part I SELECTED TOPICS IN BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS -- chapter 1 BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS -- chapter 2 ERROR ESTIMATION -- chapter 3 THIN FEATURES -- part II THE BOUNDARY CONTOUR METHOD -- chapter 4 LINEAR ELASTICITY -- chapter 5 SHAPE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS -- chapter 6 SHAPE OPTIMIZATION -- chapter 7 ERROR ESTIMATION AND ADAPTIVITY -- part III THE BOUNDARY NODE METHOD -- chapter 8 SURFACE APPROXIMANTS -- chapter 9 POTENTIAL THEORY AND ELASTICITY -- chapter 10 ADAPTIVITY FOR 3-D POTENTIAL THEORY -- chapter 11 ADAPTIVITY FOR 3-D LINEAR ELASTICITY.