springer berlin heidelberg springer berlin heidelberg sep 1989 (99 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Der vorliegende Band vermittelt einen interdisziplinären und deshalb auf seine Art ungewöhnlichen Überblick über neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, Störfaktoren und die praktisch-therapeutische Beeinflußbarkeit des Ökosystems Darm. Der Themenkatalog reicht vom M. Crohn bis zur mehr und mehr verbreiteten und deshalb relevanten Reisediarrhoe. Die diskutierten therapeutischen Ansätze zielen nicht nur auf die Behebung akuter und chronischer Störungen hin, sondern bedenken auch prophylaktische Möglichkeiten, beispielsweise mit Hefezellen. Sorgfältig redigierte Auszüge aus den Expertendiskussionen der zugrundeliegenden Tagung verbinden die interdisziplinären Einzelbeiträge zu einem hochaktuellen 'Informationssystem' über das Ökosystem Darm. Diese Neu-Definition des menschlichen Verdauungstraktes macht dem Leser erstmals bewußt, auf welch vielfältige und drastische Weise das äußerst komplex regulierte Intestinalorgan aus dem Gleichgewicht geraten kann. Die Therapie bemüht sich, mit diesem Umstand Schritt zu halten. Sie macht Fortschritte, weil das wachsende Verständnis für die Regulationsmechanismen gezieltere Eingriffsmöglichkeiten verspricht. 340 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Seventh Logic Programming Conference that took place in Tokyo, April 11-14, 1988. It is the successor to the previous conference proceedings published as Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volumes 221, 264 and 315. The book covers various aspects of logic programming such as foundations, programming languages/systems, concurrent programming, knowledge bases, applications of computer-aided reasoning and natural language processing. The papers on foundations present theoretical results on 'narrowing', a proof strategy for proving properties of Prolog programs based on inductionless induction and several issues in nonmonotonic reasoning. Of special interest to mathematicians is the paper on computer-aided reasoning, which describes a system for assisting human reasoning. Natural language application papers treat the lexical analysis of Japanese sentences, a system that generates a summary of a given sentence and a new knowledge representation formalism suited for representing dynamic behavior by extending the frame system. 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -We began planning and writing this book in thc late 1970$ at thc ugge s stion of Manuel Cardona and Helmut Latsch. We also received considerable eo couragement and stimulation from colleagues. Same said there was a need for instructional material in tbis area while others emphasized thc utility of a research text. We tried to strike a compromise. Thc figures, tables, and rcferences are included to enable researchcrs to obt81o quickly essential information in this area of semiconductor research. For instructoTS and stu dents, we attempt to cover same basic ideas abaut electronic structure and semiconductor physics with applications to real, rather than model, solids. ~Ve Vish to thank our colleagues and collaborators whose research rc sults and ideas are presented here. Special thanks are duc to Jim Phillips who illfluellced lIS hoth during ollr formative )'ears and afterwards. We are grateful to Sari Yamagishi for her patience and skill with the typing and production of the manuscript. Finally, we acknowledge the great patience of Helmut Lotsch and Manucl Cardona. llerkeley, CA M.L. Gehen ~ [inncapolis, MN, J.R, Chelikew'ky March 1988 VII Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Theoretical Concepts and Methods . . 4 2.1 Thc One-Electron Model and Band Structure 7 2.2 Properties cf En(k) . . 11 3. Pseudopotentials 16 3.1 The Empirical Pseudopotential Method . 20 3.2 Self-Consistent and Ab Initio Pseudopotentials . . 25 4. Response Functiolls and Density of States . . 280 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Inductive inference from good examples.- Inductive inference, DFAs, and computational complexity.- Why and how program synthesis .- Some thoughts on the role of examples in program transformation and its relevance for explanation-based learning.- Towards representation independence in PAC learning.- Learning context-free languages efficiently.- Learning programs with an easy to calculate set of errors.- Inductive inference up to immune sets.- Refined query inference.- Learning -regular languages from queries and counter-examples (a preliminary report).- A refutation of Barzdins' conjecture.- Generalizing multiple examples in explanation based learning.- Nested hyper-rectangles for exemplar-based learning.- Second-order inductive learning.- Modes of analogy.- Some aspects of analogy in mathematical reasoning.- A sketch of analogy as reasoning with equality hypotheses.- Analogical inference as generalised inductive inference.- Analogical reasoning for second generation expert systems.- Probabilistic inductive inference of indices in enumerable classes of total recursive functions.- Inductive inference for solving divergence in Knuth-Bendix completion.- Towards a set of inference rules for solving divergence in Knuth-Bendix completion.- Inductive synthesis of programs for symbolic sequences processing.