(James D. Murray), Leah Edelstein-Keshet 143 Counting, Sampling and Integrating: Algorithms and Complexity (Mark Jerrum), David Aldous 147 Numerical Analysis: A Mathematical Introduction (Michelle Schatzman), Eugene LAIIgower 149 Modeling MEMS and NEMS (|ohn A. Pelesko and David H. Bernstein), Michael Booty 150 High-Order Methods for Incompressible Fluid Flow (M. O. Deville, P. F. Fischer, and E. H. Mund), John P. Boyd 151

Introduction to Dynamical Systems (M. Brin and G. Stuck), Carmen Chicane 157 Partial Differential Equations: Methods and Applications (Abdul-Majid Wazwaz), Lokenath Debnath 162 Accuracy and Stability of Numerical Algorithms. Second Edition (Nicholas J. Higham),

Donald Estep 163 Weighted Inequalities of Hardy Type (Alois Kufner and Lars-Erik Persson), A. M. Fink. 166 Invitation to Linear Operators: From Matrices to Bounded Linear Operators on a Hilbert Space (Takayuki Furuta), Karl Gustafson 167 Mathematical Foundations of Classical Statistical Mechanics: Continuous Systems. Second Edition (D. Ya. Petrina.V. I. Gerasimenko, and P. V. Malyshev), Reinhard Illner 168 Extremal Combinatorics: W i t h Applications in Computer Science (Stasys Jukna),

Jeannette CM.Janssen 169

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Systems of Conservation Laws: Two-Dimensional Riemann Problems (Yuxi Zheng), Barbara Lee Keyfitz 171 Dynamical Systems and Their Applications in Biology (Shigui Ruan, Gail S. K.Wolkowicz, and JianhongWu, editors), Yang Kuang 174 Mathematical Modelling for Polymer Processing: Polymerization, Crystallization, Manufacturing (Vincenzo Capasso, editor), Robert M M. Mattheij 175 A First Course in Fuzzy and Neural Control (H.T. Nguyen, N. R. Prasad, C. L.Walker, and E.A.Walker), D. Subbaram Naidu 176 Introduction to Smooth Manifolds (John M. Lee), Peter J. Olver 179 Mathematicians under the Nazis (Sanford L. Segal), Robert E O'MalleyJr. 180 Asymptotology: Ideas, Methods, and Applications (IgorV. Andrianov and Leonid I. Manevitch with help from Michiel Hazewinkel), Robert E O'MalleyJr. 182 Differential Equations and Mathematical Biology (D. S.Jones and B. D. Sleeman), Hal L Smith 183 Pell's Equation (E.J. Barbeau), Gary Walsh 184

Cover art inspired by the paper byAlistair D. Fitt and Colin P. Please, p. 128.

TABLE of CONTENTS

TABLE of CONTENTS

SURVEY and REVIEW

Introduction I Recursive Blocked Algorithms and Hybrid Data Structures for Dense Matrix

PROBLEMS and TECHNIQUES

Introduction 47 Algorithms for Almost Block Diagonal Linear Systems, Graeme Fairweather

and Ian Gladwell 49 A Novel Variational Method for Deriving Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Models of Inductor-Capacitor Circuits, Luc Moreau and Dirk Aeyels 59

SIGEST

Introduction 85 Stochastic Linear-Quadratic Control via Primal-Dual Semidefinite Programming,

EDUCATION

Introduction I 13 A Hyperbolic PDE with Parabolic Behavior, Matt Davison and Andrea Doeschl I 15 On the Separation of Coconuts: A Modeling Week Study, Alistair D. Fitt and

BOOK REVIEWS

Introduction 141 Featured Review: Mathematical Biology. Vols. I and II.Third Edition

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