My Writings

This document contains descriptions of almost all my technical papers. Omitted are papers for which I no longer have copies and papers that are incomplete. I have also omitted early versions of some of these papers—even in cases where the title changed. Included are some initial drafts of papers that I abandoned before fixing errors or other problems in them. A table of contents precedes the descriptions. I also include a brief curriculum vitae. Each description attempts to explain the genesis of the work. However, I have forgotten how I came to write most of my papers. Even when I discourse at length about the development of the ideas, I am giving only a subjective view based on my unreliable memory. Whenever possible, I have asked other people involved to check the accuracy of what I’ve written. However, what I have most often forgotten is the work of others that influenced my own work. This may give the impression that I am claiming more credit for ideas than I deserve, for which I apologize. Where I think it’s interesting, I give the story behind the publication or non-publication of a paper. Some of the stories read like complaints of unfair treatment by editors or referees. Such cases are bound to arise in any activity based on human judgment. On the whole, I have had little trouble getting my papers published. In fact, I have profited from the natural tendency of editors and referees to be less critical of the work of established scientists. But I think it’s worth mentioning the cases where the system didn’t work as it should. I would like to have ordered my papers by the date they were written. However, I usually have no record of when I actually wrote something. So, I have ordered them by date of publication or, for unpublished works, by the date of the version that I have. Because of long and variable publication delays, this means that the order is only approximately chronological. This is the printed version of the Web page currently at