NA Digest Sunday, August 4, 2002 Volume 02 : Issue 31

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Cleve Moler
The MathWorks, Inc.
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From: Sri Sritharan <srith@spawar.navy.mil>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:56:21 -0700
Subject: Change of Address for S. S. Sritharan

My new coordinates from August 2002:

S. S. Sritharan
Head, Department of Mathematics
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071

Office phone : (307) 766-4221, Office Fax: (307) 766-6838.


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From: Gravvanis George <gag@aegean.gr>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:08:10 +0300
Subject: MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics

C A L L F O R P A P E R S
FOR THE SESSION
PRECONDITIONED ITERATIVE METHODS AND ALGORITHMS,
APPLICATIONS AND SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS
Session Organizer: Dr. G. A. Gravvanis

Within the framework of the Conference
Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics
June 17-20, 2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA

Topics of the session: Topics of interest include, but no limited to, the
following: Approximate Inverses, Parallel and sequential numerical methods
for PDE's, Finite Difference and Finite Element method, Finite Volume
method, Boundary element method, Domain Decomposition methods, Multigrid
Methods, Preconditioned iterative methods, Adaptive strategies, Numerical
Software Description and Environments, Advanced Numerical Algorithms and
Applications.

Prospective authors are invited to submit - after July 15, 2002 and prior to
September 30, 2002, - a paper of up to 1600 words on topics related to the
theme of the Session (PDF, Postscript, or Microsoft Word documents). Your
paper may contain up to 1600 words, plus up to four figures or tables (in
total). If the total number of figures or tables exceeds four, your word
count should be reduced by approximately 100 words per additional figure or
table.
You must submit to the Session Organizer by email only (gag@aegean.gr), two
files together in one email, that is:
First file: the manuscript (formatted to print on size A4, or 8.5 inch by 11
inch paper, see Guide for Authors, http://www.secondmitconference.org). Your
paper must follow the detailed format given in the Format for papers. Second
file: a completed summary sheet (see Summary Sheet)
Papers should contain an abstract, conclusions and relevant references. All
communications must be in English and bear the names of all authors, their
affiliations and full mailing addresses.
Regular mail or courier, or fax submissions will not be considered.
Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for
publication elsewhere.

The conference proceedings will be published by Elsevier. Authors will also
be sent proofs for checking (anticipated January to March 2003). As the
Proceedings are being published to a fixed schedule, prompt return of proofs
is essential. The publisher reserves the right to publish papers directly
from the proof copy if authors have not returned their corrected proofs on
schedule. This is important to ensure that the Proceedings are available at
conference registration.

Conference Fellowship
As in the First Conference, about one hundred young researchers from any
part of the world will be fully supported to attend the Conference. A
Fellowship provides for all travel expenses, Conference fees, accommodation
expenses in M.I.T. on-campus housing, and a personalized Fellowship
Certificate. Fellowship awardees are expected to present a paper at the
Conference.
Fellowship applicants must be less than about 30 years of age at the time of
the Conference, and must submit a short paper (of the form described in the
Call for Papers) and two letters of recommendation (typed on letter head,
faxed or email recommendations are not sufficient) together with the paper.
Applicants will be notified prior to December 15, 2002 (provided the
application was received prior to September 30, 2002) as to whether they
have been awarded a Fellowship.

IMPORTANT DATES:
September 30, 2002: Deadline for paper submission
December 15, 2002: Notification of acceptance
June 17 - 20, 2003: Second M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid
and Solid Mechanics

SESSION CONTACT:
Dr. George A. Gravvanis
Department of Information and Communication Systems Engineering
University of the Aegean
GR-83200 Karlovasi, Samos, GREECE
E-mail: gag@aegean.gr
Telephone: ++30-2730-82230, ++30-10-3368024, Fax: ++30-2730-82009.

For more information about the conference a link has been created at
http://www.secondmitconference.org


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From: Kompis Vladimir <Vladimir_Kompis@kmpp.utc.sk>
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:43:34 +0200
Subject: Workshop at Exeter on Trefftz Methods and FEM for CFD

3rd International Workshop/EuroConference on Trefftz methods
Plus FEM for CFD, lecture series
16 - 19 September 2002.

Sponsored by: European Commission, DGXII, Human Potential
Programme, High-Level Scientific Conferences

Location: University of Exeter, U.K.

The three day Workshop on Trefftz methods: Development and
applications in Computational Mechanics and

A one day series of lectures on Finite Element Methods
for Computational Fluid Dynamics.

EC is intended to contribute to the following cost categories:
A) Up to 100% of expenses related to the participation of young
researchers (<35 year old), who are nations of EU Member State
or an Associated State (travel, subsistence and participation fees)
B)Up to 50% of expenses related to the participation of invited
lecturers (restricted number of lecturers still possible to invite)
of any nationality (travel and subsistense).

For more information please visit our website
www.ex.ac.uk/trefftz2002

Contact the organizers as soon as possible.


