Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference "Casimir Force, Casimir Operators and the Riemann Hypothesis- Mathematics for Innovation in Industry and Science" held in November 2009 in Fukuoka (Japan). The conference focused on the following topics: Casimir operators in harmonic analysis and representation theory Number theory, in particular zeta functions and cryptography Casimir force in physics and its relation with nano-science Mathematical biology Importance of mathematics for innovation in industry