Hilbert's Tenth Problem: Relations with Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry
Hilbert's Tenth Problem: Relations with Arithmetic and Algebraic Geometry

Author: Jan Denef

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0821826220

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This book is the result of a meeting that took place at the University of Ghent (Belgium) on the relations between Hilbert's tenth problem, arithmetic, and algebraic geometry. Included are written articles detailing the lectures that were given as well as contributed papers on current topics of interest. The following areas are addressed: an historical overview of Hilbert's tenth problem, Hilbert's tenth problem for various rings and fields, model theory and local-global principles, including relations between model theory and algebraic groups and analytic geometry, conjectures in arithmetic geometry and the structure of diophantine sets, for example with Mazur's conjecture, Lang's conjecture, and Bücchi's problem, and results on the complexity of diophantine geometry, highlighting the relation to the theory of computation. The volume allows the reader to learn and compare different approaches (arithmetical, geometrical, topological, model-theoretical, and computational) to the general structural analysis of the set of solutions of polynomial equations. It would make a nice contribution to graduate and advanced graduate courses on logic, algebraic geometry, and number theory

Algorithmic Number Theory
Algorithmic Number Theory

Author: Claus Fieker

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2002-06-26

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 3540438637

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Self-organized criticality (SOC) has become a magic word in various scientific disciplines; it provides a framework for understanding complexity and scale invariance in systems showing irregular fluctuations. In the first 10 years after Per Bak and his co-workers presented their seminal idea, more than 2000 papers on this topic appeared. Seismology has been a field in earth sciences where the SOC concept has already deepened the understanding, but there seem to be much more examples in earth sciences where applying the SOC concept may be fruitful. After introducing the reader into the basics of fractals, chaos and SOC, the book presents established and new applications of SOC in earth sciences, namely earthquakes, forest fires, landslides and drainage networks.

Model Theory in Algebra, Analysis and Arithmetic
Model Theory in Algebra, Analysis and Arithmetic

Author: Lou van den Dries

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-20

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 3642549365

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Presenting recent developments and applications, the book focuses on four main topics in current model theory: 1) the model theory of valued fields; 2) undecidability in arithmetic; 3) NIP theories; and 4) the model theory of real and complex exponentiation. Young researchers in model theory will particularly benefit from the book, as will more senior researchers in other branches of mathematics.

Martin Davis on Computability, Computational Logic, and Mathematical Foundations
Martin Davis on Computability, Computational Logic, and Mathematical Foundations

Author: Eugenio G. Omodeo

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-27

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 3319418424

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This book presents a set of historical recollections on the work of Martin Davis and his role in advancing our understanding of the connections between logic, computing, and unsolvability. The individual contributions touch on most of the core aspects of Davis’ work and set it in a contemporary context. They analyse, discuss and develop many of the ideas and concepts that Davis put forward, including such issues as contemporary satisfiability solvers, essential unification, quantum computing and generalisations of Hilbert’s tenth problem. The book starts out with a scientific autobiography by Davis, and ends with his responses to comments included in the contributions. In addition, it includes two previously unpublished original historical papers in which Davis and Putnam investigate the decidable and the undecidable side of Logic, as well as a full bibliography of Davis’ work. As a whole, this book shows how Davis’ scientific work lies at the intersection of computability, theoretical computer science, foundations of mathematics, and philosophy, and draws its unifying vision from his deep involvement in Logic.

Proceedings Of The International Congress Of Mathematicians 2018 (Icm 2018) (In 4 Volumes)
Proceedings Of The International Congress Of Mathematicians 2018 (Icm 2018) (In 4 Volumes)

Author: Boyan Sirakov

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 5393

ISBN-13: 9813272899

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The Proceedings of the ICM publishes the talks, by invited speakers, at the conference organized by the International Mathematical Union every 4 years. It covers several areas of Mathematics and it includes the Fields Medal and Nevanlinna, Gauss and Leelavati Prizes and the Chern Medal laudatios.

Theory and Applications of Models of Computation
Theory and Applications of Models of Computation

Author: Rahul Jain

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-04-15

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 3319171429

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, TAMC 2014, held in Singapore, in May 2015. The 35 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers treat all topics relating to the theory and applications of models computation, for example recursion theory and mathematical logic; computational complexity and Boolean functions; graphy theory; quantum computing; parallelism and statistics; learning, automata and probabilistic models; parameterised complexity.

Arithmetic Geometry
Arithmetic Geometry

Author: Jean-Louis Colliot-Thélène

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-10-27

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 3642159451

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Arithmetic Geometry can be defined as the part of Algebraic Geometry connected with the study of algebraic varieties through arbitrary rings, in particular through non-algebraically closed fields. It lies at the intersection between classical algebraic geometry and number theory. A C.I.M.E. Summer School devoted to arithmetic geometry was held in Cetraro, Italy in September 2007, and presented some of the most interesting new developments in arithmetic geometry. This book collects the lecture notes which were written up by the speakers. The main topics concern diophantine equations, local-global principles, diophantine approximation and its relations to Nevanlinna theory, and rationally connected varieties. The book is divided into three parts, corresponding to the courses given by J-L Colliot-Thelene, Peter Swinnerton Dyer and Paul Vojta.

Surveys in Number Theory
Surveys in Number Theory

Author: Bruce Berndt

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-11-20

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1000065286

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This volume, based on fourteen papers from the Millennial Conference on Number Theory, represents surveys of topics in number theory and provides an outlook into the future of number theory research. It serves as an inspiration to graduate students and as a reference for research mathematicians.

Geometric and Algorithmic Aspects of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing
Geometric and Algorithmic Aspects of Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing

Author: Ravi Janardan

Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 0821836285

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Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) is concerned with all aspects of the process of designing, prototyping, manufacturing, inspecting, and maintaining complex geometric objects under computer control. As such, there is a natural synergy between this field and Computational Geometry (CG), which involves the design, analysis, implementation, and testing of efficient algorithms and data representation techniques for geometric entities such as points, polygons, polyhedra, curves, and surfaces. The DIMACS Center (Piscataway, NJ) sponsored a workshop to further promote the interaction between these two fields. Attendees from academia, research laboratories, and industry took part in the invited talks, contributed presentations, and informal discussions. This volume is an outgrowth of that meeting.