o - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o November 15, 2002 O P - S F N E T Volume 9, 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. Message from the Editor 2. SIAM Annual Meeting, Montreal, June 2003 3. Meeting in honour of Tom Koornwinder 4. Call for Nominations - SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E 5. Call for Nominations - Ralph E. Kleinman Prize 6. Call for Nominations - W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize 7. Preprints in xxx Archive 8. Changes of address, web pages, etc. 9. About the Activity Group 10. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET and Newsletter Calendar of Events: 2003 January 15-18: Annual Meeting of American Mathematical Society including special session on "Special Functions and q-Series" Baltimore, Maryland, USA 9.3 #1 May 14-17: Advances in Constructive Approximation, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 9.4 #7 June 16-20: SIAM Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada in conjunction with CAIMS 9.6 #2 June 18-21: Special session on "Constructive Approximation Theory" during the AMS-RSME Joint Meeting, Seville, Spain 9.4 #4 July 7-11: 5th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, ICIAM 2003, Sydney, Australia. 8.6 #6 August 11-16: Fourth ISAAC Congress, Toronto, Canada 9.2 #6 9.4 #5 August 18-22: Seventh International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark 8.6 #7 9.4 #6 August 25-27: Special Functions, Representation Theory and Applications, Meeting in honour of Tom Koornwinder, Amsterdam 9.6 #3 Future plans: There are plans to organize a summer school on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions in Portugal in July 2003. (Contact person: Amilcar Branquinho). This is in the series Laredo (2000), Inzell (2001) and Leuven (2002; see Topic #5). The coordinator of the three summer schools is Erik Koelink (koelink@dutiaw4.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. Dan Lozier (OP-SF NET 9.4, Topic #2) suggests a SIAM-sponsored meeting in Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions to be held in Washington, DC in June 2004. Topic #1 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Message from the Editor I regret the delay in getting this issue out and hope to be back on schedule with the January 15, 2003 issue. Topic #2 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: SIAM Annual Meeting, Montreal, June 2003. The SIAM Annual Meeting will be held Montreal, Canada, June 16 - 20, 2003. It will be a joint meeting of CAIMS (Canadian Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) and SIAM. See the Meeting Web Site: http://www.siam.org/meetings/an03/index.htm. At the invitation of SIAM, our Activity Group will have a major presence at this meeting. This will consist of a semi-plenary address and up to four minisymposia. The semi-plenary speaker will be Nico Temme. His address will be in parallel with just one other presentation. Plans for the minisymposia are currently under development in our program committee, headed by Paco Marcellan. Watch for details in future releases of OPSF-Net and the Newsletter. In order to propose minisymposia, note that the official deadlines are: Minisymposium proposals, January 3, 2003; Minisymposium abstracts, January 23, 2003. For more information see the entry DEADLINES in the Meeting Web Site. Concerning the subjects of the minisymposia, please note that the main goals of the meeting are fluid dynamics, numerical methods and mathematical biology. Proposals in such directions are welcome. Topic #3 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Erik Koelink Subject: Meeting in honour of Tom Koornwinder Announcement of a Meeting "Special Functions, Representation Theory and Applications" Universiteit van Amsterdam, August 25-27, 2003 on the occasion of Tom Koornwinder's 60th birthday. This meeting is intended to overview the current status of the fields in which Tom Koornwinder is active, and the applications will include computer algebra and mathematical physics. This meeting takes place immediately after the Seventh International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications (Copenhagen August 18 - 22, 2003, see the conference calendar). Confirmed invited speakers include R.A. Askey (Madison), M.E.H. Ismail (Tampa), A.U. Klimyk (Kiev), V. Kuznetsov (Leeds), N. Ciccoli (Perugia), J. Faraut (Paris), M. Flensted-Jensen (Copenhagen), P. Paule (Linz), M. Noumi (Kobe), H. Rosengren (Goteborg) T.H. Koornwinder (Amsterdam), G. van Dijk (Leiden), E.P. van den Ban (Utrecht), F.A. Bais (Amsterdam), G.J. Heckman (Nijmegen), J.V. Stokman (Amsterdam) More details will be made available on http://staff.science.uva.nl/~jstokman/workshop.html The meeting is organised by Nico Temme, Jasper Stokman, Eric Opdam, Jan Wiegerinck and Erik Koelink. We also ask for papers dedicated to Tom Koornwinder that will appear in the September and/or December issue of Indagationes Mathematicae (quarterly journal of the Mathematical Sciences of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) see http://www.elsevier.nl/inca/publications/store/5/0/5/6/2/0/ The papers submitted to