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Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics 1

Annals of Mathematics Studies 3
Princeton Landmarks in Mathematics & Physics 5
Princeton Lectures in Analysis 6
Mathematical Sciences 7
Mathematical Economics 13
Mathematical Biology 15
History of Mathematics 16
General Interest 18
Albert Einstein 28
Index/Order Form 29

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 PRINCETON SERIES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Ingrid Daubechies, Weinan E, Jan Karel Lenstra, Endre Süli, Editors
The Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics publishes high quality advanced texts and monographs
in all areas of applied mathematics. Books include those of a theoretical and general nature as well
as those dealing with the mathematics of specific application areas and real-world situations.
NEW
Entropy
Edited by Andreas Greven, Gerhard Keller, and Gerald Warnecke
The concept of entropy arose in the physical sciences during the nineteenth cen-
tury, particularly in thermodynamics and statistical physics, as a measure of the
equilibria and evolution of thermodynamic systems. Two main views developed:
the macroscopic view formulated originally by Carnot, Clausius, Gibbs, Planck,
and Caratheodory and the microscopic approach associated with Boltzmann and
Maxwell. Since then both approaches have made possible deep insights into the
nature and behavior of thermodynamic and other microscopically unpredictable
processes. However, the mathematical tools used have later developed independ-
ently of their original physical background and have led to a plethora of methods
and differing conventions.
The aim of this book is to identify the unifying threads by providing surveys of the
uses and concepts of entropy in diverse areas of mathematics and the physical sci-
ences. Two major threads, emphasized throughout the book, are variational prin-
ciples and Ljapunov functionals. The book starts by providing basic concepts and
terminology, illustrated by examples from both the macroscopic and microscopic
lines of thought. In-depth surveys covering the macroscopic, microscopic, and probabilistic approaches follow.
Part I gives a basic introduction from the views of thermodynamics and probability theory. Part II collects sur-
veys that look at the macroscopic approach of continuum mechanics and physics. Part III deals with the micro-
scopic approach exposing the role of entropy as a concept in probability theory, namely in the analysis of the
large time behavior of stochastic processes and in the study of qualitative properties of models in statistical
physics. Finally in Part IV applications in dynamical systems, ergodic, and information theory are presented.
Andreas Greven and Gerhard Keller are Professors of Mathematics at the University of Erlangen. Gerald
Warnecke is Professor of Numerical Mathematics at the University of Magdeburg.
2003. 384 pages. 21 line illus. 1 table.
Cl: 0-691-11338-6 $69.50 | £46.95

FORTHCOMING
Auxiliary Signal Design for Failure Detection
Stephen L. Campbell and Ramine Nikoukhah
Many industries, such as transportation and manufacturing, use control systems to insure that parameters such
as temperature or altitude behave in a desirable way over time. For example, pilots need assurance that the
plane they are flying will maintain a particular heading. An integral part of control systems is a mechanism for
failure detection to insure safety and reliability.
This book offers an alternative failure detection approach that addresses two of the fundamental problems
in the safe and efficient operation of modern control systems: failure detection—deciding when a failure has
occurred—and model identification—deciding which kind of failure has occurred. Much of the work in both
categories has been based on statistical methods and under the assumption that a given system was moni-
tored passively.
Campbell and Nikoukhah’s book proposes an “active” multi-model approach. It calls for applying an auxil -
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what type of failure it is. This auxiliary signal must be kept small, and often brief in duration, in order not to
interfere with system performance and to insure timely detection of the failure. The approach is robust and
uses tools from robust control theory. Unlike some approaches, it is applicable to complex systems. The
authors present the theory in a rigorous and intuitive manner and provide practical algorithms for imple-
mentation of the procedures.
Stephen L. Campbell is Professor of Mathematics at North Carolina State University. Ramine Nikoukhah is
Senior Scientist (Directeur de Recherche) at Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en
Automatique (INRIA) in France.
April 2004. 208 pages. 70 line illus.
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 PRINCETON SERIES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS
Analytic Theory of
Global Bifurcation
Boris Buffoni and John Toland
Laying the foundations
for more extensive stud-
ies of real-analyticity in
infinite-dimensional
problems and illustrating
the theory with exam-
ples, Analytic Theory of
Global Bifurcation is
intended for graduate
students and researchers
in pure and applied
analysis.
2003. 184 pages.
5 line illus.
Cl: 0-691-11298-3
$45.00 | £29.95
Chaotic Transitions in
Deterministic and Stochastic
Dynamical Systems
Applications of Melnikov Processes in
Engineering, Physics, and Neuroscience
Emil Simiu
“The author has chosen
an excellent subject,
which will probably
become a main direc-
tion of research in the
field of stochastic differ-
ential equations. This
book is addressed to a
wide readership: spe-
cialists in dynamical sys-
tems and stochastic
processes, mathemati-
cians, engineers, physi-
cists, and neuroscien-
tists. The author suc-
ceeds in making the material interesting to all these
groups of researchers.”
—Florin Diacu, Pacific Institute for the
Mathematical Sciences, University of Victoria
2002. 224 pages. 94 line illus.
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Selfsimilar Processes
Paul Embrechts and
Makoto Maejima
“This is a timely book.
Everybody is talking
about scaling, and self-
similar stochastic pro-
cesses are the basic
and the clearest exam -
ples of models with
scaling. In applications
from finance to com-
munication networks,
selfsimilar processes
are believed to be
important. Yet much of
what is known about
them is folklore; this
book fills the void and gives reader access to some
hard facts. And because this book requires only
modest mathematical sophistication, it is accessible
to a wide audience.”
—Gennady Samorodnitsky, Cornell University
2002. 128 pages.
Cl: 0-691-09627-9 $29.95 | £19.95
Self-Regularity
A New Paradigm for Primal-Dual
Interior-Point Algorithms
Jiming Peng, Cornelis Roos,
and Tamás Terlaky
“The progress outlined
in Self-Regularity rep-
resents one of the real-
ly major events in our
field during the last five
years or so. This book
requires just standard
mathematical back-
ground on the part of
the reader and is thus
accessible to beginners
as well as experts.”
—Arkadi Nemirovski,
Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology
“The new idea of self-regular functions is very ele-
gant and I am sure that this book will have a major
impact on the field of optimization.”
—Robert Vanderbei, Princeton University
2002. 208 pages.
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 ANNALS OF MATHEMATICS STUDIES
Phillip A. Griffiths, John N. Mather, and Elias M. Stein, Editors

Princeton University Press is proud to have published the Annals of Mathematics Studies since 1940. One of
the oldest and most respected series in science publishing, it has included many of the most important and
influential mathematical works of the twentieth century. As you will see from the new titles in this catalog,
this tradition is continuing into the twenty-first century. To mark the continued success of the series, all books
are available again in paperback. You will find a complete listing of all books in the series at our new math
website: pup.princeton.edu/math.

