Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications is a 41-book series with 41 primary works first released in 1978 with contributions by Luis A. Santaló, Robert McEliece, David Ruelle, L.C. Biedenharn, J.D. Louck, William B. Jones, Wolfgang J. Thron, Nathaniel F.G. Martin, James W. England, Gordon Douglas James, Adalbert Kerber, Julio R. Bastida, Stan Wagon, Arto Salomaa, Shōichirō Sakai, Wilfrid Hodges, Theodore W. Palmer, Francis Borceux, A.C. Thompson, Robin Ticciati, Bruce A. Magurn, A.A. Ivanov, S.V. Shpectorov, Youssef Jabri, M. Lothaire, Jonathan M. Borwein, Jon D. Vanderwerff, Alexandr A. Borovkov, Togo Nishiura, Frederick W. King, Theodore G. Faticoni, Günther Schmidt, Bruno Courcelle, Joost Engelfriet, Miroslav Fiedler, R.B. Paris, Yves Crama, Peter L. Hammer, Michael Baake, Uwe Grimm, Giuseppe Da Prato, Jerzy Zabczyk, Grzegorz Tomkowicz, Kevin Broughan, Daniel Bulacu, Stefaan Caenepeel, Florin Panaite, Freddy van Oystaeyen, and Peter McMullen.