Indagationes Mathematicae for this issue have to be original research articles of a high level. The deadline for submission is April 1, 2003, and the standard refereeing procedure of Indagationes Mathematicae is applicable. Electronic submission (in a tex-form) is strongly preferred and the email has to be sent to any of the 4 email addresses of the co-ordinating editor M.S. Keane (keane@cwi.nl, keane@science.uva.nl, mkeane@wesleyan.edu, mkeane@eurandom.tue.nl) with a cc to Jan Wiegerinck (janwieg@science.uva.nl). Topic #4 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Joanna Littleton Subject: Call for Nominations - SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science & Engineering The joint SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science & Engineering will be presented at the First Joint Meeting of CAIMS and SIAM, 24th Annual Meeting of CAIMS/SCMAI, 2003 SIAM Annual Meeting to be held in Montreal, Canada, June 16-20, 2003. The prize, established in 2002, is awarded in the area of computational science in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development and use of mathematical and computational tools and methods for the solution of science and engineering problems. The prize is intended to recognize one individual for outstanding research contributions to the field of computational science and engineering. The contribution(s) for which the award is made must be publicly available and may belong to any aspect of computational science in its broadest sense. Eligibility - There are no restrictions on eligibility beyond those specified above. Description of Award - The award consists of a certificate and a cash prize. Nominations Nominations may be made by anyone, including members of the selection committee. It is the responsibility of the nominator to provide all relevant information to the selection committee, including a resume and any letter(s) of support. In case his or her nominee will be chosen, the nominator will also be asked to provide the draft of a citation of about 100 words that can be read at the award ceremony. Nominations should be sent to the SIAM office at the address below. Nominations must be received by March 14, 2003. Professor Linda Petzold Chair, CS&E Prize c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: littleton@siam.org Selection Committee The members of the selection committee for the award are Linda Petzold (UC-Santa Barbara), Chair; Wayne Enwright (University of Toronto); and David Wehrly (Forefronts Foundation for Large Scale Computation). Topic #5 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:23:36 -0500 From: Joanna Littleton Subject: Call for Nominations - Ralph E. Kleinman Prize CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - THE RALPH E. KLEINMAN PRIZE SIAM will present the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize at the First Joint Meeting of CAIMS and SIAM, 24th Annual Meeting of CAIMS/SCMAI, 2003 SIAM Annual Meeting to be held in Montreal, Canada, June 16-20, 2003. The prize 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. Eligibility - Any member of the scientific community who meets the general criteria for the prize is eligible to receive the award. Description of the Award - The award 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 vitae and description of the achievement(s), should be sent to the following address. You are encouraged to send electronic files via e-mail. Supporting letters are welcome. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by February 14, 2003. Ralph E. Kleinman Prize Selection Committee Professor Robert V. Kohn, Chair c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: littleton@siam.org Selection Committee The members of the selection committee for the award are Robert V. Kohn (Courant Institute, New York University), Chair; Douglas N. Arnold (IMA, University of Minnesota); Ingrid Daubechies (Princeton University); Jean-Claude Nedelec (Ecole Polytechnique, France); William W. Symes (Rice University). Topic #6 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Joanna Littleton Subject: Call for Nominations - W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - W. T. and IDALIA REID PRIZE SIAM will present the W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize at the First Joint Meeting of CAIMS and SIAM, 24th Annual Meeting of CAIMS/SCMAI, 2003 SIAM Annual Meeting to be held in Montreal, Canada, June 16-20, 2003. 