o - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o November 15, 2000 O P - S F N E T Volume 7, Number 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor: Martin Muldoon muldoon@yorku.ca The Electronic News Net of the SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Please send contributions to: poly@siam.org Subscribe by mailing to: poly-request@siam.org or to: listproc@nist.gov o - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o Today's Topics: 1. Amsterdam Special Functions conference postponed to 2003 2. Minsk International Conference on Analytic Methods of Analysis and Differential Equations 3. St. Petersburg Summer School in Asymptotic Combinatorics 4. Report on Laredo Summer School 5. Proceeding of Hong Kong Workshop 6. New book on Fourier Series in Orthogonal Polynomials 7. New book on elliptic polynomials 8. Krawtchouk Polynomials Home Page 9. Reviews of Askey-Andrews-Roy "Special Functions" 10. SIAM Student Travel Awards 11. Call for Nominations: The Ralph E. Kleinman Prize 12. Call for Nominations: Wilkinson Prize 13. Call for Nominations: Dahlquist Prize 14. Call for Nominations: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize 15. OP-SF preprints in xxx archive 16. About the Activity Group 17. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET and Newsletter Calendar of Events: 2000 November 27 - December 1: 4th International Interdisciplinary meeting on "Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations", Tokyo, Japan. 7.4 #3 2001 January 8-12: Workshop "Conjectures, Recent Results and Open Problems Related to the Macdonald Polynomials", Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK 7.5 #2 January 9-14: Workshop on Quasiclassical and Quantum Structures, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada 7.4 #4 February 15-19: International Conference on Analytic Methods of Analysis and Differential Equations, Minsk Belarus 7.6 #2 April 17-20: Workshop "Applications of the Macdonald Polynomials", Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK 7.5 #2 June 18-22: Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications, Rome, Italy 7.3 #2 June 25 - July 6: Workshop "The Macdonald Polynomials", Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK 7.5 #2 July 2-12: Summer School on Applied Analysis, Hong Kong 7.5 #3 July 9-13: SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, USA See: http://www.siam.org/meetings/an01/ July 9-22: Summer School in Asymptotic Combinatorics, St. Petersburg, Russia 7.6 #3 August 6-10: Analytic theory of continued fractions, orthogonal functions and related topics, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA 7.4 #5 August 20-24: 3rd International meeting on Approximation Theory, Dortmund, Germany 7.4 #6 October 1-5: "Numerical Algorithms", Conference in Honor of Claude Brezinski, Marrakesh, Morocco 7.3 #3 2002 July 22 - August 2: IMA Summer Program "Special Functions in the Digital Age" Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA August 5-15: "Foundations of Computational Mathematics" Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA See: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/na/FoCM/Conferences.html Future plans: * There are plans to organize summer schools on "Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions" in Europe during the coming three years: - 2001 (probably September): in Germany (contact person: Rupert Lasser ) - 2002 : in the Netherlands or Belgium (contact person: Erik Koelink ). - 2003 (time undecided): in Portugal (contact person: Amilcar Branquinho). The coordinator of the three summer schools is Erik Koelink (koelink@twi.tudelft.nl). These summer schools are part of our Activity Group's scientific program. The scientific committee consists of Erik Koelink, Rupert Lasser, Amilcar Branquinho, Paco Marcellan and Walter Van Assche. Topic #1 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: Amsterdam Special Functions conference postponed to 2003 As mentioned in OP-SF NET 6.5, Topic #7, the next meeting in the series Fields-Toronto (1995) - CRM-Montreal (1996) - Mount Holyoke (1998) - Hong Kong (1999) - Arizona (2000) was expected to be held in Amsterdam in 2002, to be organized by Nico Temme, Erik Koelink and me. Howver, some weeks ago the organizers became aware of the IMA 2002 Summer Program "Special Functions in the Digital Age" to be held from July 22 - August 2, 2002 at IMA, Minneapolis, MN, USA with Willard Miller chairing and Dan Lozier serving on the organizing committee. The themes of this meeting will have much overlap with those of our tentative meeting, while plans for the IMA meeting have already progressed much more. Moreover, this meeting will be followed by a Foundations of Computational Mathematics meeting at the IMA, August 5-15, 2002 (see http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/na/FoCM/Conferences.html). A session on special functions of considerable size is planned during this meeting. Therefore we have decided to postpone the Amsterdam conference to the summer of 2003. A Summer School on "Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions" was