Subject: NA Digest, V. 97, # 19 NA Digest Sunday, May 11, 1997 Volume 97 : Issue 19 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: Continuation Methods for 2-point BVPs Electronic References on Parallel Methods for Optimization LP Short Course OnLine New Book on Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming EEG Data Now Publicly Available Conference on Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods Intel Supercomputer Users Group Haifa 10th Matrix Conference Parallel Solution of PDE Workshop Conference in Bulgaria on Finite Difference Methods CMS Special Session on Linear Algebra Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics Gordon Conference on HPC and NII Studentships at University of Manchester Postdoctoral Position at MIT Position at TU Clausthal ACM TOMS: Online Access and Reduced Backlog IMANA Newsletter Contents, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis Contents, SIAM Review Contents, Constructive Approximation Submissions for NA Digest: Mail to na.digest@na-net.ornl.gov. Information about NA-NET: Mail to na.help@na-net.ornl.gov. URL for the World Wide Web: http://www.netlib.org/na-net/na_home.html ------------------------------------------------------- From: Shiv Chandrasekaran Date: Mon, 5 May 1997 15:46:12 +0800 Subject: Continuation Methods for 2-point BVPs I am looking for references to recent work (after 1974) on continuation methods for nonlinear two-point boundary value problems. If you have written any papers on this subject or know of any references to such papers, please email them to me. Thanks, Shiv Chandrasekaran Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560 email: shiv@ece.ucsb.edu ------------------------------ From: Mileta Radenovic Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 08:51:16 +0100 (GMT+0100) Subject: Electronic References on Parallel Methods for Optimization Dear coleagues, I'm working in parallel methods of minimization convex smooth function f : R^n --> R at the set U = {x in R^n : g1(x)<=0, g2(x)<=0, ... gm(x)<=0 } where functions g1, g2, ... gm are convex. I haven't appropriate literature in my country. Would you, please, give me some names and emails of people that are in the same area of research, and places where I can find papers in electronic form. My email address: miletar@urcpg.pmf.cg.ac.yu Yours sincerelly, Mileta Radenovic, M.Sc. of Mathematics, University of Montenegro Department of Mathematics Montenegro Yugoslavia ------------------------------ From: Harvey Greenberg Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 15:23:26 -0600 (MDT) Subject: LP Short Course OnLine I have added an LP short course (some lessons are under construction) at http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/courseware/LPshort/intro.html (You could also visit my general courseware page.) It uses my glossary and other web sites extensively, and it links to my "Lab Manual", which I have put on the web too. The manual, itself, is as complete as the printed version from which it was taken. But, I have not yet completed the solutions, which are links from each exercise. I am anxious for your comments, and candor will be appreciated. You can e-mail me directly at hgreenbe@carbon.cudenver.edu, or you can use the Comments I have put there. Please drop by my web page, http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe Thanks, Harvey ------------------------------ From: Harvey Greenberg Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 17:53:32 -0600 (MDT) Subject: New Book on Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming Professor Dr. Dr. Tomas Gal and I are pleased to announce the publication of our book, "Advances in Sensitivity Analysis and Parametric Programming," with contributions from two dozen researchers. This is from Kluwer Academic Press, and you can see our Table of Contents at http://www-math.cudenver.edu/~hgreenbe/sapptoc.html Thanks, Harvey J. Greenberg ------------------------------ From: Lester Ingber Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 17:42:13 -0400 Subject: EEG Data Now Publicly Available EEG data now publicly available It is extremely difficult for modelers of nonlinear time series, and EEG systems in particular, to get access to large sets of raw clean data. Such a set of data was acquired and used for the study in %A L. Ingber %T Statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions: Canonical momenta indicators of electroencephalography %J Physical Review E %V 55 %N 4 %P 4578-4593 %D 1997 %O URL http://www.ingber.com/smni97_cmi.ps.Z The above adaptive simulated annealing (ASA) application to EEG analysis is one of several ASA applications being prepared