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A sublimely eerie manga adaptation of classic Kafka stories, with a
starkly beautiful illustration style - part of Pushkin's second
series of Japanese novellas Franz Kafka's work is given fresh life
in these graphic adaptations of nine of his greatest stories. With
spectacular, otherworldly illustrations, brother-and-sister manga
duo Nishioka Kyodai create a hauntingly powerful visual world to
accompany abridged versions of Kafka's masterpieces. These tales of
enigmatic figures and uncanny transformations are here stripped to
their essences, yielding profound new meanings. Features adapted
versions of stories including 'The Metamorphosis', 'In the Penal
Colony' and 'A Hunger Artist'.
This book on canonical duality theory provides a comprehensive
review of its philosophical origin, physics foundation, and
mathematical statements in both finite- and infinite-dimensional
spaces. A ground-breaking methodological theory, canonical duality
theory can be used for modeling complex systems within a unified
framework and for solving a large class of challenging problems in
multidisciplinary fields in engineering, mathematics, and the
sciences. This volume places a particular emphasis on canonical
duality theory's role in bridging the gap between non-convex
analysis/mechanics and global optimization. With 18 total chapters
written by experts in their fields, this volume provides a
nonconventional theory for unified understanding of the fundamental
difficulties in large deformation mechanics, bifurcation/chaos in
nonlinear science, and the NP-hard problems in global optimization.
Additionally, readers will find a unified methodology and powerful
algorithms for solving challenging problems in complex systems with
real-world applications in non-convex analysis, non-monotone
variational inequalities, integer programming, topology
optimization, post-buckling of large deformed structures, etc.
Researchers and graduate students will find explanation and
potential applications in multidisciplinary fields.
Complementarity, duality, and symmetry are closely related
concepts, and have always been a rich source of inspiration in
human understanding through the centuries, particularly in
mathematics and science. The Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on
Complementarity, Duality, and Symmetry in Nonlinear Mechanics
brings together some of world's leading researchers in both
mathematics and mechanics to provide an interdisciplinary but
engineering flavoured exploration of the field's foundation and
state of the art developments. Topics addressed in this book deal
with fundamental theory, methods, and applications of
complementarity, duality and symmetry in multidisciplinary fields
of nonlinear mechanics, including nonconvex and nonsmooth
elasticity, dynamics, phase transitions, plastic limit and
shakedown analysis of hardening materials and structures,
bifurcation analysis, entropy optimization, free boundary value
problems, minimax theory, fluid mechanics, periodic soliton
resonance, constrained mechanical systems, finite element methods
and computational mechanics. A special invited paper presented
important research opportunities and challenges of the theoretical
and applied mechanics as well as engineering materials in the
exciting information age. Audience: This book is addressed to all
scientists, physicists, engineers and mathematicians, as well as
advanced students (doctoral and post-doctoral level) at
universities and in industry.
As any human activity needs goals, mathematical research needs
problems -David Hilbert Mechanics is the paradise of mathematical
sciences -Leonardo da Vinci Mechanics and mathematics have been
complementary partners since Newton's time and the history of
science shows much evidence of the ben eficial influence of these
disciplines on each other. Driven by increasingly elaborate modern
technological applications the symbiotic relationship between
mathematics and mechanics is continually growing. However, the
increasingly large number of specialist journals has generated a du
ality gap between the two partners, and this gap is growing wider.
Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (AMMA) is intended to bridge
the gap by providing multi-disciplinary publications which fall
into the two following complementary categories: 1. An annual book
dedicated to the latest developments in mechanics and mathematics;
2. Monographs, advanced textbooks, handbooks, edited vol umes and
selected conference proceedings. The AMMA annual book publishes
invited and contributed compre hensive reviews, research and survey
articles within the broad area of modern mechanics and applied
mathematics. Mechanics is understood here in the most general sense
of the word, and is taken to embrace relevant physical and
biological phenomena involving electromagnetic, thermal and quantum
effects and biomechanics, as well as general dy namical systems.
Especially encouraged are articles on mathematical and
computational models and methods based on mechanics and their
interactions with other fields. All contributions will be reviewed
so as to guarantee the highest possible scientific standards."
