Differential Algebra, Complex Analysis and Orthogonal Polynomials

Differential Algebra, Complex Analysis and Orthogonal Polynomials
Author: Primitivo B. Acosta Humanez
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2010
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821848860

Presents the 2007-2008 Jairo Charris Seminar in Algebra and Analysis on Differential Algebra, Complex Analysis and Orthogonal Polynomials, which was held at the Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogota, Colombia.

The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra

The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra
Author: Kaye Stacey
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2006-04-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402081316

Kaye Stacey‚ Helen Chick‚ and Margaret Kendal The University of Melbourne‚ Australia Abstract: This section reports on the organisation‚ procedures‚ and publications of the ICMI Study‚ The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra. Key words: Study Conference‚ organisation‚ procedures‚ publications The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) has‚ since the 1980s‚ conducted a series of studies into topics of particular significance to the theory and practice of contemporary mathematics education. Each ICMI Study involves an international seminar‚ the “Study Conference”‚ and culminates in a published volume intended to promote and assist discussion and action at the international‚ national‚ regional‚ and institutional levels. The ICMI Study running from 2000 to 2004 was on The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra‚ and its Study Conference was held at The University of Melbourne‚ Australia fromDecember to 2001. It was the first study held in the Southern Hemisphere. There are several reasons why the future of the teaching and learning of algebra was a timely focus at the beginning of the twenty first century. The strong research base developed over recent decades enabled us to take stock of what has been achieved and also to look forward to what should be done and what might be achieved in the future. In addition‚ trends evident over recent years have intensified. Those particularly affecting school mathematics are the “massification” of education—continuing in some countries whilst beginning in others—and the advance of technology.

The obstacle problem

The obstacle problem
Author: Luis Angel Caffarelli
Publisher: Edizioni della Normale
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-10-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9788876422492

The material presented here corresponds to Fermi lectures that I was invited to deliver at the Scuola Normale di Pisa in the spring of 1998. The obstacle problem consists in studying the properties of minimizers of the Dirichlet integral in a domain D of Rn, among all those configurations u with prescribed boundary values and costrained to remain in D above a prescribed obstacle F. In the Hilbert space H1(D) of all those functions with square integrable gradient, we consider the closed convex set K of functions u with fixed boundary value and which are greater than F in D. There is a unique point in K minimizing the Dirichlet integral. That is called the solution to the obstacle problem.

Fundamental Algebraic Geometry

Fundamental Algebraic Geometry
Author: Barbara Fantechi
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2005
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821842455

Presents an outline of Alexander Grothendieck's theories. This book discusses four main themes - descent theory, Hilbert and Quot schemes, the formal existence theorem, and the Picard scheme. It is suitable for those working in algebraic geometry.