March 15, 2004 O P - S F N E T Volume 11, Number 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. SIDE 6 - Symmetries and integrability of difference equations 2. Conference in honor of James D. Louck 3. Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics 4. Special Functions in Harmonic Analysis and Applications 5. Two identities for the hypergeometric function 6. SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E - Call for Nominations 7. Preprints in arXiv.org 8. About the Activity Group 9. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET Calendar of Events: 2004 April 1: Special Day to Honour George Andrews, Pennsylvania State University 10.6 #1 http://www.math.psu.edu/sellersj/ganas/ May 13-15: 10th International Scientific Krawtchouk (Kravchuk) Conference, Kyiv, Ukraine 11.1 #2 http://www.geocities.com/orthpol/ http://orthpol.narod.ru/ May 28-31: International Conference on Mathematics and its Applications in honour of Professor Roderick Wong's 60th Birthday, City University of Hong Kong 11.1 #5 http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ma/frame/conf.html June 16-23: 5th International Conference on Functional Analysis and Approximation Theory (FAAT 2004), Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy 11.1 #3 http://www.dm.unile.it/faat2004 June 19-24: Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations Helsinki, Finland 11.2 #1 http://www.esf.org/euresco/04/pc04185 July 5-July 8: Sixth International Workshop on Orthogonal Polynomials (IWOP): Orthogonal Polynomials in Mathematical Physics. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Spain 10.6 #4 http://merlin.us.es/~renato/iwop/ July 8 - July 18: Fifth Summer School on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganes, Spain 10.6 #4 http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/MATEM/summerschool/indice.html July 12-16: SIAM Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA http://www.siam.org/meetings/an04/ July 10-23: Special Functions in Harmonic Analysis and Applications, Kloster Irsee, Germany 11.1 #4, 11.2 #4 http://ibb.gsf.de/~irsee August 2-4: Conference on "Combinatorics, Special Functions and Physics" in honor of the 75th birthday of James D. Louck, Tianjin, China 11.2 #2 http://www.combinatorics.net/louck75/ August 2-6: XXV International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Cocoyoc, México 11.2 #3 http://www.group25.unam.mx November 7-9: CONSTRUCTIVE FUNCTIONS TECH-O4, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 10.5 #3 www.math.gatech.edu/news/conferences/at04/ 2005 July 25-29: OPSFA8/ICDEA10 - Eighth International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications and Tenth International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, Munich, Germany 10.6 #3 Future Plans: 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. Present planning suggests a date in the fall of 2005 or in 2006. Topic #1 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: SIDE 6 - Symmetries and integrability of difference equations The next biannual conference on SIDE (Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations) will be held in Helsinki, Finland, June 19-24, 2004. There is a link to the conference web site, from which this information is taken, at: http://www.physics.utu.fi/theory/SIDE/ This meeting is the second in a series of two, devoted to discrete systems and their integrability and symmetries (the first took place in Giens, France, 2002). This second conference emphasises linear and nonlinear special functions, associated quantum problems and geometry. The topics covered in this meeting will include: Analytic difference equations and spectral theory Difference bispectral problems Difference Galois theory Q-hypergeometric and elliptic modular functions Representation theory and orthogonal polynomials Algebraic curves and addition formulae of Abelian functions Discrete and quantum geometry Quantum models on the lattice Quantum mappings. Dates: 19 - 24 June 2004 Applications by 19 March 2004 Location: Helsinki, Finland Participation: Maximum 100 participants. Fees Eur 720-810. Grants available for young scientists from European Community countries and Associated States. To apply, fill in an application form at the web site. Chaired by: Jarmo Hietarinta - FIN, University of Turku, Turku, FIN Vice-chair: Frank Willem Nijhoff - NL, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Contact EURESCO Office or Sally Lewis-Ford for more information. + 33 388 76 71 35 + 33 388 36 69 87 or send an email as directed in the web page. Please quote 2004-185 in any correspondence. Abstracts Poster sessions are planned and/or time will be allotted to short oral contributions. A Preliminary Programme is available at the web site. Speakers include: Ludwig Faddeev (Steklov, St. Petersburg, RU) Orlando Ragnisco (Roma Tre, IT) Alberto Grunbaum (Berkeley, US) Luc Haine (Louvain, BE) Jean-Pierre Ramis (U. Paul Sabatier, FR) Lucia Di Vizio (U. Paul Sabatier, FR) Richard