Proceedings of the Norbert Wiener Centenary Congress, 1994
About this Title
V. S Mandrekar, Michigan State University, E. Lansing and P. R. Masani, University of Pittsburgh, Editors
Publication: Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics
Publication Year:
1997; Volume 52
ISBNs: 978-0-8218-0452-0 (print); 978-0-8218-9267-1 (online)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/psapm/052
ReadershipTable of Contents
Front/Back Matter
Wiener’s concept of the stochastic universe
- S. Molchanov – Wiener-Kolmogorov conception of the stochastic organization of nature [MR 1440904]
- Oliver Penrose – The Wiener programme in statistical physics: Is it feasible in the light of recent developments? [MR 1440905]
- Leonard Gross – The mathematical ramifications of Wiener’s program in statistical physics [MR 1440906]
Potential and capacity before and after Wiener
- David R. Adams – Potential and capacity before and after Wiener [MR 1440907]
Generalized harmonic analysis and its ramifications
- John J. Benedetto – Generalized harmonic analysis and Gabor and wavelet systems [MR 1440908]
- H. Bart, I. Gohberg and M. A. Kaashoek – Wiener-Hopf equations and linear systems [MR 1440909]
- Paul Malliavin – Complex harmonic analysis in the aftermath of Paley-Wiener [MR 1440910]
- Hans G. Feichtinger – Amalgam spaces and generalized harmonic analysis [MR 1440911]
Quantum mechanical ramifications of Wiener’s ideas
- Irving Segal – Wiener space and nonlinear quantum field theory [MR 1440912]
- Sergio Albeverio – Wiener and Feynman—path integrals and their applications [MR 1440913]
- John R. Klauder – Optical coherence before and after Wiener [MR 1440914]
- Eric A. Carlen – Wiener and the problem of “hidden parameters” in quantum mechanics [MR 1440915]
- Erik G. F. Thomas – Finite path integrals [MR 1440916]
- Robert L. Warnock – Joint probabilities of noncommuting observables and the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen question in Wiener-Siegel quantum theory [MR 1440917]
Leibniz, Haldane and Wiener on mind
- George Gale – The role of Leibniz and Haldane in Wiener’s cybernetics [MR 1440918]
- Henry P. Stapp – Quantum mechanical coherence, resonance, and mind [MR 1440919]
- Karl H. Pribram – What is mind that the brain may order it?
Shannon-Wiener information and stochastic complexity
- J. Rissanen – Shannon-Wiener information and stochastic complexity [MR 1440920]
Nonlinear stochastic analysis
- Donald L. Burkholder – Sharp norm comparison of martingale maximal functions and stochastic integrals [MR 1440921]
- Shinzo Watanabe – Stochastic analysis on Wiener space [MR 1440922]
- G. Kallianpur – Stochastic filtering: A part of stochastic nonlinear analysis [MR 1440923]
- N. K. Bose – The theory of learning before and after Wiener [MR 1440924]
Prosthesis, ontogenetic and phylogenetic
- Robert W. Mann – Sensory and motor prostheses in the aftermath of Wiener
- Dennis Roseman – Wiener’s thought on the computer as an aid in visualizing higher-dimensional forms and its modern ramifications [MR 1440925]
Wiener and the political economy: Automatization, educational decline and unemployment (round table)
Cybernetics
- P. R. Masani – Norbert Wiener and the future of cybernetics [MR 1440926]
- John von Neumann – Letter to Norbert Wiener from John von Neumann
Award of Norbert Wiener centenary medal
- Brockway McMillan – Scientific impact of the work of C. E. Shannon [MR 1440927]
A tribute to Wiener from Dennis Gabor, F.R.S., N.L.
- D. Gabor – Wiener and the art of communication [MR 1440928]
