History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

Triangulations and Applications (Mathematics and Visualization)

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Triangulations and Applications (Mathematics and Visualization)
Øyvind Hjelle , and Morten Dæhlen
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This book is entirely about triangulations. With emphasis on computational issues, the basic theory necessary to construct and manipulate triangulations is presented. In particular, a tour through the theory behind the Delaunay triangulation, including algorithms and software issues, is given. Various data structures used for the representation of triangulations are discussed. Throughout the book, the theory is related to selected applications, in particular surface construction, meshing and visualization.

Level Set Methods and Dynamic Implicit Surfaces

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Level Set Methods and Dynamic Implicit Surfaces
Stanley J. Osher , and Ronald P. Fedkiw
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ASIN: 0387954821

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This book is an introduction to level set methods and dynamic implicit surfaces. These are powerful techniques for analyzing and computing moving fronts in a variety of different settings. While it gives many examples of the utility of the methods to a diverse set of applications, it also gives complete numerical analysis and recipes, which will enable users to quickly apply the techniques to real problems. The book begins with a description of implicit surfaces and their basic properties, then devises the level set geometry and calculus toolbox, including the construction of signed distance functions. Part II adds dynamics to this static calculus. Topics include the level set equation itself, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, motion of a surface normal to itself, re-initialization to a signed distance function, extrapolation in the normal direction, the particle level set method and the motion of co-dimension two (and higher) objects. Part III is concerned with topics taken from the fields of Image Processing and Computer Vision. These include the restoration of images degraded by noise and blur, image segmentation with active contours (snakes), and reconstruction of surfaces from unorganized data points. Part IV is dedicated to Computational Physics. It begins with one phase compressible fluid dynamics, then two-phase compressible flow involving possibly different equations of state, detonation and deflagration waves, and solid/fluid structure interaction. Next it discusses incompressible fluid dynamics, including a computer graphics simulation of smoke, free surface flows, including a computer graphics simulation of water, and fully two-phase incompressible flow. Additional related topics include incompressible flames with applications to computer graphics and coupling a compressible and incompressible fluid. Finally, heat flow and Stefan problems are discussed. A student or researcher working in mathematics, computer graphics, science, or engineering interested in any dynamic moving front, which might change its topology or develop singularities, will find this book interesting and useful.

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A solid introduction to level sets.......2006-01-18

I read this book and Sethian's book and found this one to be much easier to read. The presentation follows a logical sequence and looks much less like someone's thesis than Sethian's text. Level sets and many of their various applications are covered in relative detail for a book of this size.

However, this is more of a survey book, as others have mentioned, and in my opinion that is a benefit. In addition to covering the fundamentals of level sets, the text covers many modern methods for solving hyperbolic conservations laws. I learned as much, or more, about high-order interpolation, flux-splitting, etc. from this book as from books by Laney and Leveque. For more detail on any of these topics, some of the best references are provided.

An excellent text at a good price.

Solid introduction intended for numerical PDE people.......2005-11-16

This book provides a good introduction (and extensive references) to the level set method. The major implementation details are given (with the finite difference formulas). The book is intended for people who already know something about numerical PDE's and CFD (computational fluid dynamics). Not all of the details are given (such as smoothing of the level set when computing curvature), but this will probably be addressed in a future volume. Overall, this book will get you started with actual computations. But do not be afraid to consult the more recent literature on the subject.

A Bad Way To Learn Level Set Methods.......2005-06-11

If you're new to level set methods and are hoping to learn to implement them computationally, this is the WRONG book for you. This book reads like a 250 page review paper. Most of the material it covers is explained in much better detail in the references it provides.
I'm not sure what audience this book is intended for. The only use I can see for this book is to help theorists learn level set methods. It certainly is of no help to those interested in implementing them. This book contains no code or psuedocode examples which would be helpful to a novice, nor does it contain any cutting edge techniques which would be useful to experts.
I would give this a 1 star rating, but I must admit that it is clearly written. Also to its credit are the colored figures, which inspire one to want to use level set methods, even if this book is of no help in implementing them.

from zero to hero in a few weeks.......2005-06-04

This book is good. It covers level set methods from the very basics through some rather advanced material. Sure it takes some material from published papers (the subject matter is way to recent to be done any other way).

You can pick this book up with some knowledge of how to write a simple computer program and with in a few weeks be up to speed on numerical methods for solving interesting problems in image processing and other interface tracking problems.

It doesn't have all the numerical proofs you might want, but if you're willing to believe they exist then you can get off to a fast start with this text and with a little creativity you should be able to start submitting your own papers using the tools presented here.

excellent.......2005-01-02

This book is ABSOLUTELY among the best in the area of computational mathematics. It covers from the basics to the trendy applications, which is the biggest satisfaction I got from spending money on it. It is more than a collection of papers (no kidding!), since the contents have a good interior coherence if you read it carefully rather than browsing it like a novel. And for the those fancy pictures in the book, all I can say is that 'a picture is worth than thousands of words' - it is especially true in the area of graphics. You guys who care about SIGGRAPH should know better. More than that, this book does give you the numerical recipe for you to DIY these simulations on your own computer, besides the mathematics behind all those sexy results. Anyway, this book is worth every penny you spent!