Askey (Wisconsin-Madison, US) Jan Felipe van Diejen (Talca, CL) Alexei Zhedanov (Donetsk, UA) Tom Koornwinder (Amsterdam, NL) Masatoshi Noumi (Kobe, JP) Saber Elaydi (Trinity, San Antonio, US) Alexander Bobenko (TU Berlin, DE) Volodya Roubtsov (Angers, FR) Paulo Santini (Roma La Sapienza, IT) Adam Doliwa (Warsaw, PL) Igor Krichever (Columbia, US) Pol Vanhaecke (Poitiers, FR) Victor Enolskii (Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, UK) Mourad Ismail (U South Florida, US) Francisco Marcellan (U Carlos III, Madrid, ES) Kazuhiko Aomoto (Nagoya, JP) Simon Ruijsenaars (CWI, NL) Ilpo Laine (Joensuu, FI) Grants A number of grants covering the twin room Conference Fee and possibly some travel costs will be available, from the EuroConferences Activity of the European Union, for young researchers (35 or under) who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of an Associated State and who are active inside or outside these Member or Associated States at the time of the event. Associated States: Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Applications from female researchers are encouraged. (This is an HP-3 type conference) Grant requests should be indicated in the space provided on the application form. Venue The conference will take place at the Kallvik Conference Centre (Kokouskeskus Kallvik), 17 km East of Helsinki. The centre is situated located in a wooded park, directly on the Gulf of Finland. There are excellent public transport facilities so participants can make their own way to the conference site in the afternoon of arrival day, 19 June 2004 . Group transportation (two transfer buses) will be organised to the airport after lunch on departure day, 24 June 2004 Detailed information on location, access to the site, services provided and photos will be available very shortly. Conference Fees - details are at the web site Conference fees include full local costs, a half-day excursion and, for conferees, a registration fee of Eur 260. Topic #2 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: Conference in honor of James D. Louck >From the web site: http://www.combinatorics.net/louck75/ A Conference on "Combinatorics, Special Functions and Physics" in honor of the 75th birthday of James D. Louck, will be held in Tianjin, P. R. China, 2-4 August 2004. It is sponsored by: Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA Nankai University, P. R. China National Science Foundation of China Conference Chairmen: Richard Askey (University of Wisconsin, askey@math.wisc.edu) Daniel Strottman (Los Alamos National Laboratory, dds@lanl.gov) Local Coordinator: William Y. C. Chen (Nankai University, chenstation@yahoo.com) Invited Speakers: George Andrews (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) Helene Barcelo (Arizona State University, USA) Loyal Durand (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Bailin Hao (Fudan University, and Chinese Academy of Science, China) (Tentatively accepted) Adalbert Kerber (University of Bayreuth, Germany) Ronald C King (University of Southampton, England) Anatol N. Kirillov (Kyoto University, Japan) Alain Lascoux (Universite de Marne-la-Vallee, France; Nankai University, China) Tadeusz Lulek (University of Rzeszow, Poland) Stephen Milne (The Ohio State University, USA) Peter Paule (University of Linz, Austria) Helmut Prodinger (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) Richard Stanley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Zhe-Xian Wan (Chinese Academy of Science, and Nankai University, China) Michael S. Waterman (University of Southern California, USA) (Tentatively accepted) More to be confirmed. Purpose and Scope: An international conference on recent developments in combinatorics, special functions, and mathematical physics as well as applications to science, in honor of the 75th birthday of James D. Louck and his remarkable contributions in the pursuit of the role of symmetry and combinatorics in physical theory. We welcome contributions in the fields of classical combinatorics, special functions, representation theory and symmetric functions, discrete dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, computational biology, quantum angular momentum theory and unitary symmetries. Deadline: Abstracts in Latex, or TeX format should be submitted via email to the conference secretary Ms. Rosena Du at rosenadu@sohu.com by April 29, 2004. Registration Fee: $120.00 (or $60 for a student), including meals and a banquet. Location of Tianjin: Tianjin is the third largest city in China. It is close to Beijing. It takes about 2 hours to drive to Beijing from Tianjin on a modern tollway. There are also convenient fast train and bus services. The transportation (including airport pickups) will all be taken care of by the local organizers (and will be arranged in advance). For most cases, you should fly into Beijing, and we will arrange the transportation from the Beijing airport to Tianjin. In any case, don't panic, and you don't need to speak