NA Digest Sunday, July 20, 1997 Volume 97 : Issue 29

Today's Editor:
Cleve Moler
The MathWorks, Inc.
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From: Carlos Antonio de Moura <demoura@pegasus.pgcc.uff.br>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 16:40:07 -0300
Subject: Change of Address for C A de Moura
Dear Colleagues,

I have moved to UFF, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro.
My new address is:

Carlos A de Moura
D.C.Computacao/I.Matematica-UFF
Pca. do Valonguinho, s/n
24210-130 Niteroi, RJ
Brazil

email: demoura@pgcc.uff.br
fax: 55-21 717 8588 X51
phone: 55-21 717 8269 X-44


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From: Vasilios Alexiades <vasili@ares.math.utk.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:47:49 -0400
Subject: Parallel PDE Packages for NHSE Review

We are in the process of reviewing parallel PDE software
packages for the NHSE Review ( http://www.nhse.org/ ).

The plan is to test and compare available general-purpose
parallel PDE solver packages for elliptic and parabolic PDEs
from a computational scientist (user) point of view
for functionality, usability, and performance.

Our list so far includes:
//ELLPACK, PETSc, threedmd, Unstructured Grids, VECFEM.

If you are aware of any other similar packages,
please let us know at
hpc-netlib@nhse.org


Vasilios Alexiades
Mathematics Dept. and Math Sciences Sec.
Univ. of Tennessee Oak Ridge Nat. Lab
Knoxville TN 37996 Oak Ridge TN 37831
(423) 974-4922 phone (423) 576-4292
(423) 974-6576 fax (423) 574-0680
alexiades@utk.edu
http://www.math.utk.edu/~vasili


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From: Yves Lucet <lucet@cict.fr>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 14:44:58 +0200 (METDST)
Subject: Mailing List for Jobs in Mathematics Requiring a PhD

The mailing list hd-emploi aims at providing offers to PhDs looking
for a job. Recently domain oriented sublists were launched. In
particular, several sublists provide offers for jobs in mathematics
(or involving mathematics). Here is a subset of the sublists along
with the people in charge:

hd-emploi-tdsi : traitement du signal et des images : Pierre Lobel
hd-emploi-elec : electronique/electromagnetique : Pierre Lobel
hd-emploi-info : informatique : Vanessa Conchodon,
Benedicte Rougeaux
hd-emploi-spi : sciences de l'ingenieur non traitees : Jerome Vaillant
hd-emploi-math : maths et applications : Yves Lucet
hd-emploi-physique : physique : Francois Lagugne,
Benedicte Rougeaux,
Jerome Vaillant
hd-emploi-genie : Sciences mecaniques, genie : Michel Molinier*
electrique et civil Jerome Vaillant*

As for hd-emploi-math, I am sorting and reposting math job offers coming from
the NA-Digest and Opt-net. I would be very grateful to anyone informing me of
any job opportunity.

Feel free to inform any PhD looking for a position about these sublists.
For more information, look at
http://poppea.polytechnique.fr/guilde/listes/hd-emploi/

Yves Lucet
Email : lucet@cict.fr
Web : http://www-sv.cict.fr/lao/membres/lucet.html


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From: John Mathews <MATHEWS@ccvax.fullerton.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 07:18:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Mathematica Use for Numerical Analysis

I would like to announce NEW the Complimentary Numerical Analysis Supplement:

NUMERICAL METHODS: Mathematica 3.0 Notebooks

The complete set of files are located at the Wolfram ftp site:

http://www.mathsource.com/cgi-bin/MathSource/Publications/
BookSupplements/Mathews-1997/0208-831

If you use NUMERICAL METHODS for Math., Science & Engineering.
Prentice Hall, 1992, ISBN# 0-13-624990-6 or ISBN# 0-13-625047-5
in your course and need a copy on disk, please correspond with me.

