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From: Nick Trefethen <Nick.Trefethen@comlab.ox.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:18:30 +0100
Subject: I. J. Good and colleague matrices
I would like to draw readers' attention to the passing
of I. J. Good last April 5, age 92. The recent London
Mathematical Society Newsletter observes that Good was
the longest standing member of the society, having joined
in 1940!
Jack Good had a prolific, varied, and influential career,
including working as Turing's statistical assistant and
close friend at Bletchley Park and the University of
Manchester, secret government work in the UK, and many
years as an increasingly legendary professor of statistics
at Virginia Tech. He was one of the key figures in the
development of Bayesian statistics and one of the first to
publicize the Bletchley codebreaking activities. But I
would like to highlight a less well-known contribution
he made to numerical analysis. We all know that the
roots of a polynomial are equal to the eigenvalues of a
companion matrix formed from its coefficients. Unfortunately,
rootfinding problems formulated this way are exponentially
ill-conditioned unless the roots happen to lie near near
the unit circle. For roots on an interval, however, there
is a well-conditioned analogue based on eigenvalues of a
"colleague matrix" made from coefficients in a Chebyshev
expansion. It was Good who discovered this and proposed
the name colleague, back in 1961. The same observation
was made independently by Wilhelm Specht one year earlier.
A number of people have rediscovered it since.
A biography can be found at
http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Good.html
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From: Rolf Jeltsch <jeltsch@math.ethz.ch>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:47:47 -0400
Subject: Call for Nomination for ICIAM Prizes for 2011
Call for Nomination for ICIAM Prizes for 2011
The ICIAM Prize Committee for 2011 now calls for nominations for the
five ICIAM Prizes to be awarded in 2011 at the congress in Vancouver.
Each ICIAM Prize has its own special features, while being truly
international in character. Nominations are therefore welcomed from
every part of the world. A nomination should take into account the
specifications for a particular prize,
see http://www.iciam.org/council/council_tf.html. For convenience
shortened specifications are given at the end of this note.
The deadline for nominations is 21 September 2009.
The nomination should be sent to the President of ICIAM, Rolf Jeltsch,
preferably in electronic form. email: jeltsch@math.ethz.ch
Short version of the specifications of each ICIAM Prize
- Collatz Prize: For a mathematician under 42 years of age
for outstanding work on industrial and applied mathematics.
- Lagrange Prize: For a mathematician for exceptional
contributions to applied mathematics throughout her/his career.
- Maxwell Prize: For a mathematician who has demonstrated
originality in applied mathematics.
- Pioneer Prize: For pioneering work introducing applied mathematical
methods and scientific computing techniques to an industrial problem
area or a new scientific field of applications.
- Su Buchin Prize: For an outstanding contribution by an individual
in the application of mathematics to emerging economies and human
development, in particular at the economic and cultural level in
developing countries. This includes e orts to improve mathematical
research and teaching in those countries.
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From: "Kirsten Wilden" <Wilden@siam.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:42:24 -0400
Subject: SIAM Conf. on Math. Aspects of Materials Science (MS10), May 2010
SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS10)
Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
May 23-26, 2010
Invited Presentations (partial list):
Basil Audoly, University Paris VI, France
M. Carme Calderer, University of Minnesota
Selim Esedoglu, University of Michigan
James Evans, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
Mitch Luskin, University of Minnesota
Arun Majumdar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
and University of California at Berkeley
Alexander Mielke, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern University
Christopher Schuh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frans Spaepen, Harvard University
The Call for Presentations for this conference is available at:
http://www.siam.org/meetings/ms10/
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
October 26, 2009: Minisymposium proposals
November 23, 2009: Abstracts for contributed
and minisymposium speakers
TRAVEL FUND APPLICATION DEADLINE
October 26, 2009: SIAM Student Travel Award
and Post-doc/Early Career Travel Award Applications
For additional information, contact the SIAM Conference
Department at meetings@siam.org.
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From: "Daniel B. Szyld" <szyld@temple.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:32:18 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Gene Golub SIAM Summer School, Italy, Jun 2010
Gene Golub SIAM Summer School 2010
International Summer School on Numerical Linear Algebra (ISSNLA)
Fasano (Bari), Italy 7-18 June 2010
http://www.ba.cnr.it/ISSNLA2010
The first Gene Golub SIAM Summer School will take place at the Centro
Internazionale Alti Studi Universitari (CIASU), in Fasano (Bari), Italy. The
following four courses will be given during the two weeks from the 7th to the
18th of June 2010.
