miércoles, 22 de mayo de 2013

Lectures on Integrable Probability

Lectures on Integrable Probability: Topics include integrable models of random growth, determinantal point processes, Schur processes and Markov dynamics on them, Macdonald processes and their application to asymptotics of directed polymers in random media.

Statistical Mechanifesto

Statistical Mechanifesto: This work is aimed at graduate and advanced undergraduate physics students. It contains a better entropy discussion, the Carnot conspiracy, Boltzmann distribution, entropy, free energy, meet Mr. Mole, chemical potential, and much more...

martes, 21 de mayo de 2013

Funky Mathematical Physics Concepts

Funky Mathematical Physics Concepts: This text covers some of the unusual or challenging concepts in graduate mathematical physics. This work is meant to be used with any standard text, to help emphasize those things that are most confusing for new students.

Ergodic Optimization, Zero Temperature Limits and the Max-plus Algebra

Ergodic Optimization, Zero Temperature Limits and the Max-plus Algebra: We review some basic notions in ergodic theory and thermodynamic formalism, as well as introductory results in the context of max-plus algebra, in order to exhibit some properties of equilibrium measures when temperature goes to zero.

Quirky Quantum Concepts

Quirky Quantum Concepts: Wave mechanics, 1D scattering, matrix mechanics, angular momentum, spin-1/2, updated quantum electromagnetic interactions. This work is meant to be used with a standard text, to help emphasize those things that are most confusing for new students.

Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Curves

Elliptic Functions and Elliptic Curves: Contents: Introduction; Abel's Method; A Crash Course on Riemann Surfaces; Cubic curves; Elliptic functions; Theta functions; Construction of elliptic functions; Lemniscatology or Complex Multiplication by Z[i]; Group law on smooth cubic curves.

Funky Electromagnetic Concepts

Funky Electromagnetic Concepts: Funky Electromagnetic Concepts will help you develop an accurate physical, conceptual, geometric, and pictorial understanding of important physics topics: Circuits; Classical Electromagnetics; Relativistic Electromagnetics; etc.

viernes, 17 de mayo de 2013

Tribology in Engineering

Tribology in Engineering: The main goal in preparing this book was to publish contemporary concepts, new discoveries and innovative ideas in the field of surface engineering, predominantly for the technical applications, as well as in the field of production engineering.

Lecture Notes on Free Probability

Lecture Notes on Free Probability: Contents: Non-commutative Probability Spaces; Distributions; Freeness; Asymptotic Freeness of Random Matrices; Asymptotic Freeness of Haar Unitary Matrices; Free Products of Probability Spaces; Law of Addition; Limit Theorems; Multivariate CLT; etc.

Analysis and Linear Algebra for Finance

Analysis and Linear Algebra for Finance: These volumes present the elements of analysis and linear algebra used in financial models and in microeconomics. Functions and matrices are developed in part I and vector spaces, linear mappings and optimization methods are developed in part II.

Kinetic Theory

Kinetic Theory: This is a graduate course on topics in non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, covering kinetic theory, stochastic processes and linear response. It is aimed at masters students and PhD students. The full set of lecture notes are around 100 pages.

martes, 14 de mayo de 2013

Phases and Phase Transitions in Disordered Quantum Systems

Phases and Phase Transitions in Disordered Quantum Systems: These lecture notes give a pedagogical introduction to phase transitions in disordered quantum systems and to the exotic Griffiths phases induced in their vicinity. The author also presents a number of experimental examples.

Modern Microeconomics

Modern Microeconomics: Modern microeconomics book explains the advanced version of traditional microeconomic theories. It provides the explanation from consumer utility to general equilibrium in economy. The main emphasis in this book is given on the game theory...

viernes, 10 de mayo de 2013

Water Resources: Planning, Development and Management

Water Resources: Planning, Development and Management: Authors address a broad range of topics that include planning strategies, water quality modeling and monitoring, erosion prediction, freshwater inflows to estuaries, coastal reservoirs, irrigation management, aquifer recharge, and water allocation.

jueves, 9 de mayo de 2013

Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material

Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material: This handbook is intended to serve as a primary reference on the use of wood in a variety of applications -- from general construction to use of wood for decorative purposes. It provides a source of information on the various properties of wood.

miércoles, 8 de mayo de 2013

Lecture Notes on Embedded Contact Homology

Lecture Notes on Embedded Contact Homology: These notes give an introduction to embedded contact homology (ECH) of contact three-manifolds, gathering many basic notions which are scattered across a number of papers. We also discuss the origins of ECH, including various remarks and examples.

Fundamentals of Construction Management

Fundamentals of Construction Management: This is an important book invaluable to those who require knowledge on managing the construction process. The book is based on research, contemporary construction management and management literature, and the personal work experience of the author.

lunes, 6 de mayo de 2013

Introductory Lectures on Quantum Field Theory

Introductory Lectures on Quantum Field Theory: In these lectures we present a few topics in Quantum Field Theory in detail. Some of them are conceptual and some more practical. They have been selected because they appear frequently in current applications to Particle Physics and String Theory.

Time To Find A New Job

Time To Find A New Job: Proven advice, tips and strategies to help you through the job process. This includes: Resume Writing Strategies; The point of the Cover Letter; Creating professional image through your social networks; Preparing yourself for the job search; etc.

viernes, 3 de mayo de 2013

Foundations of Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Foundations of Descriptive and Inferential Statistics: These lecture notes were written to provide an accessible though technically solid introduction to the logic of systematical analyses of statistical data to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Social Sciences and Economics in particular.

Managing Diversity

Managing Diversity: This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of managing diversity. The book covers topics such as: the role of historical struggles in the development of managing diversity practice today, demographic and social change; etc.

Advanced Quantum Mechanics

Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Lecture notes by Professor F. J. Dyson for a course in Relativistic Quantum Mechanics given at Cornell University in the Fall of 1951 for the students who had courses in classical mechanics, electrodynamics and non-relativistic quantum theory.

martes, 30 de abril de 2013

Collider Physics within the Standard Model: a Primer

Collider Physics within the Standard Model: a Primer: These are graduate lecture notes on Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) and the theory of Electroweak (EW) Interactions, with main focus on Collider Physics. I hope that these lectures can provide an introduction to the subject for the interested reader.

lunes, 29 de abril de 2013

Problems with and Without ... Problems!

Problems with and Without ... Problems!: This book is addressed to College honor students, researchers, and professors. It contains 136 original problems published by the author in various journals. The problems could be used to preparing for courses, exams, and Olympiads in mathematics.

Discrete Dynamical Systems

Discrete Dynamical Systems: This book covers important topics like stability, hyperbolicity, bifurcation theory and chaos, topics which are essential to understand the behavior of nonlinear discrete dynamical systems. The theory is illuminated by examples and exercises.