Built between 1632 and 1643 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his deceased wife Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal is unquestionably the most renowned mausoleum in the world. Now this legendary monument to love can be seen as no visitor to the site has ever viewed it. On the pages of this exquisitely illustrated volume, the Taj Mahal is revealed detail by detail. Starting inside the mausoleum, a sequence of closeups show the semiprecious stones, inlaid in white marble, that form the interior's Koranic calligraphy and floral patterns. The next sequence of images presents the octogonal plan of the structure, emphasizing both its perfect symmetry and its subtle variations. The final sequence is devoted to the decorative patterns carved in the walls of the mosque and entrance gate. In addition, four lavish fold-out photographs show the entire Taj Mahal complex from different perspectives. In their informative texts, authors Amina Okada and M.C. Joshi provide historical and architectural analyses of the Taj Mahal. Quotations from the Koran and from the journals of travelers as diverse as Jean-Bapiste Tavernier, Pierre Loti, and Aldous Huxley complete a breathtaking tribute.

Taj Mahal

Travel

Okada, Amina

Joshi, M.C.

Asia

Abbeville Press

"Optimization: Theory and Practice" is ideally suited for a first course on Optimization. It gives a detailed mathematical exposition to various optimization techniques. The presentation style retains abstract flavor of the mathematical framework as well as applicability potential of techniques, thereby making the text useful to both scientists and engineers. The topics covered are: Single and multi-dimensional optimization, Linear programming, Nonlinear constrained optimization and Evolutionary algorithms.

Optimization: Theory and Practice

Computers & Technology

Moudgalya, Kannan M.

Computer Science

Alpha Science

This book contains results of recent research interests concerning solution strategies employed for solving real life problems pertaining to Modelling &amp; Scientific Computing, Control &amp; Optimizations and Financial Mathematics. * Modelling of volcanic lava flows, microwave heating, flow inside an industrial transport blower, slurry phase reactor for Fisher-Tropsch synthesis, ice in transmission lines * Numerical solutions of 3-D unsteady flow dynamics in a vessel with aneurysm, viscoelastic contraction fluid flows, anisotropic plate bending problems using mixed FEM, elliptic problems by employing parallel spectral method, Stefan problem, Fisher-Kolmogorov equation * Optimal sizing and shape optimization in injection moulding process, design optimization of an aircraft wing, control strategies in the transmission of malaria * A decision model for natural oil buying policy and numerical simulation for valuation of American options on stocks * A new predictive classifier in data mining, a novel partition approach in large data sets, and task allocation problem * The process of adhesive contact of membranes and beams, variational characterization of resonant states in integrated optical devices, and estimation of windowing errors in the wavelet based reconstruction in tomography.

Industrial Mathematics

Science & Math

Pani, A.K.

Sabnis, S.V.

Mathematics

Narosa Publishing House

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