planned during the week before or after the SF2002 conference in Amsterdam, to be held in the Netherlands and Belgium. This School will definitely take place in 2002, as the main organizer Erik Koelink will announce separately. Topic #2 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Sergei V. Rogosin Subject: Minsk International Conference on Analytic Methods of Analysis and Differential Equations First Announcement The Belarusian State University and the Institute of Mathematics of the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences together with Moscow State University organize the second International Conference "Analytic Methods of Analysis and Differential Equations" (AMADE-2001) on February 15-19, 2001, in Minsk, Belarus. The arrival and departure days are February 14 and 20. Section titles: 1. Integral Transforms and Special Functions 2. Differential Equations and Applications 3. Integral, Difference, Functional Equations and Fractional Calculus 4. Real and Complex Analysis A special session devoted to the memory of Academician F.D.Gakhov (1906 - 1980) will be held. The length of plenary invited lectures is 45 min, reports - 20 min and short communications - 10 min. The publication of the abstract is planned. Organizing Committee Chairmen: Academician I.V. Gaishun (Belarus), Academician V.A. Il'in (Russia) and Rector of Belarusian State University A.V. Kozulin Vice-Chairman: A.A. Kilbas (Belarus) Secretaries: M.V. Dubatovskaya (Belarus), S.V. Rogosin (Belarus) Members: H. Begehr (Germany), H.-J. Glaeske (Germany), V.V. Gorokhovik (Belarus), N.A. Izobov (Belarus), N.K. Karapetyants (Russia), A. Kufner (Czech), M. Lanza de Cristoforis (Italy), P.A. Mandrik (Belarus), V.V. Mityushev (Poland), E.I. Moiseev (Russia), M. Saigo (Japan), S.G. Samko (Portugal), A.A. Sen'ko (Belarus), N.I. Yurchuk (Belarus) Scientific Advisory Committee Chairman: V.I. Korzyuk (Belarus) Members: L.A. Aksent'ev (Russia), V.I. Burenkov (Great Britain), P. Butzer (Germany), R. Gorenflo (Germany), V.I. Gromak (Belarus), V.A. Kakichev (Russia), V.S. Kiryakova (Bulgaria), G.S. Litvinchuk (Portugal), O.I. Marichev (USA), S.A. Minyuk (Belarus), Yu.V. Obnosov (Russia), Ya.V. Radyno (Belarus), V.N. Rusak (Belarus), S. Rutkauskas (Lithuania), H.M. Srivastava (Canada), J.J. Trujillo (Spain), M.A. Sheshko (Poland), N.A. Virchenko (Ukraine), L.A. Yanovich (Belarus), P.P. Zabreiko (Belarus), E.I. Zverovich (Belarus). Application form (to be sent up to October 30th, 2000) Name: Family name: Nationality: Affiliation: Address: e-mail: Title of talk and section: The Second Announcement will be sent in October, 2000. Our address: Belarus, 220050 Minsk-50, Fr.Skaryny Ave 4, Belarusian State University, Department of Math and Mech, AMADE-2001 e-mail: amade99@mmf.bsu.unibel.by Topic #3 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Summer School in Asymptotic Combinatorics [From the web site: http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/EIMI/2001/emschool/] European Summer School in Mathematics: Asymptotic combinatorics with applications to mathematical physics July 9-22, 2001 Saint-Petersburg, Russia Organizers: St.Petersburg Department of Steklov Mathematical Institute of Russian Academy of Science (POMI RAN) International Euler Mathematical Institute (EIMI) European Mathematical Society (EMS) Short description: The summer school aims to observe the recent progress in the asymptotic theory of Young tableaux and random matrices from the point of view of combinatorics, representation theory and theory of integrable systems. The systematic courses on the subjects and current investigations will be presented. Scientific Committee: O.Bohigas (Paris, Univ. Paris-Sud) E.Bresin (Paris, ENS) P.Deift (US, Philadelphia) L.Faddeev (St.Petersburg) K.Johansson (Stockholm KTH) M.Kontsevich (IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette) V.Malyshev (INRIA, France) R.Stanley (US, MIT) A.Vershik (St.Petersburg, Chairman) Organizing Committee: V.Kazakov (Paris, ENS) A.Lodkin (St.Petersburg) Yu.Neretin (Moscow, Independent Univ.) A.Okounkov (US, Berkeley) L.Pastur (Paris, Univ. Paris-7) Secretaries: K.Kokhas' (St.Petersburg) E.Novikova (St.Petersburg) N.Tsilevich (St.Petersburg) The main goals: 1. To make known the recent progress in asymptotic representation theory and related asymptotic combinatorics and its applications to mathematical and statistical physics. 2. To make appropriate courses on these topics for graduate students and mathematicians who have no knowledge on the problems. 3. To organize simultaneous seminars and the conference on the topic. 4. To publish the proceedings of the Summer School. 