Book reviews M. Kashiwara Vol. 1:472
and T. Kawai (Eds), Algebraic
pp., Vol. 2:478
Analysis
599
(2 volumes),
pp., US $59.95 each., ISBN
Academic
O-12-400465-2
Press, San Diego, Calif.,
(Vol. l), ISBN
0-12-400466-O
1989. (Vol.
2).
These two volumes constitute a collection of 62 papers dedicated to M. Sato on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Since Sato’s research has ranged over a wide variety of topics in Mathematics and Physics the published papers also have a similar range. To illustrate the variety there are papers on infinite order hypergeometric functions, Toda lattices, differential equations, singular partial differential equations, hyper-functions,
L. Keviczky, volume
in
Dordrecht,
stings, super-symmetry,
stochastic
difference
equations,
Fuchsian
groups,
solitons
etc. (WFA)
M. Hilger and J. Kolostori,
Mathematics
Mathematics and Control Engineering of Grinding Technology (a Publishers, and Its Applications - East European Series), Kluwer Academic
1989. 179 pp., US $67, UK .f45, Dfl. 140. ISBN o-7923-0051-3.
Using empirical knowledge authors assemble a workable
and experience, mathematical modelling, and probability and statistics the theory for Ball mill grinding. The work is assembled for computer processing. (WFA)
T. Field and P. Harrison, 602 pp., US $37.75. ISBN
Functional Programming,
Addison
Wesley
Publishing
Co., Reading,
Mass.,
1988.
o-201-19249-7.
This book is concerned with three important aspects of functional programming technology: functional programming and functional languages in general, the implementation of functional languages and the formal manipulation of functional programs for optimization. The book is divided into three parts entitled Programming with Functions (5 chapters), Implementation (11 chapters) and Optimization (4 chapters). A common functional language, called HOPE, is used throughout. The book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students of computer science and at professionals who wish to learn about the current state of the art in this subject. (WFA) J.G. Bollinger Co., Reading,
and N.A. Duffie, Mass.,
Computer
Control of Machines
1988. 613 pp., US $53.75.
and Processes,
Addison
Wesley
Publishing
ISBN 0-201-10645-O.
Analysis, design and implementation of computer control systems constitute the contents of this volume. In the main the authors use the time-domain approach but discuss frequency-domain methods in the closing chapter. The book is suitable for a textbook ~ indeed portions have been used for that purpose. The required mathematical background is that required of most undergraduate engineers. Contents: I. Introduction to computer control 2. Elements of discrete modelling 3. Systems response 4. Discrete controller design 5. Control computers 6. Computer interfacing 7. Sensors for computer control