edited by Jan Govaerts (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) , M Norbert Hounkonnou (National University of Benin, Republic of Benin) , & William A Lester (University of California, Berkeley)

The topics discussed include recent developments in operator theory and orthogonal polynomials, coherent states and wavelet analysis, geometric methods in theoretical physics and quantum field theory, and the application of these methods of mathematical physics to problems in atomic and molecular physics as well as the world of the elementary particles and their fundamental interactions. This volume should be of interest to anyone working in a field using the mathematical methods of any of these general topics.

• Coherent States, Wavelets and Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics:
  • Coherent States, Wavelets and Beyond (J-P Antoine)
  • Tracking of Multiple Objects Using a CWT-Based Algorithm (F Mujica et al.)
  • The Plancherel Transform, Wavelets, Coherent States and Wigner Functions (S T Ali)
• Quantum Field Theory Atomic and Molecular Physics:
  • Quantum Monte Carlo for Atomic and Molecular Systems (J A W Harkless & W A Lester, Jr.)
  • Sturmian Approach in Laser-Assisted Electron-Helium Collisions (M Bouzidi et al.)
  • Quantisation and Gauge Invariance (J Govaerts)
  • Black Hole Evaporation Process in a Higher Dimensional Inflationary Universe (M R Mbonye)
• Operator Theory and Orthogonal Polynomials:
  • Three Lectures on Classical Orthogonal Polynomials (A Ronveaux)
  • The von Neumann Theory of Self-Adjoint Extensions of Symmetric Linear Operators: Applications to Dirac and Dirac–Coulomb Hamiltonians (M N Hounkonnou)
  • Laguerre–Freud Equations for Semi-Classical Operators (E Azatassou et al.)
  • and other papers