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From: Dale Olesky <dolesky@cs.uvic.ca>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:47:02 -0800
Subject: Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The 2002 Pacific Northwest Numerical Analysis Seminar (PNWNAS) will be held
at the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on Saturday
September 28, 2002. The invited speakers are Volker Mehrmann and John Gilbert.

Information is now available at http://pnwnas.cs.uvic.ca

Preregistration is required, and should be received by Friday September 20.

Please send any comments/questions to Dale Olesky at dolesky@cs.uvic.ca


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From: Inge Troch <inge.troch@tuwien.ac.at>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 19:02:23 +0200
Subject: IMACS Symposium in Vienna on Mathematical Modelling

Dear colleague,

4th MATHMOD Vienna

i.e. the 4th IMACS Symposium on MATHEMATICAL MODELLING

will be held during February 5 - 7, 2003 at TU Vienna.

Deadline for submitting a contribution is Sept. 1, 2002.

Please avoid running short with time and submit your EXTENDED ABSTRACT as
soon as possible preferably by email as pdf-file.

For details on how to prepare this extended abstract and on how to submit
it consult please the two attachments. More details about the conference
are to be found on our
web site: http://simtech.tuwien.ac.at/MATHMOD

Looking forward to receive your abstract well in time and to welcome you in
Vienna

Sincerely yours,
Inge Troch


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From: Andreas Prohl <apr@math.ethz.ch>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 17:14:06 +0200
Subject: Doctoral Position at the ETH Zurich

The Seminar for Applied Mathematics (ETH Zuerich)
announces opening of a

Doctoral Position

to participate on the project:

``Construction and Analysis of Numerical Methods in Image Processing''

The appointment will be for three years; successful participation
on the project will lead to PhD degree.

Successful applicants should have deepened knowledge of the theory
of partial differential equations, or calculus of variations and/or
(geometric) measure theory. Basic knowledge of numerical analysis of
PDEs is appreciated.

Goals in this project are to construct efficient schemes to approximate
measure-valued solutions of related nonlinear PDEs or minimization
problems, and to analytically prove their convergence properties.

Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until
the position is filled.

Contact address:
Prof. Andreas Prohl
Department of Mathematics
ETH Zurich
CH-8082 Switzerland
email: apr@math.ethz.ch


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From: Yaoguo Li <ygli@mines.edu>
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 15:22:09 -0600
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Colorado School of Mines

Post-doctoral position:
Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines

The Department of Geophysics at Colorado School of Mines
invites applications for a post-doctoral position in
unexploded ordnance (UXO) research. The successful applicant
is expected to carry out research in the area of processing
and inversion of electromagnetic and magnetic data for UXO
detection and discrimination and to interact with funding
agencies and collaborating institutions. The applicant
should have a strong background in electromagnetic and
potential-field methods, geophysical inversions, and
optimization techniques. Familiarity with Fourier analysis,
wavelet transforms, and statistical simulation is desired.

The position is open immediately and the initial appointment
is for one year with the possibility of renewal. Initial salary
is US$35,000/year with standard benefits. Please submit your
application including a curriculum vitae and names of three
references to:

Dr. Yaoguo Li
Department of Geophysics
Colorado School of Mines
1500 Illinois Street
Golden, CO 80401
USA
email: ygli@mines.edu


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From: Claude Brezinski <claude.brezinski@univ-lille1.fr>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:14:21 +0200
Subject: Contents, Numerical Algorithms

NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS
Volume 30, no. 2, 2002

G.H. Golub, C. Greif, J.M. Varah
Block orderings for tensor-product grids in two and three
dimensions, pp. 93-111

A. Griewank, C. Faure
Reduced functions, gradients and Hessian from fixed-point
iterations for state equations, pp. 113-139

M.-L. Mazure
Blossoming: from polynomials to power series, pp. 141-155

L. Amodei
Orthogonal decompositions in Hilbertian subspaces, error
functions and optimal extensions of interpolation problems,
pp. 157-184

H. Strauss
Approximation with constraints by conditionally positive
definite functions, pp. 185-198


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From: Hans Schneider <hans@math.wisc.edu>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:27:24 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications

Linear Algebra and its Applications
Volume 353, Issues 1-3, Pages 1-317 (15 September 2002)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2002-996469998-329855

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Helmut Wielandt 19 December 1910-14 February 2001 A personal memoir, Pages 1-3
Hans Schneider

Wielandt's proof of the exponent inequality for primitive nonnegative matrices, Pages 5-10
Hans Schneider

The Laplacian spectrum of a mixed graph, Pages 11-20
Xiao-Dong Zhang and Jiong-Sheng Li

Ranks and inertias of Hermitian block Toeplitz matrices, Pages 21-32
Jerome Dancis

Kronecker product based stability tests and performance bounds for a class of 2D continuous-discrete linear systems, Pages 33-52
E. Rogers and D. H. Owens

Transformation techniques towards the factorization of non-rational 2 x 2 matrix functions, Pages 53-90
Torsten Ehrhardt and Frank-Olme Speck

