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Today's Topics:
1. SIAM Annual Meeting
2. Minisymposium on Problems and Solutions in Special Functions
3. Election of SIAG/OP-SF officers
4. SIAM News article on Handbooks
5. opsftalk needs more postings
6. Conference on Combinatorics and Physics (Los Alamos)
7. 42nd Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire
8. Book Review of "Computation of Special Functions" (Zhang and Jin)
9. Proceedings of Madras Workshop
10. New Journal "Computational Analysis and Applications"
11. SIAM Journal Alerting Service
12. W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize Winner
13. Polya and DiPrima Prize Winners Announced
14. Classical Analysis preprint archive
15. Hans Haubold's archive
16. Changes of Address, WWW Pages, etc.
17. Subscribing to OP-SF NET
18. Obtaining back issues of OP-SF NET and submitting contributions
to OP-SF NET and Newsletter
Calendar of Events:
1998
May 14-16, 1998: 7th Krawtchouk Conference, Kiev, Ukraine 5.1 #2
May 16-22: Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations,
Sabaudia, Italy 4.5 #5
May 20-23, 1998: Continued Fractions: From Analytic Number Theory to
Constructive Approximation, Columbia, Missouri, USA 5.2 #4
June 15-19: Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics,
Toronto, Canada 4.6 #3
June 21-25: q-Series, Combinatorics and Computer Algebra,
South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA 4.6 #4, 5.2 #5
June 29-July 2: Workshop on Orthogonal Polynomials: Numerical
and Symbolic Algorithms, Madrid, Spain 4.6 #5
July 8-10: Conference on Lattice Paths Combinatorics and Applications,
Vienna, Austria 4.6 #6
July 13-17: SIAM Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada 5.1 #3, 5.2 #2, 5.3 #1
July 30 - August 7: International Workshop on Self-Similar Systems
Dubna, Russia 4.6 #7, 5.2 #6
August 10-12, 1998: Conference on Combinatorics and Physics,
Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA 5.3 #6
August 31 - September 6, 1998: 42nd Seminaire Lotharingien
de combinatoire, Maratea, Basilicata, Italy 5.3 #7
1999
June 21-25: Conference on Special Functions, Hong Kong 5.2 #7
Topic #1 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: SIAM
Subject: Annual Meeting
Complete information for the 1998 Annual Meeting/Ninth SIAM Conference on
Discrete Mathematics is available on the SIAM web site. Go to
www.siam.org/meetings/an98/
www.siam.org/meetings/dm98/
for up to date program, registration, and accommodation information.
SIAM is anticipating a great program and successful meeting. Please join
us in Toronto this summer.
1998 SIAM Annual Meeting
July 13-17, 1998
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
being held jointly with
Ninth SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics
July 12-15, 1998
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Topic #2 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Willard Miller <miller@ima.umn.edu>
Subject: Brief Presentations Solicited for Minisymposium on Problems and
Solutions in Special Functions
Our Activity Group will sponsor a Minisymposium "Problems and solutions
in Special Functions" (Organizers: Willard Miller, Jr. and Martin E.
Muldoon) during the SIAM Annual Meeting to be held in Toronto, July
13-17,1998. (See OP-SF NET 5.1, Topic #3; the meeting web site is at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/an98/an98home.htm).
The Minisymposium has been scheduled for 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
Tuesday July 14. We are soliciting brief presentations at the
Minisymposium by SIAG-OS members; see the abstract of Willard Miller
below. If you wish to speak, or submit a written statement, contact
Miller (miller@ima.umn.edu) to see if time is available.
Here is the Minisymposium description:
"Problem sections in journals such as SIAM Review and the American
Mathematical Monthly have been responsible for attracting many young
people to the mathematical profession, by providing them with concrete
and significant problems they can attack directly. Furthermore, problems
sections have traditionally been influential in advancing mathematical
research. At this time, when the SIAM Review is phasing out its problem
sections, it is appropriate to assess the history and impact of the
problems sections and their future evolution."