Best Regards,

Prof. John Mathews
Dept. of Mathematics
California State University Fullerton
Fullerton, CA 92834 USA
mathews@fullerton.edu


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From: George Karypis <karypis@s1.arc.umn.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 12:48:26 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: A Parallel Graph Partitioning and Sparse Matrix Ordering Library

ParMETIS: A Parallel Graph Partitioning and Sparse Matrix Ordering Library

We would like to announce the release of version 1.0 of the ParMETIS library.
ParMETIS is an MPI-based parallel library that implements a variety of
algorithms for partitioning unstructured graphs and for computing
fill-reducing orderings for sparse matrices. ParMETIS is particularly suited
for parallel numerical simulations involving large unstructured meshes.
For these computations, ParMETIS dramatically reduces the time spent in
communication by decomposing the mesh in a way that balances the load and
minimizes the number of interface elements.

ParMETIS's algorithms are based on the multilevel partitioning and fill
reducing ordering algorithms that are implemented in the widely used serial
package METIS. ParMETIS extends the functionality provided by METIS by
including routines that are especially suited for parallel computations and
large scale numerical simulations.

ParMETIS provides the following four major functions:
- Partition an unstructured graph.
- Improve the quality of an existing partition.
- Repartition a graph that corresponds to an adaptively refined mesh.
- Compute a fill-reducing ordering for sparse direct factorization.

Here is a list of some of the main features of ParMETIS:
- It quickly computes high quality partitions of very large unstructured
graphs.
- It can take advantage of geometry information (when available) to speedup
the runtime of the partitioning algorithms without loss in quality.
- It can be used to improve (some times dramatically) the quality of
partitions produced by other partitioning algorithms.
- It can quickly compute high quality repartitions of adaptively refined
meshes. It optimizes both the number of vertices that are moved as well
as the edge-cut of the resulting partition.
- It can compute fill reducing orderings for sparse direct factorization.
It uses a node-based nested dissection algorithm that has been shown to
significantly outperform other popular ordering algorithms.

Obtaining ParMETIS

ParMETIS is distributed freely. Information on how to download the source
code is available on WWW at:

URL: http://www.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis

ParMETIS has been written by George Karypis, at the Computer Science
Department of the University of Minnesota. If you have any questions or
problems obtaining ParMETIS, send email to karypis@cs.umn.edu.


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From: Alexander Marchuk <akadem4u@iis.nsk.su>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:37:00 +0700 (NSD)
Subject: Electronic Annex to the Magazine Akademgorodok

Dear colleagues,

Electronic Annex to the Magazine "Akademgorodok" now is
available via Web page located at

http://www.iis.nsk.su/akademgorodok/

You can use Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer
or Mosaic or another WWW browser to have access to our Annex.

Alexander Marchuk

630090, Novosibirsk
av. acad. Lavrentieva, 6
A.P.Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems, SB RAS
Magazine "Akademgorodok"

tel.: (3832) 350660
fax: (3832) 323494
E-mail: akademgorodok@iis.nsk.su


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From: Elias Lipitakis <eal@aueb.gr>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 15:59:00 +0300 (EET DST)
Subject: Conference in Greece on Computer Mathematics

H E R C M A ' 9 8
4th HELLENIC EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
September 24-26, 1998, Athens, Hellas

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Framework: The 4th Hellenic European Conference on Computer
Mathematics and its Applications (HERCMA '98) will be held in the Athens
University of Economics and Business (AUEB)on September 24th-26th, 1998, in
Athens, Greece.
This biennial Conference is a continuation of the HERMIS (Hellenic European
Research on Mathematics and Informatics) Conference series held in
1992-94-96 in Athens and is jointly organized by the Department of
Informatics of AUEB and the Research Group for Advanced Computational
Mathematics and Parallel Processing. The main theme within the Conference
will be Computer Mathematics and its Applications and special emphasis will
be given to Computational Mathematics, Hogh Performance Computing,
Operational Research and Statistics, Mathematics in Economics and Industry.

