Ten mathematical essays on approximation in analysis and topology

This book collects 10 mathematical essays on approximation in Analysis and Topology by some of the most influent mathematicians of the last third of the 20th Century. Besides the papers contain the very ultimate results in each of their respective fields, many of them also include a series of histor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferrera, J.
Other Authors: López-Gómez, Julián, Ruiz del Portal, F. R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 2005, 2005
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Collection: Elsevier eBook collection Mathematics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Maximum principles and principal eigenvalues (H. Amann).
  • On some approximation problems in topology (A.N. Dranishnikov).
  • Eigenvalues and perturbed domains (J.K. Hale).
  • Monotone approximations and rapid convergence (V. Lakshmikantham).
  • Spectral theory and nonlinear analysis (J. L̤pez-G̤mez).
  • Approximating topological spaces by polyhedra (S. Mardesic).
  • Periodic solutions in the golden sixties: the birth of a continuation theorem (J. Mawhin).
  • The stability of the equilibrium: a search for the right approximation (R. Ortega).
  • The Bishop
  • Phelps theorem (R.R. Phelps).
  • An essay on some problems of approximation theory (A.G. Ramm)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index