extracurricular programs exposing teenage students to advanced mathematical topics and a myriad of problem solving techniques and inspiring in them a lifelong love for mathematics. Founded in 1998, the Berkeley Math Circle (BMC) is a pioneering model of a U.S. math circle, aspiring to prepare our best young minds for their future roles as mathematics leaders. Over the last decade, 50 instructors--from university professors to high school teachers to business tycoons--have shared their passion for mathematics by delivering more than 320 BMC sessions full of mathematical challenges and wonders. Based on a dozen of these sessions, this book encompasses a wide variety of enticing mathematical topics: from inversion in the plane to circle geometry; from combinatorics to Rubik's cube and abstract algebra; from number theory to mass point theory; from complex numbers to game theory via invariants and monovariants. The treatments of these subjects encompass every significant method of proof and emphasize ways of thinking and reasoning via 100 problem solving techniques. Also featured are 300 problems, ranging from beginner to intermediate level, with occasional peaks of advanced problems and even some open questions. The book presents possible paths to studying mathematics and inevitably falling in love with it, via teaching two important skills: thinking creatively while still ``obeying the rules,'' and making connections between problems, ideas, and theories. The book encourages you to apply the newly acquired knowledge to problems and guides you along the way, but rarely gives you ready answers. ``Learning from our own mistakes'' often occurs through discussions of non-proofs and common problem solving pitfalls. The reader has to commit to mastering the new theories and techniques by ``getting your hands dirty'' with the problems, going back and reviewing necessary problem solving techniques and theory, and persistently moving forward in the book. The mathematical world is huge: you'll never know everything, but you'll learn where to find things, how to connect and use them. The rewards will be substantial. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.

Instantons and Four-Manifolds

Author : Daniel S. Freed
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461397030
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Book Synopsis Instantons and Four-Manifolds by : Daniel S. Freed

Download or read book Instantons and Four-Manifolds written by Daniel S. Freed and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the reviews of the first edition: "This book exposes the beautiful confluence of deep techniques and ideas from mathematical physics and the topological study of the differentiable structure of compact four-dimensional manifolds, compact spaces locally modeled on the world in which we live and operate... The book is filled with insightful remarks, proofs, and contributions that have never before appeared in print. For anyone attempting to understand the work of Donaldson and the applications of gauge theories to four-dimensional topology, the book is a must." #Science#1 "I would strongly advise the graduate student or working mathematician who wishes to learn the analytic aspects of this subject to begin with Freed and Uhlenbeck's book." #Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society#2

Global Analysis on Foliated Spaces

Author : Calvin C. Moore
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461395925
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Book Synopsis Global Analysis on Foliated Spaces by : Calvin C. Moore

Download or read book Global Analysis on Foliated Spaces written by Calvin C. Moore and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global analysis has as its primary focus the interplay between the local analysis and the global geometry and topology of a manifold. This is seen classicallv in the Gauss-Bonnet theorem and its generalizations. which culminate in the Ativah-Singer Index Theorem [ASI] which places constraints on the solutions of elliptic systems of partial differential equations in terms of the Fredholm index of the associated elliptic operator and characteristic differential forms which are related to global topologie al properties of the manifold. The Ativah-Singer Index Theorem has been generalized in several directions. notably by Atiyah-Singer to an index theorem for families [AS4]. The typical setting here is given by a family of elliptic operators (Pb) on the total space of a fibre bundle P = F_M_B. where is defined the Hilbert space on Pb 2 L 1p -llbl.dvollFll. In this case there is an abstract index class indlPI E ROIBI. Once the problem is properly formulated it turns out that no further deep analvtic information is needed in order to identify the class. These theorems and their equivariant counterparts have been enormously useful in topology. geometry. physics. and in representation theory.

