Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Supplement III (Encyclopaedia of Mathematics)

This is the third supplementary volume to Kluwer's highly acclaimed twelve-volume Encyclopaedia of Mathematics. This additional volume contains nearly 500 new entries written by experts and covers developments and topics not included in the previous volumes. These entries are arranged alphabetically throughout and a detailed index is included. This supplementary volume enhances the existing twelve volumes, and together, these thirteen volumes represent the most authoritative, comprehensive and up-to-date Encyclopaedia of Mathematics available. -- Provided by publisher The book is the first full-size Encyclopedia which simultaneously covers such well-established and modern subjects as quantum field theory, supersymmetry, supergravity, M-theory, black holes and quantum gravity, noncommutative geometry, representation theory, categories and quantum groups, and their generalizations. The extraordinary historical part "the SUSY story," more than 700 authored articles from more than 250 high-level experts (including Nobel Prize Winner Gerard 't Hooft), a detailed (50 pages) Subject/Article three level index and an Author index, make the SUSY Encyclopedia an outstanding and indispensable book on the desk of researchers, experts, Ph. D. students, specialists and professionals in modern methods of theoretical and mathematical physics ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MATHEMATICS Supplement Volume III......Page 2 PREFACE TO THE THIRD SUPPLEMENT VOLUME......Page 7 A......Page 9 B......Page 62 C......Page 101 D......Page 124 E......Page 145 F......Page 154 G......Page 178 H......Page 191 I......Page 205 J......Page 224 K......Page 233 L......Page 242 M......Page 253 N......Page 282 O......Page 292 P......Page 305 Q......Page 320 R......Page 331 S......Page 347 T......Page 403 U......Page 423 V......Page 425 W......Page 439 Z......Page 456 SUBJECT INDEX......Page 474 [managing Editor, M. Hazewinkel]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.