Nonstandard Methods and Applications in Mathematics

Nonstandard Methods and Applications in Mathematics
Author: Nigel J. Cutland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2017-03-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1108621295

Since their inception, the Perspectives in Logic and Lecture Notes in Logic series have published seminal works by leading logicians. Many of the original books in the series have been unavailable for years, but they are now in print once again. This volume, the twenty-fifth publication in the Lecture Notes in Logic series, grew from a conference on Nonstandard Methods and Applications in Mathematics held in Pisa, Italy from 12–16 June, 2002. It contains ten peer-reviewed papers that aim to provide something more timely than a textbook, but less ephemeral than a conventional proceedings. Nonstandard analysis is one of the great achievements of modern applied mathematical logic. These articles consider the foundations of the subject, as well as its applications to pure and applied mathematics and mathematics education.

Nonstandard Methods in Ramsey Theory and Combinatorial Number Theory

Nonstandard Methods in Ramsey Theory and Combinatorial Number Theory
Author: Mauro Di Nasso
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030179567

The goal of this monograph is to give an accessible introduction to nonstandard methods and their applications, with an emphasis on combinatorics and Ramsey theory. It includes both new nonstandard proofs of classical results and recent developments initially obtained in the nonstandard setting. This makes it the first combinatorics-focused account of nonstandard methods to be aimed at a general (graduate-level) mathematical audience. This book will provide a natural starting point for researchers interested in approaching the rapidly growing literature on combinatorial results obtained via nonstandard methods. The primary audience consists of graduate students and specialists in logic and combinatorics who wish to pursue research at the interface between these areas.

Nonstandard Methods in Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics

Nonstandard Methods in Stochastic Analysis and Mathematical Physics
Author: Sergio Albeverio
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2009-02-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0486468992

Two-part treatment begins with a self-contained introduction to the subject, followed by applications to stochastic analysis and mathematical physics. "A welcome addition." — Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 1986 edition.

Nonstandard Analysis and Its Applications

Nonstandard Analysis and Its Applications
Author: Nigel Cutland
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 1988-09-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 052135109X

This textbook is an introduction to non-standard analysis and to its many applications. Non standard analysis (NSA) is a subject of great research interest both in its own right and as a tool for answering questions in subjects such as functional analysis, probability, mathematical physics and topology. The book arises from a conference held in July 1986 at the University of Hull which was designed to provide both an introduction to the subject through introductory lectures, and surveys of the state of research. The first part of the book is devoted to the introductory lectures and the second part consists of presentations of applications of NSA to dynamical systems, topology, automata and orderings on words, the non- linear Boltzmann equation and integration on non-standard hulls of vector lattices. One of the book's attractions is that a standard notation is used throughout so the underlying theory is easily applied in a number of different settings. Consequently this book will be ideal for graduate students and research mathematicians coming to the subject for the first time and it will provide an attractive and stimulating account of the subject.

Nonstandard Methods in Functional Analysis

Nonstandard Methods in Functional Analysis
Author: Siu-Ah Ng
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9814287555

In the early 1960s, by using techniques from the model theory of first-order logic, Robinson gave a rigorous formulation and extension of Leibniz'' infinitesimal calculus. Since then, the methodology has found applications in a wide spectrum of areas in mathematics, with particular success in the probability theory and functional analysis. In the latter, fruitful results were produced with Luxemburg''s invention of the nonstandard hull construction. However, there is still no publication of a coherent and self-contained treatment of functional analysis using methods from nonstandard analysis. This publication aims to fill this gap.

Nonstandard Methods of Analysis

Nonstandard Methods of Analysis
Author: A.G. Kusraev
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9401111367

Nonstandard Methods of Analysis is concerned with the main trends in this field; infinitesimal analysis and Boolean-valued analysis. The methods that have been developed in the last twenty-five years are explained in detail, and are collected in book form for the first time. Special attention is paid to general principles and fundamentals of formalisms for infinitesimals as well as to the technique of descents and ascents in a Boolean-valued universe. The book also includes various novel applications of nonstandard methods to ordered algebraic systems, vector lattices, subdifferentials, convex programming etc. that have been developed in recent years. For graduate students, postgraduates and all researchers interested in applying nonstandard methods in their work.

Nonstandard Methods in the Calculus of Variations

Nonstandard Methods in the Calculus of Variations
Author: Curtis Tuckey
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1993-11-22
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780582231801

This monograph is unique in its treatment of the application of methods of nonstandard analysis to the theory of curves in the calculus of variations. It will be of particular value to researchers in the calculus of variations and optimal control theory.

Non-standard Analysis

Non-standard Analysis
Author: Abraham Robinson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-08-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1400884225

Considered by many to be Abraham Robinson's magnum opus, this book offers an explanation of the development and applications of non-standard analysis by the mathematician who founded the subject. Non-standard analysis grew out of Robinson's attempt to resolve the contradictions posed by infinitesimals within calculus. He introduced this new subject in a seminar at Princeton in 1960, and it remains as controversial today as it was then. This paperback reprint of the 1974 revised edition is indispensable reading for anyone interested in non-standard analysis. It treats in rich detail many areas of application, including topology, functions of a real variable, functions of a complex variable, and normed linear spaces, together with problems of boundary layer flow of viscous fluids and rederivations of Saint-Venant's hypothesis concerning the distribution of stresses in an elastic body.

Developments in Nonstandard Mathematics

Developments in Nonstandard Mathematics
Author: Nigel J Cutland
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2020-01-30
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1000716821

This book contains expository papers and articles reporting on recent research by leading world experts in nonstandard mathematics, arising from the International Colloquium on Nonstandard Mathematics held at the University of Aveiro, Portugal in July 1994. Nonstandard mathematics originated with Abraham Robinson, and the body of ideas that have developed from this theory of nonstandard analysis now vastly extends Robinson's work with infinitesimals. The range of applications includes measure and probability theory, stochastic analysis, differential equations, generalised functions, mathematical physics and differential geometry, moreover, the theory has implicaitons for the teaching of calculus and analysis. This volume contains papers touching on all of the abovbe topics, as well as a biographical note about Abraham Robinson based on the opening address given by W.A>J> Luxemburg - who knew Robinson - to the Aveiro conference which marked the 20th anniversary of Robinson's death. This book will be of particular interest to students and researchers in nonstandard analysis, measure theory, generalised functions and mathematical physics.

Applications of Nonstandard Finite Difference Schemes

Applications of Nonstandard Finite Difference Schemes
Author: Ronald E. Mickens
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2000
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9789810241339

The main purpose of this book is to provide a concise introduction to the methods and philosophy of constructing nonstandard finite difference schemes and illustrate how such techniques can be applied to several important problems. Chapter I gives an overview of the subject and summarizes previous work. Chapters 2 and 3 consider in detail the construction and numerical implementation of schemes for physical problems involving convection-diffusion-reaction equations, that arise in groundwater pollution and scattering of electromagnetic waves using Maxwell's equations. Chapter 4 examines certain mathematical issues related to the nonstandard discretization of competitive and cooperative models for ecology. The application chapters illustrate well the power of nonstandard methods. In particular, for the same accuracy as obtained by standard techniques, larger step sizes can be used. This volume will satisfy the needs of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians who wish to know how to construct nonstandard schemes and see how these are applied to obtain numerical solutions of the differential equations which arise in the study of nonlinear dynamical systems modeling important physical phenomena.