Wigner's quasi-probability distribution function in phase space is a special (Weyl) representation of the density matrix. It has been useful in describing quantum transport in quantum optics; nuclear ...

This comprehensive book is an introduction to the basics of Finsler geometry with recent developments in its area. It includes local geometry as well as global geometry of Finsler manifolds. In Part I ...

Abstract: For Geoff Chew, the year 1984 is a double jubilee. It is the year of his sixtieth birthday and, at the same time, the twenty-fifth anniversary of his celebrated bootstrap hypothesis. It ...

The study of the magnetic response of Josephson junction networks can be useful in outlining the behaviour of existing superconducting electronic devices, in conceiving new types of magnetic sensors, ...

Department of Mining Engineering, Goodwin Hall, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3M6, Canada ...

IJSSD is a forum for research on stability and dynamics of land-based structures, aerospace structures, marine structures, as well as biostructures and micro- and nano-structures ...

Knowledge of the refractive indices and absorption coefficients of semiconductors is especially important in the design and analysis of optical and photonic devices. This book presents data on the ...

School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore ...

The focus of this volume is to describe and analyse the evolution of the South China Sea Workshops. The author is optimistic about the prospects of these workshops as confidence-building mechanisms.

It started out as a simple labour of love for her family, and grew to become a national phenomenon. Mrs Lee Chin Koon (1907–1980), mother of Singapore's founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, and a ...

This text is an introduction to a few selected areas of Alain Connes' noncommutative geometry written for the volume of the school/conference “Non-commutative Geometry 2005” held at IPM Tehran. It is ...

This book offers an introduction to wavelet theory and provides the essence of wavelet analysis — including Fourier analysis and spectral analysis; the maximum overlap discrete wavelet transform; ...