o - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o January 15, 2007 O P - S F N E T Volume 14, Number 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editors: Diego Dominici dominicd@newpaltz.edu 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. OP-SF NET format and delivery 2. Lee Lorch gets major MAA award 3. Preprints in arXiv.org 4. About the Activity Group 5. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET Calendar of Events: 2007 April 21-22: American Mathematical Society meeting in Tucson, Arizona, USA including Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials 13.6 #2 http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2135_program_ss15.html#title June 24-30: Seventh International Conference: Symmetry in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine 13.6 #3 http://www.imath.kiev.ua/~appmath/conf.html July 2-6: The 9th Conference on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications, Marseille, France 13.6 #1 http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~cosmo/WEB_OPSFA9/OPSFA9_Bulletin1.html July 9-13: International Conference on SCIentific Computation and Differential Equations, Saint-Malo, France http://scicade07.irisa.fr/ July 16-20: ICIAM 2007 - 6th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, including Minisymposium on Web Math Zurich, Switzerland http://www.iciam07.ch 13.4 #2 13.6 #4 September 9-14: Applications of Macdonald Polynomials, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Alberta, Canada www.pims.math.ca/birs/birspages.php?task=displayevent&event_id=07w5048 13.5 #1 Topic #1 ---------- OP-SF NET 14.1 ---------- January 15, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: OP-SF NET format and delivery Since its inception the version of OP-SF NET mailed to subscribers has been in a simple text format. This had the advantage of small file-size and no special software being needed by readers. With the passage of time these desiderata have become less crucial and we have begun to discuss alternate formats and modes of delivery. The present issue is being sent in two formats, the usual text-only format within the body of an email and a .htm version as an attachment. Comments on this change and further suggestions will be welcomed by the editors. Topic #2 ---------- OP-SF NET 14.1 ---------- January 15, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: Lee Lorch gets major MAA award Lee Lorch, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at York University, received the Mathematical Association of America's "Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Distinguished Service to Mathematics Award" on January 6, 2007 during the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans. This award is the most prestigious award for service offered by the Association. It honors distinguished contributions to mathematics and mathematical education - in one particular aspect or many, and in a short period or over a career. Lee Lorch's mathematical research has been in the areas of analysis, differential equations, and special functions. In the Award citation, he was described as a remarkable teacher of mathematics and an inspiration to his students and as a vocal advocate and energetic worker for human rights and educational opportunities for women and minorities. In accepting the award, Lee wrote: "While this award honors me, it gives me even greater satisfaction that, by making it, the MAA emphasizes its support for equity." But he also noted that "this fight is far from over" pointing to the plight of Katrina and post-Katrina New Orleans. For further information, see: http://www.maa.org/news/AwardsJMM07-Citations.html Topic #3 ---------- OP-SF NET 14.1 ---------- January 15, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: Preprints in arXiv.org The following preprints related to the fields of orthogonal polynomials and special functions were posted or cross-listed to one of the subcategories of arXiv.org during recent months. The items from September and October 2006 were inadvertently omitted from the original mailing of our November 15, 2006 issue but were added to some of the later issues. Hence we give here four months worth of items. We begin with November and December 2006 and follow these with those for ************************** November and December 2006 ************************** http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0611211 Title: On The Chaotic Asymptotics of Ramanujan's Entire Function $A_q(z)$ Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 33D45; 33E05 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.FA/0611503 Title: Marcinkiewicz-Zygmund inequalities and interpolation by spherical harmonics Authors: Jordi Marzo Subj-class: Functional Analysis; Complex Variables MSC-class: 94A20; 33C55; 65T40 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0611522 Title: Factorization formulas for Macdonald polynomials Authors: Francois Descouens (IGM), Hideaki Morita (Oyama College) Subj-class: Combinatorics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0611639 Title: Macdonald polynomials and multivariable basic hypergeometric series Authors: Michael J. Schlosser Comments: 30 pages; dedicated to the memory of Vadim Kuznetsov Subj-class: Combinatorics; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33D52 (Primary) 15A09, 33D67 (Secondary) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0611703 Title: Remarks on Ramanujan Function $A_{q}(z)$ Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 8 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 30E15;33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0611743 Title: An Inequality for Basic Confluent Hypergeometric Series Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 5 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 30E15;33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0611791 Title: A New Changhee q-Euler Numbers and Polynomials Associated with p-Adic q-Integrals Authors: Taekyun Kim, SAeog-Hoon Rim Comments: 8 pages Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11B68, 11S80 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0611807 Title: On the Twisted q-Euler numbers and polynomials associated with basic q-l-functions Authors: T. Kim, S. H. Rim Comments: 8 pages Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11B68 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0611825 Title: Polynomials with real zeros and Polya frequency sequences Authors: Yi Wang, Y.