for the SPEC (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation) CPU98 suite. Eventually the code used to perform these calculations will be published on a CDROM by SPEC. Raw EEG data is now publicly available, as described in http://www.ingber.com/smni_eeg_data.html ftp://ftp.ingber.com/MISC.DIR/smni_eeg_data.txt The ASA code is publicly available at no charge from http://www.ingber.com/ ftp:/ftp.ingber.com A complete homepage is mirrored on http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~ingber/ Lester ------------------------------ From: Ya Xiang Yuan Date: Sun, 4 May 1997 22:13:12 -0400 (WST) Subject: Conference on Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra CONFERENCE ON Numerical Optimization and Numerical Linear Algebra ( Qingdao,China, Oct 6-9, 1997; First Announcement) The international conference on numerical optimization and numerical linear algebra will be held at Ocean university of Qingdao, Shangdong, Oct. 6-9, 1997. The aim of the conference is to gather experts in these related areas to exchange ideas and discuss further developments about these two closely related fields. The topics of the conference include: Linear and nonlinear programming; Global and nonsmooth optimization; Combinatorial optimization and network computing; Solutions of linear and nonlinear systems of equations; Least-squares problems; Computations of eigenvalue problems; Parallel computations in optimization and numerical algebra, Applications of optimization and algebra techniques and algorithms. INVITED SPEAKERS INCLUDE: D.Y. Cai (Tsinghua University, BEIJING) R.H. Chan (Chinese University, HONG KONG) J.Y. Han (Chinese Academy of Sciences) E.X. Jiang (Fudan University, SHANGHAI) W.B. Liu (University of Kent at Canterbury, ENGLAND) M. Mu (University of Science and Technology, HONG KONG) J.S. Pang (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA) L.Q. Qi (University of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA) R.J.B. Sampaio (Federal University, Curitiba, BRAZIL) J.G. Sun (University of Umea, SWEDEN) K. Tanabe (Institute Statistical Mathematics, JAPAN) C.X. Xu (Xian Jiaotong University, XIAN) S.F. Xu (Peking University, BEIJING) Y. Yuan (Chinese Academy of Sciences) Persons wishing to submit a paper should send the full paper and an abstract of the paper before June 15, 1997, to the contacting address given below. Authors of all accepted papers will be notified by July 31, 1997. Final full versions of all invited papers and some selected accepted contributed papers must be provided in camera ready format by August 31, 1997. The registration fee for the Conference is US$ 200. It includes lunches during the meeting, a banquet and the proceedings of the conference and a local tour. Special registration fee for students is US$ 50.Please complete the registration form(obtained from Dr. Z.Z. Bai or the www address below), with a check of US$200 (US$50 for students) payable to Zhong-Zhi Bai, and sent it to Dr. Zhong-Zhi Bai State Key Laboratory of Scientific and Engineering Computing ICMSEC, Chinese Academy of Sciences P.O. Box 2719, Beijing 100080, P.R. China Tel: +86-10-6263-0992, +86-10-6254-5820 FAX: +86-10-6254-2285 e-mail: bzz@lsec.cc.ac.cn INFORMATION more information and details about the conference can be obtained from Dr. Zhong-zhi Bai (contact address is given above) or via www: http://lsec.cc.ac.cn/home2/yyx/public_html/conf97.html DATES June 15, 1997: Deadline for submission of the full papers and abstracts. July 31, 1997: Notification of acceptance of papers August, 31, 1997: Deadline for submission of full of accepted papers October 6-9, 1997: Conference . ------------------------------ From: Jan Hesthaven Date: Mon, 5 May 97 11:31:11 EDT Subject: Conference on Spectral and High Order Methods First Announcement and Call for Papers INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECTRAL AND HIGH ORDER METHODS ICOSAHOM 98 Tel Aviv, Israel June 22-26, 1998 SCIETIFIC COMITTEE S. Abarbanel, I. Babuska, C. Bernardi, C. Canuto, M. Deville, R. Glowinski, D. Gottlieb (Chair), B. Gustafsson, G. Karniadakis, H.O. Kreiss, Y. Maday, E. Mund, T.J. Oden, C. Schwab, A. Quarteroni, L.R. Scott LOCAL ORGANIZING COMITTEE S. Abarbanel (Chair), B. Artzi, D. Givoli, E. Turkel OBJECTIVE OF CONFERENCE To bring together researchers with interest in the theoretical, applied and computational aspects of high order and spectral methods. Subjects include, but are not limited to, spectral methods, high-order finite difference and finite element methods, h-p finite element methods and wavelet based methods for the solution of partial differential equations. Applications include electromagnetics, fluid and