Speakers:
Cecil C. Rousseau, University of Memphis
" Special Function Problems in the SIREV Problems and Solutions Section
- a Retrospective"
Abstract: On the basis of his experience as a collaborating editor and
then as an editor of the Problems and Solutions section of SIAM Review,
the author will give a personal perspective on some problems concerning
special functions that have appeared therein. No attempt will be made to
give an exhaustive or authoritative review, but instead an eclectic group
of problems will be discussed along with personal experiences of the
author in working on the Problems and Solutions section for 25 years.
Otto G. Ruehr, Michigan Technological University
"Remarks on the SIAM Review Problem Section"
Abstract: We will discuss the forty-year history of the Section with
particular attention to the second half. An anecdotal description of the
trials, tribulations and satisfactions of being editor will be offered.
Special attention will be paid to problems in classical analysis,
particularly those relating to orthogonal polynomials and special
functions.
Willard Miller, Jr., University of Minnesota
"The Value of Problems Sections in Journals"
Abstract: The speaker will serve a chair of a session of brief
presentations by invited members of the research community that has
found problem sections to be of great value. Included will be anecdotes
on interesting solved/unsolved problems that have appeared in problems
sections; new problems; the future evolution of problems sections.
Topic #3 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Tom Koornwinder <thk@wins.uva.nl>
Subject: Call for nominations for fall election of SIAG/OP-SF officers
SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions will
be having its election of officers this year. According to the rules of
SIAM such elections take place once every three years. A Nominating
Committee has been formed consisting of George Gasper and Martin Muldoon
(selected by the SIAM Council), and the four present elected officers
(Charles Dunkl, Tom Koornwinder, Willard Miller and Nico Temme).
Tom Koornwinder, Nico Temme and Willard Miller have decided not to be
candidates for the next three-year term. Tom Koornwinder will also end his
co-editorship of OP-SF NET. Charles Dunkl (present Chair) may be a
candidate for officer, but no longer for Chair.
So we urgently need 7 or 8 candidates for the four elected officer
positions (Chair, Vice-Chair, Program Director, and Secretary). It would
also be a nice (but not absolutely necessary) if one of the officers would
be willing to be co-editor of OP-SF NET (jointly with Martin Muldoon).
Nominations may be submitted NO LATER THAN JUNE 1 to:
Martin E. Muldoon <muldoon@mathstat.yorku.ca>
or
Tom H. Koornwinder <thk@wins.uva.nl>
Ballots for electing new SIAG/OP-SF officers for a three-year term
beginning January 1, 1999 will be mailed in September 1998 to all
members.
Topic #4 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Tom Koornwinder <thk@wins.uva.nl>
Subject: SIAM News article on Handbooks
The March 1998 issue of SIAM News has an article by Barry A. Cipra
entitled "A new testament for special functions?". It is inspired by the
minisymposium "Handbooks for Special Functions and the World Wide Web"
which was held at the SIAM 40th Anniversary Meeting last year. I think
the article does a good job. It is also on the web at
http://www.siam.org/siamnews/03-98/function.htm
The article has one news item which was not mentioned earlier in OP-SF
NET:
[Mourad] Ismail [University of South Florida] and Walter van Assche at the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium are heading an international
effort to bring the Bateman Project up to date. ... Ismail envisions the
production of seven or eight volumes over the next decade. He and
[Richard] Askey [University of Wisconsin], along with Roelof Koekoek at
the Delft University of Technology and Rene Swarttouw at the Free
University of Amsterdam, are working on the first volume, on orthogonal
polynomials. (Information can be found on the Web, at
http://aw.twi.tudelft.nl/~koekoek/). Work is also under way on a second
volume, on special functions in number theory and combinatorics.
Topic #5 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Tom Koornwinder <thk@wins.uva.nl>
Subject: opsftalk needs more postings
The listserv opsftalk is a discussion forum in
orthogonal polynomials and special functions. It started last November.
