Convex Geometric Analysis
, by Edited by Keith M. Ball , Vitali MilmanNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521642590 | 0521642590
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/28/1999
Convex geometry is at once simple and amazingly rich. While the classical results go back many decades, during the last ten years the integral geometry of convex bodies has undergone a dramatic revitalization, brought about by the introduction of methods, results and, most importantly, new viewpoints, from probability theory, harmonic analysis and the geometry of finite-dimensional normed spaces. This book is a collection of research and expository articles on convex geometry and probability, suitable for researchers and graduate students in several branches of mathematics coming under the broad heading of 'Geometric Functional Analysis'. It continues the Israel GAFA Seminar series, which is widely recognized as the most useful research source in the area. The collection reflects the work done at the program in Convex Geometry and Geometric Analysis that took place at MSRI in 1996, emphasizing the links between the geometry of convex bodies, probability theory, harmonic analysis and recent probabilistic methods in computation.