This book profiles 60 important mathematicians whose combined stories represent an outline of the way in which mathematics developed from 1700 to 1910. The biographies, which average 7 pages in lengt
Addresses some of the basic questions in numerical analysis: convergence theorems for iterative methods for both linear and nonlinear equations; discretization error, especially for ordinary different
Included in this volume are the Invited Talks given at the 5th International Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. It presents an overview of contemporary applications of mathematics, rangin
More than 30 comprehensive reviews and over 100 research papers - gathered from the 139th IAU Colloquium - provide you with an essential review of recent developments and preview the exciting advances
The proceedings of the Symposium on [title], held at the Spring 1991 MRS Conference in Anaheim, Calif., April/May 1991. This symposium was designed to show the wide range of materials which can be mod
Papers on compound semiconductors, thin metal films, and vapor deposition delivered during the San Francisco, Calif. symposium held from 27 April through 1 May 1992. Member price, $57. Annotation copy
These 44 papers were presented at a symposium held in Boston from November 29 to December 2, 1999. Topics include beam-induced surface growth and modification, biaxially textured substrates for high
