We might start with the Index, often a good indicator of book's flavour, its local habitation. First up is ‘Abbate, acoustics, acting, Adler, Adorno’, reassuring miscellany; later on, German-speaking collective ‘Schopenhauer, Schreker, Schubart, Schumann-Heink’ awakens memories time past. ‘Ventilation systems, Verdi, vitalism’, however, turns on landing lights for distinctly new approach, while...

Our aim is to study the set of K-rational expressions describing rational series. More precisely we are concerned with the definition of quotients of this set by coarser and coarser congruences which lead to an extension – in the case of multiplicities – of some classical results stated in the Boolean case. In particular, multiplicity analogues of the well known theorems of Brzozowski and Antim...

This paper argues that the dominant study of the form and structure of games – their poetics – should be complemented by the analysis of their aesthetics (as understood by modern cultural theory): how gamers use their games, what aspects they enjoy and what kinds of pleasures they experience by playing them. The paper outlines a possible aesthetic theory of games based on different aspects of p...

One of the greatest pleasures in mathematics is the surprising connections that often appear between apparently disconnected ideas and theories. Some particularly striking instances exist in the interaction between probability theory and analysis. One of the simplest is the elegant proof of the Weierstrass approximation theorem by S. Bernstein [2]: on the surface, this states that if f : [0, 1]...

► We describe how messages can be framed and predict when and for whom frames will be most effective. ► The content of a message is essential; different topics induce different regulatory orientations. ► Describing the pleasures of adhering is most effective for promotion focus recipients. ► Describing the pains of not adhering is most effective for prevention focus recipients. ► We integrate p...