NEW NEW
Radon Transforms and the Markov Processes from
Rigidity of the Grassmannians K. Itô’s Perspective
Jacques Gasqui and Daniel W. Stroock
Hubert Goldschmidt Kiyosi Itô’s greatest con-
This book provides the first unified examination of tribution to probability
the relationship between Radon transforms on sym- theory may be his intro-
metric spaces of compact type and the infinitesimal duction of stochastic dif-
versions of two fundamental rigidity problems in ferential equations to
Riemannian geometry. Its primary focus is the spec- explain the Kolmogorov-
tral rigidity problem: Can the metric of a given Feller theory of Markov
Riemannian symmetric space of compact type be processes. Starting with
characterized by means of the spectrum of its the geometric ideas
Laplacian? It also addresses a question rooted in the which guided him, this
Blaschke problem: Is a Riemannian metric on a pro- book gives an account of
jective space whose geodesics are all closed and of Itô’s program.
the same length isometric to the canonical metric? The modern theory of
The authors comprehensively treat the results con- Markov processes was
cerning Radon transforms and the infinitesimal ver- initiated by A. N.
sions of these two problems. Their main result Kolmogorov. However, Kolmogorov’s approach was
implies that most Grassmannians are spectrally rigid too analytic to reveal the probabilistic foundations
to the first order. This is particularly important, for on which it rests. In particular, it hides the central
there are still few isospectrality results for positively role played by the simplest Markov processes: those
curved spaces and these are the first such results for with independent, identically distributed increments.
symmetric spaces of compact type of rank >1. The To remedy this defect, Itô interpreted Kolmogorov’s
authors exploit the theory of overdetermined partial famous forward equation as an equation which
differential equations and harmonic analysis on describes the integral curve of a vector field on the
symmetric spaces to provide criteria for infinitesimal space of probability measures. Thus, in order to
rigidity that apply to a large class of spaces. show how Itô’s thinking leads to his theory of sto-
chastic integral equations, Stroock begins with an
A substantial amount of basic material about account of integral curves on the space of probabili-
Riemannian geometry, symmetric spaces, and ty measures and then arrives at stochastic integral
Radon transforms is included in a clear and elegant equations when he moves to a pathspace setting.
presentation that will be useful to researchers and
advanced students in differential geometry. The book should be accessible to readers who have
mastered the essentials of modern probability theory
Jacques Gasqui is Professor of Mathematics at and should provide such readers with a reasonably
Institut Fourier, Université de Grenoble I. Hubert thorough introduction to continuous-time, stochastic
Goldschmidt is Visiting Professor of Mathematics at processes.
Columbia University and Professeur des Universités
in France. Daniel W. Stroock is a Simons Professor of
Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of
February 2004. 376 pages.
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NEW
Semiclassical Soliton Ensembles for the Focusing Nonlinear
Schrödinger Equation
Spyridon Kamvissis, Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin,
and Peter D. Miller
This book represents the first asymptotic analysis, via completely integrable tech-
niques, of the initial value problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation in
the semiclassical asymptotic regime. This problem is a key model in nonlinear optical
physics and has increasingly important applications in the telecommunications indus-
try. The authors exploit complete integrability to establish pointwise asymptotics for
this problem’s solution in the semiclassical regime and explicit integration for the
underlying nonlinear, elliptic, partial differential equations suspected of governing the
semiclassical behavior. In doing so they also aim to explain the observed gradient
catastrophe for the underlying nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations, and to
set forth a detailed, pointwise asymptotic description of the violent oscillations that
emerge following the gradient catastrophe.
To achieve this, the authors have extended the reach of two powerful analytical tech-
niques that have arisen through the asymptotic analysis of integrable systems: the Lax-
Levermore-Venakides variational approach to singular limits in integrable systems,
and Deift and Zhou’s nonlinear Steepest-Descent/Stationary Phase method for the
analysis of Riemann-Hilbert problems. In particular, they introduce a systematic procedure for handling certain
Riemann-Hilbert problems with poles accumulating on curves in the plane. This book, which includes an appen-
dix on the use of the Fredholm theory for Riemann-Hilbert problems in the Hölder class, is intended for researchers
and graduate students of applied mathematics and analysis, especially those with an interest in integrable systems,
nonlinear waves, or complex analysis.
Spyridon Kamvissis is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, and a Professor
of Mathematics at the National Technical University in Athens, Greece. Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin is Assistant
Professor of Mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Peter D. Miller is Assistant Professor of
Mathematics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
2003. 304 pages. 50 line illus. NEW
Pa: 0-691-11482-X $39.95 | £26.95
Cl: 0-691-11483-8 $84.50 | £56.95 Finite Structures with
Lectures on the Theory Few Types
of Games Gregory Cherlin and
Harold W. Kuhn Ehud Hrushovski
This book is a spectacular introduction to the mod- This book applies model theoretic methods to the
ern mathematical discipline known as the Theory of study of certain finite permutation groups, the auto-
Games. Harold Kuhn first presented these lectures at morphism groups of structures for a fixed finite lan-
Princeton University in 1952. guage with a bounded number of orbits on 4-tuples.
2003. 120 pages. 33 line illus. 2003. 192 pages.
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Edited by Jean Bourgain, Phillip Griffiths, Robert MacPherson,
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Founded in 1884, this distinguished bimonthly journal of research papers in mathematics is published
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 PRINCETON LANDMARKS IN MATHEMATICS & PHYSICS
Princeton Landmarks is a series of affordably priced paperback reprints of landmark works in
mathematics and physics. Committed to the highest standards of scholarship and to its wide-
spread dissemination, Princeton University Press publishes a continuing series of paperback
books in mathematics and physics written by some of the world’s finest scientists on topics of
lasting importance. You will find a complete lising of all books in the series at our new math
website: pup.princeton.edu/math.

