Preface; Dieter Brill: a spacetime perspective; 1. Thawing the frozen
formalism: the difference between observables and what we observe A.
Anderson; 2. Jacobi's action and the density of states J. D. Brown and J.
W. York; 3. Decoherence of correlation histories E. Calzetta and B. L. Hu;
4. The initial value problem in light of Ashtekar's variables R. Capovilla,
J. Dell and T. Jacobson; 5. Status report on an axiomatic basis for
functional integration P. Cartier and C. DeWitt-Morette; 6. Solution of the
coupled Einstein constraints on asymptotically Euclidean manifolds Y.
Choquet-Bruhat; 7. Compact Cauchy horizons and Cauchy surfaces P. Chrusciel
and J. Isenberg; 8. The classical electron J. M. Cohen and E. Mustafa; 9.
Gauge (in)variance, mass and parity in D=3 revisited S. Deser; 10.
Triality, exceptional Lie groups and Dirac operators F. Flaherty; 11. The
reduction of the state vector and limitations on measurement in the quantum
mechanics of closed systems J. B. Hartle; 12 Quantum linearization
instabilities of de Sitter spacetime A. Higuchi; 13. What is the true
description of charged black holes? G. T. Horowitz; 14. Limits on the
adiabatic index in static stellar models L. Lindblom and A. K. M.
Masood-ul-Alam; 15. On the relativity of rotation B. Mashhoon; 16. Recent
progress and open problems in linearization stability V. E. Moncrief; 17.
Brill waves N. Ó Murchadha; 18. You can't get there from here: constraints
on topology change K. Schleich and D. M. Witt; 19. Time, measurement and
information loss in quantum cosmology L. Smolin; 20. Impossible
measurements on quantum fields R. Sorkin; 21. A new condition implying the
existence of a constant mean curvature foliation F. J. Tipler; 22. Maximal
slices in stationary spacetimes with ergoregions R. M. Wald; 23. (1 + 1) -
Dimensional methods for general relativity J. H. Yoon; 24. Coalescence of
primal gravity waves to make cosmological mass without matter D. E. Holz,
W. A. Miller, M. Wakano and J. A. Wheeler.
