Download or read book $q$-Series from a Contemporary Perspective written by Mourad Ismail and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the proceedings of the Summer Research Conference on q-series and related topics held at Mount Holyoke College (Hadley, Massachusetts). All of the papers were contributed by participants and offer original research. Articles in the book reflect the diversity of areas that overlap with q-series, as well as the usefulness of q-series across the mathematical sciences. The conference was held in honour of Richard Askey on the occasion of his 65th birthday.