The primary purpose of this book is to prepare students for empirical research in economics. But it also equips those who plan to specialize in econometric theory and those whose empirical interests are in sociology or business. Aimed at first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates, "A Course in Econometrics" covers the fundamentals - classical regression and simult...(展开全部)

Peter Ladefoged's A COURSE IN PHONETICS is the hallmark text for the study of linquistics. Retaining the trademark writing style and approach of previous editions, the Fifth Edition begins with technical terms required for describing speech and transcription symbols before moving on to the phonetics of English and other languages. An exciting bonus CD-ROM contains more than 4,0...(展开全部)

This is a comprehensive textbook on modern algebra written by an internationally renowned specialist. It covers material traditionally found in advanced undergraduate and basic graduate courses and presents it in a lucid style. The author includes almost no technically difficult proofs, and reflecting his point of view on mathematics, he tries wherever possible to replace calcu...(展开全部)

A modern introduction to three areas of number theory: quadratic forms, Dirichlet's density theorem and modular forms. "...Accessible to graduate or even undergraduate students, yet even the advanced mathematician will enjoy reading it." - American Scientist.

This is the second edition of a popular book on combinatorics, a subject dealing with ways of arranging and distributing objects, and which involves ideas from geometry, algebra and analysis. The breadth of the theory is matched by that of its applications, which include topics as diverse as codes, circuit design and algorithm complexity. It has thus become essential for worker...(展开全部)

This text is designed for first courses in financial calculus aimed at students with a good background in mathematics. Key concepts such as martingales and change of measure are introduced in the discrete time framework, allowing an accessible account of Brownian motion and stochastic calculus. The Black-Scholes pricing formula is first derived in the simplest financial con...(展开全部)

This book is an introductory text in functional analysis. Unlike many modern treatments, it begins with the particular and works its way to the more general. From the reviews: "This book is an excellent text for a first graduate course in functional analysis...Many interesting and important applications are included...It includes an abundance of exercises, and is written in the...(展开全部)

查尔斯·弗朗西斯·霍凯特（Charles Francis Hockett,1916--2000），美国语言学家。1916年1月17日出生于美国俄亥俄州哥伦布市。1932年进入俄亥俄州立大学，硕士毕业后进入耶鲁大学攻读博士学位，在萨丕尔等著名学者的指导下进修人类学和语言学，同时经常到哥伦比亚大学参加鲍厄斯主持的美洲印第安语讨论会，1939年获人类学博士学位。1940-1942年期间，他继续从事学术研究，进行语言调查，并执教于密歇根大学，帮助弗里斯做研究工作。1942年应征入伍，在军队里做语言工作，编写供军队使用的汉语教材和词典。从1946年起，霍凯特一直在康奈尔大学教语言学和人类学，并曾主持基础汉语教学，为美国培养了一代语言学家和人类学家。1964年他曾担任美国语言学会会长。1973年被选入美国文理科学院，1974年又被选入国家科学院。1986年他曾来...(展开全部)