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Architectural Theory and Practice, and the Question of Phenomenology
Architectural Theory and Practice, and the Question of Phenomenology (The Contribution of Tadao Ando to the Phenomenological Discourse) Von der Fakultät Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Stadtplanung der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von Mohammadreza Shirazi aus Tabriz, Iran Gutachter: : Prof. Dr. Eduard Führ Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Karsten Harries Gutachter: Gastprofessor. Dr. Riklef Rambow Tag der Verteidigung: 02. Juni 2009 Acknowledgment My first words of gratitude go to my supervisor Prof. Führ for giving me direction and support. He fully supported me during my research, and created a welcoming and inspiring atmosphere in which I had the pleasure of writing this dissertation. I am indepted to his teachings and instructions in more ways than I can state here. I am particularly grateful to Prof. Karsten Harries. His texts taught me how to think on architecture deeply, how to challenge whatever is ‘taken for granted’ and ‘remain on the way, in search of home’. I am also grateful to other colleagues in L.S. Theorie der Architektur. I want to express my thanks to Dr. Riklef Rambow who considered my ideas and texts deeply and helped me with his advice at different stages. I am thankful for the comments and kind helps I received from Dr. Katharina Fleischmann. I also want to thank Prof. Hahn from TU Dresden and other PhD students who attended in Doktorandentag meetings and criticized my presentations. I would like to express my appreciation to the staff of Langen Foundation Museum for their kind helps during my visit of that complex, and to Mr. -
Ζ−1 Using Theorem 1.2
UC San Diego UC San Diego Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Ihara zeta functions of irregular graphs Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3ws358jm Author Horton, Matthew D. Publication Date 2006 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO Ihara zeta functions of irregular graphs A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics by Matthew D. Horton Committee in charge: Professor Audrey Terras, Chair Professor Mihir Bellare Professor Ron Evans Professor Herbert Levine Professor Harold Stark 2006 Copyright Matthew D. Horton, 2006 All rights reserved. The dissertation of Matthew D. Horton is ap- proved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication on micro¯lm: Chair University of California, San Diego 2006 iii To my wife and family Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room. |Sir Winston Churchill iv TABLE OF CONTENTS Signature Page . iii Dedication . iv Table of Contents . v List of Figures . vii List of Tables . viii Acknowledgements . ix Vita ...................................... x Abstract of the Dissertation . xi 1 Introduction . 1 1.1 Preliminaries . 1 1.2 Ihara zeta function of a graph . 4 1.3 Simplifying assumptions . 8 2 Poles of the Ihara zeta function . 10 2.1 Bounds on the poles . 10 2.2 Relations among the poles . 13 3 Recovering information . 17 3.1 The hope . 17 3.2 Recovering Girth . 18 3.3 Chromatic polynomials and Ihara zeta functions . 20 4 Relations among Ihara zeta functions . -
The Function of Reason in Hume and Consequences for the Classical
Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2004 If Reason Is Not Sovereign: The Function of Reason in Hume and Consequences for the Classical/Positivist Divide, Rational Choice Theory, Low Self-Control Theory, and the Criminal Propensity Construct Michael Jason Kissner Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE IF REASON IS NOT SOVEREIGN: THE FUNCTION OF REASON IN HUME AND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE CLASSICAL/POSITIVIST DIVIDE, RATIONAL CHOICE THEORY, LOW SELF-CONTROL THEORY, AND THE CRIMINAL PROPENSITY CONSTRUCT By MICHAEL JASON KISSNER A Dissertation submitted to the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Fall Semester, 2004 The members of the Committee approve the Dissertation of Michael Jason Kissner defended on November 10, 2004. _______________________ Daniel Maier-Katkin Professor Directing Dissertation _______________________ Barney Twiss Outside Committee Member _______________________ Cecil Greek Committee Member Approved: __________________________ Thomas Blomberg, Dean, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................Page -
The Development of Military Nuclear Strategy And