Vertex Operators in Mathematics and Physics

Author : J. Lepowsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146139550X
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Book Synopsis Vertex Operators in Mathematics and Physics by : J. Lepowsky

Download or read book Vertex Operators in Mathematics and Physics written by J. Lepowsky and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-08 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Lepowsky t The search for symmetry in nature has for a long time provided representation theory with perhaps its chief motivation. According to the standard approach of Lie theory, one looks for infinitesimal symmetry -- Lie algebras of operators or concrete realizations of abstract Lie algebras. A central theme in this volume is the construction of affine Lie algebras using formal differential operators called vertex operators, which originally appeared in the dual-string theory. Since the precise description of vertex operators, in both mathematical and physical settings, requires a fair amount of notation, we do not attempt it in this introduction. Instead we refer the reader to the papers of Mandelstam, Goddard-Olive, Lepowsky-Wilson and Frenkel-Lepowsky-Meurman. We have tried to maintain consistency of terminology and to some extent notation in the articles herein. To help the reader we shall review some of the terminology. We also thought it might be useful to supplement an earlier fairly detailed exposition of ours [37] with a brief historical account of vertex operators in mathematics and their connection with affine algebras. Since we were involved in the development of the subject, the reader should be advised that what follows reflects our own understanding. For another view, see [29].1 t Partially supported by the National Science Foundation through the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute and NSF Grant MCS 83-01664. 1 We would like to thank Igor Frenkel for his valuable comments on the first draft of this introduction.

Math Circle by the Bay

Author : Laura Givental
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470447851
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Math Circle by the Bay written by Laura Givental and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on selected topics that the authors taught in math circles for elementary school students at the University of California, Berkeley; Stanford University; Dominican University (Marin County, CA); and the University of Oregon (Eugene). It is intended for people who are already running a math circle or who are thinking about organizing one. It can be used by parents to help their motivated, math-loving kids or by elementary school teachers. We also hope that bright fourth or fifth graders will be able to read this book on their own. The main features of this book are the logical sequence of the problems, the description of class reactions, and the hints given to kids when they get stuck. This book tries to keep the balance between two goals: inspire readers to invent their own original approaches while being detailed enough to work as a fallback in case the teacher needs to prepare a lesson on short notice. It introduces kids to combinatorics, Fibonacci numbers, Pascal's triangle, and the notion of area, among other things. The authors chose topics with deep mathematical context. These topics are just as engaging and entertaining to children as typical “recreational math” problems, but they can be developed deeper and to more advanced levels. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession.

Trends in Commutative Algebra

Author : Luchezar L. Avramov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521831954
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Trends in Commutative Algebra written by Luchezar L. Avramov and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the interaction of commutative algebra with other areas of mathematics, including algebraic geometry, group cohomology, and combinatorics.

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Total Pages : 1080 pages
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Set Theory of the Continuum

Author : Haim Judah
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461397545
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Set Theory of the Continuum written by Haim Judah and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily consisting of talks presented at a workshop at the MSRI during its "Logic Year" 1989-90, this volume is intended to reflect the whole spectrum of activities in set theory. The first section of the book comprises the invited papers surveying the state of the art in a wide range of topics of set-theoretic research. The second section includes research papers on various aspects of set theory and its relation to algebra and topology. Contributors include: J.Bagaria, T. Bartoszynski, H. Becker, P. Dehornoy, Q. Feng, M. Foreman, M. Gitik, L. Harrington, S. Jackson, H. Judah, W. Just, A.S. Kechris, A. Louveau, S. MacLane, M. Magidor, A.R.D. Mathias, G. Melles, W.J. Mitchell, S. Shelah, R.A. Shore, R.I. Soare, L.J. Stanley, B. Velikovic, H. Woodin.

Assessing Mathematical Proficiency

Author : Alan H. Schoenfeld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521874920
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Mathematical Proficiency written by Alan H. Schoenfeld and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-21 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Testing matters! It can determine kids' and schools' futures. In a conference at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, mathematicians, maths education researchers, teachers, test developers, and policymakers gathered to work through critical issues related to mathematics assessment. They examined: the challenges of assessing student learning in ways that support instructional improvement; ethical issues related to assessment, including the impact of testing on urban and high-poverty schools; the different (and sometimes conflicting) needs of the different groups; and different frameworks, tools, and methods for assessment, comparing the kinds of information they offer about students' mathematical proficiency. This volume presents the results of the discussions. It highlights the kinds of information that different assessments can offer, including many examples of some of the best mathematics assessments worldwide. A special feature is an interview with a student about his knowledge of fractions and a demonstration of what interviews (versus standardized tests) can reveal.

