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Fluids Under Pressure (Advances in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics)
by Giovanni P. Galdi Tomáš Bodnár Šárka NečasováThis contributed volume is based on talks given at the August 2016 summer school “Fluids Under Pressure,” held in Prague as part of the “Prague-Sum” series. Written by experts in their respective fields, chapters explore the complex role that pressure plays in physics, mathematical modeling, and fluid flow analysis. Specific topics covered include:Oceanic and atmospheric dynamicsIncompressible flowsViscous compressible flowsWell-posedness of the Navier-Stokes equationsWeak solutions to the Navier-Stokes equationsFluids Under Pressure will be a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers studying fluid flow dynamics.
Fluke: The Math And Myth Of Coincidence
by Joseph MazurA mathematical guide to understanding why life can seem to be one big coincidence--and why the odds of just about everything are better than we would think
Fluke: The Maths and Myths of Coincidences
by Joseph MazurWhat are the chances? This is the question we ask ourselves upon encountering seemingly impossible coincidences - the woman who won the lottery four times, the people who missed the train to work on 9/11, the man who bumped into his own brother while on holiday in Greece. But actually the odds are a lot better than any of us would have believed.Coupling lively anecdotes with clear explanations of the principles of probability, Joseph Mazur balances the fun of a great coincidence with the logical thinking of a mathematician. From clairvoyants to financial markets, and from scientific discoveries to DNA evidence, his mantra remains the same - 'If there is any likelihood that something could happen, no matter how small, it is bound to happen to someone at some time.' With a lightness of touch and a witty turn of phrase, Mazur sweeps aside pseudoscience and conspiracy theories, proving that there are rational explanations for even the most extraordinary series of events.
Fluvial Hydrodynamics: Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Phenomena (GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences)
by Subhasish DeyThis revised second edition of the book presents an improvement of the original version in terms of recent research, corrections, and outline. The state of the art in fluvial hydrodynamics can be examined only through a careful exploration of the theoretical development and applied engineering technology. This second, updated edition focuses, since most up-to-date research findings in the field are presented, on the research aspects that involve a comprehensive knowledge of sediment dynamics in turbulent flows. It begins with the fundamentals of hydrodynamics and particle motion followed by turbulence characteristics related to sediment motion. Sediment dynamics are described from a classical perspective by applying the mean bed shear approach and additionally incorporating a statistical description for the role of turbulence. It is intended to design as a course textbook in graduate / research level and a guide for the field engineers as well, keeping up with modern technological developments. One of the most important additions is that at the end of each chapter, varieties of problems were given. Therefore, as a simple prerequisite, the background of the readers should have a basic knowledge in hydraulics in undergraduate level and an understanding of fundamentals of calculus.
Flux-Corrected Transport
by Dmitri Kuzmin Rainald Löhner Stefan TurekAddressing students and researchers as well as Computational Fluid Dynamics practitioners, this book is the most comprehensive review of high-resolution schemes based on the principle of Flux-Corrected Transport (FCT). The foreword by J.P. Boris and historical note by D.L. Book describe the development of the classical FCT methodology for convection-dominated transport problems, while the design philosophy behind modern FCT schemes is explained by S.T. Zalesak. The subsequent chapters present various improvements and generalizations proposed over the past three decades. In this new edition, recent results are integrated into existing chapters in order to describe significant advances since the publication of the first edition. Also, 3 new chapters were added in order to cover the following topics: algebraic flux correction for finite elements, iterative and linearized FCT schemes, TVD-like flux limiters, acceleration of explicit and implicit solvers, mesh adaptation, failsafe limiting for systems of conservation laws, flux-corrected interpolation (remapping), positivity preservation in RANS turbulence models, and the use of FCT as an implicit subgrid scale model for large eddy simulations.
Focal Points in Negotiation
by Rudolf Schuessler Jan-Willem van der RijtFocal Points in Negotiation is the first work of its kind to analyze the use of focal points beyond the controlled setting of the laboratory or the stylized context of mathematical game theory, in the real world of negotiation. It demonstrates that there are many more ways focal points influence real life situations than the specific, predetermined roles ascribed to them by game theory and rational choice. The book establishes this by identifying the numerous different, often decisive, modes in which focal points function in the various phases of complex negotiations. In doing so, it also demonstrates the necessity of a thorough understanding of focal points for mediators, negotiators, and others. A scholarly work in nature, Focal Points in Negotiation is also suitable for use in the classroom and accessible for a multidisciplinary audience.
Focus Math: Geometry
by Scott ForesmanfocusMATH identifies at-risk students early and accelerates their learning with instruction that is intensive, balanced, and individualized. All grade levels consist of three units, each built around a specific NCTM Focal Point. This Book C Geometry of Focus MATH discusses on three topics. Topic 1 Identifying Plane Shapes; Topic 2 Working with Plane Shapes; and Topic 3 Solid Figures.
