3rd European congress of mathematics (ECM), Barcelona, Spain, July 10--14, 2000. Volume II (Q5948015)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. The preceding conference (2, 1996) has been reviewed (see Zbl 0893.00027, Zbl 0893.00028). The video and the CD-ROM of the 3rd ECM have been reviewed (see Zbl 0955.00003 and Zbl 0967.00055). For Vol. I see Zbl 0972.00032. Indexed articles: \textit{Alesker, Semyon}, Classification results on valuations on convex sets, 1-8 [Zbl 1030.52001] \textit{Cerf, Raphaël}, Towards a microscopic theory of phase coexistence, 9-20 [Zbl 1098.82009] \textit{Joyce, Dominic}, Constructing compact 8-manifolds with holonomy \(\text{Spin}(7)\) from Calabi-Yau orbifolds, 21-30 [Zbl 1040.53063] \textit{Lafforgue, Vincent}, Banach \(KK\)-theory and the Baum-Connes conjecture, 34-46 [Zbl 1030.19002] \textit{McQuillan, Michael}, An introduction to non-commutative Mori theory, 47-53 [Zbl 1078.14503] \textit{Nemirovski, Stefan}, Geometric methods in complex analysis, 55-64 [Zbl 1028.32011] \textit{Seidel, Paul}, Vanishing cycles and mutation, 65-85 [Zbl 1042.53060] \textit{Werner, Wendelin}, Critical exponents, conformal invariance and planar Brownian motion, 87-103 [Zbl 1037.60086] \textit{Bronstein, Manuel}, Computer algebra algorithms for linear ordinary differential and difference equations, 105-119 [Zbl 1021.12006] \textit{Decker, Wolfram}, Some introductory remarks on computer algebra, 121-142 [Zbl 1024.68119] \textit{Gonnet, Gaston H.}, A study of iteration formulas for root finding, where mathematics, computer algebra and software engineering meet, 143-156 [Zbl 1023.65038] \textit{González-Vega, Laureano; Recio, Tomas}, Industrial applications of computer algebra: Climbing up a mountain, going down a hill, 157-167 [Zbl 1033.68962] \textit{Greuel, Gert-Martin}, Applications of computer algebra to algebraic geometry, singularity theory and symbolic-numerical solving, 169-188 [Zbl 1022.68135] \textit{Elkies, Noam D.}, Explicit towers of Drinfeld modular curves, 189-198 [Zbl 1031.11035] \textit{Garcia, Arnaldo}, Curves over finite fields attaining the Hasse-Weil upper bound, 199-205 [Zbl 1047.11060] \textit{Hajir, Farshid; Maire, Christian}, Asymptotically good towers of global fields, 207-218 [Zbl 1101.11332] \textit{Stichtenoth, Henning}, Explicit constructions of towers of function fields with many rational places, 219-224 [Zbl 1036.11061] \textit{van der Geer, Gerard}, Curves over finite fields and codes, 225-238 [Zbl 1025.11022] \textit{Xing, Chaoping}, Authentication codes and algebraic curves, 239-244 [Zbl 1026.94014] \textit{Bellettini, Giovanni}, Some aspects of mean curvature flow in presence of nonsmooth anisotropies, 245-253 [Zbl 1047.53038] \textit{Deckelnick, Klaus}, A phase-field model for diffusion-induced grain boundary motion, 255-262 [Zbl 1032.35093] \textit{Denisova, Irina V.}, Evolution of a closed interface between two liquids of different types, 263-272 [Zbl 1027.35161] \textit{Galiano, Gonzalo}, Applications of a local energy method to systems of PDE's involving free boundaries, 273-280 [Zbl 1027.35162] \textit{Garcke, Harald}, Phase boundaries in alloys with elastic misfit, 281-289 [Zbl 1059.74047] \textit{Hulshof, Josephus}, Some aspects of the thin film equation, 291-301 [Zbl 1027.35056] \textit{Monneau, Regis}, A brief overview on the obstacle problem, 303-312 [Zbl 1027.35164] \textit{Shahgholian, Henrik}, The impact of monotonicity formulas in regularity of free boundaries, 313-318 [Zbl 1027.35166] \textit{Urbano, José Miguel}, A free boundary problem: Contributions from modern analysis, 319-329 [Zbl 1027.35167] \textit{Bielecki, Tomasz R.; Pliska, Stanley R.