Galois Groups over ?

Author : Y. Ihara
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461396492
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Galois Groups over ? written by Y. Ihara and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the offspring of a week-long workshop on "Galois groups over Q and related topics," which was held at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute during the week March 23-27, 1987. The organizing committee consisted of Kenneth Ribet (chairman), Yasutaka Ihara, and Jean-Pierre Serre. The conference focused on three principal themes: 1. Extensions of Q with finite simple Galois groups. 2. Galois actions on fundamental groups, nilpotent extensions of Q arising from Fermat curves, and the interplay between Gauss sums and cyclotomic units. 3. Representations of Gal(Q/Q) with values in GL(2)j deformations and connections with modular forms. Here is a summary of the conference program: • G. Anderson: "Gauss sums, circular units and the simplex" • G. Anderson and Y. Ihara: "Galois actions on 11"1 ( ••• ) and higher circular units" • D. Blasius: "Maass forms and Galois representations" • P. Deligne: "Galois action on 1I"1(P-{0, 1, oo}) and Hodge analogue" • W. Feit: "Some Galois groups over number fields" • Y. Ihara: "Arithmetic aspect of Galois actions on 1I"1(P - {O, 1, oo})" - survey talk • U. Jannsen: "Galois cohomology of i-adic representations" • B. Matzat: - "Rationality criteria for Galois extensions" - "How to construct polynomials with Galois group Mll over Q" • B. Mazur: "Deforming GL(2) Galois representations" • K. Ribet: "Lowering the level of modular representations of Gal( Q/ Q)" • J-P. Serre: - Introductory Lecture - "Degree 2 modular representations of Gal(Q/Q)" • J.

Critical Issues in Mathematics Education

Author : Bharath Sriraman
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1607522187
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Critical Issues in Mathematics Education written by Bharath Sriraman and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word "critical" in the title of this collection has three meanings, all of which are relevant. One meaning, as applied to a situation or problem, is "at a point of crisis". A second meaning is "expressing adverse or disapproving comments or judgments". A third is related to the verb "to critique", meaning "to analyze the merits and faults of". The authors contributing to this book pose challenging questions, from multiple perspectives, about the roles of mathematics in society and the implications for education. Traditional reasons for teaching mathematics include: preparing a new generation of mathematics researchers and a cadre of technically competent users of mathematics; training students to think logically; and because mathematics is as much part of cultural heritage as literature or music. These reasons remain valid, though open to critique, but a deeper analysis is required that recognizes the roles of mathematics in framing many aspects of contemporary society, that will connect mathematics education to the lived experiences of students, their communities, and society in general, and that acknowledges the global ethical responsibilities of mathematicians and mathematics educators. The book is organized in four sections (1) Mathematics education: For what and why? (2) Globalization and cultural diversity, (3) Mathematics, education, and society and (4) Social justice in, and through, mathematics education The chapters address fundamental issues such as the relevance of school mathematics in people's lives; creating a sense of agency for the field of mathematics education, and redefining the relationship between mathematics as discipline, mathematics as school subject and mathematics as part of people's lives.