- Minimizing communication in numerical linear algebra,
James Demmel, University of California at Berkeley, USA
- Nonlinear eigenvalue problems: analysis and numerical solution,
Volker Mehrmann, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany.
- From Matrix to Tensor: The Transition to Computational Multilinear Algebra,
Charles Van Loan, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
- Linear Algebra and Optimization,
Margaret H. Wright, Courant Institute, New York University, USA
The summer school is geared towards doctoral students. There will
be a limit of 50 students. There will be no registration fee.
Funding for local accommodations and/or local expenses will be available
for some of the participants. Limited travel funds may also be available.
Watch the website for announcement of application deadline and procedures.
For more information see: http://www.ba.cnr.it/ISSNLA2010
This summer school is the second ISSNLA organized by the SIAM Activity group on
Linear Algebra. The first took place in 2008 (http://www.simumat.es/SIAGLA2008).
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From: Homer Walker <walker@WPI.EDU>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:49:36 -0400
Subject: Visiting Assistant Professorship at WPI
A Visiting Assistant Professor position for AY 2009-2010 has become
available in the WPI Mathematical Sciences Department. The teaching
load is a combination of seven-week undergraduate courses and/or one-
semester graduate courses totaling five courses for the academic year.
The salary is $51,000. The appointment will be for one year, with
possible renewal contingent upon satisfactory teaching and research,
at the discretion of WPI and the appointee.
We invite applicants in areas compatible with research interests in
the department: partial differential equations with applications in
continuum mechanics and composite materials, computational modeling
and simulation, mathematical biology, financial mathematics, numerical
analysis, optimization, control theory, applied probability, and
discrete mathematics. An earned PhD or equivalent degree is required.
Successful candidates must also demonstrate strong research potential
and evidence of quality teaching, and will be expected to contribute
to the department’s research activities and to its innovative, project-
based educational programs.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae and a statement of
teaching and research objectives, and have sent three letters of
recommendation, at least one of which addresses teaching potential.
The preferred means of submission is by email to Professor Bogdan
Vernescu, Department Head, at vernescu@wpi.edu.
For information about WPI and the Mathematical Sciences Department,
see http://www.wpi.edu and http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Math/.
For inquiries about the position, please call the Mathematical
Sciences Department at 508-831-5241.
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From: Bartosz Protas <bprotas@mcmaster.ca>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:47:26 -0400
Subject: Postdoc Position in CFD & Optimization at McMaster University
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS AND OPTIMIZATION
An opening for a Post-Doctoral Fellow is available in the Department
of Mathematics & Statistics at McMaster University. The fellow will
work in the research group of Dr. Protas, and the focus of this
industry-funded position will be continued research on integration of
Optimization Theory and Computational Fluid Dynamics with the goal to
develop strategies for optimization of multi-physics fluid systems. In
addition to substantial experience in scientific computing, an ideal
candidate would also have background in Computational / Theoretical
Fluid Dynamics and Optimization / Control Theory. This position will
also involve some teaching responsibilities.
The fellowship is open to candidates of any nationality and selection
will be based upon the candidate's research potential. The start date
of the position is September 1, 2009, or as soon as possible after
that. The duration of the position will be initially one year with the
possibility of an extension for another year based on a satisfatory
review. The annual salary will be $42,000. Candidates are required to
apply for this fellowship by using the MathJobs website; see our
advertisement at www.mathjobs.org. We will begin to review
applications on August 1, 2009, however, applications will continue to
be accepted until the position is filled. Applicants should provide
at least three letters of recommendation. Preferably these letters
will be submitted through the MathJobs website (see above); they may
also be sent directly to:
Dr. Bartosz Protas
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA L8S 4K1
Phone: +1 (905) 525 9140 ext. 24116
Fax: +1 (905) 522 0935
Email: bprotas@mcmaster.ca
URL: www.math.mcmaster.ca/bprotas
We appreciate all replies to this advertisement, but applications will
not be acknowledged. McMaster is committed to Employment Equity and
encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including
aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible
minorities and women.
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From: Jerome Monnier <jerome.monnier@insa-toulouse.fr>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:39:16 -0400
Subject: Postdoc Position at Mathematics Institute of Toulouse, France
ostdoctoral Position in Applied Mathematics - Computational
Sciences: 3D solver and adjoint code for ALE free surface flows.
The applicant will reach an applied mathematics and numerical
research team of the Mathematics Institute of Toulouse (IMT),
France. The study is carried out in strong collaboration with
researchers in glaciology (lab. LGGE of Grenoble, France).