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. Nominations A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s), should be sent to the address below. Nominations must be received in the SIAM office by January 31, 2003. Professor John A. Burns Chair, Reid Prize Selection Committee c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Telephone: 215-382-9800 ext. 303 Fax: 215-386-7999 E-mail: littleton@siam.org Selection Committee Members of the selection committee are John A. Burns (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), Chair; H. Thomas Banks (North Carolina State University); Max D. Gunzburger (Florida State University); James P. Keener (University of Utah); Alan J. Laub (Department of Energy, Office of Science). Topic #7 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Changes of address, web pages, etc. Walter Van Assche has recently moved from Applied Mathematics to Analysis within his department. His web page has been moved to http://www.wis.kuleuven.ac.be/analyse/walter Topic #8 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OPSF NET Editor Subject: Preprints in xxx Archive The following preprints related to the fields of orthogonal polynomials and special functions were recently posted or cross-listed to one of the subcategories of the xxx archives. See especially: 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 math-ph/0207038 Title: The discretized harmonic oscillator: Mathieu functions and a new class of generalized Hermite polynomials Author: Matias Aunola math.QA/0209042 Title: Symmetric polynomials vanishing on the shifted diagonals and Macdonald polynomials Authors: B. Feigin, M. Jimbo, T. Miwa, E. Mukhin Comments: Latex, 17 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Combinatorics; Mathematical Physics math.SP/0209064 Title: On Bochner-Krall orthogonal polynomial systems Authors: T. Bergkvist, H. Rullgard, B. Shapiro (Stockholm) Comments: AMSTEX, 5 pages, no pictures Subj-class: Spectral Theory; Classical Analysis and ODEs math.NT/0209070 Title: Criteria for Irrationality of Euler's Constant Authors: Jonathan Sondow Comments: 12 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, proofs shortened & typos fixed, revised version accepted by Proc. Amer. Math. Soc Subj-class: Number Theory; Combinatorics MSC-class: Primary 11J72, Secondary 05A19 math.QA/0209126 Title: Symmetric polynomials vanishing on the diagonals shifted by roots of unity Authors: B. Feigin, M. Jimbo, T. Miwa, E. Mukhin, Y. Takeyama Comments: Latex, 13 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Combinatorics math.QA/0209181 Title: Generalized Coherent States for Classical Orthogonal Polynomials Authors: V.V.Borzov, E.V.Damaskinsky Comments: LaTeX2e, 8 pages, no figures, submitted to Proc. of conference "Day of Difraction 2002" Sankt-Petersburg, Russia, 2002 Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Classical Analysis and ODEs math.CA/0209272 Title: Proof of a summation formula for an $\tilde A_n$ basic hypergeometric series conjectured by Warnaar Authors: Christian Krattenthaler (Universität Wien) Comments: 9 pages, AmS-LaTeX Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33D67 (Primary) 05A19 05A30 (Secondary) Journal-ref: in: "q-Series with Applications to Combinatorics, Number Theory, and Physics," Urbana-Champaign, Oct. 26-28, 2000, B. C. Berndt, K. Ono, eds., Contemporary Math., vol. 291, Amer. Math. Soc., Providence, R.I., 2001, pp. 153-161 math.CA/0209329 Title: Zeros of orthogonal polynomials on the real line Authors: Sergey A. Denisov, Barry Simon Comments: (preliminary version) Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 42C05, 47B36 math.NT/0209393 Title: Zeros of the alternating zeta function on the line Re(s)=1 Authors: Jonathan Sondow Comments: 3 pages, accepted by Amer. Math. Monthly Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11M26 math-ph/0209036 Title: General Solutions of Relativistic Wave Equations Author: V.V. Varlamov Comments: 47 pages, LaTeX2e Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Computational Physics MSC-class: 22E43, 35Q40, 22E70, 33C70 hep-th/0209074 Title: Jack polynomials in superspace Authors: P. Desrosiers, L. Lapointe, P. Mathieu Comments: 28 pages. Corrected version of lemme 3 Subj-class: High Energy Physics - Theory; Combinatorics; Quantum Algebra; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems hep-th/0209134 Title: Asymptotics of 6j and 10j symbols Authors: Laurent Freidel (PI), David Louapre (ENS-Lyon) Comments: 25 pages, 1 figure, minor corrections and improvements Subj-class: High Energy Physics - Theory; Quantum Algebra math-ph/0209003 Title: Milne phase for the Coulomb quantum problem related to Riemann's hypothesis Authors: H.C. Rosu, J.M. Moran-Mirabal, M. Planat Comments: 3 pages in IOP style, 1 figure, 4 numbered references, based on a twenty-minute talk by author Rosu at GROUP24, Paris, July 2002, to be included in the proceedings book Subj-class: Mathematical Physics math-ph/0209022 Title: Darboux-Egoroff Metrics, Rational Landau-Ginzburg Potentials and the Painleve VI Equation Authors: H. Aratyn, J.F. Gomes, A.H. Zimerman Comments: 20 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems MSC-class: 35Q15;53D45;37K10 math.CA/0210019 Title: New Transformations for Painlev\'e's Third Transcendent Authors: N.S. Witte Comments: AMSLatex with Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. macros Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems MSC-class: 34M55;33E17;20F55 math.CA/0210019 Title: New Transformations for Painlev\'e's Third Transcendent Authors: N.S. Witte Comments: AMSLatex with Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. macros Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems MSC-class: 34M55;33E17;20F55 math.QA/0210040 Title: Elliptic Selberg integrals and conformal blocks Authors: Giovanni Felder(1), Laura Stevens(2), Alexander