Homological Algebra Mathematical Methods

Henri Cartan and
Samuel Eilenberg
When this book was written, methods of algebraic
topology had caused revolutions in the world of
pure algebra. To clarify the advances that had been
made, Cartan and Eilenberg tried to unify the fields
and to construct the framework of a fully fledged
theory. The invasion of algebra had occurred on
three fronts through the construction of cohomology
theories for groups, Lie algebras, and associative
algebras. This book presents a single homology (and
also cohomology) theory that embodies all three; a
large number of results is thus established in a gen-
eral framework. Subsequently, each of the three the-
ories is singled out by a suitable specialization, and
its specific properties are studied.
2000. 408 pages.
Pa: 0-691-04991-2 $35.00 | £22.95
General Theory of Relativity
P.A.M. Dirac
“Dirac was a man of few words, and this little book—
with 35 sections spanning 69 pages—exhibits the
concise, direct style that was his trademark.”
—R. Corby Hovis, Physics Today
Physics Notes
1996. 69 pages.
Pa: 0-691-01146-X $16.95 | £10.95
Hardcover published in 1975 by Wiley
WITH A FOREWORD BY
WILHELMUS A. J. LUXEMBURG
Non-standard Analysis
Abraham Robinson
1996. 308 pages.
Pa: 0-691-04490-2 $31.95 | £21.95
Hardcover published in 1974 by Birkhauser
Topology from the
of Statistics
Harald Cramér
In this classic of statistical mathematical theory,
Harald Cramér joins the two major lines of develop-
ment in the field: while British and American statis-
ticians were developing the science of statistical
inference, French and Russian probabilitists trans-
formed the classical calculus of probability into a
rigorous and pure mathematical theory. The result of
Cramér’s work is a masterly exposition of the math-
ematical methods of modern statistics that set the
standard which others have since sought to follow.
Princeton Mathematical Series
Phillip A. Griffiths, John N. Mather, and Elias M. Stein, Editors
1999. 575 pages.
Pa: 0-691-00547-8 $35.00 | £22.95
The Topology of Fibre Bundles
Norman Steenrod
Fibre bundles, now an integral part of differential
geometry, are also of great importance in modern
physics—such as in gauge theory. This book, a suc-
cinct introduction to the subject by renowned
mathematician Norman Steenrod, was the first to
present the subject systematically.
Princeton Mathematical Series
Phillip A. Griffiths, John N. Mather, and Elias M. Stein, Editors
1999. 224 pages.
Pa: 0-691-00548-6 $29.95 | £19.95
The Classical Groups
Their Invariants and Representations
Hermann Weyl
In this renowned volume, Hermann Weyl discusses
the symmetric, full linear, orthogonal, and symplec-
tic groups and determines their different invariants
and representations.
Princeton Mathematical Series
Phillip A. Griffiths, John N. Mather, and Elias M. Stein, Editors
1997. 316 pages.
Pa: 0-691-05756-7 $39.50 | £26.95

Differentiable Viewpoint Theory of Lie Groups

John Milnor Claude Chevalley
1997. 76 pages. 2000. 232 pages.
Pa: 0-691-04833-9 $17.95 | £11.95 Pa: 0-691-04990-4 $30.00 | £19.95

Mathematical Foundations of Convex Analysis

Quantum Mechanics R. Tyrrell Rockafellar
Princeton Mathematical Series
John von Neumann Phillip A. Griffiths, John N. Mather, and Elias M. Stein, Editors
1996. 472 pages. 1996. 469 pages.
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 PRINCETON LECTURES IN ANALYSIS
Elias M. Stein and Rami Shakarchi

The Princeton Lectures in Analysis represents a sustained effort to introduce the core areas of mathe-
matical analysis while also illustrating the organic unity between them. Numerous examples and appli-
cations throughout show the far-reaching consequences of certain ideas in analysis to other fields of
mathematics and a variety of sciences. Stein and Shakarchi move from an introduction addressing
Fourier series and integrals to in-depth considerations of complex analysis; measure and integration
theory, and Hilbert spaces; and, finally, further topics such as functional analysis, distributions, and ele-
ments of probability theory.
Carefully balancing an emphasis on key conceptual insights against the technical underpinnings of rig-
orous analysis, the Princeton Lectures in Analysis provides students of mathematics, physics, engi-
neering and other sciences an unparalleled resource of real and lasting interest.
Elias M. Stein is Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. Rami Shakarchi received his Ph.D.
in Mathematics from Princeton University.

NEW NEW
Fourier Analysis Complex Analysis
An Introduction
With this second vol-
This first volume, a ume, we enter the
three-part introduction intriguing world of
to the subject, is complex analysis.
intended for students From the first theorems
with a beginning on, the elegance and
knowledge of mathe- sweep of the results is
matical analysis who evident. The starting
are motivated to dis- point is the simple idea
cover the ideas that of extending a function
shape Fourier analysis. initially given for real
It begins with the sim- values of the argument
ple conviction that to one that is defined
Fourier arrived at in when the argument is
the early nineteenth complex. From there,
century when studying one proceeds to the main properties of holomorphic
problems in the physical sciences—that an arbitrary functions, whose proofs are generally short and
function can be written as an infinite sum of the quite illuminating: the Cauchy theorems, residues,
most basic trigonometric functions. analytic continuation, the argument principle.
The first part implements this idea in terms of notions With this background, the reader is ready to learn a
of convergence and summability of Fourier series, wealth of additional material connecting the subject
while highlighting applications such as the isoperi- with other areas of mathematics: the Fourier trans-
metric inequality and equidistribution. The second form treated by contour integration, the zeta func-
part deals with the Fourier transform and its applica- tion and the prime number theorem, and an intro-
tions to classical partial differential equations and the duction to elliptic functions culminating in their
Radon transform; a clear introduction to the subject application to combinatorics and number theory.
serves to avoid technical difficulties. The book closes
Thoroughly developing a subject with many ramifi-
with Fourier theory for finite abelian groups, which is
cations, while striking a careful balance between
applied to prime numbers in arithmetic progression.
conceptual insights and the technical underpinnings
In organizing their exposition, the authors have of rigorous analysis, Complex Analysis will be wel-
carefully balanced an emphasis on key conceptual comed by students of mathematics, physics, engi-
insights against the need to provide the technical neering and other sciences.
underpinnings of rigorous analysis. Students of 2003. 392 pages. 64 line illus. TEXT
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ences will find the theory and applications covered
in this volume to be of real interest.
Forthcoming volumes in
2003. 320 pages. 40 line illus.
Cl: 0-691-11384-X $49.95 | £32.95 TEXT Princeton Lectures in Analysis:
• Real Analysis
• Topics in Analysis

