\contentsline {chapter}{List of Tables}{vi}
\contentsline {chapter}{List of Figures}{vii}
\contentsline {chapter}{Acknowledgments}{viii}
\contentsline {chapter}{Preface}{ix}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Chapter 1.}Introduction}{1}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Chapter 2.}Overview of Previous Research}{2}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Chapter 3.}Preliminaries}{3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Notational Preliminaries}{3}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Mathematical Preliminaries}{3}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {3.2.1}A figure and a table}{5}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Chapter 4.}The Main Results}{7}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Chapter 5.}Some Additional Results}{8}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Chapter 6.}Conclusions}{9}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Appendix A}.\ \ Some Additional Information}{10}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {Appendix B}.\ \ Some More Additional Information}{11}
\contentsline {chapter}{References}{12}