- Inductive synthesis of encoding for algebraic abstract data types. 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book includes the papers presented at the Third International Workshop on Distributed Algorithms organized at La Colle-sur-Loup, near Nice, France, September 26-28, 1989 which followed the first two successful international workshops in Ottawa (1985) and Amsterdam (1987). This workshop provided a forum for researchers and others interested in distributed algorithms on communication networks, graphs, and decentralized systems. The aim was to present recent research results, explore directions for future research, and identify common fundamental techniques that serve as building blocks in many distributed algorithms. Papers describe original results in all areas of distributed algorithms and their applications, including: distributed combinatorial algorithms, distributed graph algorithms, distributed algorithms for control and communication, distributed database techniques, distributed algorithms for decentralized systems, fail-safe and fault-tolerant distributed algorithms, distributedoptimization algorithms, routing algorithms, design of network protocols, algorithms for transaction management, composition of distributed algorithms, and analysis of distributed algorithms. 328 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This monograph reports the development of an approach to computer-aided control system design (CACSD). Of primary concern is the quality of cooperation between the designer and his computer. The designer is suggested to treat a CACSD problem as a search problem, in which he and the computer cooperate to locate satisfactory designs among sets of candidates. Interactive Multi-Objective Programming (IMOP) is employed to define the level of abstraction as well as the organization of the design facilities in the computer. 204 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Im Band 2 der Strukturdynamik werden kontinuierliche Schwinger und numerische Verfahren zu ihrer Diskretisierung behandelt. In Spezialfällen, die dann aber prinzipielle Einsichten ermöglichen, gelingt eine analytische Lösung der Bewegungsgleichungen. Die jedoch in den meisten Fällen notwendigen Näherungsverfahren (Übertragungsmatrizen, Rayleigh-Ritz, Methode der finiten Elemente) werden auch erläutert und anhand von Beispielen aus der Ingenieurpraxis illustriert. Das Buch wurde als Lehrbuch für Hochschulen und Fachhochschulen konzipiert, eignet sich aber auch zum Selbststudium für Ingenieure in Forschung und Industrie.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Parallel computing research is now yielding a growing stream of results, and the first applications within Shell may be expected to be delivered within a few years. The aim of this conference on parallel computing was to review the progress of research in the field and to discuss the problems which still have to be solved. The papers presented were all invited from researchers within Shell and from universities and computer industries. The subjects covered in the conference were: - Experiences with various hardware and system software configurations; - Parallel programming methods and parallel languages; - General purpose mathematical software; - Fluid flow simulation; - Optimisation in logistics applications. New results are presented for linear algebra computations, for fluid flow simulation by cellular automata, and for simulating the breakage of catalyst carriers. 148 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the papers which were presented at the second workshop 'Computer Science Logic' held in Duisburg, FRG, October 3-7, 1988. These proceedings cover a wide range of topics both from theoretical and applied areas of computer science. More specifically, the papers deal with problems arising at the border of logic and computer science: e.g. in complexity, data base theory, logic programming, artificial intelligence, and concurrency. The volume should be of interest to all logicians and computer scientists working in the above fields. 412 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This international conference on 'Advances in Communications and Control Systems' was held to bring together researchers in communications, control systems, computing and signal processing to explore common themes and present research results of broad interest. The focus of the conference was on presenting research results in a fashion that would make them accessible to groups wider than that of the narrow specialist. Many papers, therefore, are of a type that might be termed survey/research. The topics include control theory, communication detection, high speed computing, distributed parameter systems, nonlinear systems, stochastic optimization, source coding, robust control and applications, and neural networks. Selected papers from the conference are presented both in this book and in its companion volume Advances in Computing and Control. 