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21. Unsolved Problems in Number Theory (Problem Books in Mathematics) (v. 1) by Richard K. Guy | |
Hardcover: 300
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(1994-07)
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An excursion into the labyrinths carved by numbers
Outstanding source of intersting problems in number theory |
22. Social Theory and Social Structure by Robert K. Merton | |
Hardcover: 702
Pages
(1968-08-01)
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Sociological Classic
Ahead of his time
A Classic of Modern Sociology |
23. An Algebraic Introduction to K-Theory (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications) by Bruce A. Magurn | |
Paperback: 692
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(2010-02-04)
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Didactic perfection |
24. Applied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior by Ilhan K. Geckil, PatrickL. Anderson | |
Hardcover: 230
Pages
(2009-07-29)
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Editorial Review Product Description Useful Tools to Help Solve Decision Making Problems Applied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior demonstrates the use of various game theory techniques to address practical business, economic, legal, and public policy issues. It also illustrates the benefits of employing strategic thinking that incorporates the uncertainty surrounding the behavior of other parties. Real-world applications of game theory Out of the box and into the business world |
25. Theory for Art History: Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal (theory4) by Jae Emerling | |
Paperback: 264
Pages
(2005-08-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description Theory for Art History provides clear and concise introductions to thirty key figures of contemporary theory: four essential predecessors – Freud, Marx, Nietzsche, and Saussure – and twenty-six major moderns from Adorno to Spivak. This book includes key concepts, biography, survey of work, bibliography of primary texts, and a bibliography of secondary criticism. Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal. Customer Reviews (4)
One of the most helpful books I've purchased
any better books out there
A valuable introductory guide
Gifts to Art Histories |
26. Simplicial Homotopy Theory (Modern Birkhäuser Classics) by Paul G. Goerss, John F. Jardine | |
Paperback: 510
Pages
(2009-09-28)
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Editorial Review Product Description Since the beginning of the modern era of algebraic topology, simplicial methods have been used systematically and effectively for both computation and basic theory. With the development of Quillen's concept of a closed model category and, in particular, a simplicial model category, this collection of methods has become the primary way to describe non-abelian homological algebra and to address homotopy-theoretical issues in a variety of fields, including algebraic K-theory. This book supplies a modern exposition of these ideas, emphasizing model category theoretical techniques. Discussed here are the homotopy theory of simplicial sets, and other basic topics such as simplicial groups, Postnikov towers, and bisimplicial sets. The more advanced material includes homotopy limits and colimits, localization with respect to a map and with respect to a homology theory, cosimplicial spaces, and homotopy coherence. Interspersed throughout are many results and ideas well-known to experts, but uncollected in the literature. Intended for second-year graduate students and beyond, this book introduces many of the basic tools of modern homotopy theory. An extensive background in topology is not assumed. Reviews: "… a book filling an obvious gap in the literature and the authors have done an excellent job on it. No monograph or expository paper has been published on this topic in the last twenty-eight years." - Analele Universitatii din Timisoara "… is clearly presented and a brief summary preceding every chapter is useful to the reader. The book should prove enlightening to a broad range of readers including prospective students and researchers who want to apply simplicial techniques for whatever reason." - Zentralblatt MATH "… they succeed. The book is an excellent account of simplicial homotopy theory from a modern point of view […] The book is well written. […] The book can be highly recommended to anybody who wants to learn and to apply simplicial techniques and/or the theory of (simplicial) closed model categories." - Mathematical Reviews Customer Reviews (2)
math problems are hard!
Excellent book! |
27. Switching and Finite Automata Theory by Zvi Kohavi, Niraj K. Jha | |
Hardcover: 630
Pages
(2009-11-30)
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The "Bible" of Computer Science |
28. Catastrophe Theory by Vladimir I. Arnol'd | |
Paperback: 150
Pages
(1992-07-22)
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Editorial Review Product Description The new edition of this non-mathematical review of catastrophe theory contains updated results and many new or expanded topics including delayed loss of stability, shock waves, and interior scattering. Three new sections offer the history of singularity and its applications from da Vinci to today, a discussion of perestroika in terms of the theory of metamorphosis, and a list of 93 problems touching on most of the subject matter in the book. Customer Reviews (3)
Singularity theory
Outstanding introduction for life and behavioral scientists. While the doctoral trained mathematician may find more faultshere than the rest of us, this book provides sufficient complexity for theprofessional, and at times is "gentle" enough for thenonmathematician. It will probably find its most useful audience amongpeople with "semi-mathematical" trainings, scientists in life andbehavioral or social sciences. For these people, who may just want to findout why Thom's initial theorems generated so much excitement andcontroversey, this book will be a readable delight. This book should bemandatory reading for anyone claiming an interest in chaos theory but whodoes not understand how some of the overzealousness of a new paradigm canhave devestating consequences. Needless to say, those unfamiliar withcontemporary mathematical advances and behavioral/life/physicalapplications in European literarature will find this book invaluable.
