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1 online resource (x, 409 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. About the organization European Women in Mathematics -- Presentation of EWM -- History of the EWM office: a brief history of the EWM office in Helsinki, 1991-2001 / Marjatta Näätänen -- History of the EWM meetings: a brief account of the meetings since the 5th meeting in Luminy / Emilia Mezzetti, Sylvie Paycha -- Report on EWM activites: a report on activities since the 9th meeting in Loccum / Laura Fainsilber -- About EWM proceedings: the mathematical part of EWM meetings / Capi Corrales Rodriganez, Laura Tedeschini Lalli -- 2. Photo gallery -- 3. Contributions -- 3. Mathematics applied to finance -- Introduction ; Derivatives: a scientific revolution of the seventies / Francine Diener -- Why heavy tails in financial series? Estimations and tests / Monique Pontier -- Portfolio optimization in finance / Nadine Bellamy -- Report on discussion on The ethics of using mathematics in finance / Francine Diener -- 3.2 Geometry -- 3.2.1 Cohomology theories: a useful tool in geometry -- Introduction / Emilia Mezzetti, Sylvie Paycha -- Analytical and geometrical features of de Rham and Dolbeault's cohomologies / Chiara de Fabritiis -- McKay correspondence -- a bridge from algebra to geometry / Yukari Ito -- Total positivity, flag varieties and quantum cohomology / Konstanze Rietsch -- 3.2.2 The uses of geometry -- Introduction / Tsou Sheung Tsun -- Calabi-Yau manifolds and mirror symmetry / Xenia de la Ossa -- Why is there hyperbolic geometry in dynamics? / Caroline Series -- Tessellations and related modular groups / Asia Ivić Weiss -- 3.3 EMS lectures on convex polytopes -- Introduction to the EMS lectures / Michele Vergne / Bodil Branner -- Residue formulae for Verlinde sums, and for number of integral points in convex rational polytopes / Michèle Bergne -- 3.4 Poster session -- Report / Tatiana Ivanova -- 3.5 Mathematics outside the classroom: cultural differences -- Introduction / Laura Fainsilber, Marie-Françoise Roy, Rosa Maria Spitaleri -- Raising public awareness in mathematics: the WMY2000 experience / Mireille Chaleyat-Maurel -- Popularization of mathematics: local and global perspectives / Franka Miriam Brückler -- 3.6 Socio-political dimension of gender inequality -- Introduction / Laura Fainsilber, Marie-Françoise Roy, Rosa Maria Spitaleri -- Women and science in Europe and in France / Claudine Hermann -- Focus on Italian activities in women and science / Rosa Maria Spitaleri -- Mathematicians' careers -- analysis of a questionnaire / Ina Kersten, Emilia Mezzetti -- Short communications -- Hankel operators on generalized Bergman-Hardy spaces / Bettina Rehberg -- M[alpha]th-kit: a multimedia project for learning and teaching mathematics / Sabine Schiller, Luise Unger. |
| Summary |
This volume can be divided into two parts: a purely mathematical part with contributions on finance mathematics, interactions between geometry and physics and different areas of mathematics; another part on the popularization of mathematics and the situation of women in mathematics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Women in mathematics -- Congresses.
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Women in mathematics. |
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Mathematics -- Congresses.
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Mathematics -- Congresses. |
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Mathematics. |
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Women in science -- Congresses.
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Women in science. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Mezzetti, Emilia.
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Paycha, Sylvie.
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| Added Title |
Proceedings of the tenth general meeting, European Women in Mathematics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: European Women in Mathematics. Meeting (10th : 2001 : Malta). European Women in Mathematics. River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, ©2003 9812381902 (DLC) 2005297682 (OCoLC)52354184 |
| ISBN |
9789812704276 (electronic book) |
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9812704272 (electronic book) |
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1281906026 |
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9781281906021 |
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9812381902 |
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9789812381903 |
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