388 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book contains a selection of papers presented at a Symposium on coding theory: '3 Journees sur le Codage,' held November 24-26, 1986, in Cachan near Paris, France. It gives an account of the state of the art of research in France on Coding, ranging from rather theoretical topics like algebraic geometry and combinatorial coding to applications like modulation, real-space decoding and implementation of coding algorithms on microcomputers. The symposium was the second one of this type. With its broad spectrum, it was a unique opportunity for contacts between university and industry on the topics of information and coding theory. 344 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A pragmatic look at artificial intelligence.- An original object-oriented approach for relation management.- Conceptual representation techniques in the framework of large knowledge based systems.- Efficient frame systems.- First order theories of quantification.- A horn clause theory of inheritance and temporal reasoning.- Explicit context-based blackboards enhancing blackboard systems performance.- Reasoning with the unknown.- Path - based inference in SNeBR.- Relevant counterfactuals.- Non-monotonic reasoning with the ATMS.- On the classification and existence of structures in default logic.- Inscription ¿ A rule of conjecture.- Algorithmic debugging of prolog side-effects.- Cooperating rewrite processes revisited.- CLG : A grammar formalism based on constraint resolution.- Some comments on a logic programming approach to natural language semantics.- Semantic analysis of time and tense in natural language: an implementation.- Extra-sentential dependencies, meaning representation, and generics.- Enhancing text quality in a question-answering system.- A knowledge-based system to synthesize FP programs from examples.- A path planner for the cutting of nested irregular layouts.- Reasoning objects with dynamic knowledge bases.- Prose: A constraint language with control structures.- An external database for Prolog.- Non-exact matching.- Rad: The risk advisor expert system.- Run-through algorithms for applications of autonomous mobile robots.- Events, situations, and adverbs.- LING2: A system for induction.- Logical foundations of nonmonotonic truth maintenance.- The CASSIE projects: An approach to natural language competence.- Knowledge acquisition by teachable systems.- List of contributors. 420 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The New York Number Theory Seminar was organized in 1982 to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in higher arithmetic and its applications. Papers included in this volume are based on the lectures presented by their authors at the Seminar at the Graduate Center of C.U.N.Y. in 1985-88. Papers in the volume cover a wide spectrum of number theoretic topics ranging from additive number theory and diophantine approximations to algebraic number theory and relations with algebraic geometry and topology. 268 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Each week of this three week meeting was a self-contained event, although each had the same underlying theme - the effect of parallel processing on numerical analysis. Each week provided the opportunity for intensive study to broaden participants' research interests or deepen their understanding of topics of which they already had some knowledge. There was also the opportunity for continuing individual research in the stimulating environment created by the presence of several experts of international stature. This volume contains lecture notes for most of the major courses of lectures presented at the meeting; they cover topics in parallel algorithms for large sparse linear systems and optimization, an introductory survey of level-index arithmetic and superconvergence in the finite element method. 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume, the fourth of the quantum probability series, collects part of the contributions to the Year of Quantum Probability organized by the Volterra Center of University of Rome II. The intensive communication among researchers during this Year allowed several open problems to be solved and several inexpected connections to be revealed. 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Bei reicher Bebilderung bietet das Buch eine F}lle hochaktueller und praxisrelevanter ]bersichten zur Diagnostikund Therapie von Erkrankungen der Halswirbels{ule mit vielenneuen Ergebnissen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 256 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Foundations.- Various extensions.- Unification of uninterpreted sorted terms.- Unification of equationally interpreted sorted terms.- Sorted resolution-based calculi.- References. 