structural dynamics problems, efficient solvers and preconditioners for high order methods and parallel aspects of spectral and high order methods. It is anticipated that the participants will include physicists, mathematicians,scientists and engineers from many other areas involving and utilizing spectral and high order methods. CALL FOR PAPERS The program of ICOSAHOM 98 will include a number of invited 50 min plenary talks and a number of 30 min contributed talks by the participants. The Scientific Committee invites abstracts to be submitted, describing the content of 30 min talks. These abstract should not be less than a page while not exceeding two pages and should be submitted either in hard copy to the con- ference office or by e-mail in LaTeX-style to the conference e-mail address. CALL FOR WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS It is the intention of the Scientific Committee to host workshops, consisting of a number of related contributed talks. The Scientific Committee invites organizers to submit suggestions to such workshops. PARTIAL SUPPORT FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS A limited number of young scientists attending the conference may receive partial support and the Scientific Committee invites applications for partial support along with the submitted abstract. IMPORTANT DATES January 15, 1998 - Deadline for submission of abstracts Deadline for workshop proposals Deadline for application of partial support FURTHER AND FUTURE INFORMATION Further information and future announcements can be obtained by writing an e-mail to ICOSAHOM@cfm.brown.edu requesting to be included on the mailing list of ICOSAHOM 98. ------------------------------ From: Bruce Hendrickson Date: Mon, 5 May 97 11:00:36 MDT Subject: Intel Supercomputer Users Group Annual Meeting of the Intel Supercomputer Users Group The thirteenth annual meeting of the Intel Supercomputer Users Group will be held in Albuquerque on June 11-13. The theme of the meeting is "Spanning the Spectrum", reflecting the broad range of Intel's involvement in high performance computing from the world's fastest computer to the humblest pile-of-PCs. Reflecting these different scales, the three days of the meeting will focus on different points on this spectrum. The first day will be devoted to the Intel/Sandia Tflop computer, the fastest in existence. The second day will principally focus on Paragons and related issues. The emphasis of the last day of the meeting will on the exciting emergence of commodity cluster computing. Social events will include a welcoming reception, a tour of the Tflop machine at Sandia and a dinner at the top of the mountains overlooking Albuquerque. More complete and up to date information can be found at the ISUG'97 web site http://www.cs.sandia.gov/ISUG97. The deadline for guaranteed hotel reservations and early conference registration is May 20th. ------------------------------ CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL SESSION ON LINEAR ALGEBRA organized by Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences (IIMS) University of Manitoba Telephone: (204) 474 6724 Fax: (204) 275 0019 E-mail: insmath@cc.umanitoba.ca URL: http://www.iims.umanitoba.ca PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Monday, June 9, 1997 Contributed papers will be scheduled during the morning of June 9. Details of location, etc. will be available on the CMS Web Page netscape http://camel.math.ca and the IIMS web page Q. Ye (Manitoba) "Inexact Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method for Symmetric Definite Linear Systems" R. Horn (Utah) "Eigenvalue Inequalities and Equalities" P. Van Dooren (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), "About Stability Radii" J. McDonald (Regina) "On M-matrices and Their Inverses" B. Shader (Wyoming) "Exponents of Nonnegative Matrix Pairs" S. Kirkland (Regina) "Algebraic Connectivity and Perron Components for Graphs" ------------------------------ From: Hershkowitz Daniel Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 08:34:43 +0300 (IDT) Subject: Haifa 10th Matrix Conference The Mathematics Department at the Technion, supported by its Institute for Advanced Studies in Mathematics, will hold the Tenth Haifa Matrix Theory Conference on January 5-9, 1998. As in the past, the program will attempt to cover all aspects of matrix theory, linear algebra, and their applications. The members of the Organizing Committee are Avi Berman, Moshe Goldberg, Danny Hershkowitz (Chair), Leonid Lerer, Raphael Loewy, and Abraham Zaks. Further details will be provided at a later date. Organizing Committee Ninth Haifa Matrix Theory Conference Department of