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NEW
Mathematics in Nature
Modeling Patterns in the Natural World
John A. Adam
“Mathematics in Nature
leads the calculus-liter-
ate reader on a vigorous
tour of nature’s visible
patterns . . . Eschewing
phenomena that are too
small to see or too large
to grasp, Adam shows
how elementary college
mathematics, rigorously
applied, can give precise
expression to everyday
natural phenomena. His
extraordinary range of
examples and meticu-
lous explanations docu-
ment mathematics’ wonderful capacity to describe
and explain nature’s patterns.”
—Lynn Arthur Steen, St. Olaf College
From rainbows, river meanders, and shadows to spi-
der webs, honeycombs, and the markings on animal
coats, the visible world is full of patterns that can be
described mathematically. Examining such readily
observable phenomena, this book introduces readers
to the beauty of nature as revealed by mathematics
and the beauty of mathematics as revealed in nature.
Generously illustrated, written in an informal style,
and replete with examples from everyday life,
Mathematics in Nature is an excellent and undaunt-
ing introduction to the ideas and methods of mathe-
matical modeling. It illustrates how mathematics can
be used to formulate and solve puzzles observed in
nature and to interpret the solutions. In the process,
it teaches such topics as the art of estimation and the
effects of scale, particularly what happens as things
get bigger. Readers will develop an understanding of
the symbiosis that exists between basic scientific
principles and their mathematical expressions as
well as a deeper appreciation for such natural phe-
nomena as cloud formations, haloes and glories, tree
heights and leaf patterns, butterfly and moth wings,
and even puddles and mud cracks.
Developed out of a university course, this book
makes an ideal supplemental text for courses in
applied mathematics and mathematical modeling. It
will also appeal to mathematics educators and
enthusiasts at all levels, and is designed so that it can
be dipped into at leisure.
John A. Adam is Professor of Mathematics at Old
Dominion University.
2003. 448 pages. 24 color illus. 84 line illus. 9 tables.
Cl: 0-691-11429-3 $39.50 | £26.95
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NEW
The Birth of Model Theory
Löwenheim’s Theorem in the Frame of
the Theory of Relatives
Calixto Badesa
“A first-rate contribution to the history and philosophy
of logic, this is scholarship at its best. It is, to my
knowledge, the first book in the history of logic that
focuses completely on a single result. Very original in
approach and conception, it goes against the grain of
much recent scholarship. Given the complexity of the
subject, Badesa could not have done a better job of
being clear and making the presentation accessible.”
—Paolo Mancosu, University of California, Berkeley
Löwenheim’s theorem reflects a critical point in the
history of mathematical logic, for it marks the birth of
model theory—that is, the part of logic that concerns
the relationship between formal theories and their
models. However, while the original proofs of other,
comparably significant theorems are well under-
stood, this is not the case with Löwenheim’s theo-
rem. For example, the very result that scholars attrib-
ute to Löwenheim today is not the one that Skolem—
a logician raised in the algebraic tradition, like
Löwenheim—appears to have attributed to him. In
The Birth of Model Theory, Calixto Badesa provides
both the first sustained, book-length analysis of
Löwenheim’s proof and a detailed description of the
theoretical framework—and in particular, of the alge-
braic tradition—that made the theorem possible.
Badesa’s three main conclusions amount to a com-
pletely new interpretation of the proof, one that
sharply contradicts the core of modern scholarship
on the topic. First, Löwenheim did not use an infini-
tary language to prove his theorem; second, the
functional interpretation of Löwenheim’s normal
form is anachronistic, and inappropriate for recon-
structing the proof; and third, Löwenheim did not
aim to prove the theorem’s weakest version but the
stronger version Skolem attributed to him. This book
will be of considerable interest to historians of logic,
logicians, philosophers of logic, and philosophers of
mathematics.
Calixto Badesa is Associate Professor of Logic and
History of Logic at the University of Barcelona.
February 2004. 248 pages.
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 MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
NEW
Capture Dynamics and
Chaotic Motions in
Celestial Mechanics
With Applications to the Construction
of Low Energy Transfers
Edward Belbruno
“This book stands alone
in developing a rigorous
theoretical framework
to explore the complex-
ities of motion within
those portions of the
system phase space
where the small body is
bound to the system but
not necessarily to either
of the large bodies. It
establishes a compre-
hensive framework for a
wide variety of research
problems in solar sys-
tem evolution and in space mission planning.”
—Wendell Mendell, NASA Johnson Space Center
This book describes a revolutionary new approach to
determining low-energy routes for spacecraft and
comets by exploiting regions in space where motion is
very sensitive (or chaotic). It also represents an ideal
introductory text to celestial mechanics, dynamical
systems, and dynamical astronomy. Bringing together
wide-ranging research by others with his own original
work, much of it new or previously unpublished,
Edward Belbruno argues that regions supporting
chaotic motions, termed weak stability boundaries,
can be estimated. Although controversial until quite
recently, this method was in fact first applied in 1991,
when Belbruno used a new route developed from this
theory to get a stray Japanese satellite back on course
to the moon. This application provided a major verifi-
cation of his theory, representing the first application
of chaos to space travel.
Since that time, the theory has been used in other
space missions, and NASA is implementing new appli-
cations under Belbruno’s direction. The use of invari-
ant manifolds to find low energy orbits is another
method here addressed. Recent work on estimating
weak stability boundaries and related regions has also
given mathematical insight into chaotic motion in the
three-body problem. Belbruno further considers differ-
ent capture and escape mechanisms, and resonance
transitions.
Edward Belbruno has been a Visiting Research
Collaborator in the Program in Applied and
Computational Mathematics at Princeton University
since 1998.
February 2004. 224 pages. 57 line illus.
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WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORS
Local Search in Combinatorial
Optimization
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introduction by Emile Aarts
and Jan Karel Lenstra
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covers local search and its variants from both a the-
oretical and practical point of view, each topic dis-
cussed by a leading authority. This book is an impor-
tant reference and invaluable source of inspiration
for students and researchers in discrete mathematics,
computer science, operations research, industrial
engineering, and management science.
In addition the editors, contributors are Mihalis
Yannakakis, Craig A. Tovey, Jan H. M. Korst, Peter J.