5. To intensify contacts between specialists and first of all between young mathematicians from Russia and from the West. Contact email: emschool@pdmi.ras.ru Tentative list of the lecturers: Ph.Biane (France), E.Brezin (France), P.Deift (USA), V.Kazakov (France), R.Kenyon (USA), M.Kontsevich (France), K.Johanssen (Sweden), A.Lascoux (France), A.Okounkov (USA), G.Olshanski (Moscow), L.Pastur (Khar'kov), E.Rains (USA), R.Speicher (Germany), R.Stanley (USA), C.Tracy (USA), A.Vershik (St.Petersburg), H.Widom (USA). Topic #4 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Jasper V. Stokman and Erik Koelink Subject: Report on Laredo Summer School From July 24th to 28th 2000, Renato Alvarez-Nodarse, Francisco Marcellan, Walter Van Assche and Rafael Yanez organized the first SIAG OP-SF Summer School 2000 on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions in Laredo, Spain. The program consisted of five courses of four hours each, together with two afternoons of short presentations in which the participants could report on their research. In total there were about 55 participants, of which the majority (about 34) came from Spain. The central theme of the courses was the theory of orthogonal polynomials. Each course had its own characteristic approach to the subject. The combination of courses gave a very nice impression of the various modern aspects and interests in this broad research field. Antonio Duran gave a nice introductory course on matrix orthogonal polynomials, in which he explained the extension of various important properties of scalar orthogonal polynomials to the setting of matrix orthogonal polynomials. Ken McLaughlin gave a very stimulating lecture series, in which he explained the connections between Riemann-Hilbert problems and asymptotics of orthogonal polynomials. Jurgen Prestin lectured on polynomial wavelets, in which orthogonal polynomials are used to construct and study wavelets in polynomial spaces. Erik Koelink gave a course on the spectral analytic approach to the theory of special functions, emphasizing the nice applications to indeterminate moment problems, as well as applications to special functions associated with doubly infinite Jacobi matrices. Finally, Jasper Stokman's course gave an introduction to the theory of multivariable orthogonal polynomials, emphasizing both the connection with the theory of one-variable orthogonal polynomials and the representation theory of affine Hecke algebras. The courses of the two undersigned were accompanied by detailed lecture notes. The sheets and the lecturer's personal notes for the courses of Antonio Duran and Ken McLaughlin were handed out to the participants. More extensive notes of all the courses will appear soon in a book to be published by Nova Science Publishers. The summer school was held in Laredo, a very pleasant village on the Atlantic coast between Santander and Bilbao. The climate was amazingly moderate for the time of the year, with daily temperatures around 22 degrees centigrade, and about four hours sunshine each day: perfect for a summer-school! Hotel Cosmopol, where the lecturers and most of the applicants stayed, was excellent. The pleasant surroundings soon led to various off-schedule activities by the participants, as well as the organizers and lecturers. To name a few: Francisco Marcellan and Renato Alvarez-Nodarse organized a group who went jogging on the beach daily. Your reporters joined the group at a certain point, despite the fact that their ``running-days'' have been over for quite some time. The runs were tough, but very pleasant, and soon we decided to keep on jogging back home, even to participate in organized runs in Holland! But back in everyday reality, and especially without the inspiring presence of Paco Marcellan, our good intentions have disappeared into thin air. The rumour reached us that some participants found a completely different kind of off-schedule activity: bars and dancing-clubs stayed open throughout the night, and it seemed that some participants enjoyed night-life until sun-rise...--in contrast to the present writers, who regularly entered an almost completely deserted bar with extremely loud music in the evening to play pool, but returned to the hotel before the serious night activities started! We enjoyed this well-organized summer school very much. The organizers did an excellent job, which led to a pleasant atmosphere and a good and well-balanced series of lectures. We sincerely hope that the participants also feel that the summer school has been worthwhile, mathematically as well as socially! Let's hope that the next OPSF summer school in Germany will be as successful! Jasper V. Stokman and Erik Koelink. Topic #5 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Proceeding of Hong Kong Workshop The Proceedings of the "International Workshop on Special Functions - Asymptotics, Harmonic Analysis and Mathematical Physics" held June 21-25, 1999 at the City University of Hong Kong have been published by World Scientific at a price of US$80. City University has, on behalf of the conference organizing committee, purchased copies which are being made available to the participants at a reduced price of US$20. A limited number of additional copies is available to others at this price on a first-come first-served basis. Those wishing to take advantage of this offer should send a check for US$20, made payable to "City University of Hong Kong". The address is as follows: Colette Lam IWSF'99 Workshop Secretary Liu Bie Ju Center for Mathematical Sciences