Mathematics Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa 32000, ISRAEL E-mail: hershkow@tx.technion.ac.il ------------------------------ From: Robert Gulliver Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 17:25:23 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Parallel Solution of PDE Workshop IMA Workshop: Parallel Solution of PDE June 9--13, 1997. Organizers: Mitchell Luskin (Univ. of Minnesota) and Petter Bjorstad (Univ. of Bergen) The numerical solution of the partial differential equations of continuum mechanics is of major importance to the development of many technologies and has been the target of much of the development of parallel computer hardware and software. Parallel computers offers the promise of greatly increased performance and the routine calculation of previously intractable problems. This period of concentration and workshop will promote the development and assessment of new approximation and solution techniques which can take advantage of parallel computers. Topics to be the focus of research include sparse matrix techniques, domain decomposition methods, parallel multi-grid methods, and novel time and space discretizations. Registration is free. Please contact staff@ima.umn.edu for arrangements. INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS University of Minnesota 514 Vincent Hall, 206 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 USA FAX +1 (612) 626-7370 telephone +1 (612) 624-6066 e-mail: staff@ima.umn.edu world-wide web: http://www.ima.umn.edu ------------------------------ From: Lubin Georgiev Vulkov Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 15:01:21 +0200 (WET) Subject: Conference in Bulgaria on Finite Difference Methods THE ANGEL KANCHEV UNIVERSITY OF ROUSSE DIVISION OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS Second Announcement and Call for Papers FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS:THEORY and APPLICATIONS ROUSSE,BULGARIA,AUGUST 10-13,1997 The Conference FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS:THEORY and APPLICATIONS is organized by Institute of Numerical Modelling University of Rousse, Bulgaria Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Mathematics Technical University of Gabrovo Belarus Academy of Sciences Bulgaria The scope of the Conference is concerned with problems of development, validation and practical usage of finite difference methods for numerical solution of modern problems of science and engineering. BASIC TOPICS: Validation of finite difference methods for solving problems of mathematical physics Iterative methods and parallel algorithms for solving grid equations Finite difference methods for nonlinear problems Inverse problems and problems of control Finite difference methods in continuum mechanics Application of difference methods to engineering problems The scientific programme includes invited plenary talks (50 min), key lecturers (45 min) and contributed talks (20 or 30 min). CONFERENCE DEADLINES -abstract (one page abstract, best plain text or Postscript by e-mail) : May 31, 1997 -two hard copies of your paper : June 30, 1997 The last announcement will be sent in July 1997 to those who have sent their preregestration form. It will be concerned with the scientific programme,the social program, the location of the conference, the transport and climate in Bulgaria. Preliminary list of Plenary Lecturers : A.A.Samarskii (Russia), V. Thomee (Sweden), M. Wheeler (USA); and Key Lecturers: V. Abrashin (Belorus), A.Andreev (Russia), G. Akrivis (Greese), I. Fryazinov (Russia), I. Gavrilyk (Germany), A. Gulin (Russia), P. Hemker (Netherlands)Shi-Jin (USA), B. Jovanovic (Yugoslavia), V. Korneev (Russia), R. Lazarov (USA), P. Matus (Belarus), V. Makarov (Ukraine), G. Meladze (Georgia), M. Sapagovas (Litva), G. Shishkin (Russia), Shi Zhong-ci (China), P. Vabishchevich (Russia). Our address for correspondence is: Int. Programme Committee Organizing Committee A.A.Samarskii (Chairman) Peter N.Vabishchevich Lubin Vulkov (Chairman) Institute for Numerical Modelling Center of Applied Mathematics Russian Academy of Sciences and Informatics Miusskaya Square University of Rousse Moscow 125047, RUSSIA 7017 Rousse, BULGARIA e-mail:vab@imamod.msk.su e-mail:vulkov@ami.ru.acad.bg ------------------------------ From: P. N. Shivakumar Date: Thu, 8 May 1997 16:43:13 -0500 (CDT) Subject: CMS Special Session on Linear Algebra CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL SESSION ON LINEAR ALGEBRA organized by Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences (IIMS) University of Manitoba Telephone: (204) 474 6724 Fax: (204) 275 0019 E-mail: insmath@cc.umanitoba.ca URL: http://www.iims.umanitoba.ca PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Monday, June 9, 1997 NOTES: (1) Contributed papers will be scheduled during the morning of June 9. (2) Details of location, etc. will be available on the CMS Web Page netscape http://camel.math.ca and the IIMS web page 11:30 - 12:00 Q. Ye (Manitoba) "Inexact Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method for Symmetric Definite Linear Systems" 1:30 - 2:30 R. Horn (Utah) "Eigenvalue Inequalities and Equalities" 2:40 - 3:40 P. Van Dooren (Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium), "About Stability Radii" 3:40 - 4:10 J. McDonald (Regina) "On M-matrices and Their Inverses" 4:10 - 4:40 B. Shader (Wyoming) "Exponents of Nonnegative Matrix Pairs" 4:40 - 5:10 S. Kirkland (Regina) "Algebraic Connectivity and Perron Components for Graphs" GRADUATE STUDENTS SEMINAR OF THE CANADIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Organized by Institute of Industrial Mathematical Science University of Manitoba Telephone: (204) 474 6724 Fax: (204) 275 0019 E-mail: insmath@cc.umanitoba.ca URL: http://www.iims.umanitoba.ca TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997 9:00 - 9:25 Welcome, P. N. Shivakumar, Director, IIMS Opening Address, Kathy Heinrich, President, CMS 9:30 - 10:15 Paul Van Dooren, Unviersite Catholique de Louvain, "Pade Approximants of Large-Scale Systems via Krylov Methods and its Applications" 10:15 - 10:45 Dennis Woodford, Manitoba HVDC Research Center, "Applying Math, A Vision for the Future" 11:15 - 11:45 Rhonda Orr, Manitoba Hydro 11:45 - 12:30 Round Table Discussion (Kathy Heinrich (Chair), Brian Alspach, Paul Van Dooren, Dennis Woodford, Rhonda Orr) "Mathematical Needs of Industry and Government" 1:30 - 2:00 Brian Alspach, Simon Fraser University, "Making Connections with Industry" 2:00 - 2:45 Hans Schneider, University of Wisconsin - Madison, "Why I Love Perron-Frobenius" 3:15 - 4:00 Heydar Radjavi, Dalhousie University, "Collections of Operators, Reducibility and Triangularizability" 4:00 - 5:00 Round Table Discussion (Lynn Batten (Chair), Brian Alspach, Hans Schneider, Heydar Radjavi, Anne Street) 5:30 Pizza Party WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1997 Contributed Papers (20 minutes) and Posters. Details will be announced on IIMS Web Page. Refer to CMS Notes (January/February and April) for registration details. ------------------------------ From: H. J. Werner Date: Fri, 09 May 97 19:12:35 +0100 Subject: Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics Second Announcement and Call for Papers Sixth International Workshop on "MATRIX METHODS FOR STATISTICS" Istanbul, Turkey: August 16-17, 1997 The Sixth International Workshop on "Matrix Methods for Statistics" will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17, 1997, the weekend immediately preceding the 51st Session of the International Statistical Institute (ISI). Scientific Programme Committee: R. William Farebrother (Manchester, England), Simo Puntanen (Tampere, Finland), George P. H. Styan (Montreal, Canada), and Hans Joachim Werner (Bonn, Germany; chair). Local Organizing Committee: Fikri Akdeniz (Adana, Turkey; chair), Omer L. Gebizlioglu (Ankara, Turkey), and Cemil Yapar (Trabzon, Turkey). The purpose of this Workshop is to stimulate research and, in an informal setting, to foster the interaction of researchers in the interface between matrix theory and statistics. This Workshop will provide a forum for statisticians working in the areas of linear algebra and matrix theory to become better informed of the latest developments and newest techniques and to interchange ideas. It is expected that selected papers from this Sixth International Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics will be published in a Special Issue on Linear Algebra and Statistics of Linear Algebra and Its Applications. For further information about this Sixth International Workshop on Matrix Methods for Statistics (contributed paper submission, deadlines, etc.) you are invited to visit our WWW-site http://eos.ect.uni-bonn.de/werner.html where all available information about this Workshop will be updated frequently. Requests for more information concerning the scientific program, as well as any organizational questions should be directed to: Hans Joachim Werner (Chair of the Workshop Programme Committee) Institute for Econometrics and Operations Research, Econometrics Unit, University of Bonn, Adenauerallee 24-42, D-53113 Bonn, Germany Email: or470@unitas.or.uni-bonn.de, na.werner@na-net.ornl.gov FAX: ++49 +228 739189 (email is preferred) or Fikri Akdeniz (Chair of the Local Organizing Committee) Department of