Presently, there are 32 subscribers, but the number of postings is
low. A little more animation, and not just by one or two persons,
would be welcome. I am sure there are potentially plenty of meaningful
topics for postings.
To subscribe, send a message to
majordomo@wins.uva.nl
and put in the body of the message only the words:
subscribe opsftalk
You can post messages by sending mail to
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on the opsftalk list.
The postings received during January 13 - March 12, 1998 were archived
by Tom Koornwinder at URL
http://turing.wins.uva.nl/~thk/opsftalk/archive.html.
Postings received from March 14, 1998 onwards will be automatically
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Please note that email addresses in the messages posted at findmail
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Topic #6 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: William Chen <chen@t7.lanl.gov>
Subject: Conference on Combinatorics and Physics
Conference on Combinatorics and Physics'98 - CAP'98
August 10 - 12, 1998
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
Sponsored by
Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS, LANL)
Mathematical Modeling and Analysis Group (T-7, LANL) College of
Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
* Conference Theme
Interdisciplinary research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory offers
many opportunities for applications of combinatorics to physical problems.
The aim of this conference is to highlight applications of combinatorics
to physics and to identify further areas of interaction. Any topic that
involves combinatorics and its connections or potential applications to
any of the following areas of mathematical physics is welcome: symmetry
methods, discrete dynamical systems, Kac-Moody algebra, Yang-Baxter
equations, statistical mechanics, quasi-crystals, supersymmetries, string
theory, quantum field theory, combinatorics of the symmetric group,
computer simulation of physical systems, cellular automata and simulation,
and related subjects.
The conference will feature several principal lectures. There will also be
sessions for contributed papers.
* Call for Papers
Selected papers presented at the conference will be published in a special
issue of Annals of Combinatorics. Abstracts should be submitted by June
15, 1998. Notification of acceptance will be made by July 1, 1998. The
collection of accepted abstracts will be given to each participant at
check-in.
* Organizing Committee
Bill Chen (Los Alamos National Laboratory and Nankai University)
David M. Jackson (University of Waterloo)
James D. Louck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Gian-Carlo Rota (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Peter Shiue (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
* List of Principal Speakers
George Andrews (Pennsylvania State University)
Richard Askey (University of Wisconsin)
Paul Ginsparg (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Jay Goldman (University of Minnesota)
B. L. Hao (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
David Jackson (University of Waterloo)
James D. Louck (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Robert V. Moody (University of Alberta)
Gian-Carlo Rota (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Doron Zeilberger (Temple University)
* Transportation
Albuquerque is the major air terminal. Los Alamos may be reached from
Albuquerque International Airport by a scenic two-hour drive. Rental cars
are available at the Albuquerque airport through all major companies.
Budget Rental Cars offers one-way service to Los Alamos in addition to
daily or weekly rentals. The Laboratory has a contract with Budget which
provides liability, collision and loss coverage on all official Laboratory
rentals at NO EXTRA COST. Travellers in the U.S. should DECLINE coverage
when offered, as the purchase of additional insurance is not necessary and
cannot be reimbursed by the Laboratory. Unfortunately, commuter flights
between Albuquerque and Los Alamos Airport are no longer available. The
RoadRunner shuttle provides a door to door service to Los Alamos for $45
one way, subject to prior reservation: (505) 424-3367.
Besides the option of van service, we will also arrange car pools for
people who do not want to drive, or do not have US driver license.
There is also a small airport in Santa Fe, serviced by United Airlines and
American Airlines. United Airlines have four flights per day (including
Sunday) from Denver to Santa Fe. Aspen Mountain Air, serving as a shuttle
for American airlines, have three flights per day from Dallas to Santa Fe.
>From Santa Fe airport to Los Alamos, the RoadRunner charges $25 one way.
* Lodging
There are three small hotels in town, the rates are about $80/day. The
rates for conference participants may be slightly lower, and will be
posted later.
The Hilltop House, 800-462-0936, 1-505-662-2441.
Los Alamos Inn, (800) 279-9279, 5050-662-7211.
