Fractal Geometry, Complex Dimensions and Zeta Functions

List of Figures.- Preface.- Overview.- Introduction.- Complex Dimensions of Ordinary Fractal Strings.- Complex Dimensions of Self-Similar Fractal Strings.- Complex Dimensions of Nonlattice Self-Similar Strings: Quasiperiodic Patterns and Diophantine Approximation.- Generalized Fractal Strings Viewed as Measures.- Explicit Formulas for Generalized Fractal Strings.- The Geometry and the Spectrum of Fractal Strings.- Periodic Orbits of Self-Similar Flows.- Tubular Neighborhoods and Minkowski Measurability.- The Riemann Hypothesis and Inverse Spectral Problems.- Generalized Cantor Strings and their Oscillations.- The Critical Zeros of Zeta Functions.- Concluding Comments, Open Problems, and Perspectives.- Appendices.- A. Zeta Functions in Number Theory.- B. Zeta Functions of Laplacians and Spectral Asymptotics.- C. An Application of Nevanlinna Theory.- Bibliography.- Acknolwedgements.- Conventions.- Index of Symbols.- Author Index.- Subject Index.