1 “... and variety of fully worked out examples that range from the classical problem of minimum surfaces...”

2 “.... The power of geometric methods is illustrated with fully worked out complete global solutions...”

3 “... the users of the earlier edition over the past six years. This is the prime motivation for bringing out a...”

4 “... the field of VIs would benefit from this work as it sets out in detail basic features and results...”

5 “... variables: income obtained, expense needed to carry out an attack, and the potential consequences...”

6 “... character, and can be tackled using the techniques of the dimension reduction, laid out in this book...”

7 “... systems. The geometric approach turned out to be fruitful in applications to robotics, vision modeling...”

8 “... broad audience and attempts to reach out in particular to the applied sciences and engineering...”