Nonsmoothness and nonconvexity arise in numerous applications of
mechan- ics and modeling due to the need for studying more and more
complicated phe- nomena and real life applications. Mathematicians
have started to provide the necessary tools and theoretical results
underpinning these applications. Ap- plied mathematicians and
engineers have begun to realize the benefits of this new area and
are adopting, increasingly, these new tools in their work. New
computational tools facilitate numerical applications and enable
the theory to be tested, and the resulting feedback poses new
theoretical questions. Because of the upsurge in activity in the
area of nonsmooth and noncon- vex mechanics, Professors Gao and
Ogden, together with the late Professor P.D. Panagiotopoulos, had
planned to organize a Minisymposium with the title Nonsmooth and
Nonconvex Mechanics within the ASME 1999 Mechanics & Materials
Conference, June 27-30 1999, Blacksburg, Virginia. After the unex-
pected death of Professor Panagiotopoulos the first two editors
invited the third editor (Professor Stavroulakis) to join them. A
large number of mathematical and engineering colleagues supported
our efforts by presenting lectures at the Minisymposium in which
the available mathematical methods were described and many problems
of nonsmooth and nonconvex mechanics were discussed. The interest
of the many participants encourages us all to continue our research
efforts.
Motivated by practical problems in engineering and physics, drawing
on a wide range of applied mathematical disciplines, this book is
the first to provide, within a unified framework, a self-contained
comprehensive mathematical theory of duality for general
non-convex, non-smooth systems, with emphasis on methods and
applications in engineering mechanics. Topics covered include the
classical (minimax) mono-duality of convex static equilibria, the
beautiful bi-duality in dynamical systems, the interesting
tri-duality in non-convex problems and the complicated
multi-duality in general canonical systems. A potentially powerful
sequential canonical dual transformation method for solving fully
nonlinear problems is developed heuristically and illustrated by
use of many interesting examples as well as extensive applications
in a wide variety of nonlinear systems, including differential
equations, variational problems and inequalities, constrained
global optimization, multi-well phase transitions, non-smooth
post-bifurcation, large deformation mechanics, structural limit
analysis, differential geometry and non-convex dynamical systems.
With exceptionally coherent and lucid exposition, the work fills a
big gap between the mathematical and engineering sciences. It shows
how to use formal language and duality methods to model natural
phenomena, to construct intrinsic frameworks in different fields
and to provide ideas, concepts and powerful methods for solving
non-convex, non-smooth problems arising naturally in engineering
and science. Much of the book contains material that is new, both
in its manner of presentation and in its research development. A
self-contained appendix provides some necessary background from
elementary functional analysis. Audience: The book will be a
valuable resource for students and researchers in applied
mathematics, physics, mechanics and engineering. The whole volume
or selected chapters can also be recommended as a text for both
senior undergraduate and graduate courses in applied mathematics,
mechanics, general engineering science and other areas in which the
notions of optimization and variational methods are employed.
Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (AMMA) is intended to bridge
the gap by providing multi-disciplinary publications. This volume,
AMMA 2002, includes two parts with three articles by four subject
experts. Part 1 deals with nonsmooth static and dynamic systems. A
systematic mathematical theory for multibody dynamics with
unilateral and frictional constraints and a brief introduction to
hemivariational inequalities together with some new developments in
nonsmooth semi-linear elliptic boundary value problems are
presented. Part 2 provides a comprehensive introduction and the
latest research on dendritic growth in fluid mechanics, one of the
most profound and fundamental subjects in the area of interfacial
pattern formation, a commonly observed phenomenon in crystal growth
and solidification processes.
As any human activity needs goals, mathematical research needs
problems -David Hilbert Mechanics is the paradise of mathematical
sciences -Leonardo da Vinci Mechanics and mathematics have been
complementary partners since Newton's time and the history of
science shows much evidence of the ben eficial influence of these
disciplines on each other. Driven by increasingly elaborate modern
technological applications the symbiotic relationship between
mathematics and mechanics is continually growing. However, the
increasingly large number of specialist journals has generated a du
ality gap between the two partners, and this gap is growing wider.
Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (AMMA) is intended to bridge
the gap by providing multi-disciplinary publications which fall
into the two following complementary categories: 1. An annual book
dedicated to the latest developments in mechanics and mathematics;
2. Monographs, advanced textbooks, handbooks, edited vol umes and
selected conference proceedings. The AMMA annual book publishes
invited and contributed compre hensive reviews, research and survey
articles within the broad area of modern mechanics and applied
mathematics. Mechanics is understood here in the most general sense
of the word, and is taken to embrace relevant physical and
biological phenomena involving electromagnetic, thermal and quantum
effects and biomechanics, as well as general dy namical systems.
Especially encouraged are articles on mathematical and
computational models and methods based on mechanics and their
interactions with other fields. All contributions will be reviewed
so as to guarantee the highest possible scientific standards."
Mechanics and mathematics have been complementary partners since
Newton's time and the history of science shows much evidence of the
beneficial influence of these disciplines on each other. Driven by
increasingly elaborate modern technological applications the
symbiotic relationship between mathematics and mechanics is
continually growing. However, the increasingly large number of
specialist journals has generated a duality gap between the two
partners, and this gap is growing wider.
Advances in Mechanics and Mathematics (AMMA) is intended to bridge
the gap by providing multi-disciplinary publications. This volume,
AMMA 2002, includes two parts with three articles by four subject
experts. Part 1 deals with nonsmooth static and dynamic systems. A
systematic mathematical theory for multibody dynamics with
unilateral and frictional constraints and a brief introduction to
hemivariational inequalities together with some new developments in
nonsmooth semi-linear elliptic boundary value problems are
presented. Part 2 provides a comprehensive introduction and the
latest research on dendritic growth in fluid mechanics, one of the
most profound and fundamental subjects in the area of interfacial
pattern formation, a commonly observed phenomenon in crystal growth
and solidification processes.
Audience: Scientists and mathematicians, including advanced
students (doctoral and post-doctoral level) at universities and in
industry interested in mechanics and applied mathematics.
Nonsmoothness and nonconvexity arise in numerous applications of
mechan- ics and modeling due to the need for studying more and more
complicated phe- nomena and real life applications. Mathematicians
have started to provide the necessary tools and theoretical results
underpinning these applications. Ap- plied mathematicians and
engineers have begun to realize the benefits of this new area and
are adopting, increasingly, these new tools in their work. New
computational tools facilitate numerical applications and enable
the theory to be tested, and the resulting feedback poses new
theoretical questions. Because of the upsurge in activity in the
area of nonsmooth and noncon- vex mechanics, Professors Gao and
Ogden, together with the late Professor P.D. Panagiotopoulos, had
planned to organize a Minisymposium with the title Nonsmooth and
Nonconvex Mechanics within the ASME 1999 Mechanics & Materials
Conference, June 27-30 1999, Blacksburg, Virginia. After the unex-
pected death of Professor Panagiotopoulos the first two editors
invited the third editor (Professor Stavroulakis) to join them. A
large number of mathematical and engineering colleagues supported
our efforts by presenting lectures at the Minisymposium in which
the available mathematical methods were described and many problems
of nonsmooth and nonconvex mechanics were discussed. The interest
of the many participants encourages us all to continue our research
efforts.
Motivated by practical problems in engineering and physics, drawing
on a wide range of applied mathematical disciplines, this book is
the first to provide, within a unified framework, a self-contained
comprehensive mathematical theory of duality for general
non-convex, non-smooth systems, with emphasis on methods and
applications in engineering mechanics. Topics covered include the
classical (minimax) mono-duality of convex static equilibria, the
beautiful bi-duality in dynamical systems, the interesting
tri-duality in non-convex problems and the complicated
multi-duality in general canonical systems. A potentially powerful
sequential canonical dual transformation method for solving fully
nonlinear problems is developed heuristically and illustrated by
use of many interesting examples as well as extensive applications
in a wide variety of nonlinear systems, including differential
equations, variational problems and inequalities, constrained
global optimization, multi-well phase transitions, non-smooth
post-bifurcation, large deformation mechanics, structural limit
analysis, differential geometry and non-convex dynamical systems.