Chinese. Secretary: Rosena Du (rosenadu@sohu.com) Conference Web Site: http://www.combinatorics.net/louck75/ Topic #3 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics >From the web site: http://www.group25.unam.mx The XXV International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics will take place in Cocoyoc, México, in the week of August 2 - 6, 2004 The Colloquium organized by Centro Internacional de Ciencias, AC Centro de Ciencias Físicas Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Cuernavaca Honorary President: Marcos Moshinsky TOPICS: Lie groups, quantum groups, representation theory and special functions Supersymmetry, superstrings, and quantum gravity Integrability, nonlinear systems and quantum chaos Discrete systems and signal analysis Quantum computing Linear and nonlinear optics Nuclear, atomic and molecular physics Elementary particle physics Condensed matter and statistical physics Foundations of quantum mechanics Semigroups, time asymmetry, and resonances CONFIGURATION OF THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM There will be three Plenary Sessions during the mornings, an ample Latin midday break for swimming or siesta, and Parallel Sessions of 20 and 30 min, afternoon to evening; posters will be given two half-afternoons. Chairmen of the Conference Committee Kurt Bernardo Wolf Centro de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Apartado Postal 48--3, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62251, MEXICO Tels (+52-777) 317--3388, (+52-555) 622--7761 Fax (+52-777) 317--3077, (+52-555) 622--7775 bwolf@fis.unam.mx George S. Pogosyan Centro de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Apartado Postal 48--3, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62251, MEXICO Tels (+52-777) 317--3388, (+52-555) 622--7761 Fax (+52-777) 317--3077, (+52-555) 622--7775 Administrative support by Centro Internacional de Ciencias Campus UAEM-UNAM/Chamilpa, Av. Universidad 1001, Apartado Postal 101--6, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62251 Tel/fax (52-777) 329-1877, (+52-555) 622-7877, cic@cicc.unam.mx More information at the web site: http://www.group25.unam.mx Topic #4 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Wolfgang zu Castell and Frank Filbir Subject: Special Functions in Harmonic Analysis and Applications ------------------ Second Circular --------------------- SPECIAL FUNCTIONS IN HARMONIC ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS July 19-23, 2004 Kloster Irsee, Germany Dear colleagues, this is the second circular for the fourth workshop on special functions and harmonic analysis organized by the Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry, GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health. 1) Scientific program --------------------------------------- The workshop is devoted to special functions and their role in harmonic analysis, approximation theory, and applications. The scientific program will consist of plenary lectures and contributed talks. Our invited speakers are Richard Askey (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Christian Berg (University of Copenhagen) Charles Dunkl (University of Virginia) Jeff Geronimo (Georgia Institute of Technology) Tom Koornwinder (University of Amsterdam) Willard Miller (University of Minnesota) Todd Quinto (Tufts University Medford) Yuan Xu (University of Oregon) For more information please consult the web page http://ibb.gsf.de/~irsee/ or send an email to sfha@gsf.de (the organizers). 2) Registration --------------------------------------------- There is an online registration form. Every participant has to register. Please note that there is a limit in the number of participants. The conference fee includes lunch and dinner (Monday through Friday) and social events. The DEADLINE for registration is APRIL 30, 2004. 3) Proceedings ---------------------------------------------- We will publish proceedings of the workshop in a special volume of JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS. All contributions will be peer-reviewed according to the standards of the journal. Further information will be given at the workshop. 4) Support -------------------------------------------------- There is the possibility to obtain limited support for people who do not have another source of financial support. We therefore encourage especially young researchers to participate in the workshop. If you are interested in applying for support, please contact the organizers (sfha@gsf.de). 