Conference Chairman: Professor Elias A. Lipitakis, Department of
Informatics, AUEB

International Scientific Programme Committee:
G. Akrivis (Ioannina,GR), N. Apostolatos (Athens,GR), C. Baker
(Manchester,UK), A. Bakopoulos (NTUA,GR), T. Bolis (Ioannina,GR), D. Dobkin
(Princeton, USA), V. Dougalis (Athens,GR), D. Evans (LUT,UK), G. Filokyprou
(Athens,GR), E. Flitzanis (AUEB,GR), S. Gallopoulos (Patras, GR), R.
Glowinski (Houston, USA), B. Guo (Shanghai, China), A. Hadjidimos
(Purdue,USA), E. Lipiatakis (AUEB,GR), V. Magirou (AUEB,GR), J. Panaretos
(AUEB,GR), J. Papadakis (Crete,GR), C. Papadimitriou (Berkeley,USA), j.
Papadimitriou (Macedonia,GR), N. Papamichael (Cyprus), T. Papatheodorou
(Patras,GR), R. Piessens (Leuven, Belgium), R. Plemmons (Wake-Forest, USA),
A. Sameh (Minnesota,USA), A. Sideridis (Athens,GR), V. Thomee(Chalmers,
Sweden), F. Topsoe (Copenhagen, Denmark), Van der Vorst (Utrecht, Holland),
P. Vassiliou (Thessaloniki, GR), B. Wegner (Berlin, Germany), L. xanthis
(Westminster, UK), E. Xekalaki (AUEB,GR), M. Yamamoto (Tokyo,Japan).

Scientific Secretaries: Dr. M. Mytilinaios (AUEB), Dr. J. Demetriou (Univ.
Athens)

Organizing Committee: E. Lipitakis (AUEB), E. Magirou (AUEB), G. Doukidis
(AUEB), M. Bekakos (AUEB), M. Mytilinaios (AUEB), P. Katerinis (AUEB),
M. Sideri (AUEB), N. Malevris (AUEB), J. Demetriou (Univ. Athens), R.
Papademetriou (Univ. Portsmouth,UK), K. Galanaki (AUEB).

Conference Language: English and Greek.

Schedule: Detailed information will be announced early October 1997. The
scientific programme and official registration forms will be available on
November 1997.

Important Dates:

Submission of Abstracts: February 20, 1998
Minisymposia Proposals: February 20, 1998
Notification of Acceptance: March 30, 1998
Camera-ready manuscripts: June 19, 1998
Registration: June 19, 1998

HERCMA '98 SECRETARIAT
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS
ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS
76 PATISION STREET
ATHENS 104 34, GREECE
Fax: +(3 01)- 8226 204 / 8676 265 / 8203 187
E-mail: eal@aueb.gr / mem@aueb.gr

Further information about the HERCMA '98 Conference can be found in URL
(World Wide Web page) address: http://www.aueb.gr


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From: Trini Flores <flores@siam.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 97 10:16:40 EST
Subject: SIAM Conferences on Control and Wave Propogation

Fourth SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
Sponsored by SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory
May 7-9, 1998
Omni Jacksonville Hotel
Jacksonville, Florida

Conference Chair: Suzanne Lenhart
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Minisymposium proposals and abstract submissions are invited. For
further information about the conference and how to send your
abstracts, visit the SIAM Web page at:

http://www.siam.org/meetings/ct98/ct98home.htm

or contact the SIAM Conference Department by e-mail at:
meetings@siam.org; phone: 215-382-9800; fax: 215-386-7999.


Fourth International Conference on Mathematical and Numerical Aspects
of Wave Propagation
Conducted by SIAM with the cooperation of INRIA
June 1-5, 1998
Colorado School of Mines
Golden Colorado

Conference Chair: John A. DeSanto
Colorado School of Mines

Minisymposium proposals and abstract submissions are invited. For
further information about the conference and how to send your
abstracts, visit the SIAM Web page at:

http://www.siam.org/meetings/wp98/wp98home.htm

or contact the SIAM Conference Department by e-mail at:

meetings@siam.org; phone: 215-382-9800; fax: 215-386-7999.