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Diese Einführung in die Methoden enthält konkrete Anleitungen zur Durchführung von Experimenten, wie sie jeder Student im Rahmen seiner Praktika zur Pflanzenphysiologie zu absolvieren hat. Diese Experimente sind in zwei Kategorien eingeteilt: zuerst 'Demonstrations-Experimente' als in der Regel einfach auszuführende Versuche zur Veranschaulichung bestimmter physiologischer Sachverhalte. Sie haben vor allem didaktischen Charakter und sind weitgehend deduktiv dargestellt. Im Gegensatz dazu stellt die andere Kategorie 'Analytische Experimente' vor, für die eine induktive Darstellungsweise gewählt wurde. Das Thema dieser Versuche ist als 'Problem' formuliert, und ihre Durchführung wird im Detail nur für ein 'Grundexperiment' dargestellt, welches den prinzipiellen experimentellen Ansatz und die Methodenbeschreibung enthält. Mit diesen Anleitungen ist es dann möglich, die entsprechenden physiologischen oder methodischen Fragestellungen selbständig zu bearbeiten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 484 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -HochschullehrerInnen, StudentInnen, ComputergegnerInnen und -befiirworterInnen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 308 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Starker als anfangs angenommen sind 1m April 1989 verdeutlichte ein Work shop in Munchen, an dem ca. 400 Arztin Frauen als Patientinnen, aber auch in den betreuenden Teams von der Krankheit nen, Psychologinnen, Krankenschwestern, AIDS betroffen. Sozialarbeiterinnen sowie Mitarbeiterin Insbesondere durch die Zunahme dro nen aus Forschungseinrichtungen, Behor genabhangiger oder ehemals drogenabhan den, Selbsthilfegruppen und ihre mannli giger Patienten bei den Hausarzten und in chen Kollegen teilnahmen, die Relevanz den Fachambulanzen ist der Anteil der der Thematik. Der Workshop zeigte auBer Frauen an der Gesamtgruppe aller Patien dem, daB Naturwissenschaftler und Vertre ten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland auf ter der Sozialwissenschaften besser mitein ca. 15% angestiegen. In der Schweiz liegt ander ins Gesprach kommen konnen als dieser Anteil noch deutlich hoher. Mit einer vielfach vermutet, und daB Manner und weiteren Zunahme muB gerechnet werden. Frauen gemeinsam im Dialog und kreativ Damit sind frauenspezifische und fami das Thema Frauen und AIDS bearbeiten lientypische Probleme, die zu Beginn der konnen. Die Tagung fand mit freundlicher AIDS-Epidemie keine wesentliche Rele Unterstutzung der Abteilung Medical vanz hatten, starker in den Mittelpunkt der Sciences Liaison der Upjohn GmbH, Hep Betreuungsarbeit geriickt. Nur durch ver penheim, und des Instituts Merieux, Lei starkte interdisziplinare Zusammenarbeit men, statt. - etwa zwischen Internisten, Padiatern und Zur Zielgru.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 220 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Mustererkennung heißt, ähnlich wie bei Sinneswahrnehmungen mit Sensoren Signale aus der technischen Umwelt zu empfangen und mit Hilfe zuvor gelernter Situationen momentane Messungen zu interpretieren und dabei im Hinblick auf neue Eindrücke lernfähig zu sein. Anläßlich des 11. DAGM-Symposiums wurden zu diesem Themenkomplex nahezu 100 Arbeiten eingereicht, von denen 42 Vorträge und 38 Plakatpräsentationen zur Tagung und für dieses Buch ausgewählt wurden. Der Band enthält Aufgabenstellungen, Denkweisen und neuere Forschungsergebnisse aus den Gebieten Mustererkennung, Bildverstehen, Bildfolgen, Wissensverarbeitung und Spracherkennung.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 596 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -75 Farbtafeln und 125 zugeordnete Textseiten mit zahlreichengriffigen Beispielen und nahtloser Anlehnung an den Gegenstandskatalog machen den 'Taschenatlas' zur idealen Vorbereitung auf die {rztliche Vorpr}fung. Im Dialog von klar gegliederter, konzentrierter Darstellung und dazugeh|rigenSchemazeichnungen werden auch komplexe Fakten schnell verstanden und gemerkt, das Zusammenspiel von Physik undPhysiologie immer wieder transparent. Õber die Pr}funghinaus bleibt der Taschenatlas ein unentbehrlicherStudienbegleiter und ein zuverl{ssiges Nachschlagewerk.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 364 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Die hohe Komplexität elektronischer Moduln und Systeme, aber auch die immer kürzer werdenden Innovationszyklen machen den Einsatz rechnerunterstützter Entwurfsverfahren (CAD) unentbehrlich. Lagen die Entwicklungsschwerpunkte in früheren Jahren noch in der Technologie und in der Fertigung elektronischer Komponenten, so rücken heute die Entwurfsmethoden und -verfahren mit in den Vordergrund. Dies liegt auch darin begründet, daß die Wertschöpfung primär in der Verwendung elektronischer Komponenten geschieht. Gerade für die Erschließung neuer Anwendungen darf der Entwurf von elektronischen Moduln und Systemen nicht nur den auf dem Gebiet der Elektronik spezialisierten Ingenieuren vorbehalten bleiben. Ingenieure jeder Disziplin müssen durch entsprechende Entwurfssysteme in die Lage versetzt werden, elektronische Komponenten für ihren Anwendungsbereich entwickeln zu können. Diese Entwurfssysteme müssen den Anwender durch problemorientierte Darstellungsmittel, leistungsfähige Design- und Verifikationswerkzeuge und durch Werkzeuge zur Generierung von Schnittstellen zum Produktionsprozeß und zum Prüffeld unterstützen. Ziel dieses Buches ist es, einerseits Prinzipien, Methoden und Werkzeuge, die einem CAD-System für elektronische Moduln und Systeme zugrundeliegen, aufzuzeigen, andererseits aber auch Entwurfsverfahren zu diskutieren.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 332 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Im Band 2 der Strukturdynamik werden kontinuierliche Schwinger und numerische Verfahren zu ihrer Diskretisierung behandelt. In Spezialfällen, die dann aber prinzipielle Einsichten ermöglichen, gelingt eine analytische Lösung der Bewegungsgleichungen. Die jedoch in den meisten Fällen notwendigen Näherungsverfahren (Übertragungsmatrizen, Rayleigh-Ritz, Methode der finiten Elemente) werden auch erläutert und anhand von Beispielen aus der Ingenieurpraxis illustriert. Das Buch wurde als Lehrbuch für Hochschulen und Fachhochschulen konzipiert, eignet sich aber auch zum Selbststudium für Ingenieure in Forschung und Industrie. 