Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 17:49:25 -0600
To: (Geometers and Topologists)
From: dictionary@sewanee.edu (Math Dictionary)
Subject: CRC Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics

Dear Geometers and Topologists --

The purpose of this e-mail is to invite you to contribute work for a book
tentatively entitled *Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics*
to be published by CRC Press, Inc.  The publisher intends for this book to
become a standard reference in the academic and professional community.
The book will measure approximately 500 typeset pages.

CRC Press has published numerous handbooks and texts in the fields of
mathematics, engineering, and general science.  Recent noteworthy titles
include *The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics*, *The Civil Engineering
Handbook*, and *Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae*.  Further
information about CRC Press can be found at

        http://www.crcpress.com

You are cordially invited to join this project in the role of contributing
author.  The current plan is to have all the work prepared electronically
using a database and a dialect of TeX.  Software will be supplied by CRC.
For illustrations, most graphics software (draw programs) are acceptable.

You will be identified as a contributing author in the front matter of the
book.  You will receive a complimentary copy of the *Dictionary of
Classical and Theoretical Mathematics*, and a complimentary copy of the
*Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics*, a larger work which will
encompass four other dictionaries into a single large volume.  You will
also be indentified as a contributing author in the front matter of the
comprehensive dictionary.

At present we have a particular need for specialists in geometry and topology.

If you are interested in contributing to this work, please let us know as
soon as possible.  We welcome your suggesting one or more of your
colleagues to help with this project, whether or not you are able to
contribute.

This, we believe, is a unique opportunity to develop a mathematics
dictionary that will find a permanent place in the discipline.  Your
contribution will be a key to its success.  We look forward to working with
you.

Sincerely,

Catherine Cavagnaro and William T. Haight, co-editors
Dictionary of Classical and Theoretical Mathematics
CRC Comprehensive Dictionary of Mathematics

dictionary@sewanee.edu
http://ccavagna.sewanee.edu/dictionary.html
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