The Development of Military Nuclear Strategy and Anglo-American Relations, 1939 – 1958 Submitted by: Geoffrey Charles Mallett Skinner to the University of Exeter as a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History, July 2018 This thesis is available for Library use on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other University. (Signature) ……………………………………………………………………………… 1 Abstract There was no special governmental partnership between Britain and America during the Second World War in atomic affairs. A recalibration is required that updates and amends the existing historiography in this respect. The wartime atomic relations of those countries were cooperative at the level of science and resources, but rarely that of the state. As soon as it became apparent that fission weaponry would be the main basis of future military power, America decided to gain exclusive control over the weapon. Britain could not replicate American resources and no assistance was offered to it by its conventional ally. America then created its own, closed, nuclear system and well before the 1946 Atomic Energy Act, the event which is typically seen by historians as the explanation of the fracturing of wartime atomic relations. Immediately after 1945 there was insufficient systemic force to create change in the consistent American policy of atomic monopoly. As fusion bombs introduced a new magnitude of risk, and as the nuclear world expanded and deepened, the systemic pressures grew. -
A Singing, Dancing Universe Jon Butterworth Enjoys a Celebration of Mathematics-Led Theoretical Physics
SPRING BOOKS COMMENT under physicist and Nobel laureate William to the intensely scrutinized narrative on the discovery “may turn out to be the greatest Henry Bragg, studying small mol ecules such double helix itself, he clarifies key issues. He development in the field of molecular genet- as tartaric acid. Moving to the University points out that the infamous conflict between ics in recent years”. And, on occasion, the of Leeds, UK, in 1928, Astbury probed the Wilkins and chemist Rosalind Franklin arose scope is too broad. The tragic figure of Nikolai structure of biological fibres such as hair. His from actions of John Randall, head of the Vavilov, the great Soviet plant geneticist of the colleague Florence Bell took the first X-ray biophysics unit at King’s College London. He early twentieth century who perished in the diffraction photographs of DNA, leading to implied to Franklin that she would take over Gulag, features prominently, but I am not sure the “pile of pennies” model (W. T. Astbury Wilkins’ work on DNA, yet gave Wilkins the how relevant his research is here. Yet pulling and F. O. Bell Nature 141, 747–748; 1938). impression she would be his assistant. Wilkins such figures into the limelight is partly what Her photos, plagued by technical limitations, conceded the DNA work to Franklin, and distinguishes Williams’s book from others. were fuzzy. But in 1951, Astbury’s lab pro- PhD student Raymond Gosling became her What of those others? Franklin Portugal duced a gem, by the rarely mentioned Elwyn assistant. It was Gosling who, under Franklin’s and Jack Cohen covered much the same Beighton. -
Ihara Zeta Functions
Audrey Terras 2/16/2004 fun with zeta and L- functions of graphs Audrey Terras U.C.S.D. February, 2004 IPAM Workshop on Automorphic Forms, Group Theory and Graph Expansion Introduction The Riemann zeta function for Re(s)>1 ∞ 1 −1 ζ ()sp== 1 −−s . ∑ s ∏ () n=1 n pprime= Riemann extended to all complex s with pole at s=1. Functional equation relates value at s and 1-s Riemann hypothesis duality between primes and complex zeros of zeta See Davenport, Multiplicative Number Theory. 1 Audrey Terras 2/16/2004 Graph of |Zeta| Graph of z=| z(x+iy) | showing the pole at x+iy=1 and the first 6 zeros which are on the line x=1/2, of course. The picture was made by D. Asimov and S. Wagon to accompany their article on the evidence for the Riemann hypothesis as of 1986. A. Odlyzko’s Comparison of Spacings of Zeros of Zeta and Eigenvalues of Random Hermitian Matrix. See B. Cipra, What’s Happening in Math. Sciences, 1998-1999. 2 Audrey Terras 2/16/2004 Dedekind zeta of an We’ll algebraic number field F, say where primes become prime more ideals p and infinite product of about number terms field (1-Np-s)-1, zetas Many Kinds of Zeta Np = norm of p = #(O/p), soon O=ring of integers in F but not Selberg zeta Selberg zeta associated to a compact Riemannian manifold M=G\H, H = upper half plane with arc length ds2=(dx2+dy2)y-2 , G=discrete group of real fractional linear transformations primes = primitive closed geodesics C in M of length −+()()sjν C ν(C), Selberg Zs()=− 1 e (primitive means only go Zeta = ∏ ∏( ) around once) []Cj≥ 0 Reference: A.T., Harmonic Analysis on Symmetric Duality between spectrum ∆ on M & lengths closed geodesics in M Spaces and Applications, I. -
Imagination: a Philosophical Examination of The