With exceptionally coherent and lucid exposition, the work fills a
big gap between the mathematical and engineering sciences. It shows
how to use formal language and duality methods to model natural
phenomena, to construct intrinsic frameworks in different fields
and to provide ideas, concepts and powerful methods for solving
non-convex, non-smooth problems arising naturally in engineering
and science. Much of the book contains material that is new, both
in its manner of presentation and in its research development. A
self-contained appendix provides some necessary background from
elementary functional analysis. Audience: The book will be a
valuable resource for students and researchers in applied
mathematics, physics, mechanics and engineering. The whole volume
or selected chapters can also be recommended as a text for both
senior undergraduate and graduate courses in applied mathematics,
mechanics, general engineering science and other areas in which the
notions of optimization and variational methods are employed.
Complementarity, duality, and symmetry are closely related
concepts, and have always been a rich source of inspiration in
human understanding through the centuries, particularly in
mathematics and science. The Proceedings of IUTAM Symposium on
Complementarity, Duality, and Symmetry in Nonlinear Mechanics
brings together some of world's leading researchers in both
mathematics and mechanics to provide an interdisciplinary but
engineering flavoured exploration of the field's foundation and
state of the art developments. Topics addressed in this book deal
with fundamental theory, methods, and applications of
complementarity, duality and symmetry in multidisciplinary fields
of nonlinear mechanics, including nonconvex and nonsmooth
elasticity, dynamics, phase transitions, plastic limit and
shakedown analysis of hardening materials and structures,
bifurcation analysis, entropy optimization, free boundary value
problems, minimax theory, fluid mechanics, periodic soliton
resonance, constrained mechanical systems, finite element methods
and computational mechanics. A special invited paper presented
important research opportunities and challenges of the theoretical
and applied mechanics as well as engineering materials in the
exciting information age. Audience: This book is addressed to all
scientists, physicists, engineers and mathematicians, as well as
advanced students (doctoral and post-doctoral level) at
universities and in industry.
This report presents results from an analysis of about 47,000 red
light violation records collected from 11 intersections in the City
of Sacramento, California, by red light photo enforcement cameras
between May 1999 and June 2003. The goal of this analysis is to
understand the correlation between red light violations and various
driver, intersection, and environmental factors.
This report documents the results of bus accident data analysis
using the 2002 National Transit Database (NTD) and discusses the
potential of using advanced technology being studied and developed
under the U.S. Department of Transportation's (U.S. DOT)
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI) program to reduce bus
accidents.
Given $n$ general points $p_1, p_2, \ldots , p_n \in \mathbb P^r$,
it is natural to ask when there exists a curve $C \subset \mathbb
P^r$, of degree $d$ and genus $g$, passing through $p_1, p_2,
\ldots , p_n$. In this paper, the authors give a complete answer to
this question for curves $C$ with nonspecial hyperplane section.
This result is a consequence of our main theorem, which states that
the normal bundle $N_C$ of a general nonspecial curve of degree $d$
and genus $g$ in $\mathbb P^r$ (with $d \geq g + r$) has the
property of interpolation (i.e. that for a general effective
divisor $D$ of any degree on $C$, either $H^0(N_C(-D)) = 0$ or
$H^1(N_C(-D)) = 0$), with exactly three exceptions.
Nonconvex analysis is a rapidly developing, multi-disciplinary
field of research, comprehending theoretical analysis in
mathematical modelling of natural systems, bifurcation and chaos in
dynamical systems, finite deformation theory, nonlinear partial
differential equations, global optimization, calculus of variation,
numerical methods, and scientific computations. The field of
nonconvex analysis has undergone considerable development in a
remarkably short time-with extensive applications to theoretical
physics, material science, modern mechanics, complex systems, and
scientific computations. The present volume, Handbook of Nonconvex
Analysis and Applications, consists of thirteen chapters written by
notable experts in the field, addressing essential recent
developments in nonconvex analysis and its applications, and
keeping a balance between major areas of theory, methods, and
applications. Each chapter provides an illuminating exposition of
state-of-the-art approaches to a specific topic, with discussions
of the central contributions, and pointers to some basic
references. A variety of topics regarding nonconvex analysis and
its applications are discussed: nonconvex variational principles;
comparison principles; nonlinear eigenvalue problems; critical
point theory; boundary value problems; topological methods,
including Morse theory; nonlinear elliptic equations; evolution
problems; difference equations; inequality problems; geometric
properties of functions and spaces; and applications in mechanics.
This Handbook will serve as a much-needed reference work for the
dynamic and ever-growing field of nonconvex analysis and its
applications.
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