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From: Bob Mattheij <mattheij@win.tue.nl>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 11:27:13 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Conference in Germany on Glass Production

ECMI GLASS DAYS 1997 KAISERSLAUTERN:
Analysis and Simulation of Processes in Glass Production and processing
Kaiserslautern (Germany), October 9-10 1997

OBJECTIVES:
Glass has been a field for scientists and engineers for many years.
Although modern science and engineering technology have contributed enormously
to the efficiency of the glass industry, many questions still cannot be
answered. More and more, mathematical modelling with computer simulations
replace expensive practical experiments.
These simulations may help to understand the physical processes in detail
and lead to the optimization of the manufacturing process itself.
So they give both reduced costs and flexibility. The ECMI-GLASS-DAYS 97 will
provide a forum for discussion of work on the application of mathematics to
glass manufacturing processes. They are the continuation of the
first GLASS-DAYS, which took place in Eindhoven in 1994.
As a consequence ECMI (the Eoropean Consortium for Mathematics in Industry)
founded a special interest group working in the field of mathematical
modelling and simulation of glass.
Typical problems are viscous sintering and pressing of glass in moulds,
production of float glass, radiative heat transfer, foam formation in glass
tanks.
The ECMI-GLASS-DAYS will also provide a forum for participants from
industry to pose some relevant problems to the mathematical community.
The second day will be dedicated to the discussion of these problems.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME:
Welcome and Short Introduction: H. Neunzert (ITWM, Kaiserslautern)
Foaming Behaviour of Glass Melts: O. Verheyen (TNO, Eindhoven)
Modelling of the Annealing and tempering Process: Y. Knops, R. Bauer
(TNO, Eindhoven)
Modelling in the Viscoelastic Range: D. Gelder (Pilkington, Lancaster)
Modelling Viscous Sheets: P. Howell (OCIAM, Oxford)
Float Glass: How to Improve a Manufacturing Process by Mathematical Science:
R. Germar (Saint-Gobain, Paris)
Modelling of the Float Glass Process: Binh Tran (Ecole Polytechnique, Paris)
Simulation of Glass Quality after Melting: W. Muschick (Schott, Mainz)
Three-Dimensional Radiative Heat Transfer in Glass Cooling Processes:
N. Siedow (ITWM, Kaiserslautern), T. Lentes (Schott, Mainz)

The Scientific Committee consists of:
H. Loch (Schott, Mainz)
R. Mattheij, chairman (TU Eindhoven)
H. Muysenberg (TNO, Eindhoven)
H. Neunzert (ITWM, Kaiserslautern)

The meeting will be hosted by ITWM ((Institute for Industrial Mathematics),
an insitution managed by the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft. It is located on the
campus of the University of Kaiserslautern (Germany).

All inquiries should be sent to:

Institut fuer Techno- und Wirtschafs Mathematik
Erwin-Schroedinger-Strasse
D-67663 Kaiserslautern
Germany
Tel + 49(0)631 205 4126
Fax + 49(0)631 205 4139
e-mail: glass97@itwm.uni-kl.de


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From: Jack Dongarra <dongarra@nada.kth.se>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 13:46:07 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: BLAS Technical Forum

BLAS TECHNICAL FORUM, August 14-15, 1997, Portland, OR

We are planning a BLAS Technical Forum meeting on August 14-15.
The meeting will be hosted by Intel Corporation and the
meeting will be held at the Benson Hotel in Portland, OR (located
in downtown Portland and about 20 minutes from the airport):

Benson Hotel
309 Southwest Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97205
1-503-228-2000
http://www.holog.com/benson/

For more complete registration/reservation information, please refer
to the BLAST webpage:

http://www.netlib.org/utk/papers/blast-forum.html

The Forum has been established to consider expanding the Basic Linear
Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) in a number of directions in the light of
modern software, language, and hardware developments. The first meeting
of the Forum was held in Nashville on February 19-20, 1996 and the
previous meeting was held in Dallas, TX on February 27-28, 1997.

