"This book demonstrates Case's continued dominance of the field of lesbian performance studies. . . . Case's dense, rich, and complex work very likely will be a central text for anyone interested in debating the changing theoretical landscape for performance studies and queer theory. All readers interested in what the future might hold for scholarship in the humanities should study Case's thought-provoking work, which is an essential addition to any college or university's collection." —Choice ". . . this is a book that is enormously provocative, that will make you think and feel connected with the latest speculation on the implications of the electronic age we inhabit." —Lesbian Review of Books ". . . definitely required reading for any future-thinking lesbian." —Lambda Book Report The Domain-Matrix is about the passage from print culture to electronic screen culture and how this passage affects the reader or computer user. Sections are organized to emulate, in a printed book, the reader's experience of computer windows. Case traces the portrait of virtual identities within queer and lesbian critical practice and virtual technologies.

Many important problems in applied science and engineering, such as the Navier Stokes equations in fluid dynamics, the primitive equations in global climate mod eling, the strain-stress equations in mechanics, the neutron diffusion equations in nuclear engineering, and MRIICT medical simulations, involve complicated sys tems of nonlinear partial differential equations. When discretized, such problems produce extremely large, nonlinear systems of equations, whose numerical solution is prohibitively costly in terms of time and storage. High-performance (parallel) computers and efficient (parallelizable) algorithms are clearly necessary. Three classical approaches to the solution of such systems are: Newton's method, Preconditioned Conjugate Gradients (and related Krylov-space acceleration tech niques), and multigrid methods. The first two approaches require the solution of large sparse linear systems at every iteration, which are themselves often solved by multigrid methods. Developing robust and efficient multigrid algorithms is thus of great importance. The original multigrid algorithm was developed for the Poisson equation in a square, discretized by finite differences on a uniform grid. For this model problem, multigrid exhibits extremely rapid convergence, and actually solves the problem in the minimal possible time. The original algorithm uses rediscretization of the partial differential equation (POE) on each grid in the hierarchy of coarse grids that are used. However, this approach would not work for more complicated problems, such as problems on complicated domains and nonuniform grids, problems with variable coefficients, and non symmetric and indefinite equations. In these cases, matrix-based multi grid methods are in order.

Operators preserving primitivity for matrix pairs / L.B. Beasley, A.E. Guterman -- Decompositions of quaternions and their matrix equivalents / D. Janovská, G. Opfer -- Sensitivity analysis of Hamiltonian and reversible systems prone to dissipation-induced instabilities / O.N. Kirillov -- Block triangular miniversal deformations of matrices and matrix pencils / L. Klimenko, V.V. Sergeichuk -- Determining the Schein rank of boolean matrices / E.E. Marenich -- Lattices of matrix rows and matrix columns. Lattices of invariant column eigenvectors / V. Marenich -- Matrix algebras and their length / O.V. Markova -- On a new class of singular nonsymmetric matrices with nonnegative integer spectra / T. Nahtman, D. von Rosen -- Reduction of a set of matrices over a principal ideal domain to the Smith normal forms by means of the same one-sided transformation / V.M. Prokip -- Nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equations associated with an M-matrix : recent advances and algorithms / D.A. Bini, B. Iannazzo, B. Meini, F. Poloni -- A generalized conjugate direction method for nonsymmetric large ill-conditioned linear systems / E.R. Boudinov, A.I. Manevich -- There exist normal Hankel ([symbol], [symbol])-circulants of any order [symbol] / V.N. Chugunov, Kh. D. Ikramov -- On the treatment of boundary artifacts in image restoration by reflection and/or anti-reflection / M. Donatelli, S. Serra-Capizzano -- Zeros of determinants of [symbol]-matrices / W. Gander -- How to find a good submatrix / S.A. Goreinov [und weiteren] -- Conjugate and semi-conjugate direction methods with preconditioning projectors / V.P. Il'in -- Some relationships between optimal preconditioner and superoptimal preconditioner / J.-B. Chen [und weiteren] -- Scaling, preconditioning, and superlinear convergence in GMRES-type iterations / I. Kaporin -- Toeplitz and Toeplitz-block-Toeplitz matrices and their correlation with syzygies of polynomials / H. Khalil, B. Mourrain, M. Schatzman -- Concepts of data-sparse tensor-product approximation in many-particle modelling / H.-J. Flad [und weiteren] -- Separation of variables in nonlinear fermi equation / Yu. I. Kuznetsov -- Faster multipoint polynomial evaluation via structured matrices / B. Murphy, R.E. Rosholt -- Testing pivoting policies in Gaussian elimination / B. Murphy [und weiteren] -- Newton's iteration for matrix inversion, advances and extensions / V.Y. Pan -- Truncated decompositions and filtering methods with reflective/antireflective boundary conditions : a comparison / C. Tablino Possio -- Discrete-time stability of a class of hermitian polynomial matrices with positive semidefinite coefficients / H.K. Wimmer -- Splitting algorithm for solving mixed variational inequalities with inversely strongly monotone operators / I. Badriev, O. Zadvornov -- Multilevel algorithm for graph partitioning / N.S. Bochkarev, O.V. Diyankov, V.Y. Pravilnikov -- 2D-extension of singular spectrum analysis : algorithm and elements of theory / N.E. Golyandina, K.D. Usevich -- Application of radon transform for fast solution of boundary value problems for elliptic PDE in domains with complicated geometry / A.I. Grebennikov -- Application of a multigrid method to solving diffusion-type equations / M.E. Ladonkina, O. Yu. Milukova, V.F. Tishkin -- Monotone matrices and finite volume schemes for diffusion problems preserving non-negativity of solution / I.V. Kapyrin -- Sparse approximation of FEM matrix for sheet current integro-differential equation / M. Khapaev, M. Yu. Kupriyanov -- The method of magnetic field computation in presence of an ideal conductive multiconnected surface by using the integro-differential equation of the first kind / T. Kochubey, V.I. Astakhov -- Spectral model order reduction preserving passivity for large multiport RCLM networks / Yu. M. Nechepurenko, A.S. Potyagalova, I.A. Karaseva -- New smoothers in multigrid methods for strongly nonsymmetric linear systems / G.V. Muratova, E.M. Andreeva -- Operator equations for eddy currents on singular carriers / J. Naumenko -- Matrix approach to modelling of polarized radiation transfer in heterogeneous systems / T.A. Sushkevich, S.A. Strelkov, S.V. Maksakova -- The Method of Regularization of Tikhonov Based on Augmented Systems / A.I. Zhdanov, T.G. Parchaikina

