Differential geometry : the interface between pure and applied mathematics : proceedings of a conference held April 23-25, 1986 with support from the National Science Foundation

Geometric aspects of Hessenberg matrices by G. S. Ammar Differential geometric aspects of continuum mechanics in higher dimensions by D. E. Betounes Lax-type flows on Grassmann manifolds by A. M. Bloch Some global aspects of the feedback linearization problem by W. M. Booth by and W. P. Dayawansa On notions of equivalence of variational problems with one independent variable by R. L. Bryant A singular problem in elasticity theory by D. M. DeTurck and G. Kamberov Controllability of linear systems, differential geometry of curves in Grassmannians, and Riccati equations by L. D. Drager, R. L. Foote, and C. F. Martin Explicit solutions for an estimation problem in manifolds associated with Lie groups by T. E. Duncan Overdetermined equivalence problems with an application to feedback equivalence by R. B. Gardner and W. F. Shadwick The symbolic computation of higher-order derivations: symmetries of expressions and actions of group algebras by R. Grossman and R. G. Larson Cartan's method of equivalence and the classification of second-order ordinary differential equations by N. Kamran and W. F. Shadwick A necessary condition for local controllability by M. Kawski Normal forms for linear and nonlinear systems by A. J. Krener Adaptive stabilization of multivariable linear systems by B. Martensson Approximation, interpolation, and sampling by C. Martin and J. Smith Stability analysis of a rigid body with a flexible attachment using the energy-Casimir methods by T. A. Posbergh, P. S. Krishnaprasad, and J. E. Marsden.