City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon, Hong Kong The table of contents of the IWSF'99 Proceedings has been placed on the web and is reproduced below. TABLE OF CONTENTS Integral Representations of Quasi Hypergeometric Functions 1 K. Aomoto Combinatorics of Crystals for Tensor and Spinor Representations of Uq(Bn) 16 T. H. Baker On Infinitely Divisible Solutions to Indeterminate Moment Problems 31 C. Berg Generating Orthogonal Polynomials for Exponential Weights on a Finite Interval 42 R. C. Y. Chin and D. Ridzal Spherical Multipliers and Spherical Multiplier Transformations 57 H. Ding Generating Functions Associated with Dihedral Groups 72 C. F. Dunkl Existence of Approximate Identities in Maximal Ideals of Hypergroup-Algebras 88 F. Filbir Zeros of Jacobi Polynomials with Varying Non-Classical Parameters 98 A. Martínez-Finkelshtein, P. Martínez-González and R. Orive Asymptotic Behavior of Eigenfunctions for the Hecke Algebra on Homogeneous Trees 114 P. Gérardin and K. F. Lai Some Relations for Partitions into Four Squares 118 M. D. Hirschhorn and J. A. Sellers Algebraic Aspects of Quantum Calogero Models 125 S. Kakei and Y. Kato Special Functions and Perturbations of Black Holes 140 E. G. Kalnins, W. Miller Jr., G. F. Torres Del Castillo and G. C. Williams On a Nonlinear Recurrence Related to Nevai Polynomials 152 D. Kaminski Inversion Formulas Involving Orthogonal Polynomials and Some of Their Applications 166 R. Koekoek Bochner-Krall Orthogonal Polynomials 181 K. H. Kwon, G. J. Yoon and L. L. Littlejohn Orthogonal Expansions for Lp- and C-Spaces 194 R. Lasser and J. Obermaier The DLMF Project: A New Initiative in Classical Special Functions 207 D. W. Lozier Resurgence in Difference Equations, with an Application to Legendre Functions 221 F. W. J. Olver On Exorcising Secular Terms 236 R. E. O'Malley Jr. New Asymptotic Formulas for the Riemann Zeta Function on the Critical Line 247 R. B. Paris A q-Analogue of a Product Formula of Bailey and Related Results 262 M. Rahman The Brahmagupta Matrix and its Applications to Tiling 282 R. Rangarajan and E. R. Suryanarayan Elliptic Integrals of the First and Second Kind - Comparison of Bulirsch's and Carlson's Algorithms for Numerical Calculation 293 K.-D. Reinsch and W. Raab Short-Time Estimates for Heat Kernels Associated with Root Systems 309 M. Rösler Solitons and Coulomb Plasmas, Similarity Reductions and Special Funstions 324 V. P. Spiridonov The Role of Hermite Polynomials in Asymptotic Analysis 339 N. M. Temme and J. L. López Statistics of Graph Spectra for Some Finite Matrix Groups: Finite Quantum Chaos 351 A. Terras Convolution Semigroups and Calderón's Formula for Compact K-Variable Continuous Polynomial Hypergroups 375 K. Trimčche Rodrigues Formulas for Nonsymmeyric Multivariable Polynomials Associated with Quantum Integrable Systems of Calogero-Sutherland Type 394 H. Ujino and A. Nishino Orthogonal Polynomials and Their Asymptotic Behavior 409 R. Wong A Product Formula for Jacobi Polynomials 423 Y. Xu Schur Functions and Two Realizations of the Basic A1(1)-Module 431 H.-F. Yamada Topic #6 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: New book on Fourier Series in Orthogonal Polynomials FOURIER SERIES IN ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS by Boris Osilenker (Moscow State Civil Engineering University) World Scientific, 1999 >From the web site: http://www.wspc.com.sg/books/mathematics/4039.htm This book presents a systematic course on general orthogonal polynomials and Fourier series in orthogonal polynomials. It consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 deals in essence with standard results from the university course on the function theory of a real variable and on functional analysis. Chapter 2 contains the classical results about the orthogonal polynomials (some properties, classical Jacobi polynomials and the criteria of boundedness). The main subject of the book is Fourier series in general orthogonal polynomials. Chapters 3 and 4 are devoted to some results in this topic (classical results about convergence and summability of Fourier series in L2m; summability almost everywhere by the Cesaro means and the Poisson-Abel method for Fourier polynomial series are the subject of Chapters 4 and 5). The last chapter contains some estimates regarding the generalized shift operator and the generalized product formula, associated with general orthogonal polynomials. The starting point of the technique in Chapters 4 and 5 is the representations of bilinear and trilinear forms obtained by the author. The results obtained in these two chapters are new ones. Chapters 2 and 3 (and part of Chapter 1) will be useful to postgraduate students, and one can choose them for treatment. This book is intended for researchers (mathematicians, mechanicians and physicists) whose work involves function theory, functional analysis, harmonic analysis and approximation theory. Contents: Orthogonal Polynomials and Their Properties Convergence and Summability of Fourier Series in L^2_\mu Fourier Orthogonal Series in L^r_\mu (1 < r < \infty) and C Fourier Polynomial Series in L^1_\mu. Analogs of Fatou Theorems The Representations of the Trilinear Kernels. Generalized Translation Operator in Orthogonal Polynomials Readership: Researchers in mathematics, mechanics and physics involved in function theory, functional analysis, harmonic analysis and approximation theory. 