How Far Have We Come

From our first mention of continuum theories, we have repeatedly emphasized the role of rigidity parameters (i.e. moduli, hardening moduli, diffusion constants, etc.) as the means whereby those continuum models are endowed with material specificity. In addition, we have repeatedly sung the praises of Ashby s approach 

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It is easy to focus on the Eurobond market s limitations at the expense of just how far it has come. From the perspective of its early days, the market has changed and grown beyond all recognition. As we have seen, the launch of the euro has provided a critical step up to a new level, upon which the market is still consolidating. Indeed, the strong recovery of investor demand in the late Autumn of 2002, following the shocks of WorldCom and the like, is an indication of the market s resilience. 

To make clear how far we have come along this road, let us compute a specific fire. Consider an apartment house with various apartments opening onto a 44m (144.4 ft) long corridor, Figure 1. A fire occurs in a 4 x 5 x 2.4m (13x16x8 ft) room 30 meters (98.4 ft) from the open end of the corridor. A family, father, mother, young boy, and baby, are asleep in a suite of rooms at the closed end of the corridor. The room where the fire occurs contains a bed, polyurethane mattress, an upholstered polystyrene frame, polyurethane foam padding and fabric chair and a wooden dresser. 

With this background then, let us shift now to a discussion of principal provisions of the law, what timetables were built into the law and how far along the road we have come. 

When we come to apply the results we have so far discovered to quantum mechanical situations, we will find that the application usually revolves around the reduction of some reducible representation for the point group concerned. We have already seen how to find out which irreducible representations appear in the reduction of a reducible representation, namely if we write... 

A work of this kind, which obviously summarizes accomplishments, may engender in some the feeling that there is little more to achieve. Quite the opposite is the case. In looking back and seeing how far we have come, it becomes only more obvious how very much more we have yet to achieve. The vastness of the problems and opportunities ensures that research in organic synthesis will be vibrant for a very long time to come. 

It is worth reiterating a sentiment from the first edition. The literature is replete with publications advancing the frontiers of knowledge. This text is intended to be an overview of the state of the art of the technology. I leave it to others to edit prospective, scientifically detailed books. To remind the readers how far we have come, and how quickly, a concluding chapter is included that reviews the past decade and speculates on the future. 

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