Varchenko (2) ((1) ETH Zurich, (2) UNC Chapel Hill) Comments: 13 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Classical Analysis and ODEs math.CO/0210058 Title: Restricted 132-alternating permutations and Chebyshev polynomials Authors: T. Mansour Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics math.NT/0210060 Title: A panorama on zeta functions Authors: Anton Deitmar Comments: LaTex, 15 pages Subj-class: Number Theory math.CA/0210137 Title: A positive radial product formula for the Dunkl kernel Authors: Margit Rösler Comments: 25 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Representation Theory MSC-class: 33C52 (Primary); 44A35, 35L15 (Secondary) math.QA/0210168 Title: Residues of q-Hypergeometric Integrals and Characters of Affine Lie Algebras Authors: Atsushi Nakayashiki Comments: 44 pages, no figures Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 81T40;33C70;05A30 math.CO/0210208 Title: A new family of positive integers Authors: Michel Lassalle (CNRS, Marne la Vallee, France) Comments: LaTeX, 6 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 05A10 (Primary), 33C20 (Secondary) math.QA/0210221 Title: Galois theory of fuchsian q-difference equations Authors: Jacques Sauloy Comments: Prepublication du Laboratoire Emile Picard n.246. See also http://picard.ups-tlse.fr/ Subj-class: Quantum Algebra MSC-class: 05A30 - 12 H 10 - 20 G - 33D - 34M - 39A13 math.QA/0210236 Title: Affine Analogue of Jack's Polynomials for \hat{sl}_2 Authors: Yuji Hara Comments: 29 pages, 5 figures Subj-class: Quantum Algebra math.CA/0210366 Title: Dunkl operators: Theory and applications Authors: Margit Rösler Comments: Lecture Notes for the SIAM activity group OP-SF summer school 2002; Leuven, Belgium. 38 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Representation Theory MSC-class: 33C52 (Primary); 47D06, 81V70, 44A15 (Secondary) math.NT/0210423 Title: A few remarks on linear forms involving Catalan's constant Authors: Wadim Zudilin (Moscow) Comments: 10 (figures free) pages Subj-class: Number Theory; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: Primary 11J72; Secondary 11J70, 30B50, 33C60 math.QA/0210447 Title: Quantum Zonal Spherical Functions and Macdonald Polynomials Authors: Gail Letzter Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Representation Theory MSC-class: 17B37 math-ph/0210018 Title: Integrable Dynamics of Charges Related to Bilinear Hypergeometric Equation Authors: Igor Loutsenko Comments: 27 pages, Latex, A new corrected version of older submission Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Dynamical Systems; Fluid Dynamics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems MSC-class: 33C,33E,35Q35,35Q40,35Q51,35Q53,37J math-ph/0210053 Title: The Szego Condition for Coulomb Jacobi Matrices Authors: Andrej Zlatos Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 42C05 (Primary) 47B36 (Secondary) nlin.SI/0209030 Title: Tau-functions and special solutions in a coupled Painlev\'e system Authors: A.N.W. Hone Comments: Poster from NEEDS 2001, Cambridge Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems nlin.SI/0210040 Title: Riccati Solutions of Discrete Painlev\'e Equations with Weyl Group Symmetry of Type $E_8^{(1)}$ Authors: Mikio Murata, Hidetaka Sakai, Jin Yoneda Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Topic #9 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ------------ November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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). To receive the OP-SF NET, send your name and email address to poly-request@siam.org. Back issues can be obtained at the WWW addresses: http://staff.science.uva.nl/~thk/opsfnet http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/JAT/DATA/OPSFNET/opsfnet.html http://math.nist.gov/opsfnet/archive The NET provides fast turnaround compared to the printed Newsletter, also sponsored by the Activity Group, and edited by Rafael Yanez. It appears three times a year and is mailed by SIAM. Back issues are accessible at: http://www.mathematik.uni-kassel.de/~koepf/siam.html To receive the Newsletter, you must be a member of SIAM and of the Activity Group. 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The archive of all messages is accessible at: http://math.nist.gov/opsftalk/archive Topic #10 ----------- OP-SF NET 9.6 ----------- November 15, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET and Newsletter To contribute a news item to OP-SF NET, send email to poly@siam.org with A copy to the OP-SF Editor . Please note that Submissions to the Net are automatically considered for the Newsletter, and vice versa, unless the contributor requests otherwise. Contributions to OP-SF NET 10.1 should be sent by January 1, 2003. Please send your (printed) Newsletter contributions directly to the Editor: Rafael J. Yanez Departamento de Matematica Aplicada Universidad de Granada E-18071 Granada, Spain phone: +34-58-242941 fax: +34-58-242862 e-mail: ryanez@ugr.es preferably by email, and in latex format. Other formats are also acceptable and can be submitted by email, regular mail or fax. 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