M. van Laarhoven, Alain Hertz, Eric Taillard,
Dominique de Werra, Heinz Mühlenbein, Carsten
Peterson, Bo Söderberg, David S. Johnson, Lyle A.
McGeoch, Michel Gendreau, Gilbert Laporte, Jean-
Yves Potvin, Gerard A. P. Kindervater, Martin W. P.
Savelsbergh, Edward J. Anderson, Celia A. Glass,
Chris N. Potts, C. L. Liu, Peichen Pan, Iiro Honkala,
and Patric R. J. Östergård.
Emile Aarts is Vice-President and Scientific Program
Director of the Philips Research Laboratories,
Eindhoven, and a Professor of Computer Science at
Eindhoven University of Technology. Jan Karel
Lenstra is the John P. Hunter Chair and Professor of
Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Georgia
Institute of Technology.
2003. 536 pages.
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Unsolved Problems in Mathematical Systems
and Control Theory
Edited by Vincent D. Blondel and Alexandre Megretski
“This is an extremely important book that presents, in a clear way, many important and stimulating mathe-
matical problems in systems and control. It will be an important reference for both researchers and people
outside the field.”
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This book provides clear presentations of more than sixty important unsolved problems in mathematical sys-
tems and control theory. Each of the problems included here is proposed by a leading expert and set forth
in an accessible manner. Covering a wide range of areas, the book will be an ideal reference for anyone
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and computer science.
The book consists of ten parts representing various problem areas, and each chapter sets forth a different
problem presented by a researcher in the particular area and in the same way: description of the problem,
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ed problems but also to suggest new problems and generate fresh research. The reader will be able to sub-
mit solutions for possible inclusion on a web version of the book to be updated quarterly on the Princeton
University web site, and thus also be able to access solutions, updated information, and partial solutions as
they are developed.
Vincent D. Blondel is Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematical
Engineering at the University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Alexandre Megretski is Associate
Professor of Electrical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
July 2004. 360 pages. 1 line illus.
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Blow-up Theory for Elliptic PDEs in Riemannian Geometry
Olivier Druet, Emmanuel Hebey, and Frédéric Robert
“This is an important and original work. It develops critical new ideas and methods for the analysis of ellip-
tic PDEs on compact manifolds, especially in the framework of the Yamabe equation, critical Sobolev
embedding, and blow-up techniques. This volume will have an important influence on current research.”
—William Beckner, University of Texas at Austin
Elliptic equations of critical Sobolev growth have been the target of investigation for decades because they
have proved to be of great importance in analysis, geometry, and physics. The equations studied here are of
the well-known Yamabe type. They involve Schrödinger operators on the left hand side and a critical non-
linearity on the right hand side.
A significant development in the study of such equations occurred in the 1980s. It was discovered that the
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integrable. This splitting is known as the integral theory for blow-up. In this book, the authors develop the
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fully and thoroughly describe pointwise behavior when the energy is arbitrary.
Intended to be as self-contained as possible, this accessible book will interest graduate students and
researchers in a range of mathematical fields.
Olivier Druet is Researcher at CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. Emmanuel Hebey is Professor at
Université de Cergy-Pontoise. Frédéric Robert is Associate Professor at Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis.
Mathematical Notes
Phillip A. Griffiths, John N. Mather and Elias M. Stein, Editors
June 2004. 224 pages.
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Sneaking a Look at Fundamentals of Ocean
God’s Cards Climate Models
Unraveling the Mysteries of
Quantum Mechanics
Stephen Griffies
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GianCarlo Ghirardi plagued ocean models for many years. His thorough
Translated by Gerald Malsbary examination of the desired properties of numerical
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and wonderful book for ical footing. He has been instrumental in developing
novices and experts these ideas. Bringing them together in a single volume
alike. It provides a lucid will be useful to students and researchers alike.”
and insightful look into —Kelvin Richards, University of Hawaii
the empirical and con- This book sets forth the physical, mathematical, and
ceptual problems han- numerical foundations of computer models used to
dled so successfully by understand and predict the global ocean climate sys-
quantum theory.” tem. Aimed at students and researchers of ocean and
—Bas C. van Fraassen, climate science who seek to understand the physical
Princeton University content of ocean model equations and numerical
Quantum mechanics, methods for their solution, it is largely general in for-
which describes the mulation and employs modern mathematical tech-
behavior of subatomic niques. It also highlights certain areas of cutting-
particles, seems to chal- edge research.
lenge common sense. Waves behave like particles; Stephen Griffies presents material that spans a broad
particles behave like waves. You can tell where a par- spectrum of issues critical for modern ocean climate
ticle is, but not how fast it is moving—or vice versa. models. Topics are organized into parts consisting of
An electron faced with two tiny holes will travel related chapters, with each part largely self-con-
through both at the same time, rather than one or the tained. Early chapters focus on the basic equations
other. And then there is the enigma of creation ex arising from classical mechanics and thermodynam-
nihilo, in which small particles appear with their so- ics used to rationalize ocean fluid dynamics. These
called antiparticles, only to disappear the next instant equations are then cast into a form appropriate for
in a tiny puff of energy. numerical models of finite grid resolution. Basic dis-
Since its inception, physicists and philosophers have cretization methods are described for commonly
struggled to work out the meaning of quantum used classes of ocean climate models. The book pro-
mechanics. Some, like Niels Bohr, have responded to ceeds to focus on the parameterization of phenome-
quantum mechanics’ mysteries by replacing notions na occurring at scales unresolved by the ocean
of position and velocity with probabilities. Others, model, which represents a large part of modern
like Einstein and Penrose, have disagreed and think oceanographic research. The final part provides a
that the entire puzzle reflects not a fundamental prin- tutorial on the tensor methods that are used through-
ciple of nature but our own ignorance of basic scien- out the book, in a general and elegant fashion, to
tific processes. formulate the equations.