}, Risk sensitive control with applications to mixed income portfolio management, 331-345 [Zbl 1047.91023] \textit{Dempster, M. A. H.; Eswaran, A.}, Wavelet based PDE valuation of derivatives, 347-365 [Zbl 1058.91032] \textit{Eberlein, Ernst; Raible, Sebastian}, Some analytic facts on the generalized hyperbolic model, 367-378 [Zbl 1047.91053] \textit{Geman, Hélyette}, Functionals of Brownian motion in path-dependent option valuation, 379-390 [Zbl 1047.91032] \textit{Vorst, Ton}, Optimal portfolios under a value at risk constraint, 391-397 [Zbl 1047.91038] \textit{Bogomolny, Eugene}, Trace formulas and spectral statistics of diffractive systems, 399-411 [Zbl 1023.81013] \textit{Combescure, Monique; Robert, Didier}, Semiclassical results in the linear response theory, 413-420 [Zbl 1023.81010] \textit{Marklof, Jens}, The Berry-Tabor conjecture, 421-427 [Zbl 1023.81011] \textit{Rudnick, Zeév}, On quantum unique ergodicity for linear maps of the torus, 429-437 [Zbl 1025.37017] \textit{Gisin, Nicolas; Renner, Renato; Wolf, Stefan}, Bound information: The classical analog to bound quantum entanglement, 439-447 [Zbl 1023.81004] \textit{Douglas, Michael R.}, D-branes on Calabi-Yau manifolds, 449-466 [Zbl 1027.81030] \textit{Labastida, José M. F.}, Knot invariants and Chern-Simons theory, 467-477 [Zbl 1027.57015] \textit{Mariño, Marcos}, Topological quantum field theory and four-manifolds, 479-488 [Zbl 1032.57032] \textit{Schweigert, Christoph; Fuchs, Jürgen}, D-brane conformal field theory and bundles of conformal blocks, 489-498 [Zbl 1023.81038] \textit{Uranga, Angel M.}, From quiver diagrams to particle physics, 499-506 [Zbl 1023.81036] \textit{Biran, Paul}, From symplectic packing to algebraic geometry and back, 507-524 [Zbl 1047.53054] \textit{Chekanov, Yuri}, New invariants of Legendrian knots, 525-534 [Zbl 1034.57011] \textit{Geiges, Hansjörg}, Contact topology in dimension greater than three, 535-545 [Zbl 1033.57013] \textit{Ginzburg, Viktor L.}, The Hamiltonian Seifert conjecture: Examples and open problems, 547-555 [Zbl 1023.37035] \textit{Jorba, Àngel; Villanueva, Jordi}, The fine geometry of the Cantor families of invariant tori in Hamiltonian systems, 557-564 [Zbl 1031.37050] \textit{Sevryuk, Mikhail B.}, Symplectic and contact geometry and Hamiltonian dynamics, 565-573 [Zbl 1020.37034] \textit{Zakalyukin, Vladimir}, Simple coisotropic projections and caustics, 575-582 [Zbl 1032.58026] \textit{Chassande-Mottin, Eric; Flandrin, Patrick}, Reassigned scalograms and singularities, 583-590 [Zbl 1027.94506] \textit{Craigmile, Peter F.; Percival, Donald B.; Guttorp, Peter}, The impact of wavelet coefficient correlations on fractionally differenced process estimation, 591-599 [Zbl 1031.62071] \textit{McCoy, Emma J.}, Wavelet-based modelling of persistent periodicities, 601-608 [Zbl 1022.62084] \textit{Riedi, Rudolf H.; Ribeiro, Vinay J.; Crouse, Matthew S.; Baraniuk, Richard G.}, Network traffic modeling using a multifractal wavelet model, 609-618 [Zbl 1101.90009] \textit{Strela, Vasily}, Denoising via block Wiener filtering in wavelet domain, 619-625 [Zbl 1028.94003] \textit{Walden, Andrew T.}, Wavelet analysis of discrete time series, 627-641 [Zbl 1023.65006]