-N. Yeh Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 05A20; 26C10 Journal-ref: J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 109 (2005) 63--74 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0611826 Title: $q$-Eulerian polynomials and polynomials with only real zeros Authors: Simon S. -M. Ma, Yi Wang Comments: 8 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 05A20; 26C10 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.SP/0611856 Title: Remark on the paper "Asymptotic behavior of polynomials orthonormal on a homogeneous set" Authors: F. Peherstorfer, P. Yuditskii Subj-class: Spectral Theory; Complex Variables http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0611020 Title: Orthogonality within the Families of C-, S-, and E-Functions of Any Compact Semisimple Lie Group Authors: Robert V. Moody, Jiri Patera Comments: Published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/ Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Classical Analysis and ODEs Journal-ref: SIGMA 2 (2006), 076, 14 pages http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0611074 Title: A physical application of $g$-function Authors: Sang-Hoon Kim Comments: 4 pages, 2 figures Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612057 Title: Plancherel-Rotach Asymptotics for Stieltjes-Wigert Orthogonal Polynomials with Complex Scaling Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 30E15; 33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612058 Title: Plancherel-Rotach Asymptotics for $q$-Laguerre Orthogonal Polynomials with Complex Scaling Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 30E15;33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612059 Title: Plancherel-Rotach Asymptotics for Ismail-Masson Orthogonal Polynomials with Complex Scaling Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables MSC-class: 30E15; 33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.GM/0612062 Title: K-Nomial Coefficients Authors: Florentin Smarandache Comments: 4 pages Subj-class: General Mathematics MSC-class: 11B65; 05A10 Journal-ref: In G\'en\'eralisations et G\'en\'eralit\'es, by F. Smarandache, Ed. Nouvelle, F\`es, pp. 24-26, 1984 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0612076 Title: Extension of the Bernoulli and Eulerian Polynomials of Higher Order and Vector Partition Function Authors: Boris Y. Rubinstein Comments: 18 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Number Theory MSC-class: 11P81; 11B68 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612097 Title: Classical orthogonal polynomials. A general difference calculus approach Authors: R. S. Costas-Santos Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C45, 42C05 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.FA/0612103 Title: Positive polynomials in scalar and matrix variables, the spectral theorem and optimization Authors: John William Helton, Mihai Putinar Comments: 106 pages, survey Subj-class: Functional Analysis; Optimization and Control MSC-class: 11E25, 12D15, 47B15, 65K10 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0612106 Title: Moments of the Riemann zeta-function Authors: K. Soundararajan Comments: 11 pages Subj-class: Number Theory http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612216 Title: Plancherel-Rotach Asymptotics for $q$-Series Authors: Ruiming Zhang Comments: 115 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0612330 Title: Resonance relations, holomorphic trace functions and hypergeometric solutions to qKZB and Macdonald-Ruijsenaars equations Authors: K. Styrkas, A. Varchenko Comments: 57 pages; table of contents added; misprints corrected Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Representation Theory MSC-class: 81R05; 17B37 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0612430 Title: The Bivariate Rogers-Szeg\"{o} Polynomials Authors: William Y. C. Chen, Husam L. Saad, Lisa H. Sun Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 05A30, 33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612489 Title: Two variable deformations of the Chebyshev measure Authors: Jeffrey S. Geronimo, Plamen Iliev Comments: 16 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0612550 Title: Statistical regularities in the zeta zeros Authors: A. M. Edgington Comments: 8 pages, 5 figures Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11M26 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0612572 Title: Pascal arrays: counting Catalan sets Authors: Robert J Marsh, Paul Martin Comments: 55 pages, 28 figures, the source file is catalan4.tex Subj-class: Combinatorics; Representation Theory MSC-class: 05A15; 05C38 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612643 Title: The vector-valued big q-Jacobi transform Authors: Wolter Groenevelt Comments: 35 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Quantum Algebra