This special issue of our
journal is dedicated to our friend and leader Professor Paul L. Butzer on the
occasion of his 75th birthday.
Almost all the papers were written by friends of Paul who have been, in
one way or another, touched and influenced by his cooperation, guidance, and
leadership in our field. So many papers
were submitted that we could not include them all here, and more will appear in
a forthcoming issue.
To
begin, it may be fitting to quote our friend Professor Rowland Higgins from his
article entitled “An Appreciation of Paul Butzer’s Work in Signal Theory”,
written on the occasion of Paul’s 70th birthday (which can be found
in Result.
Math., 34, (1998), 3 - 19):
“Few
people have given themselves up to work more fully than Paul Butzer. His life has been dedicated to the work
of mathematics and to the encouragement of mathematics in others. The fruits of these labors have been,
and continue to be, a large corpus of research and a group of gifted students
that he has trained and sent out as mathematicians into the world of higher
education, industry, and commerce.”
If
I may add to this quote, I would underline the word “dedication”, since Paul
has truly dedicated his life to mathematics, and has been devoted to its
history and its applications in a multitude of fields – signal analysis being
only one of many. It may not be
the place here to make a full account of Paul’s accomplishments in leadership,
research, and education. However,
it is only fitting to have a glimpse at such varied and important endeavors, and more details
can be found in the Prologue.
I
take this opportunity as the Founding Executive Editor of Sampling Theory in
Signal and Image Processing – An International Journal to say how delighted
I am that this issue honoring Paul Butzer is now ready to take its place in the
world.
Abdul J. Jerri
Founding Executive Editor
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York 13676
Email: ajerri@clarkson.edu,
jerria12@yahoo.com
Web-Site: http://www.jerria.com
http://www.clarkson.edu/~jerria/STSIP-Journal.html