Outstanding introduction for life and behavioral scientists. While the doctoral trained mathematician may find more faultshere than the rest of us, this book provides sufficient complexity for theprofessional, and at times is "gentle" enough for thenonmathematician. It will probably find its most useful audience amongpeople with "semi-mathematical" trainings, scientists in life andbehavioral or social sciences. For these people, who may just want to findout why Thom's initial theorems generated so much excitement andcontroversey, this book will be a readable delight. ... Read more |
29. Theory for Education: Adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal (theory4) by Greg Dimitriadis, George Kamberelis | |
Hardcover: 216
Pages
(2006-03-27)
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Editorial Review Product Description Theory for Education's ease of use, clarity and comprehensive scope will be invaluable for those entering the field. (This volume is adapted from Theory for Religious Studies, by William E. Deal and Timothy K. Beal.) Customer Reviews (1)
Dense but helpful overview |
30. The Relation of Cobordism to K-Theories (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) by P. E. Conner, E. E. Floyd | |
Paperback: 120
Pages
(1966-01-01)
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31. Algebraic K-Theory (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) by Richard G. Swan | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(1968-01-01)
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32. Experiential Exercises in Organizational Theory and Design by H. Eugene Baker III, Steven K. Paulson | |
Paperback: 224
Pages
(2006-04-06)
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33. The Theory of Learning in Games (Economic Learning and Social Evolution) by Drew Fudenberg, David K. Levine | |
Hardcover: 292
Pages
(1998-05-22)
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Editorial Review Product Description In economics, most noncooperative game theory has focused on equilibriumin games, especially Nash equilibrium and its refinements. Thetraditional explanation for when and why equilibrium arises is that itresults from analysis and introspection by the players in a situationwhere the rules of the game, the rationality of the players, and theplayers' payoff functions are all common knowledge. Both conceptuallyand empirically, this theory has many problems. In The Theory of Learning in Games Drew Fudenberg and DavidLevine develop an alternative explanation that equilibrium arises as thelong-run outcome of a process in which less than fully rational playersgrope for optimality over time. The models they explore provide afoundation for equilibrium theory and suggest useful ways for economiststo evaluate and modify traditional equilibrium concepts. Customer Reviews (3)
This book is not about learning but the application of nonlinear dynamics
Learning Learning in Games The treatments of dynamic systems analysis, elementary game theory, stochastic approximation theory, etc., are necessarily short. The appendices do not suffice for a reader without a reasonable background. Nonetheless an essential read for anybody doing serious work in learning, or wanting to know what all the fuss is about.
Good book |
34. Groups: Theory and Experience by Rodney W. Napier, Matti K. Gershenfeld | |
Paperback: 608
Pages
(2003-07-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description The new edition of Groups reflects the author's unique combination of academic expertise and group consultant experience by including the latest research on group dynamics and the most current views on ways to make working in groups more effective. Napier and Gershenfeld present complex concepts in a way that makes them more understandable, recognizing that students are more familiar with the dynamics of individual behavior and building on that knowledge to teach group theory. Throughout the text students are presented with tools that help them apply concepts and theories. Case studies provide real-life context and Reader Activities (reflective exercises) and Individual Experiments—creation and observation of group situations—engage students in the learning process by asking them to apply what they learn to their own lives. At the end of every chapter, For Further Information sections list book and web resources to provide an expanded perspective of concepts discussed in the text. Customer Reviews (4)
Groups
Great quality
Questionable Reference Causes Doubt
A classic book about groups- EXCELLENT resource |
35. Fundamentals of Item Response Theory (Measurement Methods for the Social Science) by Ronald K. Hambleton | |
Paperback: 184
Pages
(1991-07-23)
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Well made introduction |
36. Understanding Capital: Marx's Economic Theory by Duncan K. Foley | |
Paperback: 200
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(1986-11-23)
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Editorial Review Product Description Understanding Capital is a brilliantly lucid introduction to Marxist economic theory. Duncan Foley builds an understanding of the theory systematically, from first principles through the definition of central concepts to the development of important applications. All of the topics in the three volumes of Capital are included, providing the reader with a complete view of Marxist economics. Foley begins with a helpful discussion of philosophical problems readers often encounter in tackling Marx, including questions of epistemology, explanation, prediction, determinism, and dialectics. In an original extension of theory, he develops the often neglected concept of the circuit of capital to analyze Marx's theory of the reproduction of capital. He also takes up central problems in the capitalist economy: equalization of the rates of profit (the "transformation problem"); productive and unproductive labor and the division of surplus value; and the falling rate of profit. He concludes with a discussion of the theory of capitalist crisis and of the relation of Marx's critique of capitalism to his conception of socialism. Through a careful treatment of the theory of money in relation to the labor theory of value, Foley clarifies the relation of prices to value and of Marx's categories of analysis to conventional business and national income accounts, enabling readers to use Marx's theory as a tool for the analysis of practical problems. The text is closely keyed throughout to the relevant chapters in Capital and includes suggestions for further reading on the topics discussed. Customer Reviews (2)
Monetary expression of labor value The mathematical content can be understood by anyone who can read an algebraic equation and follow some simple manipulations. In sum, this is a book for those interested in Marx's economics, but may not want to wade through all three volumes of Capital.
