Mathematics of Computing -- Parallelism.

Focuses on the notion that by breaking the domain of the original problem into subdomains, such an approach can, if properly implemented, lead to a considerable speedup. The methods are particularly well suited for parallel computers.

The papers in this volume emphasize the numerical aspects of three main areas: optimization, linear algebra and partial differential equations. Held in January, 1989, in Yucatan, Mexico, the workshop was organized by the Institute for Research in Applied Mathematics of the National University of Mexico in collaboration with the mathematical Sciences Department at Rice University.

This collection of expository papers encompasses both the theoretical and physical application side of inverse problems in diffusion processes.

A companion to Geometric aspects . . . (see preceding entry). The 10 papers consider traditional applied mathematics emphasizing problems such as control and optimization in industrial design. No index. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

One strongly represented theme is the power of ideas from dynamical systems that are being adapted and developed in the context of shock waves.

A selection of 26 original papers, some of them substantially revised after the workshop, discuss anisotropic elasticity and its applications in solid mechanics and applied mathematics. Considering elastostatics, elastodynamics, and constitutive relations, they discuss such topics as Green's functio