Mathematics, Cukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey Email: akdeniz@pamuk.cc.cu.edu.tr FAX: ++90 +322 3386070 ------------------------------ From: SIGMETRICS Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 00:03:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Gordon Conference on HPC and NII The deadline for applying to attend the 1997 Gordon conference in high performance computing is June 1. If you are interested in attending, please apply as soon as possible. The simplest way to apply is to download the application form from the web site indicated below, or to use the online registration option. If you have any problems with either of these, please contact the organizers at tony@cs.msstate.edu and worleyph@ornl.gov. The 1997 Gordon Conference on High Performance Computing and Information Infrastructure: "Practical Revolutions in HPC and NII" Chair, Anthony Skjellum, Mississippi State University, tony@cs.msstate.edu, 601-325-8435 Co-Chair, Pat Worley, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, worleyph@ornl.gov, 615-574-3128 Conference web page: http://www.erc.msstate.edu/conferences/gordon97 July 13-17, 1997 Plymouth State College Plymouth NH The now bi-annual Gordon conference series in HPC and NII commenced in 1992 and has had its second meeting in 1995. The Gordon conferences are an elite series of conferences designed to advance the state-of-the-art in covered disciplines. Speakers are assured of anonymity and referencing presentations done at Gordon conferences is prohibited by conference rules in order to promote science, rather than publication lists. Previous meetings have had good international participation, and this is always encouraged. Experts, novices, and technically interested parties from other fields interested in HPC and NII are encouraged to apply to attend. All attendees, including speakers, poster presenters, and session chairs must apply to attend. We *strongly* encourage all poster presenters to have their poster proposals in by May 13, 1997, though we will consider poster presentations up to six weeks prior to the conference. Application to attend the conference is also six weeks in advance. More information on the conference can be found at the web page listed above, including the list of speakers and poster presenters and information on applying for attendance. ------------------------------ From: Christopher T H Baker Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 17:36:05 +0100 Subject: Studentships at University of Manchester Postgraduate Studentships for UK and EU Students The Department of Mathematics at the University of Manchester has EPSRC Studentships (for which UK and EU students are eligible) for the following: M.Sc. Courses Numerical Analysis and Computing: A course on modern numerical analysis and computational mathematics in theory and in practical applications. Applied Mathematics and Fluid Mechanics: A course on modern developments in theoretical, experimental and computational fluid mechanics. Ph.D. Studentship An EPSRC CASE Ph.D. Studentship for a project concerning numerical solution of the algebraic eigenproblem, with the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) Ltd., Oxford, as the co-operating body. The chosen student will receive the usual EPSRC Research Studentship grant plus an additional UKpounds 2,850 per annum. For information contact: Postgraduate Secretary, Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL. Tel: 44+ 161 275 5802. Fax: 44+ 161 275 5819. Email: pgadmissions@ma.man.ac.uk . http://www.maths.man.ac.uk . ------------------------------ From: Tom Korsmeyer Date: Fri, 9 May 1997 13:24:21 -0400 Subject: Postdoctoral Position at MIT The computer-aided design group in the Research Laboratory of Electronics at MIT has a postdoctoral position available in the area of fast algorithms for integral formulations associated with problems in marine hydrodynamics, electromagnetics, and microelectromechanics. The project will require both a significant numerical analysis background, particularly in integral equation techniques, and experience in developing efficient numerical software. We expect to fill this position by July 1, with a one-year appointment and possible renewals for a total of three years. Send your availability and cv to xmeyer@mit.edu and/or white@mit.edu ------------------------------ From: Hans Josef Pesch Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 19:06:01 +0200 (DFT) Subject: Position at TU Clausthal Am Institut f"ur Mathematik der Technischen Universit"at Clausthal ist die Stelle einer Akademischen R"atin bzw. eines Akademischen Rates (A 13) zum n"achstm"oglichen Zeitpunkt zu besetzen. Die Stelleninhaberin