Table of contents : The Main Boundary Value Problems in the Nonlinear Theory of Shallow Shells....Pages 1-59 General Mathematical Questions....Pages 60-106 Topological Methods Applied to Solvability of the Main Boundary Value Problems of the Nonlinear Theory of Shallow Sells in Displacements....Pages 107-144 The Tolopological Method in the Problem of Solvability of the Main Boundary Value Problems in the Nonlinear Theory of Shallow Shells with an Airy Stress Function....Pages 145-180 The Variational Approach to the Problem of Solvability of Boundary Value Problems of Nonlinear Shallow Shell Theory....Pages 181-205 Numerical-Analytical Methods in the Nonlinear Theory of Shallow Shells....Pages 206-228 Direct Methods in the Nonlinear Theory of Shallow Shells....Pages 229-262 Formulation of the Problem of Stability. Global Uniqueness of Solutions. Stiffness of Shells. Well-Posedness Classes....Pages 263-295 Stability in the Large of the Membrane State of a Shallow Shell. Existence of the Lower Critical Value....Pages 296-342 A Probabilistic Approach to the Problem of Stability of Shallow Shells....Pages 343-351