Menahem Max Schiffer: Selected Papers Volume 2

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This two volume set presents over 50 of the most groundbreaking contributions of Menahem M Schiffer. All of the reprints of Schiffer’s works herein have extensive annotation and invited commentaries, giving new clarity and insight into the impact and legacy of Schiffer's work. A complete bibliography and brief biography make this a rounded and invaluable reference. Front Matter....Pages i-xiv [62] The Fredholm eigen values of plane domains....Pages 1-40 [68] Fredholm eigen values of multiply-connected domains....Pages 41-100 [78] Fredholm eigenvalues and conformal mapping....Pages 101-123 [125] Fredholm eigenvalues and Grunsky matrices....Pages 125-144 [69] (with G. Pólya) Sur la représentation conforme de l’extérieur d’une courbe fermée convexe....Pages 145-149 [70] Extremum problems and variational methods in conformal mapping....Pages 151-173 [72] (with Z. Charzyński) A new proof of the Bieberbach conjecture for the fourth coefficient....Pages 175-184 [75] (with P. L. Duren) A variational method for functions schlicht in an annulus....Pages 185-200 [81] (with B. Epstein) On the mean-value property of harmonic functions....Pages 201-205 [87] (with N. S. Hawley) Half-order differentials on Riemann surfaces....Pages 207-246 [91] (with P. R. Garabedian) The local maximum theorem for the coefficients of univalent functions....Pages 247-281 [99] Some distortion theorems in the theory of conformal mapping....Pages 283-302 [103] (with G. Schober) An extremal problem for the Fredholm eigenvalues....Pages 303-313 [106] (with G. Schober) A remark on the paper “An extremal problem for the Fredholm eigenvalues”....Pages 315-316 [117] (with G. Schober) A variational method for general families of quasiconformal mappings....Pages 317-343 [109] (with J. Hersch and L. E. Payne) Some inequalities for Stekloff eigenvalues....Pages 345-363 [116] (with J. A. Hummel) Variational methods for Bieberbach-Eilenberg functions and for pairs....Pages 365-407 [121] (with J. A. Hummel and B. Pinchuk) Bounded univalent functions which cover a fixed disk....Pages 409-431 [122] (with G. Schober) The dielectric Green’s function and quasi conformal mapping....Pages 433-446 [123] (with A. Chang and G. Schober) On the second variation for univalent functions....Pages 447-485 [126] (with D. Aharonov and L. Zalcman) Potato kugel....Pages 487-498 [127] (with P. L. Duren and Y. J. Leung) Support points with maximum radial angle....Pages 499-516 [135] (with P. L. Duren) Univalent functions which map onto regions of given transfinite diameter....Pages 517-535 [137] (with P. L. Duren) Robin functions and distortion of capacity under conformal mapping....Pages 537-547 [138] Issai Schur: Some personal reminiscences....Pages 549-555