Working groups have been established to consider the overall
functionality, possible extensions, and a lightweight interface
for the BLAS, as well as the short term goals of the forum. Other
functionality, possible extensions, and a lightweight interface
for the BLAS, as well as the short term goals of the forum. Other
subgroups have also been established, either to advise the current
working groups or as placeholders for future working groups on parallel
processing issues, sparse operations, and language binding issues.

We strongly urge and encourage attendance at the meeting
so that we can make tangible progress towards much needed standards.
Wide input is needed to help ensure that emerging proposals are useful
and acceptable to the community.

It is appreciated that it is not easy for everyone to attend the
meetings of the Forum, but we would nevertheless welcome your input
since we wish the discussion to be as open as possible, and the results
to reflect consensus from the community at large.

Please send us items you would like to see on the agenda
or that you would like to discuss.

We will plan to start the meeting at 8:00 am on Thursday, August 14th
and end by 1:00 pm on Friday, August 15th. Intel is providing
breakfast and lunch on both conference days.

Jack Dongarra, Sven Hammarling, and Shane Story


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From: Iain Duff <I.Duff@letterbox.rl.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:40:09 +0100
Subject: Workshop on Parallel Solvers

A workshop entitled

Sparse Matrix Solution on Distributed Architectures

will be held at CERFACS in Toulouse from lunchtime on September 9th until
17.00 on September 10th.

This workshop is held under the auspices of the EU LTR programme PARASOL.

The programme and further details will be circulated shortly.

Further information can be obtained from Jean-Yves L'Excellent at CERFACS
(excelle@cerfacs.fr)


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From: Klaus Schwettmann <schwettm@penthesilea.uni-trier.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 16:39:06 +0200
Subject: Autumn School, What is a smart algorithm?

Call for Participation
Autumn School
"What is a smart algorithm?"
October 9-11, 1997
University of Trier, Germany
http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/Herbstschule97/

The aim of the autumn school is to present new trends and
ideas in optimization algorithms. It is intended primarily
for PhD students, qualified graduated students and
researchers interested in this field. The school comprises
tutorial lectures and exercise sessions supervised by the
lecturers. The courses will be held in German.

Lecturers: - E.W. Mayr, Mnchen
Algorithmen fr polynomielle Gleichungssysteme

- A. Neumaier, Wien
Intervallverfahren in der Optimierung

- P. Spellucci, Darmstadt
Aspekte bei der Beurteilung und Auswahl von
Optimierungsverfahren fr kontinuierliche Probleme

- E. Welzl, Zrich
Lsen geometrischer Probleme - einfach, stabil, schnell

Registration fee: The registration fee amounts to 30 DM.

Applications: Since the number of participants is limited an
application (curriculum vitae and letter of
recommendation) is required. Send your
application until September 1st. to the
following address:

Herrn Prof. Dr. Ch. Meinel
GK Mathematische Optimierung
Universitt Trier
D-54286 Trier

Phone: ++49 651 201-3477
E-mail: mathopt@uni-trier.de


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From: Dominik Noll <noll@dumbo.ups-tlse.fr>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 14:38:10 +0200 (MET DST)
Subject: Position at Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse

UNIVERSITE PAUL SABATIER, Toulouse, France
Department of Mathematics

Laboratoire Approximation et Optimisation

Applications are invited for several assistant professorships
(Maitre de Conferences) in the area of applied mathematics. Candidates
with strong background in numerical optimization, inverse problems,
or large scale numerical analysis will be given preference. A recent
PhD in mathematics or a related field is required. Positions are
to be filled by september 1, 1998.

Applicants are expected to participate in the scientific and industrial
projects of the Laboratoire Approximation et Optimisation, and to have
a strong interest in teaching undergraduate courses as well as graduate
courses related to their areas of scholarship. The teaching load is the
usual standard in France (an equivalent of 128 hours of courses per year).
Outstanding facilities for research and a collaborative environment are
available through the lab and the department.