Holiday Inn Express, (800) Holiday, 505-661-1110.
* Registration Fee: $60
* Information and Contact:
For abstract submission or more detailed information, please contact:
Bill Chen
T-7, Mail Stop B284
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Email: chen@t7.lanl.gov
or
Peter Shiue
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV 89154
Telephone: (702) 895-3748; fax: (702) 895-4343
Email: shiue@nevada.edu
For updated information, please look up the web page:
http://cnls.lanl.gov/~chen/CAP98/
Topic #7 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Dominique Foata <foata@math.u-strasbg.fr>
Subject: 42nd Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire
First announcement: Apr. 3, 1998.
See http://cartan.u-strasbg.fr/~slc/divers/slc42a1.html
for further information.
THE 42nd SEMINAIRE LOTHARINGIEN DE COMBINATOIRE
Maratea, Basilicata, Italy
August 31 - September 6, 1998
A CELEBRATION:
Ten years after the 20th session of the Seminar that took place in
Alghero, Sardinia it has been decided to return to Italy, this time to
Southern Italy, in Maratea, province of Basilicata, on the Mediterranean
sea, some 200 kilometers south of Naples. Ten years ago we could enjoy the
fine lectures by I.G. Macdonald on the algebra of the polynomials named
after him. This time we want to celebrate
George E. Andrews
on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday.
DATES:
from August 31, 1998 (evening) to September 6 (morning). The seminar
proper will start on September 1 (morning) to end up on September 5
(evening).
LOCATION:
Hotel Villa del Mare
I-85041 Acquafredda-Maratea, Basilicata
Tel. : [39] 973 878007
fax. : [39] 973 878102
email: hotelvilmar@pisacane.edinet-gdp.com
http://www.edinit.gdp.com/villadelmare-htm
ACCOMMODATION:
Participants will be housed in Hotel Villa del Mare in double or single
rooms. The rates are the following:
On a double occupancy basis: Lit. 90.000 (board and lodging) per
person, per day.
On a single occupancy basis: Lit. 120.000 (board and lodging) per person,
per day. Participants are expected to arrive for dinner on Monday, Aug. 31
and leave after breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 6.
PATRONAGE:
The seminar is being held under the auspices of the Istituto Italiano di
Cultura di Strasburgo. It has received the financial support of the
Regione Basilicata, the dipartimento di Matematica, Universita degli
Studi della Basilicata and the I.R.M.A., Universite Louis Pasteur.
REGISTRATION:
If you are willing to participate, please register as soon as possible by
using the participation form available from the organizers or directly
from the web.
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Jacques Desarmenien (Marne-la-Vallee), Dominique Foata (Strasbourg),
Adalbert Kerber (Bayreuth), Peter Paule (Linz), Domenico Senato (Potenza),
Volker Strehl (Erlangen).
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME:
The seminar will be run as usual. However a special lecture on George
E. Andrews' works will be scheduled, as well as a lecture by himself.
Scientific reports from the schools that attend the seminar regularly will
be given:
Bayreuth, Erlangen, Marne-la-Vallee, Strasbourg.
Other communications are welcome, depending on the number of participants
who want to give talks. Please, indicate your wishes in the Participation
form. The scientific programme will be updated after each proposal and the
final one be posted on the web in Mid-August.
THE ANDREWS FESTSCHRIFT:
The Seminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire is also a regular electronic
journal that publishes the proceedings of the seminar and also the papers
that are submitted for publication independently. Have a look at
http://cartan.u-strasbg.fr/~slc or at one of its 30 (yes indeed!)
mirror-sites. Our intention is to transform the proceedings of this 42nd
session into an Andrews Festschrift. Note that the papers are refereed
and regularly reviewed by Zentralblatt fuer Mathematik and
Mathematical Reviews.
MISCELLANEOUS:
For more information and details write to Dominique Foata (email:
foata@math.u-strasbg.fr) or Domenico Senato (email:
sd049sci@unibas.it).
