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Prelude |
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Cauchy's Functional Equation |
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2 | (4) |
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Finite-Dimensional Systems: Matrix Semigroups |
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6 | (8) |
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Uniformly Continuous Operator Semigroups |
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14 | (10) |
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24 | (12) |
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Multiplication Semigroups on C0(Ω) |
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24 | (6) |
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Multiplication Semigroups on Lp(Ω, μ) |
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30 | (3) |
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33 | (3) |
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Strongly Continuous Semigroups |
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36 | (11) |
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37 | (5) |
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42 | (4) |
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46 | (1) |
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Semigroups, Generators, and Resolvents |
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47 | (110) |
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Generators of Semigroups and Their Resolvents |
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48 | (11) |
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59 | (11) |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (5) |
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Hille--Yosida Generation Theorems |
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70 | (26) |
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Generation of Groups and Semigroups |
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71 | (11) |
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Dissipative Operators and Contraction Semigroups |
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82 | (7) |
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89 | (7) |
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Special Classes of Semigroups |
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96 | (27) |
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96 | (13) |
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Differentiable Semigroups |
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109 | (3) |
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Eventually Norm-Continuous Semigroups |
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112 | (5) |
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Eventually Compact Semigroups |
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117 | (3) |
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120 | (4) |
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Interpolation and Extrapolation Spaces for Semigroups |
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123 | (22) |
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124 | (5) |
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Favard and Abstract Holder Spaces |
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129 | (8) |
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137 | (8) |
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Well-Posedness for Evolution Equations |
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145 | (12) |
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154 | (3) |
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Perturbation and Approximation of Semigroups |
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157 | (81) |
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157 | (12) |
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Perturbations of Contractive and Analytic Semigroups |
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169 | (13) |
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182 | (23) |
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The Perturbation Theorem of Desch--Schappacher |
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182 | (10) |
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192 | (3) |
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The Perturbation Theorem of Miyadera--Voigt |
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195 | (6) |
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Additive Versus Multiplicative Perturbations |
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201 | (4) |
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Trotter--Kato Approximation Theorems |
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205 | (14) |
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A Technical Tool: Pseudoresolvents |
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206 | (3) |
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The Approximation Theorems |
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209 | (5) |
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214 | (5) |
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219 | (19) |
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219 | (12) |
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231 | (5) |
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236 | (2) |
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Spectral Theory for Semigroups and Generators |
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238 | (57) |
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Spectral Theory for Closed Operators |
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239 | (11) |
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Spectrum of Semigroups and Generators |
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250 | (20) |
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250 | (9) |
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Spectrum of Induced Semigroups |
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259 | (7) |
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Spectrum of Periodic Semigroups |
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266 | (4) |
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Spectral Mapping Theorems |
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270 | (19) |
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Examples and Counterexamples |
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270 | (5) |
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Spectral Mapping Theorems for Semigroups |
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275 | (8) |
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Weak Spectral Mapping Theorem for Bounded Groups |
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283 | (6) |
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Spectral Theory and Perturbation |
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289 | (6) |
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293 | (2) |
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Asymptotics of Semigroups |
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295 | (52) |
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Stability and Hyperbolicity for Semigroups |
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296 | (12) |
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296 | (3) |
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Characterization of Uniform Exponential Stability |
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299 | (6) |
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Hyperbolic Decompositions |
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305 | (3) |
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308 | (21) |
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308 | (4) |
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Weakly Compact Semigroups |
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312 | (5) |
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Strongly Compact Semigroups |
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317 | (12) |
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Eventually Compact and Quasi-compact Semigroups |
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329 | (8) |
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337 | (10) |
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345 | (2) |
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347 | (36) |
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Semigroups for Population Equations |
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348 | (13) |
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Semigroup Method for the Cell Equation |
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349 | (4) |
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Intermezzo on Positive Semigroups |
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353 | (5) |
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Asymptotics for the Cell Equation |
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358 | (3) |
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361 | (1) |
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Semigroups for the Transport Equation |
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361 | (6) |
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Solution Semigroup for the Reactor Problem |
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361 | (3) |
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Spectral and Asymptotic Behavior |
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364 | (3) |
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367 | (1) |
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Semigroups for Second-Order Cauchy Problems |
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367 | (16) |
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The State Space X = XB1 x X |
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369 | (3) |
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The State Space X = X x X |
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372 | (2) |
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The State Space X XC1 x X |
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374 | (8) |
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382 | (1) |
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Semigroups for ordinary Differential Operators |
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383 | (114) |
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Nondegenerate Operators on R and R+ |
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384 | (4) |
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Nondegenerate Operators on Bounded Intervals |
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388 | (2) |
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390 | (10) |
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Analyticity of Degenerate Semigroups |
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400 | (3) |
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403 | (1) |
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Semigroups for Partial Differential Operators |
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404 | (15) |
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Notation and Preliminary Results |
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405 | (3) |
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Elliptic Differential Operators with Constant Coefficients |
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408 | (3) |
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Elliptic Differential Operators with Variable Coefficients |
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411 | (8) |
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419 | (1) |
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Semigroups for Delay Differential Equations |
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419 | (16) |
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Well-Posedness of Abstract Delay Differential Equations |
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420 | (4) |
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Regularity and Asymptotics |
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424 | (4) |
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Positivity for Delay Differential Equations |
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428 | (7) |
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435 | (1) |
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Semigroups for Volterra Equations |
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435 | (17) |
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Mild and Classical Solutions |
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436 | (6) |
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442 | (5) |
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Integro-Differential Equations |
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447 | (5) |
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452 | (1) |
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Semigroups for Control Theory |
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452 | (25) |
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456 | (10) |
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466 | (2) |
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Stabilizability and Detectability |
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468 | (5) |
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Transfer Functions and Stability |
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473 | (3) |
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476 | (1) |
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Semigroups for Nonautonomous Cauchy Problems |
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477 | (20) |
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Cauchy Problems and Evolution Families |
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477 | (4) |
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481 | (6) |
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487 | (5) |
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Hyperbolic Evolution Families in the Parabolic Case |
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492 | (4) |
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496 | (1) |
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A Brief History of the Exponential Function |
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497 | (34) |
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497 | (3) |
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500 | (2) |
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The Differential Equation |
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502 | (4) |
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The Birth of Semigroup Theory |
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506 | (3) |
Appendix |
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A. A Reminder of Some Functional Analysis |
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509 | (6) |
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B. A Reminder of Some Operator Theory |
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515 | (7) |
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C. Vector-Valued Integration |
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522 | (9) |
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522 | (4) |
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526 | (4) |
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530 | (1) |
Epilogue Determinism: Scenes from the Interplay Between Metaphysics and Mathematics |
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531 | (24) |
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1. The Mathematical Structure |
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533 | (3) |
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2. Are Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, and Chaos Deterministic? |
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536 | (2) |
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3. Determinism in Mathematical Science from Newton to Einstein |
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538 | (8) |
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4. Developments in the Concept of Object from Leibniz to Kant |
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546 | (3) |
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5. Back to Some Roots of Our Problem: Motion in History |
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549 | (4) |
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6. Bibliography and Further Reading |
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553 | (2) |
References |
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555 | (22) |
List of Symbols and Abbreviations |
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577 | (3) |
Index |
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