The problem of spectral asymptotics, in particular the problem of the asymptotic dis tribution of eigenvalues, is one of the central problems in the spectral theory of partial differential operators; moreover, it is very important for the general theory of partial differential operators. I started working in this domain in 1979 after R. Seeley found a remainder estimate of the same order as the then hypothetical second term for the Laplacian in domains with boundary, and M. Shubin and B. M. Levitan suggested that I should try to prove Weyl's conjecture. During the past fifteen years I have not left the topic, although I had such intentions in 1985 when the methods I invented seemed to fai! to provide furt her progress and only a couple of not very exciting problems remained to be solved. However, at that time I made the step toward local semiclassical spectral asymptotics and rescaling, and new horizons opened.

The pathbreaking work of Victor Ivrii in the last ten years represents very difficult mathematics. Because of its technical difficulty and its size, it cannot be expected to sell to a large audience. However for all those working on this subject,it will be a indispensable reference.

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VICTOR IVRII is a professor of mathematics at the University of Toronto. His areas of specialization are analysis, microlocal analysis, spectral theory, partial differential equations and applications to mathematical physics. He proved the Weyl conjecture in 1979, and together with Israel M. Sigal he justified the Scott correction term for heavy atoms and molecules in 1992. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (since 1998) and of American Mathematical Society (since 2012).

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This long awaited book is devoted to the methods of microlocal semiclassical analysis in application to spectral asymptotics with accurate remainder estimates. The very powerful machinery of local and microlocal semiclassical spectral asymptotics is developed as well as methods in combining these asymptotics with spectral estimates. The rescaling technique should be mentioned as an easy as to use and very powerful tool. Many theorems, considered before as independent and difficult, now are just special cases of easy corollaries of the theorems proved in the book. Most of the results and almost all the proofs are as yet unpublished

Inhalt
0. Introduction.- I. Semiclassical Microlocal Analysis.- 1. Introduction to Semiclassical Microlocal Analysis.- 2. Propagation of Singularities in the Interior of a Domain.- 3. Propagation of Singularities near the Boundary.- II. Local and Microlocal Semiclassical Asymptotics.- 4. LSSA in the Interior of a Domain.- 5. Standard LSSA near the Boundary.- 6. Schrödinger Operators with Strong Magnetic Field.- 7. Dirac Operators with Strong Magnetic Field.- III. Estimates of the Spectrum.- 8. Estimates of the Negative Spectrum.- 9. Estimates of the Spectrum in an Interval.- IV. Asymptotics of Spectra.- 10. Weylian Asymptotics of Spectra.- 11. Schrödinger, Dirac Operators with Strong Magnetic Field.- 12. Miscellaneous Asymptotics.- References.