SURVEY and REVIEW
Introduction
Combinatorial Landscapes, Christian M. Reidys and Peter F. Stadler 3
PROBLEMS and TECHNIQUES
Introduction 55 A Grassmann-Rayleigh Quotient Iteration for Computing Invariant Subspaces, P.-A.Absil, R. MohonY. R. Sepulchre, and P. /on Dooren 57 Convergence, Oscillations, and Chaos in a Discrete Model of Combat, Hassan Sedaghat 74
SIGEST
Introduction 93 Perfect Packing Theorems and the Average-Case Behavior of Optimal and Online Bin Packing, £ G. Coffman, jr., C. Courcoubetis, M. R. Garey, D. S.johnson, P. W. Shor, R. R. Weber, and M. Yannakakis 95
EDUCATION
Introduction 1 0 9 Inverting Gravitational Lenses, Peter R. Newbury and Raymond ]. Spiteri 1 1 1
BOOK REVIEWS
Introduction 1 3 1 ACTA Numerica:A Featured Review of Its First Ten Years, Andrew Stuart 1 3 3
Continuum Mechanics and Theory of Materials (P. Haupt), Stuort S.Antmon 1 3 5 Stability and Transition in Shear Flows (Peter J. Schmid and Dan S. Henningson), Peter Btossey 1 3 6 Probability and Random Variables: A Beginner's Guide (David Stirzaker). Robert M. Klumenthal 140 Geometric Partial Differential Equations and Image Analysis (Guillermo Sapiro),Dowd Chopp 1 4 1 Mathematical Modeling in Continuum Mechanics (FLTemam and A. MIranville). Donald A. Drew 142 George Green: Mathematician & Physicist 1793-1841.The Background to His Life and Work.Second Edition (D. M. Cannell), 1. Grotton-Guinness 144 Multigrid (U.Trottenbei-g, C. Oosterlee, and A. Schuller), ffeter W. Hemker 1 4 5 Limit Theorems of Probability Theory (Yu.V. Prokhorov andV. Statulevicius, editors),
Christopher C. Heyde 146 Turbulent Combustion (Norbert Peters), Thomas L Jackson 147 Geometric Approaches to Differential Equations (Peter j.Vassiliou and lan G. Lisle, editors), Nallnijoshi 148 An Introduction to Turbulent Flow (jean Mathieu and Julian Scott), Anthony Leonard 1 5 1 Partial Differential Equations in Mechanics, Parts 1 and 2 (A. P. S. Selvadurai), Harold Levine 1 5 1 Stochastic Modeling of AIDS Epidemiology and HIV Pathogenesis (Wai-Yuan Tan), Patrick W.
Nelson 1 5 3 An Introduction to Complex Analysis (0. Carruth McGehee), Robert £ O'Malley 1 5 4 Nonlinear Physical Oceanography: A Dynamical Systems Approach to the Large Scale Ocean Circulation and El Nino (Henk A. Dijkstra), Wendy Welch Oriando 155
CONTINUED FROM BACK COVER
Hyperbolic Systems of Conservations Laws: The One-Dimensional Cauchy Problem (Alberto Bcessan), Joel Smaller 1 5 6 Turbulence Structure and Vortex Dynamics (). C. R. Hunt and J. C. Vassilicos. editors), Philippe Spolort 1 5 8 Ginzburg-Landau Phase Transition Theory and Superconductivity (K.-H. Hoffman and Q.Tang). Peter]. Sternberg IS8 Numerical Mathematics (A. Quarteroni, R. Sacco, and F. Saleri), John Strikwerda 160 Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics (Patrick J. Roache), lutz Tbbisica 1 6 2 Multichannel Optical Networks (Peng-JunWan), Gordon T Wilfong 1 6 4 Random Graphs (Svante Janson.Tomasz Luczak,andAndrze| Rucinski), Nick Wormatd 1 6 5
Cover art is adapted from the paper by Peter R. Newbury and Raymond ] . Spiteri, p. I I I .
