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| To GOD, VANDA, HUMBERTO, | ||
| and FILIPE, with deep gratitude. | ||
| —S. M. Afonso | ||
| To my family. | To my family, | |
| —F. G. de Andrade | TERESINHA, JOSÉ and TIAGO. | |
| —F. Andrade da Silva | ||
| To GOD. | ||
| To my parents, | ||
| GERALDO and ZULMIRA. | ||
| To my brother, DANIEL. | ||
| —M. Ap. Silva | ||
| To my wife FABIANA | To my family. | |
| and my son ARTHUR. | —R. Collegari | |
| —E. M. Bonotto | ||
| To GOD, YAHWEH. | ||
| —M. Federson | ||
| To my parents, | To GOD, my family, | |
| LOURIVAL and HELENA. | and my hometown SABANALARGA, | |
| —M. Frasson | with all my love. | |
| —R. Grau | ||
| To my husband, LUÍS. | ||
| —J. G. Mesquita | ||
| To GOD, for his infinite | To GOD. To my family. | |
| love, which reached me and | —P. H. Tacuri | |
| changed my life forever. | ||
| —M. C. Mesquita | ||
| To my wife, MICHELLE. | ||
| —E. Toon | ||
| and we dedicate this book to the memories of our friends | ||
| LUCIENE P. GIMENES ARANTES & ŠTEFAN SCHWABIK. | ||
List of Contributors
Suzete M. Afonso Departamento de Matemática – Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP) Rio Claro–SP, Brazil
Fernando G. Andrade Colégio Técnico de Bom Jesus Universidade Federal do Piauí Bom Jesus–PI, Brazil
Fernanda Andrade da Silva Departamento de Matemática Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) Universidade de São Paulo São Carlos–SP, Brazil
Marielle Ap. Silva Departamento de Matemática Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) Universidade de São Paulo São Carlos–SP, Brazil
Everaldo M. Bonotto Departamento de Matemática Aplicada e Estatística Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) Universidade de São Paulo São Carlos–SP, Brazil
Rodolfo Collegari Faculdade de Matemática Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Uberlândia–MG, Brazil
Márcia Federson Departamento de Matemática Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) Universidade de São Paulo São Carlos–SP, Brazil
Miguel V. S. Frasson Departamento de Matemática Aplicada e Estatística Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) Universidade de São Paulo São Carlos–SP, Brazil
Luciene P. Gimenes (in memorian) Departamento de Matemática – Centro de Ciências Exatas Universidade Estadual de Maringá Maringá–PR, Brazil
Rogelio Grau Departamento de Matemáticas y Estadística División de Ciencias Básicas Universidad del Norte Barranquilla, Colombia
Jaqueline G. Mesquita Departamento de Matemática Instituto de Ciências Exatas Universidade de Brasília Brasília–DF, Brazil
Maria Carolina Mesquita Departamento de Matemática Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC) Universidade de São Paulo São Carlos–SP, Brazil
Patricia H. Tacuri Departamento de Matemática
