First European congress of mathematics (ECM), Paris, France, July 6-10, 1992. Volume I: Invited lectures (Part 1) (Q1344719)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Arnold, V. I.}, The Vassiliev theory of discriminants and knots, 3-29 [Zbl 0869.57006] \textit{Babai, László}, Transparent proofs and limits to approximation, 31-91 [Zbl 0826.68108] \textit{De Concini, Corrado}, Poisson algebraic groups and representations of quantum groups at roots of 1, 93-119 [Zbl 0851.17017] \textit{Donaldson, S. K.}, Gauge theory and four-manifold topology, 121-151 [Zbl 0855.57002] \textit{Müller, Werner}, Spectral theory and geometry, 153-185 [Zbl 0842.58073] \textit{Mumford, David}, Pattern theory: A unifying perspective, 187-224 [Zbl 0939.68820] \textit{Sznitman, Alain-Sol}, Brownian motion and obstacles, 225-248 [Zbl 0815.60077] \textit{Vergne, Michèle}, Geometric quantization and equivariant cohomology, 249-295 [Zbl 0827.58020] \textit{Adamowicz, Zofia}, The power of exponentiation in arithmetic, 299-320 [Zbl 0819.03046] \textit{Björner, Anders}, Subspace arrangements, 321-370 [Zbl 0844.52008] \textit{Bojanov, Borislav}, Optimal recovery of functions and integrals, 371-390 [Zbl 0816.41001] \textit{Bony, Jean-Michel}, Global existence and diffusion for the discrete models of the kinetic theory of gases, 391-410 [Zbl 0831.35136] \textit{Borcherds, Richard E.}, Sporadic groups and string theory, 411-421 [Zbl 0828.17030] \textit{Bourgain, J.}, A harmonic analysis approach to problems in nonlinear partial differential equations, 423-444 [Zbl 0822.35116] \textit{Catanese, Fabrizio}, (Some) old and new results on algebraic surfaces, 445-490 [Zbl 0830.14010] \textit{Deninger, Christopher}, Evidence for a cohomological approach to analytic number theory, 491-510 [Zbl 0838.11002] \textit{Dostoglou, Stamatis; Salamon, Dietmar A.}, Cauchy-Riemann operators, self-duality, and the spectral flow, 511-545 [Zbl 0844.57035]