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Global analysis on foliated spaces, 2d ed.


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Global analysis on foliated fo·li·at·ed  
adj.
Of or relating to rock that exhibits a layered structure.

Adj. 1. foliated - ornamented with foliage or foils; "foliate tracery"; "a foliated capital"
foliate
 spaces, 2d ed.

Moore, Calvin C. and Claude L. Schochet.

Cambridge U. Pr.

2006

293 pages

$39.99

Paperback

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute The Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), founded in 1982, is a mathematical research institution whose funding sources include the National Science Foundation. The institution is located on the hills of the University of California, Berkeley campus, and lies within the  publications; 53

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The first edition was published in 1988, and much has happened in the field since then. This second edition is adds updates at the end of each chapter, a new appendix reprinting a relevant article from Mathematical Reviews Mathematical Reviews is a journal and online database published by the American Mathematical Society that contains brief synopses (and occasionally evaluations) of many articles in mathematics, statistics and theoretical computer science. , an enlarged bibliography, and an index. Mathematicians Moore (U. of California-Berkeley) and Schochet (Wayne State Wayne State may refer to the following public institutions:
  • Wayne State College – Wayne, Nebraska
  • Wayne State University – Detroit, Michigan
 U.) based this work on their lecture notes to serve as an introduction to the field and as a reference for students and researchers. In it they develop a variety of aspects of analysis and geometry on foliated spaces applicable to many contexts, dealing with the topics of locally traceable operators, tangential tan·gen·tial   also tan·gen·tal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent.

2. Merely touching or slightly connected.

3.
 cohomology, transverse measures, characteristics classes, operator algebras, pseudodifferential operators, and the index theorem.

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