Free Download B. J. Harrison Reads A Marine Excursion by Stephen Leacock
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"The Marine Excursion of the Knights of Pythias" is the third story from Stephen Leacock's masterpiece story sequence "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town". It deals with an exploration of the social, political, and religious aspects of life in Mariposa, while some of its citizens are on a cruise holiday excursion. Spirits are high when catastrophe strikes. An extremely interesting parody of sea voyages, "The Marine Excursion" is a charming and ironic story, and a very representative portrayal of Leacock's own view of his contemporary Canadians. Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) was a Canadian writer, teacher, and political person. During the first two decades of the 20th century, he was the leading humour writer in the English world. His works often satirize in a light-hearted way the social and political problems of the time, as well as the human condition. His most prominent work is "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town", where he portrays the ordinary lives of the fictitious town of Mariposa.

Gheondea A An Indefinite Excursion in Operator Theory 2022 | 14.45 MB
English | 511 Pages

Title: An Indefinite Excursion in Operator Theory: Geometric and Spectral Treks in Kreĭn Spaces (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series Book 476)
Author: Aurelian Gheondea
Year: 2022

An Indefinite Excursion in Operator Theory: Geometric and Spectral Treks in Kreĭn Spaces
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1108969038 | 511 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
This modern introduction to operator theory on spaces with indefinite inner product discusses the geometry and the spectral theory of linear operators on these spaces, the deep interplay with complex analysis, and applications to interpolation problems. The text covers the key results from the last four decades in a readable way with full proofs provided throughout. Step by step, the reader is guided through the intricate geometry and topology of spaces with indefinite inner product, before progressing to a presentation of the geometry and spectral theory on these spaces. The author carefully highlights where difficulties arise and what tools are available to overcome them. With generous background material included in the appendices, this text is an excellent resource for researchers in operator theory, functional analysis, and related areas as well as for graduate students.