296pp Pub. date: Apr 1999 ISBN 981-02-3787-1 US$55 / Ł34 Topic #7 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: New book on elliptic polynomials The following information is from the publisher's web site: http://www.crcpress.com Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC Title: Elliptic Polynomials Authors: Lomont; J S University of Arizona, USA Brillhart; John University of Arizona, USA ISBN/ISSN: 1584882107 Price: $84.95 No. of Pages: 320 Publication date: 8/31/2000 Description A remarkable interplay exists between the fields of elliptic functions and orthogonal polynomials. In the first monograph to explore their connections, Elliptic Polynomials combines these two areas of study, leading to an interesting development of some basic aspects of each. It presents new material about various classes of polynomials and about the odd Jacobi elliptic functions and their inverses. The term elliptic polynomials refers to the polynomials generated by odd elliptic integrals and elliptic functions. In studying these, the authors consider such things as orthogonality and the construction of weight functions and measures, finding structure constants and interesting inequalities, and deriving useful formulas and evaluations. Although some of the material may be familiar, it establishes a new mathematical field that intersects with classical subjects at many points. Its wealth of information on important properties of polynomials and clear, accessible presentation make Elliptic Polynomials valuable to those in real and complex analysis, number theory, and combinatorics, and will undoubtedly generate further research. Topic #8 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Vadim Zelenkov Subject: Krawtchouk Polynomials Home Page I would like to invite you to visit the new Krawtchouk Polynomials web site: http://zelenkov.isir.minsk.by/orthpol/ If you have difficulty accessing this location, use the mirror site at http://www.geocities.com/orthpol/ The old address will automatically redirect you to the new location. I have added some mathematical search facilities. In the near future, I intend to add some pages in Russian and to update the bibliography. Vadim Zelenkov http://zelenkov.isir.minsk.by/ Topic #9 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Reviews of Askey-Andrews-Roy "Special Functions" In OP-SF NET 7.1, Topic #13, we featured a review by Wolfram Koepf of the importand new book "Special Functions" by George E. Andrews, Richard Askey and Ranjan Roy (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications Vol. 71. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999). The purpose of this notice is to draw attention to the interesting and lengthy review by Jet Wimp in Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 37 (2000), no. 4, pp. 499-510. It can be read or downloaded from the site: http://www.ams.org/bull/2000-37-04/ Another enthusiastic review, by Bruce Berndt, appeared in Mathematical Intelligencer 22 (2000), no, 1, pp. 74-76. Cambridge University Press plans to issue a paperback edition of the book in the near future. Topic #10 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Allison Bogardo Subject: SIAM Student Travel Awards SIAM Student Travel Awards: 2001 Conferences SIAM will make several $300 awards to support student travel to its upcoming 2001 conferences: Twelfth ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, Washington, DC, January 7-9 Tenth SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Portsmouth, Virginia, March 12-14 First International SIAM Conference on Data Mining, Chicago, Illinois, April 5-7 Sixth SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems, Snowbird, Utah, May 20-24 Sixth SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Boulder, Colorado, June 11-14 2001 SIAM Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, July 9-13 Fifth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, San Diego, California, July 12-14 Fourth SIAM Conference on Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems, and Control, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 13-16 First SIAM Conference on the Life Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, September 24-26 First SIAM Conference on the Imaging Science, Boston, Massachusetts, September 26-28 Seventh SIAM Conference on Geometric Design, Sacramento, California, November 5-8 The awards will be made from the SIAM Student Travel Fund, created in 1991 and maintained through book royalties donated by some SIAM authors. At the beginning of each year, a committee determines the number of travel awards to be given to support student travel to each SIAM meeting or conference. Any full-time student in good standing who must travel more than 100 miles to the meeting is eligible to receive an award plus gratis meeting registration. Top consideration is given to students presenting papers at the meeting, with second priority to students who are co-authors of papers to be presented. An application for a travel award must include: 1) A letter from the student describing his/her academic standing and interests, his/her expected graduation date and degree, advisor's name, and, if available, a URL for a working web page. 2) A one-page vita that includes the student's research interests, projects, and published papers. 