Stock photo: cover may vary
Geometric Discrepancy Hardback -
by Jiri Matousek (Editor)
- Used
- Hardback
A$214.42
A$5.84
Delivery within USA
Standard delivery: 9 to 14 days
More delivery options
Standard delivery: 9 to 14 days
Ships from Cold Books (New York, United States)
Details
- Title Geometric Discrepancy
- Author Jiri Matousek (Editor)
- Binding Hardback
- Edition 1st
- Condition Used
- Pages 289
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer
- Publication date pp. 306
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6354866
- ISBN 9783540655282 / 354065528X
- Weight 1.33 lbs (0.60 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.75 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.91 cm)
- Category Mathematics
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 99015547
- Dewey Decimal Code 512.7
- Quantity available 1
About Cold Books New York, United States
Reader reviews for Geometric Discrepancy
Write a review for this book
Important Terms and Guidelines
- Please focus on the book’s content and context. Also, add any personal comments as to how you enjoyed the book. Substantiate your likes and dislikes. You may make comparisons to other books.
- Reviews must be at least 140 characters in length.
- Please do not reveal critical plot elements.
- This is not a help line. Contact customer support if you need help.
Your review must not include:
- Obscenities, discriminatory language, or other insulting language not suitable for public domain
- Advertisements, “spam” content, or references to other products, offers or websites.
- Email addresses, URLs, phone numbers, physical addresses or other contact information.
- Overly critical comments about other reviews or reviewers
- Time-sensitive material (i.e. promotional tours, seminars, lectures, etc.)
- Availability, price, or alternative ordering/shipping information
From the publisher
First line
In this chapter, we introduce the concept of discrepancy.
From the rear cover
What is the "most uniform" way of distributing n points in the unit square? How big is the "irregularity" necessarily present in any such distribution? Such questions are treated in geometric discrepancy theory. The book is an accessible and lively introduction to this area, with numerous exercises and illustrations. In separate, more specialized parts, it also provides a comprehensive guide to recent research. Including a wide variety of mathematical techniques (from harmonic analysis, combinatorics, algebra etc.) in action on non-trivial examples, the book is suitable for a "special topic" course for early graduates in mathematics and computer science. Besides professional mathematicians, it will be of interest to specialists in fields where a large collection of objects should be "uniformly" represented by a smaller sample (such as high-dimensional numerical integration in computational physics or financial mathematics, efficient divide-and-conquer algorithms in computer science, etc.).
From the reviews: "...The numerous illustrations are well placed and instructive. The clear and elegant exposition conveys a wealth of intuitive insights into the techniques utilized. Each section usually consists of text, historical remarks and references for the specialist, and exercises. Hints are provided for the more difficult exercises, with the exercise-hint format permitting inclusion of more results than otherwise would be possible in a book of this size..."
Allen D. Rogers, Mathematical Reviews Clippings (2001)