Focus Math: Number and Operations 1
by Scott ForesmanChildren quickly discover that numbers are everywhere. Once they enter elementary school, they learn ways to use those numbers. Sometimes, they need a little help understanding math concepts. Your child can get that support using Pearson products at home.
Focus Math: Number and Operations and Algebra
by Scott ForesmanMath intervention workbook for first grade
Focus Math: Number and Operations and Algebra
by Scott ForesmanMath intervention workbook for first grade
Focus on Geodatabases in ArcGIS Pro (Focus On)
by David W. AllenThis book introduces readers to the geodatabase, the comprehensive information model for representing and managing geographic information across the ArcGIS platform. Sharing best practices for creating and maintaining data integrity, chapter topics include the careful design of a geodatabase schema, building geodatabases that include data integrity rules, populating geodatabases with existing data, working with topologies, editing data using various techniques, building 3D views, and sharing data on the web. Each chapter includes important concepts with hands-on, step-by-step tutorials, sample projects, and datasets, 'Your turn' segments with less instruction, study questions for classroom use, and an independent project. Instructor resources are available by request.
Foil Fun Numbers
by Salina YoonSturdy, sparkling and fabulously fun! A combination of bright, simple illustrations and foil accents makes these board books a great choice for young ones learning colors, numbers, opposites and shapes.
Folding Tech: Using Origami and Nature to Revolutionize Technology
by Karen Latchana KenneySpace probes, self-assembling robots, crash-absorbing cars, and designer proteins all have one thing in common: their use of folding technologies. To develop these technologies, engineers are taking inspiration from an unusual source—origami, the ancient art of paper folding. Examine origami's origins, how it intersects with mathematics, and how it became a tool to solve some of the most complicated challenges in engineering, architecture, technology, and medicine today. Plus, get a close-up look at these technologies with two augmented reality images included in the book!
Folgenkonvergenz vernetzt denken: Eine Untersuchung des Zusammenspiels von Concept Image und Concept Definition in Aufgabenbearbeitungen von Lehramtsstudierenden
by Nina UtschAm für die Analysis zentralen Begriff der Folgenkonvergenz wird in dem vorliegenden Buch untersucht, inwiefern Studierende ihre Vorstellungen in Aufgabenbearbeitungen einbringen und diese mit der Arbeit mit Definitionen und mathematischen Sätzen vernetzen. Mit dem Ziel, solche Vernetzungen inhaltlich zu beschreiben, wurde eine qualitative Studie mit 26 Studierenden des Haupt- und Realschullehramts sowie des gymnasialen Lehramts mit Fach Mathematik durchgeführt. Es konnten verschiedene Praktiken der Aufgabenbearbeitung herausgearbeitet werden, die auf Vernetzungen von Vorstellungen einerseits und Definitionen und mathematischen Sätzen andererseits hinweisen. Die Ergebnisse der Studie sind in einen Extrakt für Hochschullehrende eingeflossen, der neben einer Zusammenfassung insbesondere praktische Vorschläge für die Hochschullehre der Analysis I in Form von Aufgaben zur Folgenkonvergenz bereitstellt. Mit diesen sollen typische Fehler adressiert und insbesondere Vernetzungen von Vorstellungen und Definitionen und mathematischen Sätzen bei Studierenden unterstützt werden.
Foliation Theory in Algebraic Geometry
by Paolo Cascini James Mckernan Jorge Vitório PereiraFeaturing a blend of original research papers and comprehensive surveys from an international team of leading researchers in the thriving fields of foliation theory, holomorphic foliations, and birational geometry, this book presents the proceedings of the conference "Foliation Theory in Algebraic Geometry," hosted by the Simons Foundation in New York City in September 2013. Topics covered include: Fano and del Pezzo foliations; the cone theorem and rank one foliations; the structure of symmetric differentials on a smooth complex surface and a local structure theorem for closed symmetric differentials of rank two; an overview of lifting symmetric differentials from varieties with canonical singularities and the applications to the classification of AT bundles on singular varieties; an overview of the powerful theory of the variety of minimal rational tangents introduced by Hwang and Mok; recent examples of varieties which are hyperbolic and yet the Green-Griffiths locus is the whole of X; and a classification of psuedoeffective codimension one distributions. Foliations play a fundamental role in algebraic geometry, for example in the proof of abundance for threefolds and to a solution of the Green-Griffiths conjecture for surfaces of general type with positive Segre class. The purpose of this volume is to foster communication and enable interactions between experts who work on holomorphic foliations and birational geometry, and to bring together leading researchers to demonstrate the powerful connection of ideas, methods, and goals shared by these two areas of study.