3) A detailed letter from the student's faculty advisor indicating why the student deserves to receive a travel award and any special circumstances. 4) If applicable, the title(s) of the paper(s) to be presented (co-authored) by the student at the meeting. COMPLETE APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED AT SIAM NO LATER THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF THE MEETING FOR WHICH SUPPORT IS REQUESTED. Applications should be sent to SIAM, Attention: SIAM Student Travel Awards, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2588. Students may also apply by e-mail to bogardo@siam.org or by fax to 215-386-7999. A selection committee will review all complete applications, and winners will be notified FIVE WEEKS before the first day of the meeting. Checks for the awards will be given to the awardees when they pick up their registration packets at the meeting. Topic #11 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Allison Bogardo Subject: Call for Nominations: The Ralph E. Kleinman Prize Call for Nominations The Ralph E. Kleinman Prize SIAM will present the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize at the SIAM Annual Meeting in San Diego, July 9-13, 2001. The award honors the late Ralph E. Kleinman, a long-time SIAM member and UNIDEL Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Delaware and Director of the Center for the Mathematics of Waves. Eligibility ----------- The prize, established in 1998, is awarded to an individual for outstanding research or other contributions that bridge the gap between mathematics and applications. Work that uses high-level mathematics and/or invents new mathematical tools to solve applied problems from engineering, science, and technology is particularly appropriate. The prize may be awarded for a single notable achievement or for a collection of such achievements. Any member of the scientific community who meets the general criteria for the prize is eligible to receive the prize. Description of the Award ------------------------ The prize will consist of a hand-calligraphed, framed certificate and a cash award of $5,000 plus travel expenses to the meeting. Nominations ----------- A letter of nomination, including a curriculum vita and description of the achievement(s) should be sent by February 15, 2001, to: Ralph E. Kleinman Prize Selection Committee Professor Michael S. Vogelius, Chair c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Supporting letters, or names of knowledgeable persons from whom such letters might be solicited, also are welcome. Selection Committee ------------------- The members of the selection committee for the award are Michael S. Vogelius, Chair (Rutgers University); Douglas N. Arnold (The Pennsylvania State University); Robert V. Kohn (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University); Jean Claude Nedelec (Ecole Polytechnique, France); and Ivar Stakgold (University of Delaware). Topic #12 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Allison Bogardo Subject: Call for Nominations: Wilkinson Prize Call for Nominations The James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing SIAM will present the James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing at the SIAM Annual Meeting in San Diego, July 9-13, 2001. Eligibility ----------- The prize, established in 1979, is awarded for research in, or other contributions to, numerical analysis and scientific computing during the six years preceding the award. The purpose of the prize is to stimulate younger contributors and to help them in their careers. Previous Winners ---------------- 1982 Bjorn Engquist 1986 Charles S. Peskin 1989 Paul Van Dooren 1993 James W. Demmel 1997 Andrew M. Stuart Description of the Award ------------------------ The prize will consist of a hand-calligraphed, framed certificate and a cash award of $1,000 plus travel expenses to the meeting. The recipient is requested to present a lecture as part of the prize ceremony. Nominations ----------- A letter of nomination should be sent by February 16, 2001, to: Wilkinson Prize Selection Committee Dr. Andrew M. Stuart, Chair c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: bogardo@siam.org Selection Committee ------------------- The members of the selection committee for the award are Andrew M. Stuart, Chair (University of Warwick, United Kingdom); Marsha J. Berger (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University); and Henk van der Vorst (Utrecht University, The Netherlands). Topic #13 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Allison Bogardo Subject: Call for Nominations: