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This collection of articles from the Independent University of Moscow is derived from the Globus seminars held there. They are given by world authorities, from Russia and elsewhere, in various areas of mathematics and are designed to introduce graduate students to some of the most dynamic areas of mathematical research. The seminars aim to be informal, wide-ranging and forward-looking, getting across the ideas and concepts rather than formal proofs, and this carries over to the articles here. Topics covered range from computational complexity, algebraic geometry, dynamics, through to number theory and quantum groups. The volume as a whole is a fascinating and exciting overview of contemporary mathematics.
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LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY LECTURE NOTE SERIES Managing Editor: Professor N.J. Hitchin, Mathematical Institute, 24–29 St. Giles, Oxford OX1 3DP, UK All the titles listed below can be obtained from good booksellers or from Cambridge University Press. For a complete series listing visit http://publishing.cambridge.org/stm/mathematics/lmsn/ 283. 284. 285. 286. 287. 288. 289. 290. 291. 292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. 306. 307. 308. 309. 310. 311. Nonlinear elasticity, R. Ogden & Y. Fu (eds) Foundations of computational mathematics, R. DeVore, A. Iserles & E. Suli (eds) Rational points on curves over finite fields, H. Niederreiter & C. Xing Clifford algebras and spinors, 2nd edn, P. Lounesto Topics on Riemann surfaces and Fuchsian groups, E. Bujalance, A.F. Costa & E. Martinez (eds) Surveys in combinatorics, 2001, J.W.P. Hirschfeld (ed) Aspects of Sobolev-type inequalities, L. Saloffe-Coste Quantum groups and Lie theory, A. Pressley Tits buildings and the model theory of groups, K. Tent A quantum groups primer, S. Majid Second order partial differential equations in Hilbert spaces, G. Da Prato & J. Zabczyk Introductio