Topic #8 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Nico Temme <nicot@cwi.nl>
Subject: Book Review of "Computation of Special Functions"
Editor's note:
The book "Computation of special functions" by S. Zhang and J. Jin
was announced in OP-SF NET 4,3, Topic #10.
The following review by Nico Temme of this book has also appeared in the
April 1998 issue of the Dutch journal Mededelingen van het Wiskundig
Genootschap.
S. Zhang and J. Jin,
Computation of Special Functions.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York,
1996. 717 p., price $70.- (hc).
ISBN 0-471-11963-6. Disk with software included.
A great number of special functions are considered here: Bernoulli and
Euler numbers, orthogonal polynomials, gamma and related functions,
Legendre, Bessel, Airy and Struve functions, integrals of Bessel
functions, hypergeometric and confluent hypergeometric functions,
parabolic cylinder functions, Mathieu functions, spheroidal wave
functions, error functions and Fresnel integrals, cosine and sine
integrals, elliptic integrals, Jacobian elliptic functions and exponential
integrals. There is short chapter with some remarks on methods for
computing special functions. There is an appendix containing the formulas
for separating the Helmholtz equation in several kinds of coordinate
systems, and another appendix on root-finding methods. An general author
index is missing; each chapter has a separate list of references.
Each chapter treats a group of functions. In a first section the major
properties of the functions are given and some of the important formulas
needed for their computation. This information is included to make the
book self-contained. Next the algorithms and the software (Fortran-77) for
the group of functions are described, and many numerical tables are
included. A disk is provided giving over 100 programs for computing the
functions. The tables give about 8 significant decimal digits. It is
stated that the programs aim at double precision.
I have not tested the software or compared this with other recent
publications; see for example the books mentioned below, of which Baker
and Moshier give C-programs; Press et al. give several software packages.
Thompson's book appears in two versions with a CD-ROM for the software. By
choosing Fortran-77 only, the present book does not keep up with modern
programming environments.
The authors are well aware of all kind of pitfalls and instabilities that
may occur in certain algorithms. In many cases the approach is sound; an
error analysis is incidentally given. In some cases just a certain loss
of accuracy is accepted without choosing a different, more robust,
approach.
The book treats a rather complete selection of special functions. By
taking into account so many functions, the authors could not avoid a
certain loss of quality in the software. Many high quality approaches in
the literature are not mentioned. I cannot see the use of so many tables;
some of them are very trivial.
[1] L. Baker (1992), C Mathematical function handbook, McGraw-Hill, New
York.
[2] S.L. Moshier (1989), Methods and programs for mathematical functions,
Ellis Horwood Limited, New York.
[3] W.H. Press, S.A. Teukolsky, W.T. Vetterling and B.P. Flannery (1992),
Numerical recipes. The art of scientific computing, Cambridge University
Press, second edition.
[4] W.J. Thompson (1997), Atlas for Computing Mathematical Functions: An
illustrated guide for practitioners. The book appears in two versions:
one with programs in C and Mathematica, and one with programs in Fortran
90 and Mathematica; both editions have a CD-ROM included for software.
John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Topic #9 ------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------ May 15, 1998
From: K. Srinivasa Rao <rao@imsc.ernet.in>
Subject: Proceedings of Madras Workshop
The following book has appeared:
Special Functions and Differential Equations, Proceedings of a Workshop
held at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras, India, January
13-24, 1997, K. Srinivasa Rao, R. Jagannathan, G. Vanden Berghe & J. Van
der Jeugt (eds.), Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 1998. xiv+486 pp., ISBN
81-7023-764-5
This is the workshop reported on in OP-SF NET 4.2, Topic #5.
Topic #10 ------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------ May 15, 1998
From: George Anastassiou <anastasg@msci.memphis.edu>
Subject: new journal "Computational Analysis and Applications"
COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS
A quarterly international publication of PLENUM publishing corporation.
EDITOR IN-CHIEF:
George A. Anastassiou, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, U.S.A.
SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL The main purpose of "Computational Analysis and
Applications" is to publish high quality research articles from all
subareas of Computational Mathematical Analysis and its many potential
applications and connections to other areas of Mathematical Sciences. Any
paper whose approach and proofs are computational, using methods from
Mathematical Analysis in the broadest sense is suitable and welcome for
consideration in our journal, except from Applied Numerical Analysis
articles. The list of possibly connected mathematical areas with this
publication includes and is not restricted to: Applied Analysis, Applied
Functional Analysis, Approximation Theory, Asymptotic Analysis, Difference
Equations, Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Fourier
Analysis, Fractals, Fuzzy Sets, Harmonic Analysis, Inequalities, Integral
Equations, Measure Theory, Moment Theory, Neural Networks, Numerical
Functional Analysis, Potential Theory, Probability Theory, Real and
Complex Analysis, Signal Analysis, Special Functions, Splines, Stochastic
Analysis, Stochastic Processes, Summability, Tomography, Wavelets, any
combination of the above, etc.
Working Analytically and Computationally in Mathematical Sciences has
become a main trend in the last years, as well as mixing different
branches, so we can understand better and deeper the important and complex
problems of our real and scientific world. "Computational Analysis and
Applications" will be a peer-reviewed Journal.
We are calling for papers for possible publication.
The contributor should send four copies of the contribution to the
Editor-in-Chief typed in TEX, LATEX double space.
EDITORIAL BOARD
G.Anastassiou (editor-in-chief and assoc. editor) (Memphis), I.Argyros
(Lawton,OK), M.Ash (Chicago), M.Balas (Boulder), J.Bona (Austin), P.Butzer
(Aachen, Germany), L.Caffarelli (Austin), V.Corradi (Philadelphia),
G.Cybenko (Hanover,NH), Ding-Xuan Zhou (Hong Kong), S.Elaydi (San
Antonio), A.Esogbue (Atlanta), C.Floudas (Princeton), J.Goldstein
(Memphis), H.Gonska (Duisburg, Germany), J.Higgins (Cambridge,UK),
C.Houdre (Atlanta), M.Ismail (Tampa), J.Kemperman (New Brunswick, NJ),
B.Lenze (Dortmund, Germany), H.Mhaskar (Los Angeles), Z.Nashed
(Newark,DE), M.Nkashama (Birmingham,AL), C.Pearce (Adelaide, Australia),
J.Pecaric (Zagreb, Croatia), E.Rodin (St.Louis, MO), M.Tasche (Rostock,
Germany), G.Walter (Milwaukee), H.White (San Diego), Xin-long Zhou
(Duisburg, Germany), X.M.Yu (Springfield, MO).
Topic #11 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Laura Helfrich <helfrich@siam.org>
Subject: SIAM Journal Alerting Service
SIAM is pleased to announce an alerting service to let our readers know
when new papers are posted electronically as part of SIAM Journals Online
(http://epubs.siam.org/).
SIAM has switched to a paper-by-paper publication process. This means
that when a paper has completed the production process, it is immediately
posted electronically to SIAM Journals Online and can be viewed by
subscribers. Under the old production process, entire issues were posted
approximately four weeks prior to the mail date of the bound journal.
Because there is now no set schedule for when the papers will be published
electronically, it will be difficult for our readers to determine which
papers are new. Our Journal Alerting Service will allow you to keep
informed about newly posted papers that may be of interest to you. Even if
you do not currently subscribe to a SIAM journal, the alerting service may
be of value to you in keeping abreast of what is being published.
If you decide to sign up for this service, you will receive an e-mail that
lists journal, issue, title, authors, and URL for all papers posted to
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If you are not currently a subscriber to SIAM's electronic journals,
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If you have any questions about the Journal Alerting Service, please contact
Laura Helfrich, SIAM's Online Services Manager, at helfrich@siam.org.
Topic #12 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Allison Bogardo <bogardo@siam.org>
Subject: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize Winner
SIAM will present the 1998 W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize to Jacques-Louis
Lions of College de France for his seminal contributions to the areas of
partial differential equations, distributed parameter control and
variational theory.
