New in 2008

Advanced Lectures in Mathematics (ALM)

A new book series
from International Press of Boston

Published jointly by International Press and by Higher Education Press of China, the Advanced Lectures in Mathematics (ALM) series brings the latest mathematical developments worldwide to both researchers and students. Each volume consists of either an expository monograph or a collection of significant introductions to important topics. The ALM series emphasizes discussion of the history and significance of each topic discussed, with an overview of the current status of research, and presentation of the newest cutting-edge results.

Volumes

(For detailed information on any volume in the series, click on its title below.)

Volume 1. Superstring Theory

Newly published: August 2008

Edited by: Kefeng Liu (University of California at Los Angeles), Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University), Chongyuan Zhu (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing)

Presents lectures from the important String Theory International Conference held in 2002 in Hangzhou, China. These include talks given by several mathematicians of particular prominence in the field, among them Stephen Hawking and Edward Witten.

Volume 2. Asymptotic Theory in Probability and Statistics with Applications

Published: April 2008

Edited by: Tze Leung Lai (Stanford University), Lianfen Qian (Florida Atlantic University), and Qi-Man Shao (University of Oregon)

A collection of 18 papers, many of which are surveys, on asymptotic theory in probability and statistics, with applications to a wide variety of problems. This volume comprises three parts: limit theorems, statistics and applications, and mathematical finance and insurance. It is intended for graduate students in probability and statistics, and for researchers in related areas.

Volume 3. Computational Conformal Geometry

Newly published: August 2008

Edited by: Xianfeng David Gu (SUNY Stony Brook), Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)

This new volume presents thorough introductions to the theoretical foundations—as well as to the practical algorithms—of computational conformal geometry. These have direct applications to engineering and digital geometric processing, including surface parameterization, surface matching, brain mapping, 3-D face recognition and identification, facial expression and animation, dynamic face tracking, mesh-spline conversion, and more.

Volume 4. Variational Principles for Discrete Surfaces

Newly published: August 2008

Edited by: Junfei Dai (Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang Univ.), Xianfeng David Gu (SUNY Stony Brook), Feng Luo (Rutgers University)

This new volume introduces readers to some of the current topics of research in the geometry of polyhedral surfaces, with applications to computer graphics. It provides a systematic introduction to the geometry of polyhedral surfaces based on the variational principle.

Volume 5. Fourth International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (2007)

To be published in 2008. Further information will be available soon.

Edited by: Lizhen Ji (University of Michigan), Kefeng Liu (University of California at Los Angeles)Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)

Volume 6. Geometry, Analysis and Topology of Discrete Groups

Newly published: August 2008

Edited by: Lizhen Ji (University of Michigan), Kefeng Liu (University of California at Los Angeles), Lo Yang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing), Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University)

This new volume presents 15 papers treating discrete groups as they occur in areas such as algebra, analysis, geometry, number theory, and topology. Most of the papers are surveys, and the volume is intended to help graduate students and researchers better understand the structures and applications of discrete subgroups of Lie groups and locally symmetric spaces.

Volume 7. Handbook of Geometric Analysis, No. 1

Newly published: August 2008

Edited by: Lizhen Ji (University of Michigan), Peter Li (University of California, Irvine), Richard Schoen (Stanford University), Leon Simon (Stanford University)

This handbook of geometric analysis—the first of the two to be published in the ALM series—presents introductions and survey papers treating important topics in geometric analysis, with their applications to related fields. It can be used as a reference by graduate students and by researchers in related areas.

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