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The International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts (IFNA) was established in August 12, 1991 as a professional society with ambitious goals. It is a transdiciplinary society which seeks to promote common understanding of related nonlinear problems and approaches to solutions from all disciplines. This focus on common themes has led to IFNA's motto, "Unity through Diversity!" The Federation has emerged from a growing recognition of the need for increased understanding among research workers from all fields and from all countries. IFNA evolved from a loosely knit, informal working group into an official society with a rapidly growing membership. Our social and technological evolution is becoming more complex and interdependent. The so-called high-tech revolution that began after the end of the Second World War and continues to accelerate today has indeed helped solve many technological and societal problems. Nevertheless, it has engendered new problems that are different in nature and more global in scope. For example, now there are many serious problems of world-wide consequence, such as the energy crisis, acid rain, environmental pollution, global warming, the pandemic spread of diseases, and the ever-widening gap between the developed and developing countries. The technical solutions of such complex problems require the joint efforts of researchers from many different disciplines. The unifying theme underpinning these research efforts is the application of mathematical analyses, especially nonlinear analysis, since the models governing complex physical, engineering, economic, sociological, biological and ecological phenomena are essentially nonlinear. This interest in mathematical analysis of nonlinear phenomena has resulted in an increased interdependency and cooperation among researchers across the traditional disciplinary barriers and geographical boundaries. In recognition of this growing interdisciplinary and global collaboration among researchers in nonlinear mathematics and its applications, an International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts (IFNA) has been established recently.Various Disciplines As a transdisciplinary society, IFNA exists to promote, encourage and sustain interest in the theory and application of nonlinear analysis for problems arising in such diverse disciplines as:
- Aerospace Sciences
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Cosmological Sciences
- Economics
- Engineering and Technological Sciences
- Environmental Sciences
- Geophysical Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Numerical and Computational Sciences
- Oceanographic Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Social Sciences
Founder and President
V. Lakshmikantham
Florida Institute of Technology
Mathematical Sciences Department
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