5) ---------------------------------------------------------- Please forward this email to colleagues and (PhD) students who might be interested in participating. We are looking forward to seeing you in Irsee in July 2004, The Organizers Topic #5 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Eleutherius Symeonidis Subject: Two identities for the hypergeometric function In my research work on the Poisson integral for a ball in non-euclidean spaces I have obtained (as consequences) two identities for the hypergeometric function. I would like to know whether these identities are already known and, if not, whether there could be a way to prove them directly by other techniques. As a matter of fact, the first identity was communicated last October by Professor Nico Temme to OP-SF Talk, but there was no response. Editor's Note: A full version of Professor Symeonidis' message with the identities can be found at http://www.math.yorku.ca/~muldoon/opsf/sd.pdf Topic #6 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Joanna Littleton Subject: SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E - Call for Nominations CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering The SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science and Engineering will be awarded for the second time at the SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering to be held February 12-15, 2005, in Orlando, Florida. The prize was established in 2002 and first awarded in 2003. It is awarded every other year by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 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. Eligibility The prize is intended to recognize either one individual or a group of individuals 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. Description of the prize The award will include a total cash prize of $5,000 and a certificate containing the citation. SIAM will reimburse reasonable travel expenses to attend the award ceremony. Nominations A letter of nomination, including a description of the contribution(s) should be sent by July 31, 2004, to: Chair, SIAM/ACM Prize in CS&E c/o Joanna Littleton SIAM 3600 University City Science Center Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688 Selection Committee: Appointments in progress. Topic #7 ------------ OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editor Subject: Preprints in arXiv.org 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 arXiv.org. 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 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CO/0401032 Title: A short proof of generalized Jacobi-Trudi expansions for Macdonald polynomials Authors: Michel Lassalle (CNRS, Marne la Vallee, France) Comments: 12 pages, LaTeX Subj-class: Combinatorics http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CO/0401057 Title: An extension of a curious binomial identity Authors: Zhi-Wei Sun, Ke-Jian Wu Comments: AMS-Tex; 5 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Number Theory MSC-class: 05A19; 11B65 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401086 Title: Biorthogonality of the Lagrange interpolants Authors: Alexei Zhedanov Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 30E05; 41A10 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.NA/0401116 Title: Numerical algorithms for the real zeros of hypergeometric functions Authors: Amparo Gil, Wolfram Koepf, Javier Segura Comments: 21 pages, 6 Figures Subj-class: Numerical Analysis; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33Cxx, 65H05 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.NT/0401126 Title: Three Lectures on the Riemann Zeta-Function Authors: S. M. Gonek Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11M26 (Primary) 11M06 (Secondary) Journal-ref: Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference on Subjects Related to the Clay Problems v. 1, Inst. of Pure and Applied Math., Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea (2002), 1-36 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.NA/0401128 Title: Computing solutions of the modified Bessel differential equation for imaginary orders and positive arguments Authors: Amparo Gil, Javier Segura, Nico M. Temme Comments: 14 pages, 1 figure. To appear in ACM T. Math. Soft Subj-class: Numerical Analysis; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C10; 65D20 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.NA/0401131 Title: Integral Representations for Computing Real Parabolic Cylinder Functions Authors: Amparo Gil, Javier Segura, Nico M. Temme Comments: 31 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Numer. Math Subj-class: Numerical Analysis; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C15, 41A60, 65D20 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.SP/0401153 Title: Laplacian eigenmodes for the three-Sphere Authors: Lachieze-Rey Marc Comments: 10 pages, no figure Subj-class: Spectral Theory; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 43A90 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CO/0401216 Title: A combinatorial proof of Sun's "curious" identity Authors: David Callan Comments: Latex, 7 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: AMS Classification Numbers: 05A19 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CO/0401217 Title: Involutions Restricted by 3412, Continued Fractions, and Chebyshev Polynomials Authors: Eric Egge, Toufik Mansour Comments: 30 