The award will be presented on Thursday, July 16, at the SIAM Annual
Meeting in Toronto.
Topic #13 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Allison Bogardo <bogardo@siam.org>
Subject: Polya and DiPrima Prize Winners Announced
SIAM will award its 1998 George Polya Prize jointly to Professors
Percy Deift (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences), Peter
Sarnak (Princeton University), and Xin Zhou (Duke University).
Deift and Zhou are recognized for their work on Riemann-Hilbert
problems; Sarnak, for his work on the discrete spectrum of the
Laplacian on curves.
The awards will be presented on Thursday, July 16, at the SIAM
Annual Meeting, which will take place at the University of
Toronto the week of July 13-17.
________
SIAM will award its 1998 Richard C. DiPrima Prize to Bart De
Schutter of Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium.
De Schutter is awarded the prize for his thesis on "Max-Algebraic
System Theory for Discrete Event Systems."
The award will be presented on Thursday, July 16, at the SIAM
Annual Meeting in Toronto.
Topic #14 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: OP-SF NET editor <thk@wins.uva.nl>
Subject: Classical Analysis preprint archive
The following preprints in the field of orthogonal polynomials and
special functions were recently posted or cross-linked to the
Classical Analysis preprint archive (see URL
http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CA):
math.CA/9803067.
D. J. Broadhurst. Polylogarithmic ladders, hypergeometric series and the
ten millionth digits of zeta(3) and zeta(5).
21 pages.
math.QA/9803086.
Atsushi Nakayashiki. Integral and Theta Formulae for Solutions of
Sl_N Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov Equations at Level Zero.
38 pages.
math.QA/9803146.
T. H. Baker, P. J. Forrester.
Transformation formulae for multivariable basic hypergeometric series.
17 pages.
math.CA/9804027. Alexei Borodin.
Biorthogonal ensembles.
26 pages.
math.CA/9805010. Tom H. Koornwinder.
Identities of nonterminating series by Zeilberger's algorithm.
12 pages.
math.CA/9805023.
Nicola Ciccoli, Erik Koelink, Tom H. Koornwinder.
q-Laguerre polynomials and big q-Bessel functions and their orthogonality
relations.
20 pages.
Topic #15 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: Hans Haubold <haubold@Mail.Austria.EU.net>
Subject: preprint archive for papers in Orthogonal Polynomials and Special
Functions
Between 4 and 29 March 1998, the following papers were deposited in the
"siam/submissions" directory at the homepage
ftp://unvie6.un.or.at/siam/opsf_new/00index.html
H.-J. Glaeske, A.A. Kilbas, M. Saigo, and S.S. Shlapakov, Integral
transforms with H-function kernels on L[nu, tau]-spaces
G. Bangerezako, The factorization method for the Askey-Wilson
polynomials
>From the Editors:
In OP-SF NET 5.2 we forgot to mention the following two new contributions
to the archive:
A.A. Kilbas and M. Saigo,
On the H-function,
ftp://unvie6.un.or.at/siam/opsf_new/kilbas_saigo.tex
M. Saigo and R.K. Saxena,
Expansions of 4F3 when the upper parameters differ by integers.
ftp://unvie6.un.or.at/siam/opsf_new/saigo_saxena.tex
Topic #16 -------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------- May 15, 1998
From: OP-SF NET Editors
Subject: Changes of Address, WWW Pages, etc.
An additional Home Page:
Axel Riese:
http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/people/homepage.cgi?query=ariese
>From AT-NET BULLETIN NO. 73, 31. 3. 1998:
We would like to draw attention to the new item
Approximation people
(http://www.mi.uni-erlangen.de/at-net/homepages.html)
on AT-NET's home-page, containing links to people working in approximation
theory. New links are welcome.
Topic #17 ------------- OP-SF NET 5.3 ------------ May 15, 1998
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Subject: Obtaining back issues of OP-SF NET and submitting contributions
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