Sneaking a Look at God’s Cards offers the general Stephen Griffies is head of the Oceans and Climate
reader a deep and real understanding of the problems Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
inherent to the interpretation of quantum mechanics, Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
from its inception to the present. The book presents a Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey.
balanced overview of current debates and explores August 2004. 496 pages. 36 line illus.
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how the theory of quantum mechanics plays itself out
in the real world. Written from the perspective of a
leading European physicist, the book looks extensive-
ly at ideas from both sides of the Atlantic and also
considers what philosophers have contributed to the
scientific discussion of this field.
GianCarlo Ghirardi is Chair of the Department of
Theoretical Physics at the University of Trieste.
February 2004. 496 pages. 3 halftones. 135 line illus.
12 tables.
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Small Worlds
The Dynamics of Networks between Order and Randomness
Duncan J. Watts
“An engaging and informative introduction.”
—Science
“Playfully and clearly written. . . . [Watts] uses examples adroitly, and mixes
abstract theory with real-world anecdotes with superb skill. . . . I have not
enjoyed reading a book this much in a long time.”
—Peter Kareiva, Quarterly Review of Biology
Everyone knows the small-world phenomenon: soon after meeting a stranger,
we are surprised to discover that we have a mutual friend, or we are connected
through a short chain of acquaintances. Duncan Watts uses this intriguing phe-
nomenon—colloquially called “six degrees of separation”—as a prelude to a
more general exploration: under what conditions can a small world arise in any
kind of network?
The networks of this story are everywhere: the brain is a network of neurons;
organizations are people networks; the global economy is a network of nation-
al economies, which are networks of markets, which are in turn networks of interacting producers and con-
sumers. How do such networks matter? Simply put, local actions can have global consequences, and the
relationship between local and global dynamics depends critically on the network’s structure. Watts illus-
trates the subtleties of this relationship using a variety of fascinating models. This exploration will be valu-
able to many fields, including physics and mathematics, as well as sociology, economics, and biology.
Duncan J. Watts is Associate Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and an external faculty member
of the Santa Fe Institute.
Princeton Studies in Complexity
Philip W. Anderson, Joshua M. Epstein, Duncan K. Foley, Simon A. Levin, Martin Nowak, Editors
January 2004. 264 pages. 144 line illus. 7 tables.
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FORTHCOMING
Approximating Perfection
A Mathematician’s Journey into the World of Mechanics
Leonid P. Lebedev and Michael J. Cloud
This is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathemat-
ical tools. Approximating Perfection considers the background behind mechanics as well as the mathemat-
ical ideas that play key roles in mechanical applications.
Concentrating on the models of applied mechanics, the book engages the reader in the types of nuts-and-
bolts considerations that are normally avoided in formal engineering courses: how and why models remain
imperfect, and the factors that motivated their development. The opening chapter reviews and reconsiders
the basics of calculus from a fully-applied point of view; subsequent chapters explore selected topics from
solid mechanics, hydrodynamics, and the natural sciences.
Emphasis is placed on the logic that underlies modeling in mechanics and the many surprising parallels that
exist between seemingly diverse areas. The mathematical demands on a reader are kept to a minimum, so
the book will appeal to a wide technical audience.
Leonid P. Lebedev is Professor of Mathematics at the National University of Colombia and Professor of
Mechanics and Mathematics at Rostov State University in Russia. Michael J.Cloud is Professor of Electrical
and Computer Engineering at Lawrence Technological University.
June 2004. 232 pages. 35 line illus.
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NEW
The Structure of Spherical
Buildings
Richard M. Weiss
“This is the best current-
ly available introduction
to the theory of build-
ings. And it brings the
reader to a very impor-
tant theorem in the the-
ory of spherical build-
ings. Moreover, it is very
carefully written: obvi-
ously the author spent
quite some time arrang-
ing the different results
in the right order, which
isn’t a straightforward
task. As for explaining
the really hard part of
the classification of spherical buildings, this book is
a perfect complement to the existing literature.”
—Hendrik Van Maldeghem, Ghent University
This book provides a clear and authoritative intro-
duction to the theory of buildings, a topic of central
importance to mathematicians interested in the geo-
metric aspects of group theory. Its detailed presenta-
tion makes it suitable for graduate students as well as
specialists. Richard Weiss begins with an introduc-
tion to Coxeter groups and goes on to present basic
properties of arbitrary buildings before specializing
to the spherical case. Buildings are described
throughout in the language of graph theory.
The Structure of Spherical Buildings includes a
reworking of the proof of Jacques Tits’s Theorem 4.1.2.
upon which Tits’s classification of thick irreducible
spherical buildings of rank at least three is based. In
fact, this is the first book to include a proof of this
famous result since its original publication. Theorem
4.1.2 is followed by a systematic study of the structure
of spherical buildings and their automorphism groups
based on the Moufang property. Moufang buildings of
rank two were recently classified by Tits and Weiss.
The last chapter provides an overview of the classifi-
cation of spherical buildings, one that reflects these
and other important developments.
Richard M. Weiss is William Walker Professor at
Tufts University.
February 2004. 144 pages. 16 line illus.
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MATHEM
Quaternions and Rotation
Sequences
A Primer with Applications to Orbits,
Aerospace, and Virtual Reality
Jack B. Kuipers
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three-dimensional geometry. It is a competent and
comprehensive survey. . . . This book is unique in
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quaternions seriously. . . . A valuable asset.”
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The Essential John Nash
Edited by Harold W. Kuhn
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Thinking about Physics
Roger G. Newton
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Newton appears as an opinionated yet approachable
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provocations that make it hard to be a passive reader.”
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Introduction to Partial
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Second Edition
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This text book is a pleasant compromise between the
modern abstract theory and the concrete classical
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1995. 352 pages.
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Classical Theory of FORTHCOMING