Applicants are invited to send a detailed resume and curriculum vitae to

Laboratoire Approximation et Optimisation,
Universit\'e Paul Sabatier, 118, route de Narbonne,
31062 Toulouse, France.

For further information
check http://www-sv.cict.fr/lao/ or contact
Prof. D. Noll (noll@dumbo.ups-tlse.fr) or
Prof. J.-B. Hiriart-Urruty (jbhu@cict.fr).


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From: Arnold Neumaier <neum@cma.univie.ac.at>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 18:36:13 +0200
Subject: Position at the University of Vienna

Position at the University of Vienna

The Institute for Mathematics of the University of Vienna invites
applications for a tenure track assistant position
(Universit"atsassistent) in Computational Mathematics.
The initial contract is for 4 years.

The Computational Mathematics group (URL: http://solon.cma.univie.ac.at)
is currently primarily involved in the development of high quality
software for global optimization and in interdisciplinary applications
of optimization (e.g., to protein folding). The successful applicant
will participate in these developments. He/she will also be responsible
for the administration of our network of Unix workstations. There are
also some teaching duties (tutorials).

Especially welcome are applicants who have
- excellent practical knowledge of numerical methods for optimization
and linear algebra, and
- excellent programming skills in Fortran, C, Matlab
- knowledge and experience with system administration (Unix)

Candidates must be citicens of the European Union or the European
Economic Area (EWR) and have a university degree in Mathematics or
Computer Science.

Interested researchers should contact
Prof. Arnold Neumaier (neum@cma.univie.ac.at)
as soon as possible, but not later than August 20, 1997.

Am Institut f"ur Mathematik der Formal-und Naturwissenschaftlichen
Fakult"at der Universit"at Wien ist voraussichtlich ab 1. Oktober 1997
die Stelle eines/r

Universit"atsassistenten/in

zu besetzen. Die Stelle ist zun"achst auf auf 4 Jahre befristet, kann
aber bei entsprechender Weiterqualifikation verl"angert werden.


Voraussetzungen:
- Abgeschlossenes Universit"atsstudium der Mathematik oder Informatik
- B"urger eines EWR-Staates

erw"unschte Zusatzqualifikationen:
- hervorragende praktische Kenntnis numerischer Methoden der
Optimierung und der linearen Algebra;

- exzellente Programmierkenntnisse (Fortran, C, Matlab);
F"ahigkeit, selbst"andig mathematische Software zu entwickeln;
Bereitschaft zur Mitarbeit bei interdisziplin"aren Anwendungen der
Optimierung (z.B. Proteinfaltung)

- Kenntnisse und Erfahrung in Systemadministration (Unix);
Bereitschaft zur verantwortlichen Betreuung unseres Netzes von
Unix Workstations

Die Assistentenstelle ist der Arbeitsgruppe Computer-orientierte
Mathematik zugeordnet. Die Arbeitsgruppe besch"aftigt sich zur Zeit
vor allem mit der Entwicklung von Qualit"atssoftware f"ur globale
Optimierung und ihre Nutzung f"ur interdisziplin"aren Anwendungen
(z.B. Proteinfaltung). Die WWW-Seiten unter der URL

http://solon.cma.univie.ac.at/

enthalten weitere Informationen "uber die Forschung in der Gruppe.

Interessenten wenden sich bitte m"oglichst bald,
sp"atestens bis 20. August 1997 an Prof. Arnold Neumaier
(neum@cma.univie.ac.at).


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From: Peter Levin <pllevin@bu.edu>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 06:56:15 -0400
Subject: Postdoctoral Position at Boston University

Funding is available for a post doctoral appointment in my research group
at Boston University. Recent work has focused on using wavelets as an
alternative basis in boundary element formulations, as well as the
development of novel preconditioners for the iterative solution of large,
full systems of linear equations.

We are seeking a candidate with strong analytical and software development
skills. Previous graphics programming experience for X-Windows and
personal computing platforms would be helpful.

The position could be filled as soon as September, 1997.

