Partial Differential Equations and Continuum Mechanics:a Collection of Papers Dedicated to Professor Philippe G. Ciarlet on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

Preface This Special Issue in'Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica(English Series)'gathers peer reviewed papers dedicated to Professor Philippe G.Ciarlet on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.Written by friends and colleagues from France and Hong Kong/China,they stand as a testimony of their admiration for an exceptional human being and mathematician.