Food Industries
by J. Mark R. Strange J. BurnsThis volume deals with the diverse range of industries concerned with the supply and processing of food in the UK. It covers sources relating to food production and processing, including foodstuffs supplied from abroad, and also fish supply and processing.
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto #1)
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb"[Taleb is] Wall Street's principal dissident. . . . [Fooled By Randomness] is to conventional Wall Street wisdom approximately what Martin Luther's ninety-nine theses were to the Catholic Church."-Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker. Finally in paperback, the word-of-mouth sensation that will change the way you think about the markets and the world. This book is about luck: more precisely how we perceive luck in our personal and professional experiences. Set against the backdrop of the most conspicuous forum in which luck is mistaken for skill--the world of business. Fooled by Randomness is an irreverent, iconoclastic, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining exploration of one of the least understood forces in all of our lives.
Fools Rush Inn: More Detours on the Way to Conventional Wisdom
by Bill JamesIn this second collection of recent articles (the first was Solid Fool's Gold), groundbreaking sabermetrician and baseball historian Bill James takes his unique way of looking at the world and applies it to topics as diverse as the major league players who went out on top, whether ground ball pitchers are as good (or as bad) as people think, do hitters like Yasiel Puig have hot hand streaks (they do) and why (that's a different question), and do teams have tough stretches and soft patches in their schedules (they do) and how to mention them. Along the way, James takes several detours to discuss his views on classical music, fiction versus non-fiction, keeping will animals in captivity, conservatives and liberals, and several other things that interest or offend him. He even includes a couple of his favorite old baseball stories and a new way to summarize something's or someone's history in exactly 10-25-50-100-200-500 words.
Football Analytics with Python & R: Learning Data Science Through the Lens of Sports
by Eric A. Eager Richard A. EricksonBaseball is not the only sport to use "moneyball." American football fans, teams, and gamblers are increasingly using data to gain an edge against the competition. Professional and college teams use data to help select players and identify team needs. Fans use data to guide fantasy team picks and strategies. Sports bettors and fantasy football players are using data to help inform decision making. This concise book provides a clear introduction to using statistical models to analyze football data.Whether your goal is to produce a winning team, dominate your fantasy football league, qualify for an entry-level football analyst position, or simply learn R and Python using fun example cases, this book is your starting place. You'll learn how to:Apply basic statistical concepts to football datasetsDescribe football data with quantitative methodsCreate efficient workflows that offer reproducible resultsUse data science skills such as web scraping, manipulating data, and plotting dataImplement statistical models for football dataLink data summaries and model outputs to create reports or presentations using tools such as R Markdown and R ShinyAnd more
Football and Health Improvement: an Emergent Field (Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives)
by Daniel Parnell Andy PringleThere is developing interest in the use of sporting settings as a channel to connect people to health improvement services and an emerging body of research highlights football as being associated with positive motivational and social elements that support the maintenance of a physically active lifestyle. This text provides insights into a range of issues surrounding the role of football as a vehicle for health improvement for different groups.The contributors to this volume share some of the challenges and the benefits of using professional football settings as a channel for connecting people to health improvement opportunities. These chapters will be of interest to a range of stakeholders involved in research, policy and practice who stand to benefit from building partnerships with colleagues with expertise in (I) conducting evaluation and (II) reporting evaluation and research outcomes in peer-reviewed mediums, reflecting the value of partnerships between football-led health improvement and evaluators. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer & Society.
For All Practical Purposes: Mathematical Literacy in Today's World
by COMAPFor All Practical Purposes gives you the mathematics tools that will enrich your life beyond the classroom, drawing examples and applications from nature, to science and industry, to economics, finance, and politics.
For Better or For Worse? Collaborative Couples in the Sciences
by Annette Lykknes Donald L. Opitz Brigitte Van TiggelenIn this volume, a distinguished set of international scholars examine the nature of collaboration between life partners in the sciences, with particular attention to the ways in which personal and professional dynamics can foster or inhibit scientific practice. Breaking from traditional gender analyses which focus on divisions of labor and the assignment of credit, the studies scrutinize collaboration as a variable process between partners living in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries who were married and divorced, heterosexual and homosexual, aristocratic and working-class and politically right and left. The contributors analyze cases shaped by their particular geographical locations, ranging from retreat settings like the English countryside and Woods Hole, Massachusetts, to university laboratories and urban centers in Berlin, Stockholm, Geneva and London. The volume demonstrates how the terms and meanings of collaboration, variably shaped by disciplinary imperatives, cultural mores, and the agency of the collaborators themselves, illuminate critical intellectual and institutional developments in the modern sciences.