356 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The goal of this book is to teach spectral methods for solving boundary value, eigenvalue, and time-dependent problems. Although the title speaks only of Chebyshev polynomials and trigonometric functions, the book also discusses Hermite, Laguerre, rational Chebyshev, sinc, and spherical harmonic functions. These notes evolved from a course I have taught the past five years to an audience drawn from half a dozen different disciplines at the University of Michigan: aerospace engineering, meteorology, physical oceanography, mechanical engineering, naval architecture, and nuclear engineering. With such a diverse audience, this book is not focused on a particular discipline, but rather upon solving differential equations in general. The style is not lemma-theorem-Sobolev space, but algorithms guidelines-rules-of-thumb. Although the course is aimed at graduate students, the required background is limited. It helps if the reader has taken an elementary course in computer methods and also has been exposed to Fourier series and complex variables at the undergraduate level. However, even this background is not absolutely necessary. Chapters 2 to 5 are a self contained treatment of basic convergence and interpolation theory.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 820 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book is written for those who are interested in a fonnalization of human reasoning, especially in order to build 'intelligent' computer systems. Thus, it is mainly designed for the Artificial Intelligence community, both students and researchers, although it can be useful for people working in related fields like cognitive psychology. The major theme is not Artificial Intelligence applications, although these are discussed throughout in sketch fonn. Rather, the book places a heavy emphasis on the fonnal development of default logic, results and problems. Default logic provides a fonnalism for an important part of human reasoning. Default logic is specifically concerned with common sense reasoning, which has recently been recognized in the Artificial Intelligence literature to be of fundamental importance for knowledge representation. Previously, fonnalized reasoning systems failed in real world environments, though succeeding with an acceptable ratio in well-defined environments. This situation enabled empirical explorations and the design of systems without theoretical justification. In particular, they could not be compared since there was no basis to judge their respective merits. Default logic turned out to be very fruitful by proving the correctness of some of them. We hope that this book will initiate other successful developments in default logic.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 228 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This volume, the fourth of the quantum probability series, collects part of the contributions to the Year of Quantum Probability organized by the Volterra Center of University of Rome II. The intensive communication among researchers during this Year allowed several open problems to be solved and several inexpected connections to be revealed. 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Each week of this three week meeting was a self-contained event, although each had the same underlying theme - the effect of parallel processing on numerical analysis. Each week provided the opportunity for intensive study to broaden participants' research interests or deepen their understanding of topics of which they already had some knowledge. There was also the opportunity for continuing individual research in the stimulating environment created by the presence of several experts of international stature. This volume contains lecture notes for most of the major courses of lectures presented at the meeting; they cover topics in parallel algorithms for large sparse linear systems and optimization, an introductory survey of level-index arithmetic and superconvergence in the finite element method.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Foundations.- Various extensions.- Unification of uninterpreted sorted terms.- Unification of equationally interpreted sorted terms.- Sorted resolution-based calculi.- References.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The New York Number Theory Seminar was organized in 1982 to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in higher arithmetic and its applications. Papers included in this volume are based on the lectures presented by their authors at the Seminar at the Graduate Center of C.U.N.Y. in 1985-88. Papers in the volume cover a wide spectrum of number theoretic topics ranging from additive number theory and diophantine approximations to algebraic number theory and relations with algebraic geometry and topology.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Englisch.