This volume contains nine survey articles based on the invited lectures given at the 24th British Combinatorial Conference, held at Royal Holloway, University of London in July 2013. This biennial conference is a well-established international event, with speakers from around the world. The volume provides an up-to-date overview of current research in several areas of combinatorics, including graph theory, matroid theory and automatic counting, as well as connections to coding theory and Bent functions. Each article is clearly written and assumes little prior knowledge on the part of the reader. The authors are some of the world's foremost researchers in their fields, and here they summarise existing results and give a unique preview of cutting-edge developments. The book provides a valuable survey of the present state of knowledge in combinatorics, and will be useful to researchers and advanced graduate students, primarily in mathematics but also in computer science and statistics.
In book 6 of the Ella and Owen series, the twins find themselves caught in a muddy battle between dwarves and elves!The twins find themselves in yet another messy situation when they are mistaken for
In the fourth book of the Alien Next Door series, Halloween is just around the corner, and Harris is excited to share the holiday with Zeke, who doesn't even need a costume!Harris is ready for Hal
In book four of the Major Eights series, Becca shoots, but will she score a meet and greet with her favorite basketball player?When Becca finds out about her school's free throw competition, she i
In the fourth book of the Alien Next Door series, Halloween is just around the corner, and Harris is excited to share the holiday with Zeke, who doesn't even need a costume!Harris is ready for Hal
The scarlet dragon Ruskin discovers a whole new world of magic, intrigue, and adventure in the fourth through sixth installments of the chapter book graphic novel series―now available in a collectible paperback boxed set!In this exciting collection, mystery, secrets, and dark forces follow our dragon friends as they go on a camping trip to the haunting Ghost Island, encounter danger during Crestwood’s Inferno New Year celebration, travel to Flatfrost for the Winter Festival, and meet the ancient ice dragon!This action-packed boxed set includes:Ghost IslandInferno New YearIce Dragon
Jeanie and Willow's world is turned on its head in the third book of the Jeanie and Genie series when a classmate makes a wish to bring art to life. Can Jeanie and Willow keep the art fair from runnin
Learn all about the traditions of Dia de los Muertos with this second book in the brand-new board book series Celebrate the World, which highlights special occasions and holidays across the globe.At t
From the bestselling author and illustrator of Love Monster comes the second picture book in the Bella and Mama Bear series about what happens when little Bella wishes she was bigger.The beloved mothe
A new chapter book series from Major League Baseball's 2006 National League MVP, Ryan Howard!The score was 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth, with two outs, and two strikes. The Mustangs were on a hot wi
A board book fit for little hands follows a leaderless flock of sheep on a series of misadventures during a wild and woolly drive in the country, captured in rhyming text and amusing illustrations.
From the author of the bestselling Ladybug Girl series, this hilarious, empowering picture book about a little black-belt who faces a new challenge is perfect for fans of The Three Ninja Pigs, The Pig
In recent years there have been important and far reaching developments in the study of nonlinear waves and a class of nonlinear wave equations which arise frequently in applications. The wide interest in this field comes from the understanding of special waves called 'solitons' and the associated development of a method of solution to a class of nonlinear wave equations termed the inverse scattering transform (IST). Before these developments, very little was known about the solutions to such 'soliton equations'. The IST technique applies to both continuous and discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equations of scalar and vector type. Also included is the IST for the Toda lattice and nonlinear ladder network, which are well-known discrete systems. This book, first published in 2003, presents the detailed mathematical analysis of the scattering theory; soliton solutions are obtained and soliton interactions, both scalar and vector, are analyzed. Much of the material is not available in the pre
Five lavishly illustrated spreads; big, recessed flaps; and a host of adorable animals to spot, name, and mimic combine in this delightful little board book series for the very young.
This book provides a striking synthesis of the standard theory of connections in principal bundles and the Lie theory of Lie groupoids. The concept of Lie groupoid is a little-known formulation of the concept of principal bundle and corresponding to the Lie algebra of a Lie group is the concept of Lie algebroid: in principal bundle terms this is the Atiyah sequence. The author's viewpoint is that certain deep problems in connection theory are best addressed by groupoid and Lie algebroid methods. After preliminary chapters on topological groupoids, the author gives the first unified and detailed account of the theory of Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids. He then applies this theory to the cohomology of Lie algebroids, re-interpreting connection theory in cohomological terms, and giving criteria for the existence of (not necessarily Riemannian) connections with prescribed curvature form. This material, presented in the last two chapters, is work of the author published here for the first
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