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HAROLD KUHN
Gauge Fields AND AN AFTERWORD BY ARIELRUBENSTEIN
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“This thorough, clear, and readable book is an original text but also an
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solitons in field theory. The inclusion of materials Kuhn, an afterword by
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on the relevant mathematics, in addition to the sec- reviews and articles on
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York Times, the Journal of
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Interest Rate Models Why Stock Markets Crash
An Introduction Critical Events in Complex Financial Systems
Andrew J. G. Cairns Didier Sornette
The field of financial “A professor of geo-
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oped tremendously over ferent perspective,
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the underlying models training, on the stock
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interest rate markets and view will be highly con-
bond markets, being troversial, but the book is
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than equity-derivative expanding, reading.”
models, are particularly —Robert Shiller, author
fascinating and com- of Irrational Exuberance
plex. This book intro-
Didier Sornette is
duces the tools required
Professor of Geophysics
for the abitrage-free
at the University of
modeling of the dynamics of these markets. Andrew
California, Los Angeles, and a research director at
Cairns covers not only seminal works but also mod-
the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
ern developments.
France.
Andrew J. G. Cairns is Professor of Financial May 2004. 448 pages. 10 halftones. 155 line illus.
Mathematics at Heriot-Watt University in the 21 tables.
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Population Ecology
First Principles
John H. Vandermeer and
Deborah E. Goldberg
“Vandermeer and
Goldberg have written
an outstanding book that
synthesizes and summa-
rizes the fundamental
concepts and principles
of population ecology. . .
. Because the mathemat-
ical techniques present-
ed in the book represent
the core toolbox of the
discipline, this book is
important reading for
anyone going into popu-
lation and community
ecology.”
—David Tilman, University of Minnesota
How can the future number of deer, agricultural
pests, or cod be calculated based on the present
number of individuals and their age distribution?
How long will it take for a viral outbreak in a par-
ticular city to reach another city five hundred miles
away? In addressing such basic questions, ecolo-
gists today are as likely to turn to complicated dif-
ferential equations as to life histories—a dramatic
change from thirty years ago. Population ecology is
the mathematical backbone of ecology. Here, two
leading experts provide the underlying quantitative
concepts that all modern-day ecologists need.
John H. Vandermeer is Margaret Davis Collegiate
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at
the University of Michigan. Deborah E. Goldberg is
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at
the University of Michigan.
2003. 296 pages. 8 tables. 8 halftones. 88 line illus.
Pa: 0-691-11441-2 $35.00 | £22.95
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NEW
Comparative Biomechanics
Life’s Physical World
Steven Vogel
The field of biomechanics—how living things move
and work—hasn’t seen a new general textbook in
more than two decades. Here a leading investigator
and teacher lays out the key concepts of biome-
chanics using examples drawn from throughout the
plant and animal kingdoms.
Steven Vogel is James B. Duke Professor of Biology
at Duke University.
2003. 592 pages. 234 line illus. 33 tables.
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ONE OF CHOICE’S OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC
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Self-Organization in Biological
Systems
Scott Camazine, Jean-Louis
Deneubourg, Nigel R. Franks,
James Sneyd, Guy Theraulaz,
and Eric Bonabeau
The synchronized flash -
ing of fireflies at night.
The spiraling patterns of
an aggregating slime
mold. The coordinated
movements of a school
of fish. Researchers are
finding in such pat-
terns—phenomena that
have fascinated natural -
ists for centuries—a fer-
tile new approach to
understanding biologi-
cal systems: the study of
self-organization. This
book, a primer on self-organization in biological
systems for students and other enthusiasts, intro-
duces readers to the basic concepts and tools for
studying self-organization and then examines
numerous examples of self-organization in the natu-
ral world. Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible,
this book is a self-contained introduction to self-
organization and complexity in biology—a field of
study at the forefront of life sciences research.
Scott Camazine is the author of The Naturalist’s Year
and Velvet Mites and Silken Webs. Jean-Louis
Deneubourg is Research Fellow at the Belgian Fund
for Scientific Research and at the Centre for Non-
Linear Phenomena and Complex Systems at the
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, where he is
also Professor of Behavioral Ecology. Nigel R. Franks
is Professor of Animal Behavior and Ecology at the
University of Bristol. James Sneyd is Associate
Professor of Mathematics at Massey University, New
Zealand. Guy Theraulaz is Research Fellow at the
National Center for Scientific Research in Toulouse,
France, and at Paul Sabatier University. Eric
Bonabeau is Chief Scientist at EuroBios in Paris,
France.
Princeton Studies in Complexity
Philip W. Anderson, Joshua M. Epstein, Duncan K. Foley,
Simon A. Levin, Martin A. Nowak, Editors
2003. 560 pages. 8 color plates. 32 halftones.
180 line illus. 3 tables.
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Complex Population Dynamics
A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis
Peter Turchin
Why do organisms
become extremely abun-
dant one year and then
seem to disappear a few
years later? Why do pop-
ulation outbreaks in par-
ticular species happen
more or less regularly in
certain locations, but
only irregularly (or never
at all) in other locations?
Complex population
dynamics have fascinat-
ed biologists for decades.
By bringing together
mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field
experiments, this book offers a comprehensive new
synthesis of the theory of population oscillations
Peter Turchin is Professor of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology at the University of
Connecticut.
Monographs in Population Biology
Simon A. Levin and Henry S. Horn, Editors
2003. 456 pages. 13 tables. 59 line illus.
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Horst R. Thieme
The formulation, analysis,
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cians and biologists alike.
This book presents an
overview and selected
sample of these results
and ideas, organized by
biological theme rather
than mathematical con-
cept, with an emphasis on
helping the reader devel-
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chosen and varied examples.
Horst R. Thieme is Professor of Mathematics at
Arizona State University.
Princeton Series in Theoretical and Computational Biology
Simon A. Levin, Editor
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Mathematicians under
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Sanford L. Segal
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mous amount of research
he has done in arriving at
an accurate picture of the
complexity of the situa-
tion faced by mathemati-
cians during the Nazi
regime. Avoiding stereo-
types and oversimplifica-
tion, he presents fascinat-
ing information and valu-
able insights to those
interested in mathemati-
cians and to people inter-
ested in the history of Nazi Germany.”
—Walter Noll, Carnegie Mellon University
Contrary to popular belief—and despite the expul-
sion, emigration, or death of many German mathe-
maticians—substantial mathematics was produced
in Germany during 1933–1945. In this landmark
social history of the mathematics community in Nazi
Germany, Sanford Segal examines how the Nazi years
affected the personal and academic lives of those
German mathematicians who continued to work in
Germany.
Presenting a wealth of previously unavailable informa-
tion, this book is a large contribution to the history of
mathematics—as well as a unique view of what it was
like to live and work in Nazi Germany.
Sanford L. Segal is Professor of Mathematics at the
University of Rochester.
2003. 536 pages. 20 halftones.
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Georg Cantor
His Mathematics and Philosophy of
the Infinite
Joseph Warren Dauben
“Historians of mathematics can only be grateful for
the effort Professor Dauben has expended to create
the synthesis of Cantor scholarship found in this
book. But the book can, and I hope will, be read with
profit by a far more extensive audience. Any student,
mathematician, philosopher, theologian, or general
historian with an interest in Georg Cantor and the
wondrous revolution in mathematical and philo-
sophical thought that his work did so much to pre-
cipitate will find this book of considerable interest.”
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1990. 424 pages.