bzw. der Stelleninhaber soll im Bereich der Numerischen Mathematik und des Wissenschaftlichen Rechnen wissenschaftlich sehr gut ausgewiesen sein. Es wird eine Beteiligung an der Forschung der Arbeitsgruppe Numerische Mathematik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen erwartet, die sich sowohl mit ingenieur- als auch mit wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Anwendungen der Mathematik besch"aftigt. Insbesondere sind daf"ur auch Kenntnisse auf den Gebieten Optimale Steuerungen und Differentialspieltheorie nachzuweisen. Weitere erw"unschte Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Paralleles Rechnen, Neuronale Netze und Echtzeit-Steuerung technischer Prozesse. N"ahere Informationen finden Sie unter der URL http://www.math.tu-clausthal.de/~mahjp/Infos/Ratsstelle.html. Anfragen und Bewerbungen mit den "ublichen Unterlagen sind bis zum 13.6.1997 an den Gesch"aftsf"uhrenden Direktor des Instituts f"ur Mathematik der Technischen Universit"at Clausthal, Erzstr. 1, 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, zu richten. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ /\ Hans Josef Pesch _/ \___________ Numerische Mathematik & Wissenschaftliches Rechnen _ TU CLAUSTHAL Institut fuer Mathematik \ / Technische Universitaet Clausthal \/ Erzstr. 1 D-38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld Deutschland/Germany Tel.: +49 5323 72-2433 +49 5323 72-2066 (secretary: Mrs. Fricke) Fax.: +49 5323 72-2304 e-mail: pesch@math.tu-clausthal.de info: http://www.math.tu-clausthal.de/~mahjp/ and http://www.math.tu-clausthal.de/~mahjp/Welcome.numerik.html ------------------------------ From: Ron Boisvert Date: Thu, 8 May 97 15:44:58 EDT Subject: ACM TOMS: Online Access and Reduced Backlog ONLINE ACCESS. Full-text of articles published in the ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS) from 1991 to present can now be downloaded from the ACM Digital Library at http://www.acm.org/pubs/toc/. Access to complete articles is currently restricted to print subscribers, although tables-of-contents and search facilities are available to all. ACM will begin offering online-only subscriptions at a reduced rate this summer. REDUCED BACKLOG. TOMS has reduced its publications backlog to about 6 months. (Articles to be published in June 97 were accepted during the period Nov 96 to Feb 97.) ACM encourages authors to consider TOMS as an outlet for their work. TOMS publishes research papers on practical aspects of mathematical algorithms and their implementation in well-designed computer software. Topics of interest include the methodology of math software design, testing and evaluation; the effect of machine architecture, languages and tools on mathematical computations; as well as concrete mathematical algorithms for linear algebra, function evaulation, nonlinear systems, optimization, differential equations, statistics, etc. Software in Fortran, C, C++, MATLAB, and other languages may be included in TOMS submissions; if accepted, such software is distinguished by inclusion in the Collected Algorithms of the ACM. Full details can be found at http://www.acm.org/toms/. ------------------------------ From: Iain Duff Date: Wed, 7 May 97 09:56:30 BST Subject: IMANA Newsletter IMANA Newsletter Volume 21(3). April 1997. The April issue of the IMANA Newsletter is available electronically and can be accessed through anonymous ftp to RAL. The details of how to access it are given below. If readers wish to receive complete paper copies on a regular basis they should write to: Karen Jenkins Catherine Richards House Institute of Mathematics and its Applications 16 Nelson Street Southend-on-Sea Essex SS1 1EF UK fax: +44-1702-354111 email: post@ima.org.uk who will supply further information and subscription rates. To get a copy ftp 130.246.8.22 When prompted for a userid, reply with anonymous and give your email address as a password. Then directory to pub/imana (cd pub/imana) Set mode to binary (bin) Copy is in file april97.gz (get april97.gz) The conference section can be found in file april97.conf.gz. Both files should be gunzipped whence they should be found to be in plain ASCII format. ------------------------------ From: Edward Sisson Date: Mon, 05 May 97 09:28:44 EST Subject: Contents, SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis Volume 34, Number 3, JUNE 1997 CONTENTS Computation of Singularities in Large Nonlinear Systems W. Govaerts Stability and Convergence of a Finite Element Method for Reactive Transport in Ground Water Zhangxin Chen and Richard E. Ewing Scattered Data Interpolation Using C2 Supersplines of Degree Six Ming-Jun Lai and Larry L. Schumaker Subdivision Direction Selection