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 05A05; 05A15; 30B70; 42C05 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.NT/0401238 Title: Une region explicite sans zero pour la fonction Zeta de Riemann Authors: Habiba Kadiri Comments: 32 pages Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11M26 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.QA/0401245 Title: Duality for Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov and Dynamical Equations, and Hypergeometric Integrals Authors: V.Tarasov Comments: Preprint, 29 pages, AmsLaTeX, to appear in Proceedings of IDAQUIS, (Infinite Dimensional Algebras and Quantum Integrable Systems), Faro, Portugal, July 21-25, 2003 Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Mathematical Physics; Representation Theory http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.FA/0401258 Title: Gap probability in the spectrum of random matrices and asymptotics of polynomials orthogonal on an arc of the unit circle Authors: I. V. Krasovsky Comments: 20 pages, 1 figure Subj-class: Functional Analysis; Mathematical Physics http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401271 Title: A Riemann-Hilbert Approach to the Akhiezer Polynomials Authors: Y. Chen, A. Its Comments: 33 pages, 1 figure Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401281 Title: Derangements and asymptotics of Laplace transforms of polynomials Authors: Liviu I. Nicolaescu Comments: 15 pages, LaTeX Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Combinatorics MSC-class: 41A10,44A10, 05A10,05A16 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.RT/0401298 Title: Kostka-Foulkes polynomials and Macdonald spherical functions Authors: Kendra Nelsen, Arun Ram Subj-class: Representation Theory; Combinatorics; Quantum Algebra http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401299 Title: Turan inequalities and zeros of orthogonal polynomials Authors: Ilia Krasikov Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Numerical Analysis MSC-class: 33C45 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401310 Title: New bounds on the Hermite polynomials Authors: Ilia Krasikov Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C45 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401382 Title: Generalizations of Chebyshev Polynomials and Polynomial Mappings Authors: Y. Chen, J.C. Griffin, M.E.H. Ismail Comments: 51 pages, 9 figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.NT/0401406 Title: A Faster Product for Pi and a New Integral for ln(Pi/2) Authors: Jonathan Sondow Comments: 6 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Amer. Math. Monthly Subj-class: Number Theory; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 11Y60 (Primary), 11M35 (Secondary) http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math.CA/0401418 Title: On discrete orthogonal polynomials of several variables Authors: Yuan Xu Comments: 14 pages, 2 figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs http://www.arXiv.org/abs/cs.MS/0401008 Title: Algorithm xxx: Modified Bessel functions of imaginary order and positive argument Authors: Amparo Gil, Javier Segura, Nico M. Temme Comments: 6 pages, 4 figures. To appear in ACM T. Math. Software Subj-class: Mathematical Software; Numerical Analysis ACM-class: G.4 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math-ph/0401009 Title: Creation and Annihilation Operators for Orthogonal Polynomials of Continuous and Discrete Variables Authors: M. Lorente Comments: LaTeX, 9 pages, uses siamltex.sty (late submission) Subj-class: Mathematical Physics Journal-ref: El. Trans. Num. Anal. 9 (1999) 102-111 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math-ph/0401030 Title: Raising and lowering operators, factorization and differential/difference operators of hypergeometric type Authors: M. Lorente Comments: LaTeX, 24 pages, iopart style (late submission) Subj-class: Mathematical Physics Journal-ref: J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 34 (2001) 569-588 http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math-ph/0401035 Title: Finite q-oscillator Authors: Natig M. Atakishiyev, Anatoliy U. Klimyk, Kurt Bernardo Wolf Comments: 20 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://www.arXiv.org/abs/math-ph/0401051 Title: Integrable systems on the lattice and orthogonal polynomials of discrete variable Authors: M. Lorente Comments: LaTeX, 10 pages, Communication presented to the 6th International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications, Rome, June 2001 (late submission to arxiv.org) Subj-class: Mathematical Physics Journal-ref: J. Comp. Appl. Math 153 (2003) 321-330 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0402031 Title: A Christoffel-Darboux formula for multiple orthogonal polynomials Authors: E. Daems, A.B.J. Kuijlaars Comments: 11 pages, no figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 42C05; 35Q15 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0402091 Title: Partition