http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0612833 Title: Polynomials, roots, and interlacing Authors: Steve Fisk Comments: 770 pages, 69 figures, 23 chapters Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 12D10, 26C10, 30C15 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0612240 Title: All order epsilon-expansion of Gauss hypergeometric functions with integer and half/integer values of parameters Authors: M.Yu.Kalmykov (Baylor U. & Dubna, JINR), B.F.L.Ward, S.Yost (Baylor U.) Comments: 18 pages, JHEP3.cls The code (FORM) is available via http://theor.jinr.ru/~kalmykov/hypergeom/hyper.html Subj-class: High Energy Physics - Theory; Mathematical Physics; Computational Physics; Symbolic Computation; Classical Analysis and ODEs http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0612007 Title: Universality for orthogonal and symplectic Laguerre-type ensembles Authors: Percy Deift, Dimitri Gioev, Thomas Kriecherbauer, Maarten Vanlessen Comments: 75 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 15A52 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0612085 Title: Special functions and the Mellin transforms of Laguerre and Hermite functions Authors: Mark W. Coffey Comments: 23 pages, no figures, to appear in Analysis Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Complex Variables MSC-class: 33C05, 33C15, 42C05, 44A15, 44A20 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0612086 Title: Theta and Riemann xi function representations from harmonic oscillator eigensolutions Authors: Mark W. Coffey Comments: 15 pages, no figures, appears in Phys. Lett. A Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 33C05, 42C05, 44A15, 44A20 ************************** September and October 2006 ************************** http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0609023 Title: Fourth-order Bessel-type special functions: a survey Authors: W. N. Everitt Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C10; 34B05; 34L05 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0609086 Title: p-adic q-expansion of alternating sums of powers Authors: Taekyun Kim Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11S80, 11B68, 11m98 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0609094 Title: Pade and Hermite-Pade approximation and orthogonality Authors: Walter Van Assche Comments: 31 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Numerical Analysis MSC-class: 41A21; 41A28; 42C05; 33C45 Journal-ref: Surveys in Approximation Theory 2 (2006), 61-91 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0609196 Title: Hyperbolic Schwarz map for the hypergeometric differential equation Authors: Takeshi Sasaki, Kotaro Yamada, Masaaki Yoshida Comments: 16 pages, 8 figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C05, 53C42 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0609283 Title: Fibonacci numbers and orthogonal polynomials Authors: Christian Berg Subj-class: Number Theory; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 11B39;33D45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.PR/0609442 Title: Convexity of the median in the gamma distribution Authors: Christian Berg, Henrik L. Pedersen Subj-class: Probability; Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 60E05;41A60;33B15 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.FA/0609451 Title: Asymptotics of the Airy-kernel determinant Authors: P. Deift, A. Its, I. Krasovsky Comments: 41 pages, 6 figures Subj-class: Functional Analysis; Mathematical Physics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0609596 Title: Some identities and formulas involving generalized Catalan numbers Authors: Siu-Ah Ng Comments: 19 pages, 7 figures Subj-class: Combinatorics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0609775 Title: On Plouffe's Ramanujan Identities Authors: Linas Vepstas Comments: 16 pages, 3 figures Subj-class: Number Theory; Combinatorics MSC-class: 11M06 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0609799 Title: Multiple series connected to Hoffman's conjecture on multiple zeta values Authors: Stephane Fischler Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 33C20, 33C70, 11M06, 11J20, 11J72 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0609020 Title: Introduction to spectral methods Authors: Philippe Grandclement (LUTH) Comments: 20 pages, 15 figures Subj-class: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology; Spectral Theory; Computational Physics Journal-ref: Stellar fluid dynamics and numerical simulations: from the sun to neutron stars, France (2006) 153 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0609035 Title: Criterion for polynomial solutions to a class of linear differential equation of second order Authors: Nasser Saad, Richard L. Hall, Hakan Ciftci Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 34B40; 81Q05; 81Q15 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0609087 Title: Iterative solution of differential equations Authors: Paolo Amore, Hakan Ciftci, Francisco M. Fernandez Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.SI/0609007 Title: Single polymer dynamics in elongational flow and the confluent Heun equation Authors: D. Vincenzi, E. Bodenschatz Comments: 9 pages, 6 figures Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems; Mathematical Physics; Soft Condensed Matter Journal-ref: J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., vol. 39, pp. 10691-10701 (2006) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0610108 Title: The Continuing Story of Zeta Authors: Graham Everest, Christian Roettger, Tom Ward Comments: Extra references added Subj-class: Number Theory; General Mathematics MSC-class: 11M06 