edited by L H Y Chen (National University of Singapore), J P Jesudason (National University of Singapore), C H Lai (National University of Singapore), C H Oh (National University of Singapore), K K Phua (National University of Singapore), & E-C Tan (National University of Singapore)

The International Conference on Fundamental Sciences: Mathematics and Theoretical Physics provided a forum for reviewing some of the significant developments in mathematics and theoretical physics in the 20th century; for the leading theorists in these fields to expound and discuss their views on new ideas and trends in the basic sciences as the new millennium approached; for increasing public awareness of the importance of basic research in mathematics and theoretical physics; and for promoting a high level of interest in mathematics and theoretical physics among school students and teachers. This was a major conference, with invited lectures by some of the leading experts in various fields of mathematics and theoretical physics.

• Mathematics:
  • A Review of Critical Point Theory (K-C Chang)
  • Data Tuning (P Hall)
  • Applied Mathematics Meets Signal Processing (S Mallat)
  • Chromatic Graph Theory (C Thomassen)
  • Three-Dimensional Subgroups and Unitary Representations (D A Vogan, Jr.)
• Theoretical Physics:
  • The Future of Particle Physics (J D Bjorken)
  • The Mathematics of M-Theory (R Dijkgraaf)
  • Aspects of Anomalies in Field Theory (K Fujikawa)
  • General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics (J B Hartle)
  • Perturbative Quantum Field Theory (G Sterman)
  • and other papers