This balanced and comprehensive study presents the theory, methods and applications of matrix analysis in a new theoretical framework, allowing readers to understand second-order and higher-order matrix analysis in a completely new light. Alongside the core subjects in matrix analysis, such as singular value analysis, the solution of matrix equations and eigenanalysis, the author introduces new applications and perspectives that are unique to this book. The very topical subjects of gradient analysis and optimization play a central role here. Also included are subspace analysis, projection analysis and tensor analysis, subjects which are often neglected in other books. Having provided a solid foundation to the subject, the author goes on to place particular emphasis on the many applications matrix analysis has in science and engineering, making this book suitable for scientists, engineers and graduate students alike.

Design structure matrix (DSM) is a straightforward and flexible modeling technique that can be used for designing, developing, and managing complex systems. DSM offers network modeling tools that represent the elements of a system and their interactions, thereby highlighting the system's architecture (or designed structure). Its advantages include compact format, visual nature, intuitive representation, powerful analytical capacity, and flexibility. Used primarily so far in the area of engineering management, DSM is increasingly being applied to complex issues in health care management, financial systems, public policy, natural sciences, and social systems. This book offers a clear and concise explanation of DSM methods for practitioners and researchers.

The aim of Summable Spaces and Their Duals, Matrix Transformations and Geometric Properties is to discuss primarily about different kinds of summable spaces, compute their duals and then characterize several matrix classes transforming one summable space into other. The book also discusses several geometric properties of summable spaces, as well as dealing with the construction of summable spaces using Orlicz functions, and explores several structural properties of such spaces. Each chapter contains a conclusion section highlighting the importance of results, and points the reader in the direction of possible new ideas for further study. Features Suitable for graduate schools, graduate students, researchers and faculty, and could be used as a key text for special Analysis seminars Investigates different types of summable spaces and computes their duals Characterizes several matrix classes transforming one summable space into other Discusses several geometric properties of summable spaces Examines several possible generalizations of Orlicz sequence spaces

This book is designed to serve as a textbook for courses offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students enrolled in Mathematics. Using elementary row operations and Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization as basic tools the text develops characterization of equivalence and similarity, and various factorizations such as rank factorization, OR-factorization, Schurtriangularization, Diagonalization of normal matrices, Jordan decomposition, singular value decomposition, and polar decomposition. Along with Gauss-Jordan elimination for linear systems, it also discusses best approximations and least-squares solutions. The book includes norms on matrices as a means to deal with iterative solutions of linear systems and exponential of a matrix. The topics in the book are dealt with in a lively manner. Each section of the book has exercises to reinforce the concepts, and problems have been added at the end of each chapter. Most of these problems are theoretical, and they do not fit into the running text linearly. The detailed coverage and pedagogical tools make this an ideal textbook for students and researchers enrolled in senior undergraduate and beginning postgraduate mathematics courses.