Peter L. Levin
College of Engineering
Boston University
44 Cummington St.
Boston, MA 02215
email: pllevin@bu.edu
phone: 617-353-2800


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From: Dugald Duncan <D.B.Duncan@ma.hw.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 17:14:47 +0100
Subject: Research Position at Heriot-Watt University

HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF ACTUARIAL MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
CONCEPT SYSTEMS LTD
TEACHING COMPANY ASSOCIATE

Applications are invited for a 2-year Teaching Company Associate post
starting in September 1997, or on a date to be agreed. The associate
would be based at Concept Systems Ltd in Edinburgh and would work on a
statistical problem related to the geopositioning of marine seismic
survey equipment.

The associate should have a higher degree in a numerate discipline.
Experience of a long-term project, report writing and general scientific
computing are desirable. The associate should have good communications
and interpersonal skills. Extensive training and opportunities for
career development will be provided.

Salary is negotiable and will be based on experience.

Further particulars may be obtained on
http://www.ma.hw.ac.uk/ams/concept/tcs.html

For an application form please contact the Personnel Office, Heriot-Watt
University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, telephone +44 131 451 3475 (24 hours)
quoting reference number 102/97/C, or email s.zachary@ma.hw.ac.uk

Overseas candidates may apply by submitting a CV and the names of
three referees, by email to s.zachary@ma.hw.ac.uk

Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 11 August 1997.


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From: K. Kunisch <kunisch@kfunigraz.ac.at>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 16:10:48 +0200
Subject: Postdoctoral Positions at Karl Franzens Universitaet, Graz

TWO POST-DOCTORIAL POSITIONS at the

INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS and
RESEARCH CENTER ON CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
KARL FRANZENS UNIVERSITAET GRAZ, AUSTRIA.

Within the Research Center on Control and Optimization
at the Institute of Mathematics at the University of Graz,
Austria there are two openings for post-doctorial positions
in the research group of Professor Karl Kunisch.
Requirements: University degree in mathematics
Qualifications: Solid knowledge of numerical analysis,
partial differential equations, optimization, UNIX, and
for position one: fluid mechanics
for position two: inverse problems, (possibly image reconstruction).

Deadline for application: August 15, 1997 (extendable)
The first contract can be for three years. It is renewable.

In case of questions please contact: karl.kunisch@kfunigraz.ac.at

Please send your application to
Frau I. Leitner
Institut fuer Mathematik
Universitaet Graz
A-8010 Graz
Austria
email : Ilse.Leitner@kfunigraz.ac.at


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From: Edit Kurali <kurali@math.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 20:08:32 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Contents, J. Approximation Theory

Table of Contents: J. Approx. Theory, Volume 90, Number 1, July 1997

G. Mastroianni and J. Szabados
Bal\'azs-Shepard operators on infinite intervals, II
1--8

Yehoram Gordon, Shlomo Reisner, and Carsten Sch\"utt
Umbrellas and polytopal approximation of the Euclidean ball
9--22

Xiao Changbai and Li-He Zou
Reconstruction of band-limited functions from values on real
sequences with an accumulation point
23--29

Ferenc Weisz
Ces\'aro summability of two-parameter trigonometric Fourier-series
30--45

Adelheid Fischer
On wavelets and prewavelets with vanishing moments in higher
dimensions
46--74

Stefan Ericsson
Exact descriptions of some $K$ and $E$ functionals
75--87

G. G\'at
On the almost everywhere convergence of Fej\'er means of functions
on the group of $2$-adic integers
88--96

Vladimir N. Sorokin and Jeannette Van Iseghem
Algebraic aspects of matrix orthogonality for vector polynomials
97--116

A. I. Aptekarev, F. Marcell\'an, and I. A. Rocha
Semiclassical multiple orthogonal polynomials and the properties
of Jacobi-Bessel polynomials
117--146

Note

Paul Nevai and Ying Guang Shi
Notes on Steklov's conjecture in $L^p$ and on divergence of
Lagrange interpolation in $L^p$
147--152



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