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Algorithmic Aspects of Flows in Networks (Hardcover, 1991 ed.)
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Algorithmic Aspects of Flows in Networks (Hardcover, 1991 ed.)
Series: Mathematics and Its Applications, 69
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fEt moi, . . . . sifavait sucommenten rcvenir, One service
mathematics has rendered the jen'yseraispointall: human race. It
hasput rommon senseback JulesVerne whereit belongs, on the topmost
shelf next tothedustycanisterlabelled'discardednon Theseriesis
divergent; thereforewemaybe sense'. ahletodosomethingwithit. EricT.
Bell O. Heaviside Mathematicsisatoolforthought.
Ahighlynecessarytoolinaworldwherebothfeedbackandnon
linearitiesabound. Similarly,
allkindsofpartsofmathematicsserveastoolsforotherpartsandfor
othersciences. Applyinga simplerewritingrule to thequoteon theright
aboveonefinds suchstatementsas: 'One service topology
hasrenderedmathematicalphysics . . . ';
'Oneservicelogichasrenderedcom puterscience . . .
';'Oneservicecategorytheoryhasrenderedmathematics . . . '.
Allarguablytrue. And
allstatementsobtainablethiswayformpartoftheraisond'etreofthisseries.
This series, Mathematics and Its Applications, started in 1977. Now
that over one hundred
volumeshaveappeareditseemsopportunetoreexamineitsscope.
AtthetimeIwrote "Growing specialization and diversification have
brought a host of monographs and textbooks on increasingly
specialized topics. However, the 'tree' of knowledge of mathematics
and related fields does not grow only by puttingforth new branches.
It also happens, quiteoften in fact, that branches which were
thought to becompletely disparatearesuddenly seento berelated.
Further, thekindandlevelofsophistication of mathematics applied in
various sciences has changed drastically in recent years: measure
theory is used (non-trivially)in regionaland theoretical economics;
algebraic geometryinteractswithphysics; theMinkowskylemma,
codingtheoryandthestructure of water meet one another in packing
and covering theory; quantum fields, crystal defectsand
mathematicalprogrammingprofit from homotopy theory; Liealgebras are
relevanttofiltering;
andpredictionandelectricalengineeringcanuseSteinspaces. And in
addition to this there are such new emerging subdisciplines as
'experimental mathematics', 'CFD', 'completelyintegrablesystems',
'chaos, synergeticsandlarge-scale order',
whicharealmostimpossibletofitintotheexistingclassificationschemes.
They drawuponwidelydifferentsectionsofmathematics. " By andlarge,
all this stillapplies today. Itis still truethatatfirst
sightmathematicsseemsrather fragmented and that to find, see, and
exploit the deeper underlying interrelations more effort is
neededandsoarebooks thatcanhelp mathematiciansand scientistsdoso.
Accordingly MIA will continuetotry tomakesuchbooksavailable. If
anything, the description I gave in 1977 is now an understatement."
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