interesting economics, but what's the greater relevance? |
37. Elementary Number Theory by James K. Strayer | |
Hardcover: 304
Pages
(2001-12-06)
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38. What is Political Theory? | |
Paperback: 232
Pages
(2004-03-08)
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Editorial Review Product Description What Is Political Theory? provides students with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the discipline. Ten substantive chapters address the most pressing topics in political theory today, including: - what resources do the classic texts still provide for political theorists? The authors assess the intellectual challenges to conventional political theory, such as post-structuralism and the scientific study of politics that have revitalized the field in the last 30 years. They also broaden the perspective to take in non-western ideas and to reconceptualize political theory in the light of specifically global challenges. Students and teachers of political theory and political philosophy will find this book invaluable in understanding the factors that have shaped current political theory and which will guide its future development. |
39. Higher Algebraic K-Theory: An Overview (Lecture Notes in Mathematics) by Emilio Lluis-Puebla, Jean-Louis Loday, Henri Gillet, Christophe Soule, Victor Snaith | |
Paperback: 164
Pages
(1993-01-26)
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A quick overview of a highly developed branch of mathematics This book goes considerably further then these relatively elementary considerations, in that it treats the higher K-groups and the connection with topological K-theory. Readers will need an extensive background in algebra and topology to appreciate the constructions in this book, which are mostly formal and thus there is the canonical inverse relationship between rigor and understanding. There are many places in the book though where readers can gain useful insights into a mature and highly developed branch of mathematics. As was hinted above, for a ring R, K0 gives a measure of the failure of finitely generated projective R-modules from having a dimension theory like that of vector spaces.The first algebraic K-group K1 of a ring R is the quotient group of the infinite general linear group GL(R) modulo the infinite elementary group E(R) (the infinite elementary group comes from considering those matrices which differ from the identity only by an off diagonal element). Whitehead's Lemma shows that E(R) is a normal subgroup of GL(R). One can show that K1 of the integers is just {-1, 1}, and, for more general commutative rings R, that the determinant on GL(R) to the units R* of R induces a universal homomorphism and K1(R) is equal to these units. Thus the determinant gives in this case a universal invariant as was noted above. The second algebraic K-group of a ring R is then defined by generalizing the elementary group to the `Steinberg group' and then taking limits. There is an epimorphism from the Steinberg group to the elementary group and after passing to the infinite limit, the kernel of this epimorphism is defined as the second algebraic K-group of the ring R. K2(R) measures to what extent the Steinberg relations do not define the relations for the elementary group. One can show that K2 of the integers Z is Z/2, and that K2 of the direct product of two rings is the direct sum of their K2 groups. Topological K-theory, also discussed in detail throughout the book, has its origins in the theory of vector bundles. Two vector bundles are called `stably-equivalent' if they are isomorphic after taking their direct sum with trivial bundles. Stable equivalence forms an equivalence relation and the stable classes form a ring under direct sum and tensor product. This ring is called the K-ring K(X) of the space X on which the vector bundles are defined. If X is compact and E is a vector bundle over X, then the sheaf of sections of this vector bundle is a finitely generated projective module over the ring C(X) of continuous functions on X. This result is known as the Serre-Swan theorem and allows one to discuss the K-theory of the space X in terms of the K-theory of C(X). The properties of this K-theory satisfy those needed to make it a cohomology theory, except for the dimension axiom. Topological K-theory also has the property of Bott periodicity, wherein the K-groups at one dimension are isomorphic to those of two dimensions less. The higher topological K-theory groups have a counterpart in algebraic K-theory. This can be shown in several different ways, but this book discusses the Quillen or `Q-construction' of higher algebraic K-theory. Dependent on the notion of a `nerve' of a category and its classifying space, the Q-construction involves starting with an exact category M and defining a new category QM with the same objects but with morphisms satisfying certain properties of admissibility and composition. For a small exact category M, the ith higher algebraic K-group of this category is defined as the (i+1)-th homotopy group of the classifying space of M. The book also discusses, for a ring R, the `+-construction' of Quillen, which was the first definition of higher algebraic K-theory, and is considerably less esoteric than the Q-construction since it involves the well-known result that GL(R) is the first homotopy group of the classifying space of GL(R) and the intuitive geometric construction of adding cells to the classifying space to form a new space that has certain useful properties. The ith-higher algebraic K-group is then defined as the ith-homotopy group of this space. Although it is not done in this book, this definition coincides with the Q-construction when the latter is applied to the category of finitely generated projective R-modules. ... Read more |
40. Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing (Chinn,Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing) by Peggy L. Chinn PhDRNFAAN, Maeona K. Kramer APRNPhD | |
Paperback: 336
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(2004-10-01)
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Not a good book
Pushing an agenda with a little education thrown in
Required for a class
Integrated Theory
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