The applicant must have a PhD in applied mathematics or
computational sciences with a demonstrated experience in software
development. Skills of the candidate: strong competence in
numerical methods for PDEs (in particular in finite elements),
knowledge on optimal control, adjoint methods and automatic
differenciation would be appreciated. The successful candidate
will be a willing and effective communicator and committed to
team collaboration.
The applicant will elaborate and implement an efficient numerical
solver for 3D non-newtonian Stokes equations with free surface.
After its implementation into our software DassFlow, the
applicant will generate the adjoint code. She/he will focus on
the differentiability of the free-surface module (ALE
formulation).
This is a 30 months position with ~2500 euros/month. The expected
start date is as soon as possible. Applications with full CV and
two referee letters should be sent to:
jerome.monnier@insa-toulouse.fr
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From: "Prof. Krishna Kumar" <krishnadevkumar@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:41:47 -0400
Subject: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Ryerson U.
One Ryerson Post Doctoral Fellowship (RPDF) is immediately available from
October 2009 in Spacecraft Dynamics and Control for three years (i.e. 36
months) renewable annually (http://www.ryerson.ca/ors/forms/
post_doctoral_round_.html). The annual salary is $41,000 plus benefits
(approximate total value of award $50,000). The aim of this RPDF
program is to attract outstanding post-doctoral fellows who will
enhance Ryerson's Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC)
productivity. Applicants must meet the following eligibility
criteria: (a) Have completed or received a PhD degree in dynamics
and nonlinear control discipline no more than two years before
the application deadline; or (b) Be expected to complete their
PhD degree in dynamics and nonlinear control no later than six
months after taking up the PDF. (c) There must be evidence of
significant and exciting promise in Scholarly, Research and
Creative (SRC) in relation to the candidate's career stage and
background. (d) If an applicant has at least six months of
full-time relevant work experience in industry or government
after receiving the doctorate, the eligibility period is extended
to three years. (e) If an applicant has withdrawn from the
workforce and active research for maternity or paternity leave or
to raise a child for at least one year after receiving a
doctorate, the eligibility period is extended to six years.
The RPDF will work in the Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Ryerson University (www.ryerson.ca/aerospace). The research will
be supervised by Dr. Krishna Kumar, Canada Research
Chair. Dr. Kumar’s areas of research/projects include Nonlinear
Dynamics and Control, Fault Tolerant Control, Orbit and Attitude
Dynamics and Control, Flexible Spacecraft, Formation Flying, and
Underactuated Systems (www.kdkumar.com). These projects are
challenging and involve theoretical and experimental work. The
candidate should have a Ph.D degree in dynamics and nonlinear
control. The candidate must have a strong background in
mathematics, dynamics and control. Experience with MATLAB is
essential. Knowledge of orbital or attitude dynamics and
designing spacecraft is desirable. Practical experience in
designing controllers is desirable.
The prospective candidate should send (preferably by email) their
resumes, along with names and contact information of three
references, as well as copies of research papers, before August
20, 2009, to:
Dr. Krishna Kumar, Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Space Systems
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Ryerson University
350 Victoria Street, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada
Tel.: 416-979-5000, Ext. 4908; Fax: 416-979-5056
Email: kdkumar@ryerson.ca
http://www.kdkumar.com
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From: Raimondas Ciegis <Raimondas.Ciegis@fm.vgtu.lt>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:34:05 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Contents, Mathematical Modelling and Analysis Vol.14 No. 3
MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS
The Baltic Journal on Mathematical Applications, Numerical
Analysis and Differential Equations ISSN 1392-6292, ISSN
1648-3510 online, Electronical edition: http://www.vgtu.lt/mma/
Raimondas {\v C}iegis (Editor) Volume 14, Number 3, 2009
(p.271-422)
CONTENTS
O. Awono and J. Tagoudjeu. A Splitting Iterative Method for
Solving the Neutron Transport Equation. 271-289
C.P. Bhunu and W. Garira. A Two Strain Tuberculosis Transmission
Model with Therapy and Quarantine. 291-312
E. Kiriyatzkii and J. Kirjackis. On Some Limit Properties of
Functions with Nonvanishing Divided Differences. 313-321
