The Riemann mapping theorem is proved & used in solving Dirichlet's problem for an open disk &, hence, a class of general domains via Perron's method. Finally, proof of the uniformization theorem of Riemann surfaces is given. This book emphasizes geometric aspects of analytic functions. ...

A guide to over 30 of the most famous composers from the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque & Classical eras, including Palestrina, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert. It explains how these composers fitted into society, other events & artistic movements that were occurring at the same time, & how their work was regarded by other composers. ...

Separated into modules, this text teaches control system design using H-infinity techniques. The authors begin by teaching how to formulate control system design problems as mathematical optimization problems & then discuss the theory & numerics for these optimization problems. ...

More than a "school" of philosophy with a defined set of beliefs & convictions, classical Cynicism represents an unconventional "sect" of philosophers. This is an account of classical Cynicism from its beginnings in the Socratic circle to its extinction in late Roman times. ...

All 13 episodes from the first series of the classical music travelogue presented by actor Simon Callow. Episodes are: ' Salzburg: Birthplace of Amadeus', ' Across Austria to Vienna', ' The Real Song of Norway', ' Finlandia', ' St. Petersburg', ' Venice, Vivaldi & the Four Seasons', ' Prague', ' Germany 1: Eisenach & the Towns of Bach's Travels', ' Germany 2: Leipzig & Mainz', ' Vienna', ' Tuscany: Verdi & Puccini', ' Bonn & Berlin' & ' Return to St. Petersburg'. ...

All 13 episodes from the second series of the classical music travelogue presented by actor Simon Callow. Episodes are: ' London & Halle: George Fredric Handel', ' London & Dublin: George Fredric Handel', ' Malvern, Worcester & Aldeburgh: Sir Edward Elgar & Benjamin Britten', ' Paris: Claude Debussy & Maurice Ravel', ' Moscow & Switzerland: Sergei Rachmaninov', ' Munich & Garmisch: Richard Strauss & Richard Wagner', ' Budapest: Franz Liszt, Bela Bartok & Zoltan Kodaly', ' Rome & Naples: Rossini & Respighi', ' Warsaw & Krakow: Frederic Chopin', ' London, Thaxted & Cheltenham: Gustav Holst & Vaughan Williams', ' Paris & Versailles: Georges Bizet & Saint-Saens', ' Madrid: Manuel de Falla, Isaac Albeniz & Stevan Mokranjac' & ' Moscow: Dimitri Shostakovich & Sergie Prokofiev'. ...

Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time. This book talks about the educational model based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. It uses the works of Old Masters & realist artists to demonstrate & teach the principles of realist drawing & painting. ...