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Informationen zum Autor TOM M. APOSTOL, Emeritus Professor at the California Institute of Technology, is the author of several highly regarded texts on calculus, analysis, and number theory, and is Director of Project MATHEMATICS!, a series of computer-animated mathematics videotapes. Klappentext This book gives architects and designers a working knowledge of architectural acoustics. The control of sound is important not only in obvious places like concert halls, but also in offices where privacy is essential. In "Architectural Acoustics," six experienced consultants present basic acoustical principles; specific materials, methods, and techniques for controlling sound in and around buildings; and some recent innovations in acoustical research. Zusammenfassung This book gives architects and designers a working knowledge of architectural acoustics. The control of sound is important not only in obvious places like concert halls! but also in offices where privacy is essential. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. Introduction Part 1. Historical Introduction Part 2. Some Basic Concepts of the theory of sets Part 3. A set of Axioms for the Real-Number System Part 4. Mathematical Induction, Summation Notation,and Related Topics 1. The Concepts of Integral Calculus 2. Some Applications of Integration 3. Continuous Functions 4. Differential Calculus 5. The Relation Between Integration and Differentiation 6. The Logarithm,the Exponential,and the Inverse Trigonmetric Functions 7. Polynomial Approximations to Functions 8. Introduction to Differential Equations 9. Complex Numbers 10. Sequences, Infinite Series, Improper Integrals 11. Sequences and Series of functions 12. Vector algebra 13. Applications of Vector Algebra to Analytic Geometry 14. Calculus of Vector Valued Functions 15. Linear Spaces 16. Linear Transformations and Matrices Answers to exercises 617 Index 657 ...