ABSTRACT

This volume contains the proceedings of the special session on Modern Methods in Continuum Theory presented at the 100th Annual Joint Mathematics Meetings held in Cincinnati, Ohio. It also features the Houston Problem Book which includes a recently updated set of 200 problems accumulated over several years at the University of Houston.;These proceedings and problems are aimed at pure and applied mathematicians, topologists, geometers, physicists and graduate-level students in these disciplines.

part I|161 pages

Expository and Survey Papers

chapter 1|12 pages

Matchbox Manifolds

part II|199 pages

Research Papers

chapter 12|3 pages

Invertibility of the Pseudo-Arc

chapter 22|8 pages

Solenoids and Bihomogeneity

part III|36 pages

The Houston Problem Book