The Third International Symposium on Hultivariate Approximation Theory was held at the Oberwolfach 1athematical Research Insti- tute, Black Forest, February 8-12, 1982. The preceding conferen- ces on this topic were held in 1976* and 1979**. The conference brought together 50 mathematicians from 14 coun- tries. These Proceedings form arecord of most of the papers pre- sented at the Symposium. The topics treated cover different problems on multivariate...