Presents an account of the theory of symplectic reduction by stages, along with numerous illustrations of the theory. This book emphasis on group extensions, including a detailed discussion of the Euclidean group, the oscillator group, the Bott-Virasoro group & other groups of matrices. ...

Low-budget horror concerning a picture-perfect suburban family who harbour a particularly dark secret. When their parents are killed in a tragic accident, eldest Hamilton sibling David (Samuel Child) relocates the surviving family members to a quiet California suburb & assumes the responsibility of caring for his orphaned siblings Wendell (Joseph Mc Kelheer), Darlene (Mackenzie Firgens), & Francis (Cory Knauf). While twins Wendell & Darlene seem to share a bizarre bond that separates them from the rest of the siblings, Francis acquires a video camera that previously belonged to his deceased parents & sets out preparing a school project about his family. As the all-seeing lens of Francis' roving camera begins to reveal that something malevolent is going on inside the Hamilton's picturesque abode & his reluctant siblings find their decidedly unconventional existence suddenly threatened, the youngest sibling is forced to choose between following his family into a murderous tradition or sparing the lives of future victims by betraying the only people who ever seemed to care for him. ...

All six episodes from the first series of the popular British television drama, about the police constable sent to the small Scottish town of Lochdubh. In this series, Hamish (Robert Carlyle), assisted by his terrier Wee Jock, has to deal with baffling mysteries such as the disappearance of 300 pounds of salt & a series of poison pen letters, as well as with a complex love life. Episodes are: ' The Great Lochdubh Salt Robbery'; 'A Pillar of the Community'; ' The Big Freeze'; ' West Coast Story'; ' Wee Jock's Lament' & 'A Bit of an Epic'. ...

The complete second series of the popular British television drama, about a police constable sent to the small Scottish town of Lochdubh. In 'A Perfectly Simple Explanation', Hamish is confronted with a religious sect who claim he represents the devil. ' In Search of a Rose' sees Hamish investigating the disappearance of a local diver. In ' Isobel Pulls It Off', Hamish is jealous when local journalist Isobel (Shirley Henderson) acquires a new boyfriend. In ' Radio Lochdubh', Hamish is content to let a local pirate radio station continue broadcasting, but when the radio authority sends a detector van, he finds himself with conflicting loyalties. In ' No Man Is An Island', Hamish leaves the town after suffering a personal crisis, but Lochdubh is less than impressed with his zealous replacement. Finally, in ' The Lochdubh Deluxe', Hamish is involved in a bizarre case of body snatching, with the added possibility that the grave robbers might not be from this planet. ...