1 The ‘Reality Oriented’ Imagination: a Philosophical Examination of the Imagination in ‘Mentalization’ and ‘Neuropsychoanalysis’. Annie Hardy Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University College London 2017 2 I, Annie Hardy, confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis. 3 Abstract This thesis is concerned with the conceptualization of the imagination in contemporary psychoanalytic theory, focusing in particular on its connection with knowledge. I will propose that imaginative processes form the core of psychic ‘health’ by instantiating a state of mind in which the subject is genuinely open to ‘learning from experience’. At the centre of the investigation is a psychic process that I term the ‘reality oriented’ imagination: a form of conscious mental activity that facilitates an epistemological connection with both the internal and external worlds and renders the unobservable psychological experiences of others accessible. The concept of the ’reality oriented’ imagination significantly disrupts Freud’s portrayal of the imaginative processes as a form of wish-fulfilment in which the individual’s attention is drawn away from external reality and placed under the sway of the pleasure principle. Such differing presentations of the imagination across psychoanalytic models can arguably be understood by considering several major shifts in psychoanalytic theorizing since Freud’s time. I will propose that these changes can be characterised as an ‘epistemic turn’: a general movement in psychoanalysis towards framing the internal world as strategic rather than compensatory, and a corresponding understanding of psychopathological processes as a response to failures in understanding and prediction rather than instinctual conflict. -
Iasinstitute for Advanced Study
IAInsti tSute for Advanced Study Faculty and Members 2012–2013 Contents Mission and History . 2 School of Historical Studies . 4 School of Mathematics . 21 School of Natural Sciences . 45 School of Social Science . 62 Program in Interdisciplinary Studies . 72 Director’s Visitors . 74 Artist-in-Residence Program . 75 Trustees and Officers of the Board and of the Corporation . 76 Administration . 78 Past Directors and Faculty . 80 Inde x . 81 Information contained herein is current as of September 24, 2012. Mission and History The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. The Institute exists to encourage and support fundamental research in the sciences and human - ities—the original, often speculative thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. It provides for the mentoring of scholars by Faculty, and it offers all who work there the freedom to undertake research that will make significant contributions in any of the broad range of fields in the sciences and humanities studied at the Institute. Y R Founded in 1930 by Louis Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger O Fuld, the Institute was established through the vision of founding T S Director Abraham Flexner. Past Faculty have included Albert Einstein, I H who arrived in 1933 and remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and other distinguished scientists and scholars such as Kurt Gödel, George F. D N Kennan, Erwin Panofsky, Homer A. Thompson, John von Neumann, and A Hermann Weyl. N O Abraham Flexner was succeeded as Director in 1939 by Frank Aydelotte, I S followed by J. -
British Library Courses Study Day: Exploring Diaries, 1660-2019
British Library Courses www.bl.uk/courses Study Day: Exploring Diaries, 1660-2019 Dates Sunday 24 March 2019 Times 9.45 – 16:00 Location Knowledge Centre Level All levels Cost £55 Overview Six expert speakers discuss the origins and development of diary-keeping from Samuel Pepys to 21st- century vloggers, by way of Romantic travellers, Antarctic explorers and office workers. We also discover how the British Library acquires, preserves and curates diaries, making these unique works available to the public. Programme Registration from 9.30am Tea, coffee and biscuits from 9.45am Morning session 10am – 12.30pm Welcome and Introduction - Dr Emma McEvoy, University of Westminster Kate Loveman, University of Leicester Early Modern Diaries: Samuel Pepys and his friends Emma McEvoy, University of Westminster Touring Britain: Travel Journals 1780-1830 Laura Walker, British Library Cultivating gardens to crossing the ice: Collecting and curating diaries at the British Library Panel Q&A 1 12.30pm – 1.30pm LUNCH BREAK (lunch not provided) Afternoon session 1.30pm – 4pm Graham Farmelo, University of Cambridge Using diaries in writing scientific biographies Joe Moran, Liverpool John Moores University 20th-century diaries and the history of the everyday Clare Brant, King’s College London Diaries in the digital age Panel Q&A Tea and coffee 4pm Event ends Speakers Morning Kate Loveman is an Associate Professor in English 1600-1789 at the University of Leicester, working on the history of reading, sociability and information exchange. She is an expert on Samuel Pepys and recently edited a new annotated selection of his Diary (Everyman 2018). Her other publications include Samuel Pepys and his Books: Reading, Newsgathering, and Sociability 1660–1703 (2015), Reading Fictions 1660-1740: Deception in English Literary and Political Culture (2008) and work on the introduction of chocolate into England in the seventeenth century. -
