This volume can be divided into two parts: a purely mathematical part with contributions on finance mathematics, interactions between geometry and physics and different areas of mathematics; and another part on the popularization of mathematics and the situation of women in mathematics.
Mathematics applied to finance: derivatives - a scientific revolution of
the seventies, F. Diener; why heavy tails in financial series? estimations
and tests, M. Pontier; portfolio optimization in finance - an introduction,
N. Bellamy. Geometry: cohomology of sheaves, B. Fantechi; the McKay
correspondence - a bridge from algebra to geometry, Y. Ito; total positivity,
flag varieties and quantum cohomology, K. Rietsch; Calabi-Yau manifolds and
mirror symmetry, X. de la Ossa. EMS lectures on convex polytopes: volumes and
number of integral points in convex rational polytopes, M. Vergne.
Mathematics outside the classroom - cultural differences: raising public
awareness in mathematics - the WMY2000 experience, M. Chaleyat-Maurel;
popularization of mathematics - local and not so local perspective, F.M.
Bruckler. Socio-political dimension of gender inequality: women and science
in Europe and in France, C. Hermann; focus on Italian activities in women and
science, R.M. Spitaleri; mathematicians' careers - analysis of a
questionnaire, I. Kersten and E. Mezzetti. Short communications: Hankel
operators on generalized Bergman-Hardy spaces, B. Rehberg; Math-Kit - a
multimedia project for learning and teaching mathematics, S. Schiller and L.
Unger. (Part contents.)
