Mathematics and the 21st Century : Proceedings of the International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, 15-20 January 2000

by Ashour, A. A.; Obada, A. S. F.

• ISBN13: 9789810245481
• ISBN10: 9810245483
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

Proceedings of the International Conference Mathematics and the 21st Century, held in Cairo, Egypt, January 15-20, 2000. The lectures covered numerous topics from a wide spectrum of fields, including finite groups, radical theory, enumerative geometry, and moduli problems. DLC: Mathematics--Congresses.

Table of Contents

Organizing Committee	v
Preface	vii
Millennium Lecture - Cario, 15 January 2000	1	(2)
Sir Michael Atiyah
Trends for Science and Mathematics in the 21st Century	3	(10)
Phillip A. Griffiths
Arabic Mathematics and Rewriting the History of Mathematics	13	(14)
Roshdi Rashed
The Paradigm Shift in Mathematics Education: A Scenario for Change	27	(14)
William Ebeid
Einstein's Theory of Spacetime and Gravity	41	(12)
Jurgen Ehlers
Moduli Problems in Geometry	53	(6)
M. S. Narasimhan
Enumerative Geometry from the Greeks to Strings	59	(10)
C. Procesi
Optical Solutions: Twenty-Seven Years of the Last Millennium and Three More Years of the New?	69	(54)
R. K. Bullough
Concepts for Non-smooth Dynamical Systems	123	(18)
Tassilo Kupper
Radical Theory: Developments and Trends	141	(12)
Richard Wiegandt
On Minimal Subgroups of Finite Groups	153	(6)
M. Asaad
Totally and Mutually Permutable Products of Finite Groups	159	(10)
A. Ballester-Bolinches
Asymptotic Behaviour of Solutions of Evolution Equations	169	(4)
Bolis Basit
On Nonlinear Evolution Equations with Applications	173	(16)
Lokenath Debnath
A Robust Layer-Resolving Numerical Method for a Free Convection Problem	189	(10)
Jocelyn Etienne
John J. H. Miller
Grigorii I. Shishkin
Growth Value-Distribution and Zero-Free Regions of Entire Functions and Sections	199	(12)
Faruk F. Abi-Khuzam
Three Linear Preserver Problems	211	(12)
Ahmed Ramzi Sourour
Prediction: Advances and New Research	223	(24)
Essam K. Al-Hussaini
Inference on Parameters of the Laplace Distribution Based on Type-II Censored Samples Using Edgeworth Approximation	247	(24)
N. Balakrishnan
A. Childs
Z. Govindarajulu
M. P. Chandramouleeswaran
Mathematical Models in the Theory of Accelerated Experiments	271	(34)
V. Bagdonavicius
M. Nikulin
The Vibrations of a Drum with Fractal Boundary	305	(18)
Jacqueline Fleckinger-Pelle
Intermediate States: Some Nonclassical Properties	323	(34)
M. Sebawe Abdalla
A.-S. F. Obada
On the Relativistic Two-Body Equation	357	(16)
S. R. Komy
Singularities in General Relativity and the Origin of Charge	373	(14)
K. Buchner
The Inner Geometry of Light Cone in Godel Universe	387	(8)
M. Abdel-Megied
List of Participants	395