Global stabilizability of uncertain systems with time-varying delays via dynamic observer-based output feedback, Pages 91-105
Yeong-Jeu Sun

On a bitangential interpolation problem for contractive-valued functions on the unit ball, Pages 107-147
Joseph A. Ball and Vladimir Bolotnikov

On the congruence of square real matrices, Pages 149-158
Dragomir . Dokovi and Khakim D. Ikramov

The symmetric M-matrix and symmetric inverse M-matrix completion problems, Pages 159-168
Leslie Hogben

Consistency for bi(skew)symmetric solutions to systems of generalized Sylvester equations over a finite central algebra, Pages 169-182
Qing-Wen Wang, Jian-Hua Sun and Shang-Zhi Li

Stability of matrices with negative diagonal submatrices, Pages 183-196
Herman J. Nieuwenhuis and Lambert Schoonbeek

Matricial realizations of the solutions of the Carlson problem, Pages 197-206
Albert Compta and Josep Ferrer

Symmetry property and construction of wavelets with a general dilation matrix, Pages 207-225
Bin Han

Cesaro limits of analytically perturbed stochastic matrices, Pages 227-243
Jerzy Filar, Henry A. Krieger and Zamir Syed

On matrices which have signed null-spaces, Pages 245-255
Si-Ju Kim and Bryan L. Shader

On comparison of the Perron-Frobenius eigenvalues of two ML-matrices, Pages 257-266
Bo Henry Lindqvist

The generic canonical form of a regular structured matrix pencil, Pages 267-288
J. W. van der Woude

Schur complements and its applications to symmetric nonnegative and Z-matrices, Pages 289-307
Yizheng Fan

Special Issue on Order Reduction of Large Scale Systems, Pages 309-310

Special Issue in honor of Peter Lancaster, Page 311

Special Issue on Linear Algebra in Signal and Image Processing, Pages
313-314

Special issue on Large Scale Linear and Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems,
Pages 315-316

Author index, Page 317


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From: Ake Bjorck <akbjo@mai.liu.se>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:34:21 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: Contents, BIT Numerical Mathematics

Contents BIT Numerical Mathematics
Volume 42, Issue 3 (September 2002)
For information to contributers and about subscriptions see
http://www.math.liu.se/BIT/


Simultaneous point estimates for Newton's method
P. Batra, pp. 467--476

A new approach to the algebraic structures for integration
methods
J. C. Butcher and T. M. H. Chan, pp. 477--489

Numerical solution of the Bagley--Torvik equation.
K. Diethelm and N. J. Ford, pp. 490--507

Convergence aspects of step-parallel iteration of Runge--Kutta
methods for delay differential equations
X. Ding and M. Liu, pp. 508--518

On an application of Newton's method to nonlinear operators
with $w$-conditioned second derivative
J. A. Ezquerro and M. A. Hern{\'a}ndez, pp. 519--530

Truncated VSV solutions to symmetric rank-deficient problems
R. D. Fierro and P. C. Hansen, pp. 531--540

Matrix multilevel methods and preconditioning
T. Huckle and J. Staudacher, pp. 541--560

On the global error of discretization methods for highly
-oscillatory ordinary differential equations
A. Iserles, pp. 561--599

Backward stability of Clenshaw's algorithm
A. Smoktunowicz, pp. 600--610

Monotone convergence of iterative methods for singular linear
systems
Y. Song, pp. 611--624

Two-stage stochastic Runge--Kutta methods for stochastic
differential equations
T. H. Tian and K. Burrage, pp. 625--643

Multi-dimensional quadrature of singular and discontinuous
functions
A.-K. Tornberg, pp. 644--669

On $G^2$ continuous spline interpolation of curves in
${\mathbb{R}}^d$
E. \v{Z}agar, pp. 670--688


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From: Ed Saff <esaff@math.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 13:12:55 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Contents, Constructive Approximation

Constructive Approximation Contents: Volume 18, No. 4, 2002

"Favard's Interpolation Problem in One or More Variables"
by Thomas Kunkle, pp. 467-478.

"Summation and Transformation Formulas for Elliptic Hypergeometric
Series" by S.O. Warnaar, pp. 479-502.

"On the L1-Condition Number of the Univariate Bernstein Basis"
by Tom Lyche and Karl Scherer, pp. 503-528.

"Universal Bases and Greedy Algorithms for Anisotropic Function
Classes" by V.N. Temlyakov, pp. 529-550.

"Best Polynomial Approximation in Sobolev-Laguerre and Sobolev-
Legendre Spaces" by D.H. Kim, S.H. Kim, K.H. Kwon, and Xin Li,
pp. 551-568.

"Multivariate Simultaneous Approximation" by T. Bagby, L. Bos,
and N. Levenberg, pp. 569-577.

"The Saalschutz Chain Reaction and Bilateral Basic Hypergeometric
Series" by Wenchang Chu, pp. 579-597.

"Stability Analysis for Several Second-Order Sigma-Delta Methods of
Coarse Quantization of Bandlimited Functions" by Ozgur Yilmaz,
pp. 599-628



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