European Women in Mathematics : proceedings of the tenth general meeting, Malta, 24-30 August 2001 / Proceedings of the tenth general meeting, European Women in Mathematics editors, Emilia Mezzetti, Sylvie Paycha. - River Edge, N.J. : World Scientific, c2003 - x, 409 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

About the organization European Women in Mathematics -- Presentation of EWM -- History of the EWM office: a brief history of the EWM office in Helsinki, 1991-2001 / History of the EWM meetings: a brief account of the meetings since the 5th meeting in Luminy / Report on EWM activites: a report on activities since the 9th meeting in Loccum / About EWM proceedings: the mathematical part of EWM meetings / Introduction ; Derivatives: a scientific revolution of the seventies / Why heavy tails in financial series? Estimations and tests / Portfolio optimization in finance / Report on discussion on The ethics of using mathematics in finance / Introduction / Analytical and geometrical features of de Rham and Dolbeault’s cohomologies / McKay correspondence - a bridge from algebra to geometry / Total positivity, flag varieties and quantum cohomology / Introduction / Calabi-Yau manifolds and mirror symmetry / Why is there hyperbolic geometry in dynamics? / Tessellations and related modular groups / Introduction to the EMS lectures / Residue formulae for Verlinde sums, and for number of integral points in convex rational polytopes / Report / Introduction / Raising public awareness in mathematics: the WMY2000 experience / Popularization of mathematics: local and global perspectives / Introduction / Women and science in Europe and in France / Focus on Italian activities in women and science / Mathematicians’ careers - analysis of a questionnaire / Hankel operators on generalized Bergman-Hardy spaces / M[alpha]th-kit: a multimedia project for learning and teaching mathematics / Marjatta Näätänen -- Emilia Mezzetti, Sylvie Paycha -- Laura Fainsilber -- Capi Corrales Rodriganez, Laura Tedeschini Lalli -- Francine Diener -- Monique Pontier -- Nadine Bellamy -- Francine Diener -- Emilia Mezzetti, Sylvie Paycha -- Chiara de Fabritiis -- Yukari Ito -- Konstanze Rietsch -- Tsou Sheung Tsun -- Xenia de la Ossa -- Caroline Series -- Asia Ivić Weiss -- Michele Vergne / Bodil Branner -- Michèle Bergne -- Tatiana Ivanova -- Laura Fainsilber, Marie-Françoise Roy, Rosa Maria Spitaleri -- Mireille Chaleyat-Maurel -- Franka Miriam Brückler -- Laura Fainsilber, Marie-Françoise Roy, Rosa Maria Spitaleri -- Claudine Hermann -- Rosa Maria Spitaleri -- Ina Kersten, Emilia Mezzetti -- Bettina Rehberg -- Sabine Schiller, Luise Unger. 2. Photo gallery -- 3. Contributions -- 3. Mathematics applied to finance -- 3.2 Geometry -- 3.2.1 Cohomology theories: a useful tool in geometry -- 3.2.2 The uses of geometry -- 3.3 EMS lectures on convex polytopes -- 3.4 Poster session -- 3.5 Mathematics outside the classroom: cultural differences -- 3.6 Socio-political dimension of gender inequality -- Short communications --

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