TY - BOOK AU - Mezzetti,Emilia AU - Paycha,Sylvie ED - European Women in Mathematics. TI - European Women in Mathematics: proceedings of the tenth general meeting, Malta, 24-30 August 2001 SN - 9812381902 (alk. paper) U1 - 510/.82/094 22 PY - 2003/// CY - River Edge, N.J. PB - World Scientific KW - Mathematics KW - Congresses KW - Women in mathematics KW - Women in science KW - Nhà toán học KW - Toán học N1 - 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 /; Marjatta Näätänen --; History of the EWM meetings: a brief account of the meetings since the 5th meeting in Luminy /; Emilia Mezzetti,; Sylvie Paycha --; Report on EWM activites: a report on activities since the 9th meeting in Loccum /; Laura Fainsilber --; About EWM proceedings: the mathematical part of EWM meetings /; Capi Corrales Rodriganez,; Laura Tedeschini Lalli --; 2. Photo gallery --; 3. Contributions --; 3. Mathematics applied to finance --; Introduction ;; Derivatives: a scientific revolution of the seventies /; Francine Diener --; Why heavy tails in financial series? Estimations and tests /; Monique Pontier --; Portfolio optimization in finance /; Nadine Bellamy --; Report on discussion on The ethics of using mathematics in finance /; Francine Diener --; 3.2 Geometry --; 3.2.1 Cohomology theories: a useful tool in geometry --; Introduction /; Emilia Mezzetti,; Sylvie Paycha --; Analytical and geometrical features of de Rham and Dolbeault’s cohomologies /; Chiara de Fabritiis --; McKay correspondence - a bridge from algebra to geometry /; Yukari Ito --; Total positivity, flag varieties and quantum cohomology /; Konstanze Rietsch --; 3.2.2 The uses of geometry --; Introduction /; Tsou Sheung Tsun --; Calabi-Yau manifolds and mirror symmetry /; Xenia de la Ossa --; Why is there hyperbolic geometry in dynamics? /; Caroline Series --; Tessellations and related modular groups /; Asia Ivić Weiss --; 3.3 EMS lectures on convex polytopes --; Introduction to the EMS lectures /; Michele Vergne /; Bodil Branner --; Residue formulae for Verlinde sums, and for number of integral points in convex rational polytopes /; Michèle Bergne --; 3.4 Poster session --; Report /; Tatiana Ivanova --; 3.5 Mathematics outside the classroom: cultural differences --; Introduction /; Laura Fainsilber, Marie-Françoise Roy,; Rosa Maria Spitaleri --; Raising public awareness in mathematics: the WMY2000 experience /; Mireille Chaleyat-Maurel --; Popularization of mathematics: local and global perspectives /; Franka Miriam Brückler --; 3.6 Socio-political dimension of gender inequality --; Introduction /; Laura Fainsilber, Marie-Françoise Roy,; Rosa Maria Spitaleri --; Women and science in Europe and in France /; Claudine Hermann --; Focus on Italian activities in women and science /; Rosa Maria Spitaleri --; Mathematicians’ careers - analysis of a questionnaire /; Ina Kersten,; Emilia Mezzetti --; Short communications --; Hankel operators on generalized Bergman-Hardy spaces /; Bettina Rehberg --; M[alpha]th-kit: a multimedia project for learning and teaching mathematics /; Sabine Schiller,; Luise Unger ER -