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Paulette Libermann
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Université de Paris VII, Paris, France
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Charles-Michel Marle
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France
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Approach your problems from the right end It isn't that they can't see the solution. and begin with the answers. Then one day, It is that they can't see the problem. perhaps you will find the final question. G. K. Chesterton. The Scandal of Father 'The Hermit Clad in Crane Feathers' Brown 'The point of a Pin'. in R. van Gulik's The Chinese Maze Murders. Growing specialization and diversification have brought a host of monographs and textbooks on increasingly specialized topics. However, the "tree" of knowledge of mathematics and related fields does not grow only by putting forth new branches. It also happens, quite often in fact, that branches which were thouglit to be completely disparate are suddenly seen to be related. Further, the kind and level of sophistication of mathematics applied in various sci ences has changed drastically in recent years: measure theory is used (non-trivially) in re gional and theoretical economics; algebraic geometry interacts with physics; the Minkowsky lemma, coding theory and the structure of water meet one another in packing and covering theory; quantum fields, crystal defects and mathematical programming profit from homo topy theory; Lie algebras are relevant to filtering; and prediction and electrical engineering can use Stein spaces.
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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- Paulette Libermann, Charles-Michel Marle
Pages 1-52
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- Paulette Libermann, Charles-Michel Marle
Pages 53-88
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- Paulette Libermann, Charles-Michel Marle
Pages 89-184
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- Paulette Libermann, Charles-Michel Marle
Pages 185-274
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- Paulette Libermann, Charles-Michel Marle
Pages 275-340
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Back Matter
Pages 341-526
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` .. although orginally written in French, the translation by B.E. Schwartzbach is very good and the exposition thorough and careful. This book is a welcome addition to the literature. It will surely prove useful as a reference... '
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Vol.20 No. 1, Jan.1989
Authors and Affiliations
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Université de Paris VII, Paris, France
Paulette Libermann
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Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France
Charles-Michel Marle