Probabilistic Diophantine Approximation

Probabilistic Diophantine Approximation
Author: József Beck
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2014-10-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319107410

This book gives a comprehensive treatment of random phenomena and distribution results in diophantine approximation, with a particular emphasis on quadratic irrationals. It covers classical material on the subject as well as many new results developed by the author over the past decade. A range of ideas from other areas of mathematics are brought to bear with surprising connections to topics such as formulae for class numbers, special values of L-functions, and Dedekind sums. Care is taken to elaborate difficult proofs by motivating major steps and accompanying them with background explanations, enabling the reader to learn the theory and relevant techniques. Written by one of the acknowledged experts in the field, Probabilistic Diophantine Approximation is presented in a clear and informal style with sufficient detail to appeal to both advanced students and researchers in number theory.

Number Theory

Number Theory
Author: Kalman Gyoery
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 617
Release: 2011-06-24
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3110809796

The series is aimed specifically at publishing peer reviewed reviews and contributions presented at workshops and conferences. Each volume is associated with a particular conference, symposium or workshop. These events cover various topics within pure and applied mathematics and provide up-to-date coverage of new developments, methods and applications.

Mixing Sequences of Random Variables and Probabilistic Number Theory

Mixing Sequences of Random Variables and Probabilistic Number Theory
Author: Walter Philipp
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1971
Genre: Additive functions
ISBN: 0821818147

The author gives a solution to the central limit problem and proves several forms of the iterated logarithm theorem and the results are then applied to the following branches of number theory: limit theorems for continued fractions and related algorithms; limit theorems in Diophantine approximations; discrepancies of sequences uniformly distributed mod one and the distribution of additive functions. In addition to new results, the major contribution of the work is the unification of the listed branches of probabilistic number theory. In particular, this is the first time that the distribution theory of additive functions has been related to metric number theory.

Diophantine Approximation and Dirichlet Series

Diophantine Approximation and Dirichlet Series
Author: Hervé Queffélec
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2021-01-27
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9811593515

The second edition of the book includes a new chapter on the study of composition operators on the Hardy space and their complete characterization by Gordon and Hedenmalm. The book is devoted to Diophantine approximation, the analytic theory of Dirichlet series and their composition operators, and connections between these two domains which often occur through the Kronecker approximation theorem and the Bohr lift. The book initially discusses Harmonic analysis, including a sharp form of the uncertainty principle, Ergodic theory and Diophantine approximation, basics on continued fractions expansions, and the mixing property of the Gauss map and goes on to present the general theory of Dirichlet series with classes of examples connected to continued fractions, Bohr lift, sharp forms of the Bohnenblust–Hille theorem, Hardy–Dirichlet spaces, composition operators of the Hardy–Dirichlet space, and much more. Proofs throughout the book mix Hilbertian geometry, complex and harmonic analysis, number theory, and ergodic theory, featuring the richness of analytic theory of Dirichlet series. This self-contained book benefits beginners as well as researchers.

Random and Quasi-Random Point Sets

Random and Quasi-Random Point Sets
Author: Peter Hellekalek
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1461217024

This volume is a collection of survey papers on recent developments in the fields of quasi-Monte Carlo methods and uniform random number generation. We will cover a broad spectrum of questions, from advanced metric number theory to pricing financial derivatives. The Monte Carlo method is one of the most important tools of system modeling. Deterministic algorithms, so-called uniform random number gen erators, are used to produce the input for the model systems on computers. Such generators are assessed by theoretical ("a priori") and by empirical tests. In the a priori analysis, we study figures of merit that measure the uniformity of certain high-dimensional "random" point sets. The degree of uniformity is strongly related to the degree of correlations within the random numbers. The quasi-Monte Carlo approach aims at improving the rate of conver gence in the Monte Carlo method by number-theoretic techniques. It yields deterministic bounds for the approximation error. The main mathematical tool here are so-called low-discrepancy sequences. These "quasi-random" points are produced by deterministic algorithms and should be as "super" uniformly distributed as possible. Hence, both in uniform random number generation and in quasi-Monte Carlo methods, we study the uniformity of deterministically generated point sets in high dimensions. By a (common) abuse oflanguage, one speaks of random and quasi-random point sets. The central questions treated in this book are (i) how to generate, (ii) how to analyze, and (iii) how to apply such high-dimensional point sets.

Analytic Information Theory

Analytic Information Theory
Author: Michael Drmota
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2023-09-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1108647987

Aimed at graduate students and researchers interested in information theory and the analysis of algorithms, this book explores problems of information and learning theory, demonstrating how to use tools from analytic combinatorics to discover and analyze precise behavior of source codes.

Featured Reviews in "Mathematical Reviews" 1995-1996

Featured Reviews in
Author: Donald G. Babbitt
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 394
Release:
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821895191

This collection of reprinted 'Featured Reviews' published in Mathematical Reviews (MR) in 1995 and 1996 makes widely available informed reviews of some of the best mathematics published recently. 'Featured Reviews' were introduced in MR at the beginning of 1995 in part to provide some guidance to the current research-level literature. With the exponential growth of publications in mathematical research in the first half-century of MR, it had become essentially impossible for users of MR to identify the most important new research-level books and papers, especially in fields outside of the users' own expertise. This work identifies some of the "best" new publications, papers, and books that are expected to have a significant impact on the area of pure or applied mathematics with which researchers are concerned. All of the papers reviewed here contain interesting new ideas or applications, a deep synthesis of existing ideas, or any combination of these. The volume is intended to lead the user to important new research across all fields covered by MR.

Number Theory – Diophantine Problems, Uniform Distribution and Applications

Number Theory – Diophantine Problems, Uniform Distribution and Applications
Author: Christian Elsholtz
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2017-05-26
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3319553577

This volume is dedicated to Robert F. Tichy on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Presenting 22 research and survey papers written by leading experts in their respective fields, it focuses on areas that align with Tichy’s research interests and which he significantly shaped, including Diophantine problems, asymptotic counting, uniform distribution and discrepancy of sequences (in theory and application), dynamical systems, prime numbers, and actuarial mathematics. Offering valuable insights into recent developments in these areas, the book will be of interest to researchers and graduate students engaged in number theory and its applications.

Uniform Distribution and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods

Uniform Distribution and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods
Author: Peter Kritzer
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-06-23
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3110317931

This book is summarizing the results of the workshop "Uniform Distribution and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods" of the RICAM Special Semester on "Applications of Algebra and Number Theory" in October 2013. The survey articles in this book focus on number theoretic point constructions, uniform distribution theory, and quasi-Monte Carlo methods. As deterministic versions of the Monte Carlo method, quasi-Monte Carlo rules enjoy increasing popularity, with many fruitful applications in mathematical practice, as for example in finance, computer graphics, and biology. The goal of this book is to give an overview of recent developments in uniform distribution theory, quasi-Monte Carlo methods, and their applications, presented by leading experts in these vivid fields of research.