Acknowledgements

• Author: Denis Boivin
• Pages: 21-21

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ACK NOW LED GEM ENTS

I would like to thank my employer, the University of Ottawa, for grant-

ing me a sabbatical during the 2014 calendar year. Although I had

started working on this edition in August 2012, my recent leave of ab-

sence from teaching and administration allowed me to devote all my

energy to f‌inishing the project. I would also like to thank my friends

and family, most notably my partner, Priceela, and my children, Olivia

and Zacharie, for helping me f‌ind time to write and for supporting me,

on good writing days, and bad ones.