Harmonic Analysis and Applications: In Honor of John J. Benedetto (Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis)

This volume is dedicated to John Benedetto. It seems just yesterday that we celebrated his 60th birthday in a memorable conference in College Park. Yet that was October of 1999, and already more than six years have passed. But John is still too young to be fully honored by a single foreword,or even a singlevolume,thatattemptstosummarizetheimpactofhisworkonharmonic analysis, his students, and his coworkers.Given his continuing high (and even increasing) level of activities, his list of “lifetime achievements” is surely far from complete. Even so, we will make an attempt in this foreword to take a look back, to see the major lines of his work and activities during the past 40 years of his life as a scientist, and to learn from his biography (and bibliography) how the ?eld of harmonic analysis has changed over the years, and in particular to see the vibrant role that John has taken in this process. John’s ?rst paper appeared in 1965, when he was 25 years old, and his ?rst book (the Springer Lecture Notes on Harmonic Analysis on Totally D- connected Sets) when he was 31. By that time he had already published on the subjects of Tauberian algebras, in the theory of generalized functions, and on questions related to spectral synthesis. His work on this latter topic continued through the 1970s, culminating in the insightful volume Spectral Synthesis (1975). Only a year later, his text Real Variables and Integration with Historical Notes appeared. John J. Benedetto has had a profound influence not only on the direction of harmonic analysis and its applications, but also on the entire community of people involved in the field. This self-contained volume in honor of John covers a wide range of topics in harmonic analysis and related areas, including weighted-norm inequalities, frame theory, wavelet theory, time-frequency analysis, and sampling theory. The invited chapters pay tribute to John's many achievements and express an appreciation for both the mathematical and personal inspiration he has given to so many students, coauthors, and colleagues. Although the scope of the book is broad, chapters are clustered by topic to provide authoritative expositions that will be of lasting interest. The original papers collected here are written by prominent, well-respected researchers and professionals in the field of harmonic analysis. The book is divided into the following five sections: * Classical harmonic analysis * Frame theory * Time-frequency analysis * Wavelet theory * Sampling theory and shift-invariant spaces Harmonic Analysis and Applications is an excellent reference for graduate students, researchers, and professionals in pure and applied mathematics, engineering, and physics. Contributors: A. Aldroubi, L. Baggett, G. Benke, C. Cabrelli, P.G. Casazza, O. Christensen, W. Czaja, M. Fickus, J.-P. Gabardo, K. Gröchenig, K. Guo, E. Hayashi, C. Heil, H.P. Heinig, J.A. Hogan, E. Kovacevic, D. Labate, J.D. Lakey, D. Larson, M.T. Leon, S. Li, W.-Q Lim, A. Lindner, U. Molter, A.M. Powell, B. Rom, E. Schulz, T. Sorrells, D. Speegle, K.F. Taylor, J.C. Tremain, D. Walnut, G. Weiss, E. Wilson, G. Zimmermann This self-contained volume in honor of John J. Benedetto covers a wide range of topics in harmonic analysis and related areas. These include weighted-norm inequalities, frame theory, wavelet theory, time-frequency analysis, and sampling theory. The chapters are clustered by topic to provide authoritative expositions that will be of lasting interest. The original papers collected are written by prominent researchers and professionals in the field. The book pays tribute to John J. Benedetto's achievements and expresses an appreciation for the mathematical and personal inspiration he has given to so many students, co-authors, and colleagues.