Dahlquist Prize Call for Nominations The Germund Dahlquist Prize The Dahlquist Prize ------------------- SIAM will present The Germund Dahlquist Prize at the International Conference on Scientific Computation and Differential Equations (SciCADE 01), July 29-August 3, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The award honors the contributions of Germund Dahlquist to numerical analysis and scientific computing. Eligibility ----------- The prize, established in 1995, is awarded to a young scientist (normally less than 45) for original contributions to fields associated with Germund Dahlquist, especially the numerical solution of differential equations and numerical methods for scientific computing. Description of the Award ------------------------ The award is to include a certificate containing the citation and a cash prize of $1,000 plus reasonable travel costs to SciCADE. The recipient is expected to present a talk at the conference and encouraged to submit a paper to an appropriate SIAM publication. Nominations ----------- A letter of nomination, including a description of the achievements, should be sent by February 16, 2001, to: Dahlquist Prize Selection Committee Dr. C. William Gear, Chair c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Supporting letters, or names of knowledgeable persons from whom such letters might be solicited, are also welcome. Selection Committee ------------------- The members of the selection committee for the award are C. William Gear, Chair (President Emeritus, NEC Research Institute); Uri M. Ascher (University of British Columbia); John C. Butcher (University of Auckland); Ernst Hairer (University of Geneva); and Claes Johnsson (Chalmers University of Technology and Gothenburg University). Topic #14 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Allison Bogardo Subject: W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for W. T. AND IDALIA REID PRIZE The Reid Prize -------------- SIAM will present the W.T. and Idalia Reid Prize at the 2001 SIAM Annual Meeting in San Diego next July 9-13. The award will be given for research in, or other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The prize may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a collection of such achievements. Eligibility ----------- The prize is awarded to any member of the scientific community who meets the general guidelines of the prize description above. Description of Award -------------------- The award consists of an engraved medal and a $10,000 cash prize, plus travel expenses to attend the prize ceremony. Nominations ----------- A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s) should be sent by February 15, 2001 to: Professor John A. Burns Chair, Reid Prize Selection Committee c/o A. G. Bogardo SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: (215) 382-9800 Fax: (215) 386-7999 E-mail: bogardo@siam.org Selection Committee ------------------- Members of the selection committee are John A. Burns, Chair (Virginia Institute of Technology and State University); Ruth F. Curtain (University of Groningen); James G. Glimm (State University of New York at Stony Brook); John Guckenheimer (Cornell University); and Arthur J. Krener (University of California, Davis). Topic #15 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: OP-SF preprints in xxx archive The following preprints related to the field of orthogonal polynomials and special functions were recently posted or cross-listed to one of the subcategories of the xxx archives. See: http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CA http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CO http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.QA http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/solv-int Article math.CA/0011002 Title: Transmutation kernels for the little q-Jacobi function transform Author: Erik Koelink, Hjalmar Rosengren Categories: CA Classical Analysis (QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 33D15, 33D45, 47B36 Comments: 24 pages, AMS-TeX From: Erik Koelink Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 07:18:43 GMT (23kb) Article math.CA/0010162 Title: A new A_n extension of Ramanujan's 1-psi-1 summation with applications to multilateral A_n series Authors: S. C. Milne (The Ohio State University), M. Schlosser (The Ohio State University) Categories: CA Classical Analysis (CO Combinatorics; QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 33D15 (Primary) 05A19, 33D67 (Secondary) Comments: LaTeX2e, 26 pages, submitted to Rocky Mount. J. Math., spec. vol., conference proceedings of SF2000, Tempe, Arizona, May 29 - June 9, 2000 From: Michael Schlosser Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:18:25 GMT (13kb) Article math.CA/0010161 Title: Elementary derivations of identities for bilateral basic hypergeometric series Author: M. Schlosser (The Ohio State University) Categories: CA Classical Analysis (CO Combinatorics; QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 33D15 Comments: LaTeX2e, 35 pages, revised abstract and introduction From: Michael Schlosser Version 