Noncommutative Rings

Author : Susan Montgomery
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461397367
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book Noncommutative Rings written by Susan Montgomery and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume collects some of the survey lectures delivered at the Micro program on Noncommutative Rings held at MSRI, July 10-21, 1989. While the program was concerned with recent advances in ring theory, it also had as an important component lectures on related areas of mathematics where ring theory might be expected to have an impact. Thus, there are lectures of S. P. Smith on quantum groups and Marc Ri effel on algebraic aspects of quantum field theory. Martin Lorenz and Don ald Passman consider in their lectures various aspects of crossed products: homological and K-theoretic to group actions. Kenneth Brown presents the "modern" theory of Noetherian rings and localization. These contributions as well as the others not presented here show that ring theory remains a vigorous and useful area. The planning and organization of the program were done by the under signed and the late Robert Warfield. His illness prevented his attendance at the meeting. It is to him we dedicate this volume. The organizers wish to extend their thanks to Irving Kaplansky, Director of MSRI, and the staff for all of their efforts in making this conference such a success. Susan Montgomery Lance Small vii NONCOMMUTATIVE RINGS TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Vll . . . . . . . . . . K. A. Brown THE REPRESENTATION THEORY OF NOETHERIAN RINGS 1 A. Joseph SOME RING THEORETIC TECHNIQUES AND OPEN PROBLEMS IN ENVELOPING ALGEBRAS. . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . M. Lorenz CROSSED PRODUCTS: CHARACTERS, CYCLIC HOMOLOGY, AND GROTHENDIECK GROUPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 . . . . . .

Modules over the Integral Group Ring of a Non-Abelian Group of Order $pq$

Author : Lee Klingler
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821823434
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Modules over the Integral Group Ring of a Non-Abelian Group of Order $pq$ written by Lee Klingler and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1986 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By using pullbacks, we obtain a description of finitely generated modules over the integral group ring of a non-abelian group of order [italic]pq. The description is detailed enough to obtain information about the behavior of the modules in direct sums. We make the description more precise by relating it to the locally free class group of the integral group ring.

The Classification of Minimal Graphs with Given Abelian Automorphism Group

Author : William C. Arlinghaus
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821823310
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis The Classification of Minimal Graphs with Given Abelian Automorphism Group by : William C. Arlinghaus

Download or read book The Classification of Minimal Graphs with Given Abelian Automorphism Group written by William C. Arlinghaus and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Any finite abstract group can be realized as the automorphism group of a graph. The purpose of this memoir is to find the realization, for each finite abelian group, with the least number of vertices possible. The results are extended to all finite abelian groups. Thus a complete classification is provided for minimal graphs with given finite abelian automorphism group.

Separable Algebroids

Author : Barry Mitchell
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821823345
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Separable Algebroids written by Barry Mitchell and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If [italic]k is a commutative ring, the isomorphism classes of [italic]k-algebroids (small [italic]k categories) form a commutative monoid under the tensor product. Moreover, Morita equivalence is a congruence relation on this monoid. It is shown that the group of invertible elements of the quotient monoid is the Brauer group of [italic]k.

Varieties of Representations of Finitely Generated Groups

Author : Alexander Lubotzky
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 082182337X
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Varieties of Representations of Finitely Generated Groups by : Alexander Lubotzky

Download or read book Varieties of Representations of Finitely Generated Groups written by Alexander Lubotzky and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The n-dimensional representations, over an algebraically closed characteristic zero field k, of a finitely generated group are parameterized by an affine algebraic variety over k. The tangent spaces of this variety are subspaces of spaces of one-cocycles and thus the geometry of the variety is locally related to the cohomology of the group. The cohomology is also related to the prounipotent radical of the proalgebraic hull of the group. This paper exploits these two relations to compute dimensions of representation varieties, especially for nilpotent groups and their generalizations. It also presents the foundations of the theory of representation varieties in an expository, self-contained manner.

Computing the Homology of the Lambda Algebra

Author : Martin C. Tangora
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821823388
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Computing the Homology of the Lambda Algebra by : Martin C. Tangora

Download or read book Computing the Homology of the Lambda Algebra written by Martin C. Tangora and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For each prime [italic]p there is a 'lambda algebra' which serves, among other things, as an [italic]E1 term for the (stable or unstable) Adams spectral sequence. This paper describes algorithms and programs for computing the homology of these algebras using a mainframe computer. Tables of the results are included for [italic]p = 2 and [italic]p = 3.