Acknowledgments

This work would not have been possible without the facilities provided by the University of Windsor in my capacity as emeritus professor. The online facilities of the Leddy Library were an indispensable source that could be utilized from home, including the assistance of the most helpful library professionals for troubleshooting. Professor M.A. Sid-Ahmed very kindly placed all departmental facilities at the author’s disposal. Special thanks are due to Alida De Marco for her persistence in tracking and securing a very expensive volume through interlibrary loan.

I am extremely grateful to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada for their uninterrupted research grants for over 30 years, from 1980 ...

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