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Methods of Surface Analysis
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Radiative Decay Engineering (Topics in Fluorescence Spectroscopy)

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During recent years our enthusiasm for Radiative Decay Engineering (RDE) has continually increased. Many of the early predictions have been confirmed experimentally. We see numerous applications for RDE in biotechnology, clinical assays and analytical chemistry. While implementation of RDE is relatively simple, understanding the principles of RDE is difficult. The concepts are widely distributed in the optics and chemical physics literature, often described in terms difficult to understand by biophysical scientists.

RDE includes chapters from the experts who have studied metal particle optics and fluorophore-metal interactions. This collection describes the fundamental principles for the widespread use of radiative decay engineering in the biological sciences and nanotechnology.

Ion Spectroscopies for Surface Analysis (Methods of Surface Characterization)

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Ion Spectroscopies for Surface Analysis (Methods of Surface Characterization)

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X-Ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS and XANES (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)

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X-Ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS and XANES (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)

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Describes several specific spectrometric techniques that are very useful in elucidating the fundamental nature of matter: EXAFS--Extended X-Ray Absorption of Fine Structure; SEXAFS--which is EXAFS applied to Surface Phenomena; and XANES--X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structures. Articles explain the phenomena and describe examples of X-ray absorption applications in several fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, catalysis, amorphous and liquid systems, synchrotron radiation, and surface phenomena. Contributors explain the underlying theory, how to set up X-ray absorption experiments, and how to analyze the details of the resulting spectra. This volume will be of particular interest to physicists, chemists, biologists, and materials scientists.

Analyse mathématique III: Fonctions analytiques, différentielles et variétés, surfaces de Riemann

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Analyse mathématique IV: Intégration et théorie spectrale, analyse harmonique, le jardin des délices modulaires

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Ce vol. III expose la théorie classique de Cauchy dans un esprit orienté bien davantage vers ses innombrables utilisations que vers une théorie plus ou moins complète des fonctions analytiques. On montre ensuite comment les intégrales curvilignes à la Cauchy se généralisent à un nombre quelconque de variables réelles (formes différentielles, formules de type Stokes). Les bases de la théorie des variétés sont ensuite exposées, principalement pour fournir au lecteur le langage "canonique" et quelques théorèmes importants (changement de variables dans les intégrales, équations différentielles). Un dernier chapitre montre comment on peut utiliser ces théories pour construire la surface de Riemann compacte d'une fonction algébrique, sujet rarement traité dans la littérature non spécialisée bien que n'éxigeant que des techniques élémentaires. Un volume IV exposera, outre,l'intégrale de Lebesgue, un bloc de mathématiques spécialisées vers lequel convergera tout le contenu des volumes précédents: séries et produits infinis de Jacobi, Riemann, Dedekind, fonctions elliptiques, théorie classique des fonctions modulaires et la version moderne utilisant la structure de groupe de Lie de SL(2,R).

Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 4)

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Integrable Systems: Twistors, Loop Groups, and Riemann Surfaces (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 4)
N. J. Hitchin , G. B. Segal , and R. S. Ward
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Loop Groups (Oxford Mathematical Monographs)

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This textbook is designed to give graduate students an understanding of integrable systems via the study of Riemann surfaces, loop groups, and twistors. The book has its origins in a series of lecture courses given by the authors, all of whom are internationally known mathematicians and renowned expositors. It is written in an accessible and informal style, and fills a gap in the existing literature. The introduction by Nigel Hitchin addresses the meaning of integrability: how do we recognize an integrable system? His own contribution then develops connections with algebraic geometry, and includes an introduction to Riemann surfaces, sheaves, and line bundles. Graeme Segal takes the Kortewegde Vries and nonlinear Schrodinger equations as central examples, and explores the mathematical structures underlying the inverse scattering transform. He explains the roles of loop groups, the Grassmannian, and algebraic curves. In the final part of the book, Richard Ward explores the connection between integrability and the self-dual Yang-Mills equations, and describes the correspondence between solutions to integrable equations and holomorphic vector bundles over twistor space.

Analysis of Contracting Methods Employed in the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Program

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Analysis of Contracting Methods Employed in the Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration Program

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This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A129953. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: The Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) Program, initiated by DoD as a joint acquisition and warfighting community effort, is intended to exploit mature and maturing technologies to assist in solving identified military needs. The focus of the research is to examine the ACTD program, its three classes and the contracting methods employed in each class. The objective of this research is to determine if contracting methodology is a critical decision element in the ACTD process and provide recommendations for Government contracting personnel in contracting for future ACTDs. This study compares and contrasts procurements through the formal acquisition process to those via the ACTD Program. Additionally, major ACTD outcomes, issues, challenges and lessons learned are analyzed to assess how they may impact the contracting process. Due to the highly diverse nature of ACTD systems, the choice or prescription of a particular contract method was not found to be a critical process element. The ACTD process should remain flexible to achieve the objectives for which it was established. Contracting officials should be encouraged to tailor the acquisition process to the needs of the particular programs, minimize cost, schedule and performance risks and incentivize contractor performance to the maximum extent possible.

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