Current and Future Directions in Applied Mathematics

✍ Scribed by Roger Brockett (auth.), Mark Alber, Bei Hu, Joachim Rosenthal (eds.)

• Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 267
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages iii-viii
Front Matter....Pages ix-ix
Some Remarks on Applied Mathematics....Pages 1-3
Mathematics is a Profession....Pages 4-8
Comments on Applied Mathematics....Pages 9-10
Towards an Applied Mathematics for Computer Science....Pages 11-14
Infomercial for Applied Mathematics....Pages 15-20
On Research in Mathematical Economics....Pages 21-24
Applied Mathematics in the Computer and Communications Industry....Pages 25-27
Trends in Applied Mathematics....Pages 28-30
Applied Mathematics as an Interdisciplinary Subject....Pages 31-37
Panel Discussion on Future Directions in Applied Mathematics....Pages 38-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Feedback Stabilization of Relative Equilibria for Mechanical Systems with Symmetry....Pages 43-64
Oscillatory Descent for Function Minimization....Pages 65-82
On the Well-Posedness of the Rational Covariance Extension Problem....Pages 83-108
Singular Limits in Fluid Mechanics....Pages 109-136
Singularities and Defects in Patterns Far from Threshold....Pages 137-160
Mathematical Modeling and Simulation for Applications of Fluid Flow in Porous Media....Pages 161-182
On Loeb Measure Spaces and their Significance for Non-Cooperative Game Theory....Pages 183-218
Mechanical Systems with Symmetry, Variational Principles, and Integration Algorithms....Pages 219-261

✦ Subjects

Applications of Mathematics