This volume centers on the links between mathematics and the physical world. It first explores future challenges of mathematical technology, offers a wide-ranging definition of industrial mathematics, and explains the mathematics of type-II superconductors. After lucid discussions on theoretical and applied aspects of wavelets, the book presents classical and fractal methods for physical problems, including a fractal approach to porous media textures and using MATLAB to model chaos in the motion of a satellite. The final section surveys recent trends in variational methods, focusing on areas such as elliptic inverse problems, sweeping processes, and the BBKY hierarchy of quantum kinetic equations.

MATHEMATICS FOR TECHNOLOGY: Mathematics as a Technology-Challenges for the Next Ten Years. Industrial Mathematics-What Is It? Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Type-II Superconductors. WAVELET METHODS FOR REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS: Wavelet Frames and Multiresolution Analysis. Comparison of a Wavelet-Galerkin Procedure with a Crank-Nicolson-Galerkin Procedure for the Diffusion Equation Subject to the Specification of Mass. Trends in Wavelet Applications. Wavelet Methods for Indian Rainfall Data. Wavelet Analysis of Tropospheric and Lower Stratospheric Gravity Waves. Advanced Data Processes of Some Meteorological Parameters. Wavelet Methods for Seismic Data Analysis and Processing. CLASSICAL AND FRACTAL METHODS FOR PHYSICAL PROBLEMS: Gradient Catastrophe in Heat Propagation with Second Sound. Acoustic Waves in a Perturbed Layered Ocean. Non-Linear Planar Oscillation of a Satellite Leading to Chaos under the Influence of Third-Body Torque. Chaos Using MATLAB in the Motion of a Satellite under the Influence of Magnetic Torque. A New Analysis Approach to Porous Media Texture- Mathematical Tools for Signal Analysis in a Context of Increasing Complexity. TRENDS IN VARIATIONAL METHODS: A Convex Objective Functional for Elliptic Inverse Problems. The Solutions of BBGKY Hierarchy of Quantum Kinetic Equations for Dense Systems. Convergence and the Optimal Choice of the Relation Parameter for a Class of Iterative Methods. On a Special Class of Sweeping Process.