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The Mathematical Century
The 30 Greatest Problems of the Last 100 Years
Piergiorgio Odifreddi
Translated by Arturo Sangalli
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Piergiorgio Odifreddi is Professor of Mathematical Logic at the University of Turin and has been a visiting
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Institute for Advanced Study.
May 2004. 224 pages. 39 line illus.
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The Non-European Roots of Mathematics
George Gheverghese Joseph
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Theodore Porter
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When Least Is Best Also by Paul J. Nahin
How Mathematicians Discovered Many
Clever Ways to Make Things as Small WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR
(or as Large) as Possible Duelling Idiots and Other
Paul J. Nahin Probability Puzzlers
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cepts of maxima, mini- entertaining, thought-
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level of mathematical ing discussions, his-
sophistication is neither torical detail, com-
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and it should appeal to a explanations, chal-
wide audience.” lenging assignments,
—Ali H. Sayed, and thorough solu-
University of California, tions. . . . These puz-
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An Imaginary Tale
The Story of √-1
these intriguing questions and more in this engaging
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the extremes—with values becoming as small (or as common myths about
large) as possible—and how mathematicians over the origin of the mys-
the centuries have struggled to calculate these prob- tic ‘imaginary’ unit,
lems of minima and maxima. From medieval writ- Nahin tells the story of
ings to the development of modern calculus to the √-1 from a historic as
current field of optimization, Nahin tells the story of well as human per-
Dido’s problem, Fermat and Descartes, Torricelli, spective. His enthusi-
Bishop Berkeley, Goldschmidt, and more. Along the asm and informal style
way, he explores how to build the shortest bridge easily catch on to the
possible between two towns, how to shop for reader. An Imaginary
garbage bags, how to vary speed during a race, and Tale is a must for any-
how to make the perfect basketball shot. one curious about the
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Written in a conversational tone and requiring only
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Rabbits, and Other
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Keith Ball
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sic What is Mathematics?
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—Sherman Stein,
author of How the
Other Half Thinks
How does mathematics enable us to send pictures
from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-
shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23
people in a room for a 50/50 chance of two of them
sharing the same birthday? In Strange Curves,
Counting Rabbits, and Other Mathematical
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many more. Drawing on areas of mathematics from
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hearted, others central to the development of the
field and used daily by mathematicians, physicists,
and engineers.
Each of the book’s ten chapters begins by outlining
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they also reveal the links between seemingly unre-
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design codes for satellite communication gives rise
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Accessible to anyone familiar with basic calculus,
this book is a treasure trove of ideas that will enter-
tain, amuse, and bemuse students, teachers, and
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2003. 296 pages. 89 line illus. 7 tables.
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Robert Ehrlich
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Nine Crazy Ideas in Science
A Few Might Even Be True
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e: The Story of a Number
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dotal way that makes for
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stretching from
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with grace, clarity, and senting mathematics
wit why this event is so rare.” in terms of the
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where it belongs—squarely in the centre of the
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the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, six of whose works are you, read Trigonometric Delights. Eli Maor will
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Across the Board WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR
The Mathematics of Chessboard Problems Behind Deep Blue
John J. Watkins Building the Computer That Defeated the
World Chess Champion
“Watkins has a friendly
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cepts to slightly more cinating study of men as
complicated ones.” well as machines.”
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Steele Prize for Lifetime Chabris, Wall Street
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Across the Board is the exciting: adversity en-
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but the chessboard itself—that simple grid of elements of pride and
squares so common to games around the world. anxiety and triumph . . . anger and resentment.”
And, more importantly, the fascinating mathematics —Anthony Day, Los Angeles Times
behind it. From the Knight’s Tour Problem and
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Queens Domination to their many variations, John
advantages of repeatedly throwing away everything
Watkins surveys all the well-known problems in this
that has come before and starting from scratch.”
surprisingly fertile area of recreational mathematics.
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Can a knight follow a path that covers every square
Supplement
once, ending on the starting square? How many
queens are needed so that every square is targeted On May 11, 1997, as millions worldwide watched a
or occupied by one of the queens? stunning victory unfold on television, a machine
shocked the chess world by defeating the defending
Each main topic is treated in depth from its histori-
world champion, Garry Kasparov. Written by the
cal conception through to its status today. Many
man who started the adventure, Behind Deep Blue
beautiful solutions have emerged for basic chess-
reveals what happened behind the scenes at the two
board problems since mathematicians first began
historic Deep Blue vs. Kasparov matches. Along the
working on them in earnest over three centuries
way, Feng-hsiung Hsu shares his story of the quest to
ago, but such problems, including those involving
create the ultimate chess machine.
polyominoes, have now been extended to three-
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unusual surfaces such as toruses (the equivalent of Blue project. He is a senior researcher at Microsoft
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important mathematical ideas that have resonated
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dents and instructors, mathematicians, chess enthu-
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Gamma
Exploring Euler’s Constant
Julian Havil
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The Story of a Number
Among the myriad of
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In a tantalizing blend of history and mathematics,
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arithms and the harmonic series, the two defining ele-
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place in mathematics.
Introduced by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard
Euler (1707–1783), who figures prominently in this
book, gamma is defined as the limit of the sum of 1 +
1/2 + 1/3 + . . . up to 1/n, minus the natural logarithm
of n—the numerical value being 0.5772156. . . . But
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Sure to be popular with not only students and instruc-
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ing along the way the stories of some remarkable
mathematics from some remarkable mathematicians.
Julian Havil is a Master at Winchester College,
England, where he has taught mathematics for nearly
thirty years. Freeman Dyson is Professor Emeritus of
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Philosophical Analysis in the
Twentieth Century
Scott Soames
This is a major, wide-
ranging history of ana-
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1900, told by one of
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The first volume takes
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truth, a priori truth, and necessary truth, and (2)
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especially where their perspectives were limited by
an incomplete grasp of matters that have now
become clear.
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histories. This will be the benchmark against which
all future accounts will be measured.
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2003. 432 pages.
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