Acknowledgments

We thank all the students, colleagues, and friends who helped improve this book: Hagit Attiya, Irina Calciu, Armando Castañeda, Lisbeth Fajstrup, Eli Gafni, Eric Goubault, Rachid Guerraoui, Damien Imbs, Petr Kuznetsov, Hammurabi Mendez, Yoram Moses, Martin Raussen, Michel Raynal, David Rosenblueth, Ami Paz, Vikram Seraph, Nir Shavit, Christine Tasson, Corentin Travers, and Mark R. Tuttle. We apologize for any names inadvertently omitted.

Special thanks to Eli Gafni for his many insights on the algorithmic aspects of this book.