This concise text introduces numerical analysis as a practical, problem-solving discipline. The three-part presentation begins with the fundamentals of functional analysis and approximation theory. Part II outlines the major results of theoretical numerical analysis, reviewing product integration, approximate expansion methods, the minimization of functions, and related topics. Part III considers specific subjects that illustrate the power and usefulness of theoretical analysis.Idea...

Bodies Inhabiting the World: Scandinavian Creation Theology and the Question of Home offers a multidimensional investigation of how houses, bodies, communities and the whole universe may be conceived and refigured as places where we belong—where we are at home in God’s creation. In this way, revisiting the tradition of Scandinavian creation theology provides profound resources to make theological affirmations of God’s omnipresence in the human condition we all share. The emergence...

The magical, classic poem that no Christmas can be without! "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…" When Clement Moore wrote a Christmas poem for his children about a magical visit from Saint Nicholas, he had no way of knowing that it would become the best-known and loved holiday poem of all time.

Female und servant Leadership, agile Leitung, kollegiale Führung: solche Konzepte sind in Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft und Kultur heute etabliert. Kaum bekannt ist, dass sie vielfach in christlichen Traditionen wurzeln und eine lange Geschichte aufweisen. Heft 2/2025 Leitung nimmt diese Ansätze und Methoden genauer in den Blick und entwickelt Perspektiven, wie sie neu – oder wieder – in kirchliche Strukturen integriert werden und als zukunftsfähige Formen von Leitung transformative Kraft entfa...

The Littlest Pumpkin can't wait for the most important holiday of the year - Halloween. But after all the children pick their perfect pumpkins, Bartlett's Farm Stand closes, and only the Littlest Pumpkin remains. Just then, a group of mice scurrying around the stand make the Littlest Pumpkin's dream come true!

Der Autor untersucht die Rechte und Pflichten, insbesondere die Kardinalspflichten des Bausachverständigen und dessen Haftung. Die Möglichkeit der Vereinbarung einer Haftungsbeschränkung stellt das Buch ausführlich dar und erörtert diese systematisch. Es analysiert das Verhältnis des Privatsachverständigen und des gerichtlichen Sachverständigen zueinander, sowie das Vergütungssystem des gerichtlichen Sachverständigen. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt des Buches ist eine umfassende Darstellung und ...

This book presents the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Monte Carlo and Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Scientific Computing that was held in Linz, Austria, and organized by the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, in July 2022. These biennial conferences are major events for Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo researchers. The proceedings include articles based on invited lectures as well as carefully selected contributed papers on a...