This second edition of the acclaimed Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics ( EDM ) is in substance an English version of the 1985 third edition of Iwanami Sugaku Ziten (in Japanese). In comparison to EDM1 , EDM2 includes 70 new articles, with an increased emphasis on applied mathematics, expanded explanations and appendices, and a reorganization of topics. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.