A.C. Matei. A Variational Approach for an Electro-Elastic
Unilateral Contact Problem. 323-334
X. Qin, Y.J. Cho and S.M. Kang. Convergence Analysis on Hybrid
Projection Algorithms for Equilibrium Problems and Variational
Inequality Problems. 335-351
L. Rahmani. Modelling of the Effect of a Thin Stiffener on the
Boundary of a Nonlinear Thermoelastic Plate. 353-368
V. Skakauskas. Separable Solutions to an Interacting Human
Communities Model. 369-390
B.C. Tripathy and A. Baruah. New Type of Difference Sequence
Spaces of Fuzzy Real Numbers. 391-397
Q. Yao. Existence and Iteration of Positive Solution to a
Second-Order Quasilinear Problem. 399-406
O.S. Zikirov. A Non-Local Boundary Value Problem for Third-Order
Linear Partial Differential Equation of Composite Type. 407-421
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From: "Gladwell, Ian" <igladwel@mail.smu.edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:27:27 -0500
Subject: Contents, ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS), July 2009
CM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS)
Volume 36, Issue 3 (July 2009)
For more information, including abstracts and access to full
text, see the ACM Digital Library at http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm
Table of Contents
Anasazi software for the numerical solution of large-scale
eigenvalue problems C. G. Baker, U. L. Hetmaniuk, R. B. Lehoucq,
H. K. Thornquist Article No. 13 (23 pages)
Programming matrix algorithms-by-blocks for thread-level
parallelism Gregorio Quintana-Ortí, Enrique S. Quintana-Ortí,
Robert A. Van De Geijn, Field G. Van Zee, Ernie Chan Article
No. 14 (26 pages)
Algorithm 895: A continued fractions package for special
functions Franky Backeljauw, Annie Cuyt Article No. 15 (20 pages)
Algorithm 896: LSA: Algorithms for large-scale optimization
Ladislav Lukąan, Ctirad Matonoha, Jan Vlček Article No. 16 (29
pages)
Algorithm 897: VTDIRECT95: Serial and parallel codes for the
global optimization algorithm direct Jian He, Layne T. Watson,
Masha Sosonkina Article No. 17 (24 pages)
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From: Emma Avery <Emma.Avery@iop.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:27:08 +0100
Subject: Contents, Nonlinearity, volume 22, issue 8, August 2009
NONLINEARITY
Volume 22, Issue 8, August 2009
Individual articles are free for 30 days following their publication on the
web. This issue is available at: URL:
http://stacks.iop.org/0951-7715/22/i=8
Pages: 1761--2078
PAPERS
1761
Resonance zones and lobe volumes for exact volume-preserving maps
H E Lomel\' \i and J D Meiss
1791
Incompressible flow in porous media with fractional diffusion
\'Angel Castro, Diego C\'ordoba, Francisco Gancedo and Rafael Orive
1817
Asymptotic densities for Packard Box rules
Janko Gravner and David Griffeath
1847
An extension of integrable peakon equations with cubic nonlinearity
Xianguo Geng and Bo Xue
1857
Phase transition for the universal bounds on the integral means spectrum
Ilia Binder
1869
Standing generalized modulating pulse solutions for a nonlinear wave
equation in periodic media
Vincent Lescarret, Carsten Blank, Martina Chirilus-Bruckner, Christopher
Chong and Guido Schneider
1899
Diffeomorphisms having rotation sets with non-empty interior
Heber Enrich, Nancy Guelman, Audrey Larcanch\'e and Isabelle Liousse
1909
A two-dimensional flame tracking algorithm with application to Type Ia
supernova
Yongmin Zhang
1927
A new solution representation for the BBM equation in a quarter plane and
the eventual periodicity
John Meng-Kai Hong, Jiahong Wu and Juan-Ming Yuan
1945
The semiclassical continuity equation for open chaotic systems
Jack Kuipers, Daniel Waltner, Martha Guti\'errez and Klaus Richter
1965
A combinatorial model for reversible rational maps over finite fields
John A G Roberts and Franco Vivaldi
1983
Mollified birth in natural-age-grid Galerkin methods for age-structured
biological systems
Bruce P Ayati and Todd F Dupont
1997
Geography of resonances and Arnold diffusion in a priori unstable
Hamiltonian systems
Amadeu Delshams and Gemma Huguet
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From: Badih Ghusayni <badih@future-in-tech.net>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:43:38 -0400
Subject: Contents, International J. of Math and CS, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2009
Don Redmond, Generalization of Some Results of J. M. Gandhi, 3
Wadim Zudilin, Apéry's theorem. Thirty years after, 9
Badih Ghusayni, The Value of the Zeta Function at an Odd
Argument, 21
Jeffrey Stopple, Euler, Symmetric group, Riemann Zeta function, 31
Bruce Burdick, Edward Sandifer, Fooling with an Euler Series, 37
Ikorong Anouk Gilbert Nemron, A glance at different kinds of
numbers, 43
Lee Stemkoski, Erik R. Tou, Explicit Constructions of Arithmetic
Lattices in SL(n,R), 53
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