Graham Farmelo: CV in Brief
Graham Farmelo: CV in brief Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge E: [email protected], T: 07973 894926 2003–2018 Author and international consultant in public engagement • Author ‘The Universe Speaks in Numbers,’ to be published in UK and USA in May 2019 • Elected Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge (2017) • Director’s visitor at the IAS, Princeton, every summer 2004-2018 • Chair, CERN History Forum’s on public dimensions of history, CERN, 1 February 2018 • Led series of art-science events involving Institute of Physics and national arts institutions: Royal Opera House (2014), Royal Shakespeare Company (2015) and Tate Modern (2015) • Organised public discussion between novelist Ian McEwan and physicists Nima Arkani-Hamed about the relationship between art and science – opening of ‘Collider’ exhibition at the Science Museum, 13 November 2014 • Writer-in-residence Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara (2015) and at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (2016) • Speaker at Blue Plaque event for Patrick Blackett’s residence in Chelsea, London, 10 April 2015 • Published ‘Churchill’s Bomb’ in US, Canada and UK (2013) • Awarded 2012 Kelvin Prize and Medal by the UK Institute of Physics • Chair, two International Panels for the Irish Government to review public provision for science communication and education in (2012, 2008) • Elected Honorary Fellow, British Science Association (2011) • Author of ‘The Strangest Man’, a biography of Paul Dirac (2009): winner, UK Costa Prize for Biography (2010), the Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize (2010); finalist for 2010 PEN biography in biography (New York); Physics World’s book of the 2009, one of Nature’s books of the year. -
Aim-Oriented Empiricism and the ‘Father’ of the Scientific Revolution: Metaphysics and Method in the Work of Galileo
AIM-ORIENTED EMPIRICISM AND THE ‘FATHER’ OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: METAPHYSICS AND METHOD IN THE WORK OF GALILEO A Thesis presented by Katherine R. Crawley for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the University of London University College, London July 1998 ProQuest Number: 10609111 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a com plete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 10609111 Published by ProQuest LLC(2017). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States C ode Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS With grateful acknowledgements and thanks to Nick Maxwell, for his unfailing support, and to Rob Iliffe, particularly for his valuable help with Chapter One. In addition I would like to express my gratitude to Geoff, Vicky, and Drew for all their love and encouragement. 2 ABSTRACT This thesis is concerned with that branch of the history of science which takes as its central problem the question of scientific progress, defined as the growth of knowledge and understanding about the world. It is an area of enquiry which has been suppressed, in recent years, by the development of historical methodologies which eschew all epistemological deliberations and their established ramifications. -
Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum
Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum Matilde Marcolli Fields Institute Program on Geometry and Neuroscience and MAT1845HS: Introduction to Fractal Geometry and Chaos University of Toronto, March 2020 Matilde Marcolli Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum Some References Alex Fornito, Andrew Zalesky, Edward Bullmore, Fundamentals of Brain Network Analysis, Elsevier, 2016 Olaf Sporns, Networks of the Brain, MIT Press, 2010 Olaf Sporns, Discovering the Human Connectome, MIT Press, 2012 Fan Chung, Linyuan Lu, Complex Graphs and Networks, American Mathematical Society, 2004 L´aszl´oLov´asz, Large Networks and Graph Limits, American Mathematical Society, 2012 Matilde Marcolli Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum Graphs G = (V ; E;@) • V = V (G) set of vertices (nodes) • E = E(G) set of edges (connections) • boundary map @ : E(G) ! V (G) × V (G), boundary vertices @(e) = fv; v 0g • directed graph (oriented edges): source and target maps s : E(G) ! V (G); t : E(G) ! V (G);@(e) = fs(e); t(e)g • looping edge: s(e) = t(e) starts and ends at same vertex; parallel edges: e 6= e0 with @(e) = @(e0) • simplifying assumption: graphs G with no parallel edges and no looping edges (sometimes assume one or the other) • additional data: label functions fV : V (G) ! LV and fE : E(G) ! LE to sets of vertex and edge labels LV and LE Matilde Marcolli Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum Examples of Graphs Matilde Marcolli Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum Network Graphs (Example from Facebook) Matilde Marcolli Graphs: Random, Chaos, and Quantum Increasing Randomness rewiring