Identities for the Multiple Zeta Function Authors: David M. Bradley Comments: 10 pages, submitted for publication October 23, 2003 Subj-class: Combinatorics; Number Theory MSC-class: 33E20; 11M41 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0402092 Title: Two Identities for Multiple Harmonic $q$-Series Authors: David M. Bradley Comments: 10 pages, submitted for publication October 26, 2003 Subj-class: Combinatorics; Number Theory MSC-class: 05A30; 33D15 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0402093 Title: Multiple $q$-Zeta Values Authors: David M. Bradley Comments: 35 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Number Theory MSC-class: 11M41; 33D15, 05A30 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0402127 Title: Inversion of the Pieri formula for Macdonald polynomials Authors: Michel Lassalle, Michael Schlosser Comments: 34 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Commutative Algebra MSC-class: 33D52 (Primary) 05E05, 15A09 (Secondary) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0402135 Title: q-Analogues of the Riemann zeta, the Dirichlet L-functions and a crystal zeta function Authors: Kenichi Kawagoe, Masato Wakayama, Yoshinori Yamasaki Comments: 26 pages, 7 figures Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11M06 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0402152 Title: On relations for the $q$-multiple zeta values Authors: Jun-ichi Okuda, Yoshihiro Takeyama Comments: 16 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Number Theory MSC-class: 05A30, 11B65, 33D15 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0402305 Title: Rogers-Ramanujan and the Baker-Gammel-Wills (Pad\'e) conjecture Authors: Doron S. Lubinsky Comments: 43 pages published version Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs Journal-ref: Ann. of Math. (2), Vol. 157 (2003), no. 3, 847--889 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0402386 Title: Differential equations, mirror maps and zeta values Authors: Gert Almkvist (Lund), Wadim Zudilin (Moscow) Comments: AmSTeX, 73 pages Subj-class: Number Theory; Algebraic Geometry; Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 14J32 (Primary), 11M06, 11B83, 32S40, 33C20, 34M15, 34M25 (Secondary) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0402002 Title: Orthogonal polynomials, special functions and mathematical physics Authors: M. Lorente Comments: LaTeX, 4 pages, Communication presented to the 6th International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications, Rome, June 2001 (late submission to arxiv.org) Subj-class: Mathematical Physics Journal-ref: J. Comp. Appl. Math. 153 (2003) 543-545 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0402007 Title: Orthogonal polynomials of several discrete variables and the 3nj-Wigner symbols: applications to spin networks Authors: M. Lorente Comments: LaTex, 4 pages; Communication presented to the XXIV International Congress on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Paris, July 2002 (late submission to arXiv.org) Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0402017 Title: Raising and lowering operators and their factorization for generalized orthogonal polynomials of hypergeometric type on homogeneous and non-homogeneous lattice Authors: M. Lorente Comments: LaTeX, 19 pages, (late submission to arXiv.org) Subj-class: Mathematical Physics Journal-ref: J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 36 (2003) 183-198 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0402040 Title: A connection between Abel and pFq hypergeometric differential equations Authors: E.S. Cheb-Terrab Comments: 9 pages, related to math.GM/0002059, submitted for publication in the European Journal of Applied Mathematics, see also this http URL Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 34A05 (Primary) 34A34 (Secondary) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0402063 Title: Non-Liouvillian solutions for second order linear ODEs Authors: L. Chan, E.S. Cheb-Terrab Comments: 11 pages, submitted to ISSAC'04, Santander, Spain Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 33C05, 33C15, 33C10, 34M25 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.PS/0401032 Title: Soliton Lattice and Single Soliton Solutions of the Associated Lam\'e and Lam\'e Potentials Authors: Ioana Bena, Avinash Khare, Avadh Saxena Comments: 23 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to J. Math. Phys Subj-class: Pattern Formation and Solitons; Mathematical Physics; Other http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0401440 Title: Wannier functions of elliptic one-gap potentials Authors: E D Belokolos, V Z Enolskii, M Salerno Comments: 21 pages, 4 figures Subj-class: Soft Condensed Matter; Mathematical Physics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Topic #8 ----------- OP-SF NET 11.2 ------------- March 15, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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