The theory of algebraic invariants has found insufficient attention in Russian mathematical literature. The book by Alekseev , written in 1899, is largely out of date, while individual chapters in certain textbooks on algebra (Sushkevich, Bocher, etc.) written later, give only the beginnings of the theory.
This book was written to be a readable introduction to Algebraic Topology with rather broad coverage of the subject. Our viewpoint is quite classical in spirit, and stays largely within the confines of pure Algebraic Topology. In a sense, the book could have been written thirty years ago since virtually all its content is at least thatold. However, the passage of the intervening years has helped clarify what the most important results and techniques are.
Measurement Error: Models, Methods, and Applications
Measurement Error provides an understanding of measurement error, the effects of ignoring it, and how to correct for these effects. The book focuses on the models and methods involved and demonstrates how they can be implemented in practice. Keeping theory to a minimum with an appendix of theoretical background, it presents numerous examples from biostatistics and epidemiology as well as ecology and the social sciences.
This book is a great way to learn some of the interesting aspects of numbers. Among some of the subjects covered include numbering systems, ciphers, angles, dimensions, and of course, algebra. This book is designed to make mathematics interesting. The science is not treated formally; abstract conceptions and uninteresting and abstruse procedures are completely avoided; yet at the same time the book is sufficiently complete so as to give a broad picture of mathematical fundamentals.
Analysis and Approximation of Contact Problems with Adhesion or Damage
Research into contact problems continues to produce a rapidly growing body of knowledge. Recognizing the need for a single, concise source of information on models and analysis of contact problems, accomplished experts Sofonea, Han, and Shillor carefully selected several models and thoroughly study them in Analysis and Approximation of Contact Problems with Adhesion or Damage.