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610109 Title: On Erd\'{e}lyi-Magnus-Nevai conjecture for Jacobi polynomials Authors: Ilia Krasikov Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610111 Title: An upper bound on Jacobi polynomials Authors: Ilia Krasikov Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C45 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610128 Title: A matrix Rodrigues formula for classical orthogonal polynomials in two variables Authors: A. Alvarez de Morales, L. Fernandez, T. E. Perez, M. A. Piņar Comments: 17 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 42C05 (Primary) 33C50 (Secondary) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610153 Title: A semiclassical perspective on multivariate orthogonal polynomials Authors: M. Alvarez de Morales, L. Fernandez, T. E. Perez, M. A. Piņar Comments: 10 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 42C05 (Primary) 33C50 (Secondary) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0610185 Title: Actions on permutations and unimodality of descent polynomials Authors: Petter Branden Comments: 18 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 06A0; 05A05; 05E99;13F55 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610191 Title: Asymptotics of a ${}_3F_2$ polynomial associated with the Catalan-Larcombe-French sequence Authors: Nico M. Temme Comments: 10 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication in {\em Analysis and Applications} Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 41A60; 33C20; 11B83; 33C10 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0610281 Title: Gaussian hypergeometric series and extensions of supercongruences Authors: Robert Osburn, Carsten Schneider Comments: 28 pages Subj-class: Number Theory MSC-class: 11F33, 33F10, 11S80 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610471 Title: Random Matrix Theory and the Sixth Painlev\'e Equation Authors: P.J. Forrester, N.S. Witte Comments: Dedicated to the centenary of the publication of the Painlev\'e VI equation in the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris by Richard Fuchs in 1905 Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 05E35; 39A05; 37F10; 33C45; 34M55 Journal-ref: J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. {\bf 39}, 12211-12233 (2006) http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CV/0610479 Title: Difference independence of the Riemann zeta function Authors: Yik-Man Chiang, Shaoji Feng Comments: To appear in Acta Arithmetica Subj-class: Complex Variables; Number Theory MSC-class: 10H05, 30D35 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610499 Title: The generalized-Euler-constant function $\gamma(z)$ and a generalization of Somos's quadratic recurrence constant Authors: Jonathan Sondow, Petros Hadjicostas Comments: 26 pages, 2 figures, to appear in J. Math. Anal. Appl Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Number Theory MSC-class: 11M35, 11Y55, 11Y60, 33B15, 33B30, 40A05, 40A20 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0610546 Title: Finite q-identities related to well-known theorems of Euler and Gauss Authors: Johann Cigler Comments: 10 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: 05A30; 11B65 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610673 Title: Special Solutions of the Sixth Painleve Equation with Solvable Monodromy Authors: Kazuo Kaneko, Shoji Okumura Comments: 15 pages, 6 figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 34M55; 33E17 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.MG/0610856 Title: Semidefinite programming, multivariate orthogonal polynomials, and codes in spherical caps Authors: Christine Bachoc, Frank Vallentin Comments: 14 pages Subj-class: Metric Geometry; Combinatorics MSC-class: 52C17, 90C22 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0610953 Title: Controllability of the Laguerre and the Jacobi Equations Authors: Diomedes Barcenas, Hugo Leiva, Yamilet Quintana, Wilfredo Urbina Comments: 10 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Analysis of PDEs MSC-class: 93B05; 93C25 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.SP/0610987 Title: Zeros of OPUC and Long Time Asymptotics of Schur and Related Flows Authors: Barry Simon Subj-class: Spectral Theory MSC-class: 05E25; 37K10; 39A11 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.SP/0610989 Title: Poisson Brackets of Orthogonal Polynomials Authors: Maria Jose Cantero, Barry Simon Subj-class: Spectral Theory MSC-class: 05E25; 37K10; 53D17 http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0610071 Title: Nonlinear Integral-Equation Formulation of Orthogonal Polynomials Authors: Carl M. Bender, E. Ben-Naim Comments: 7 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0610079 Title: Examples of Feynman-Jackson integrals Authors: Rafael Diaz, Eddy Pariguan Comments: 5 figures, 10 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://www.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.SI/0610048 Title: Hypergeometric solutions to ultradiscrete Painleve equations Authors: Chris M. Ormerod Comments: 10 pages, 2 figures Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems http://www.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.SI/0610058 Title: Relations for zeros of special polynomials associated to the Painleve equations Authors: Nikolai A. Kudryashov, Maria V. Demina Comments: 17 pages, 5 figures Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Topic #4 ---------- OP-SF NET 14.1 ---------- January 15, 2007 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors 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. 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