LEADER 02600nam 22004455a 450 001 9910151933303321 005 20091109150325.0 010 $a3-03719-569-X 024 70$a10.4171/069 035 $a(CKB)3710000000953842 035 $a(CH-001817-3)102-091109 035 $a(PPN)178155624 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000953842 100 $a20091109j20090624 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|mmmmamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEssays on the Complexity of Continuous Problems$b[electronic resource] /$fErich Novak, Ian H. Sloan, Joseph F. Traub, Henryk Woz?niakowski 210 3 $aZuerich, Switzerland $cEuropean Mathematical Society Publishing House$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (105 pages) 327 $tHenryk Woz?niakowski and the complexity of continuous problems /$rErich Novak --$tComplexity as a new challenge for mathematicians /$rHenryk Woz?niakowski --$tA brief history of information-based complexity /$rJoseph F. Traub --$tHow high is high-dimensional? /$rIan H. Sloan --$tWhat is information-based complexity? /$rHenryk Woz?niakowski. 330 $aThis book contains five essays on the complexity of continuous problems, written for a wider audience. Henryk Woz?niakowski and the complexity of continuous problems Complexity as a new challenge for mathematicians A brief history of information-based complexity How high is high-dimensional? What is information-based complexity? The first four essays are based on talks presented in 2008 when Henryk Woz?niakowski received an honorary doctoral degree of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. The focus is on introduction and history of the complexity of continuous problems, as well as on recent progress concerning the complexity of high-dimensional numerical problems. The last essay provides a brief and informal introduction to the basic notions and concepts of information-based complexity addressed to a general readership. 606 $aNumerical analysis$2bicssc 606 $aNumerical analysis$2msc 606 $aHistory and biography$2msc 615 07$aNumerical analysis 615 07$aNumerical analysis 615 07$aHistory and biography 686 $a65-xx$a01-xx$2msc 702 $aNovak$b Erich 702 $aSloan$b I. H. 702 $aTraub$b Joseph F. 702 $aWoz?niakowski$b H. 801 0$bch0018173 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910151933303321 996 $aEssays on the Complexity of Continuous Problems$92566851 997 $aUNINA