Applied Mathematical Methods

Acknowledgements

In any work of this volume and nature, the contributions of a large number of people remain in the background. This book was triggered and continually energized by the conviction and support of a large number of graduate students. In the circle of these students, this book has been affectionately called as “our” book and “the” book for more than a year. No wonder their collective jubilation at its completion surpasses my own.

I take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation and gratitude to these students for their dedicated support and for sustaining my motivation. Chronologically, the first momentum to the effort was largely due to the original trio of Rakesh¹, Parthajit and Siddhartha. Others who made non-trivial contributions ...