The Millennium Problems 1

The Millennium Problems

In 2000, the Clay Foundation announced a historic competition: whoever could solve any of seven extraordinarily difficult mathematical problems, and have the solution acknowledged as correct by the experts, would receive 1 million in prize money. There was some precedent for doing this: In 1900 the mathematician David Hilbert proposed twenty-three problems that set much of the agenda for mathematics in the twentieth century. The Millennium Problems--chosen by a committee of the leading mathematicians in the world--are likely to acquire similar stature, and their solution (or lack of it) is likely to play a strong role in determining the course of mathematics in the twenty-first century. Keith Devlin, renowned expositor of mathematics and one of the authors of the Clay Institute's official description of the problems, here provides the definitive account for the mathematically interested reader.

Annual Report

EMU

The euro was introduced in January 1999. This report tackles the legal, IT and practical issues concerning Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) head on. It includes precedent clauses for IT contracts, swap agreements and loan agreements, as well as a checklist of major points to consider such as payments, redenomination and accounting. The text includes contributions from specialists and provides a commentary on the commercial implications that EMU will hold for companies and business, including: contractual issues; tax issues; accounting aspects; share issues and capital markets; loan agreements (continuity of contracts clauses); and IT specifications.