Symmetries and Laplacians
| Author/creator | Gurarie, David Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | North Holland [Imprint] San Diego : Elsevier Science & Technology Books |
| Description | 454 p. ill |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Mathematics pre-2007 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Mathematical Studies Vol. 174 |
| Summary | Annotation Designed as an introduction to harmonic analysis and group representations, this book covers a wide range of topics rather than delving deeply into any particular one. In the words of H. Weyl ...it is primarily meant for the humble, who want to learn as new the things set forth therein, rather than for the proud and learned who are already familiar with the subject and merely look for quick and exact information... .The main objective is to introduce the reader to concepts, ideas, results and techniques that evolve around symmetry-groups, representations and Laplacians. More specifically, the main interest concerns geometrical objects and structures { X }, discrete or continuous, that possess sufficiently large symmetry group G , such as regular graphs (Platonic solids), lattices, and symmetric Riemannian manifolds. All such objects have a natural Laplacian Dgr; , a linear operator on functions over X , invariant under the group action. There are many problems associated with Laplacians on X , such as continuous or discrete-time evolutions, on X , random walks, diffusion processes, and wave-propagation. This book contains sufficient material for a 1 or 2-semester course. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 92015115 |
| ISBN | 9780444886125 |
| ISBN | 0444886125 (Trade Cloth) Out of Print |
| Standard identifier# | 9780444886125 |
| Stock number | 00991439 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |