Advances in Mathematics and Applications Celebrating 50 years of the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing, University of Campinas /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lavor, Carlile (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gomes, Francisco A. M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Algebraic geometry.; Topological groups.; Lie groups.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Statistics .; Mathematics.; History.; Algebraic Geometry.; Topological Groups, Lie Groups.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

This book celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Scientific Computing (IMECC) of the University of Campinas, Brazil, by offering reviews of selected research developed at one of the most prestigious mathematics institutes in Latin America. Written by senior p...

Table of Contents:

• 1 - "And Now We're In 2018..."
• 2 - Applied Mathematics in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities
• 3 - Biomathematics at the IMECC
• 4 - Phase field: a methodology to model complex material behavior
• 5 - Spherical codes from lattices
• 6 - Nonvariational semilinear elliptic systems
• 7 - Perfect simulation and convex mixture of context trees
• 8 - Inference in (M)GARCH Models in the Presence of Additive Outliers: Specification, Estimation and Prediction
• 9 - Notes on Newton's method after 1960
• 10 - Minimal surfaces and their Gauss maps
• 11 - Galois theories: a survey
• 12 - On the geometry and topology of the commutator of unit quaternions
• 13 - Life in the Rindler Reference Frame: Does an uniformly accelerated charge radiates? Is there a Bell "Paradox"? Is Unruh Effect real?
• 14 - Flag type of semigroups: A survey
• 15 - Generic singularities of 3D piecewise smooth dynamical systems.