Approximation and Optimization in the Caribbean II

Monique Florenzano was born in Sete, France, in 1937. She has been research director at CNRS since 1984. Juergen Guddat was born in Halle, Germany, in 1941. Since 1977 he has been full professor of mathematical optimization at the Humboldt-University Berlin. Miguel Jimenez was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1938. He has been full professor on function theory and functional analysis at the University of Havana since 1976. Hubertus Th. Jongen was born at Oirsbeek, the Netherlands, in 1947. He has been ordinary professor of mathematics at the Aachen University of Technology since 1987. Guillermo Lopez Lagomasino was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1948. Since 1983 he has been full professor at the University of Havana. Francisco Marcellan was born in Zaragoza, Spain, in 1951. He has been full professor since 1991 and head of the Department of Engineering, Carlos II, Madrid, since 1992.

• Contents: Original articles and survey papers on approximation theory, optimization, control theory, equations and inequalities, mathematical economy - Relations among these topics.

...the book contains an excellent collection of papers on Approximation, Optimization and related areas, which is highly recommended to every researcher in these fields. (J.-E. Martinez-Legaz, Journal 'Optimization')