2: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 21:56:30 GMT (25kb) Article math.CA/0005095 Title: A generalization of Kummer's identity Author: Raimundas Vidunas Categories: CA Classical Analysis Math Subject Class: 33C05, 33F10, 39A10 Comments: 13 pages; classical proofs simplified, possible transformations reviewed; in the algoritmic part similar evaluations of other series added From: Raimundas Vidunas Version 3: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:23:27 GMT (14kb) Article math.CA/9909025 Title: A q-analogue of convolution on the line Authors: G. Carnovale (Universita degli Studi di Roma,"Tor Vergata"), T. H. Koornwinder (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Categories: CA Classical Analysis (QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 33D80, 33D15, 42A85 (primary), 17B37 (secondary) Report number: Report 99-12, Math. Preprint Series, Fac. WINS, Univ. of Amsterdam Comments: 31 pages; many small corrections; accepted by Methods and Applications of Analysis From: Tom H. Koornwinder Version 3: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 13:41:01 GMT (22kb) Article math.CA/0007046 Title: A simple proof of Bailey's very-well-poised 6-psi-6 summation Author: M. Schlosser (The Ohio State University) Categories: CA Classical Analysis (CO Combinatorics; QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 33D15 Comments: LaTeX2e, 10 pages, submitted to Proc. AMS, revised version, proofs of 1-psi-1 and 2-H-2 summations included From: Michael Schlosser Version 2: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 06:57:00 GMT (10kb) Article math-ph/0010003 Title: A deformation of Hermite polynomials Author: M. Mekhfi Categories: MP Mathematical Physics (CA Classical Analysis; FA Functional Analysis) Math Subject Class: 33C45;34A35 Comments: 16 pages, Latex From: Mustapha MEKHFI Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:16:33 GMT (12kb) Article math.QA/0010093 Title: Harmonic analysis on the SU(2) dynamical quantum group Authors: Erik Koelink, Hjalmar Rosengren Categories: QA Quantum Algebra (CA Classical Analysis) Math Subject Class: 20G42, 33D45, 33D80 Comments: 51 pages From: Hjalmar Rosengren Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 11:55:41 GMT (46kb) Article math.QA/0010170 Title: q-Bessel-Macdonald functions Author: V.-B. K. Rogov Categories: QA Quantum Algebra Report number: ITEP-TH-56/00 Comments: 10 pages, Latex From: olshanet Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 13:50:46 GMT (7kb) Article math.CO/0010279 Title: Generalized Umemura polynomials Author: Anatol N. Kirillov, Makoto Taneda Categories: CO Combinatorics (QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 14D15;34M55 Comments: 10 pages From: Anatol N. Kirillov Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 11:30:46 GMT (8kb) Article math.AG/0010246 Title: Hilbert schemes, polygraphs, and the Macdonald positivity conjecture Author: Mark Haiman Categories: AG Algebraic Geometry (CO Combinatorics; QA Quantum Algebra) Math Subject Class: 14C05 (primary), 05E05, 13H10, 14F05, 14M05 (secondary) Comments: 56 pages. Submitted to Journal of the A.M.S. See also http://math.ucsd.edu/~mhaiman From: Mark Haiman Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:20:05 GMT (66kb) Article math.CO/0009171 Title: New Weighted Rogers-Ramanujan Partition Theorems and their Implications Author: Krishnaswami Alladi, Alexander Berkovich Categories: CO Combinatorics (NT Number Theory) Math Subject Class: 11P83, 11P81, 05A19 Comments: 31 pages, 4 figures From: Krishnaswami Alladi Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:16:58 GMT (21kb) nlin.SI/0010048: Title: Darboux transforms on Band Matrices, Weights and associated Polynomials Authors: Mark Adler, Pierre van Moerbeke Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems nlin.SI/0009002: Title: Generalized orthogonal polynomials, discrete KP and Riemann-Hilbert problems Authors: Mark Adler, Pierre van Moerbeke Comments: 40 pages Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems; Mathematical Physics; Classical Analysis Journal-ref: Comm. Math. Phys., 207, 589--620 (1999) Topic #16 ------------ OP-SF NET 7.6 ------------- November 15, 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: About the Activity Group The SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions consists of a broad set of mathematicians, both pure and applied. The Group also includes engineers and scientists, students as well as experts. We have around 140 members scattered about in more than 20 countries. Whatever your specialty might be, we welcome your participation in this classical, and yet modern, topic. Our WWW home page is: http://math.nist.gov/opsf/ This is a convenient point of entry to all the services provided by the Group. Our Webmaster is Bonita Saunders (bonita.saunders@nist.gov). The Activity Group sponsors OP-SF NET, which is transmitted periodically by SIAM. It is provided as a free public service; membership in SIAM is not required. The OP-SF Net Editor is Martin Muldoon (muldoon@yorku.ca). 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