A simple, well-written and extremely wellProduced exposition of some of the basic facts ln the modern handling of the mentally unfit by the daughter of the late Professor Adler, which calls for more notice than it is usual to accord to the plethora of such short popular expositions. Miss Adler emphasizes once more her father's ^dividual approach, and the necessity of treating each case as a com...

We study the BKP hierarchy and prove the existence of an Adler– Shiota–van Moerbeke formula. This formula relates the action of the BW1+∞–algebra on tau–functions to the action of the “additional symmetries” on wave functions.

The phrase, life style, is currently used in many ways which Adler never intended. As Adler used it, life style refers to the "unity in each individual-in his thinking, feeling, acting; in his so-called conscious and unconscious, in every expression of his personality. This unity we call the style of life of the individual" (3, p. 175). While we agree with this definition of life style, we pref...