in Interval Methods for Global Optimization T. Csendes and D. Ratz Preconditioning Chebyshev Spectral Collocation by Finite-Difference Operators Sang Dong Kim and Seymour V. Parter Optimal L1-Rate of Convergence for the Viscosity Method and Monotone Scheme to Piecewise Constant Solutions with Shocks Zhen-Huan Teng and Pingwen Zhang Mesh Smoothing Using A Posteriori Error Estimates Randolph E. Bank and R. Kent Smith A Convergence Analysis of an h-Version Finite-Element Method with High-Order Elements for Two-Dimensional Elasto-Plasticity Problems Yiwei Li and Ivo Babuska A Finite-Element Method for Laplace- and Helmholtz-Type Boundary Value Problems with Singularities Xiaonan Wu and Houde Han A Sequential Regularization Method for Time-Dependent Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations Ping Lin Analysis of the Inexact Uzawa Algorithm for Saddle Point Problems James H. Bramble, Joseph E. Pasciak, and Apostol T. Vassilev A Penalized Finite-Element Method for a Compressible Stokes System R. Bruce Kellogg and Biyue Liu Analysis of Moving Mesh Partial Differential Equations with Spatial Smoothing Weizhang Huang and Robert D. Russell Analysis of the Cell-Vertex Finite Volume Method for Hyperbolic Problems with Variable Coefficients Philippe Balland and Endre Suli An L1-Error Bound for a Semi-Implicit Difference Scheme Applied to a Stiff System of Conservation Laws Hans Joachim Schroll, Aslak Tveito, and Ragnar Winther Best Error Bounds for Odd and Even Degree Deficient Splines Francois Dubeau and Jean Savoie An ADI Method for Hysteretic Reaction-Diffusion Systems Chichia Chiu and Noel Walkington The Numerical Computation of Homoclinic Orbits for Maps W.-J. Beyn and J.-M. Kleinkauf Error Estimates with Sharp Constants for a Fading Memory Volterra Problem in Linear Solid Viscoelasticity S. Shaw, M. K. Warby, and J. R. Whiteman The Application of Eigenpair Stability to Block Diagonalization Nilotpal Ghosh, William W. Hager, and Purandar Sarmah Defining Functions for Multiple Hopf Bifurcations W. Govaerts, J. Guckenheimer, and A. Khibnik ------------------------------ From: Deborah Poulson Date: Mon, 05 May 97 14:49:35 EST Subject: Contents, SIAM Review SIAM Review Volume 39, Number 2, JUNE 1997 CONTENTS Articles Solving a Polynomial Equation: Some History and Recent Progress Victor Y. Pan A Class of Codimension-Two Free Boundary Problems S. D. Howison, J. D. Morgan, and J. R. Ockendon Computing an Eigenvector with Inverse Iteration Ilse C. F. Ipsen Classroom Notes On the Limits of the Lagrange Multiplier Rule Luis A. Fernandez The Lagrange--Charpit Method Manuel Delgado A Unified Elementary Approach to Canonical Forms of Matrices John Karro and Chi-Kwong Li Putting Constraints in Optimization for First Year Calculus Students Kelly Black Some Eigenvalue Properties of Persymmetric Matrices Russell M. Reid Problems and Solutions Book Reviews Selected Topics in Approximation and Computation (Marek A. Kowalski, Krzysztof A. Sikorski, and Frank Stenger), Borislav Bojanov An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding (Douglas Lind and Brian Marcus), Mike Boyle An Introduction to Linear and Nonlinear Scattering Theory (G. F. Roach), David L. Coulton Introduction to Disjunctive Kriging and Non-Linear Geostatistics (J. Rivoirard), Noel Cressie Multivariate Geostatistics (Hans Wackernagel), Victor De Oliveira and Benjamin Kedem Analysis of Algorithms---Computational Methods and Mathematical Tools (Micha Hofri), Philippe Flajolet The CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs (Charles J. Colbourn and Jeffrey H. Dinitz), Katherine Heinrich The Hilbert Transform of Schwartz Distributions and Applications (J. N. Pandey), Philip Heywood Qualitative Estimates for Partial Differential Equations: An Introduction (James N. Flavin and Salvatore Rionero), Cornelius O. Horgan Parallel and Sequential Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations (Kevin Burrage), Ken Jackson Handbook of Exact Solutions for Ordinary Differential Equations (A. D. Polyanin and V. F. Zaitsev), Murray S. Klamkin Exact Controllability and Stabilization: The Multiplier Method (V. Komornik), John E. Lagnese Group Theory and Physics (S. Sternberg), Ivailo M. Mladenov Elliptic Marching Methods for Domain Decomposition (Patrick J. Roache), Deigo A. Murio Special Functions: An Introduction to the Classical Functions of Mathematical Physics (Nico M. Temme), Frank W. J. Olver Stable Non-Gaussian Random Processes (Gennady Samorodnitsky and Murad S. Taqqu), Magda Peligrad Nonlinear Waves in Elastic Media (A. Kulikovskii and E. Sveshmikova), Michael Renardy Numerical Methods for Differential Equations: A Computational Approach (John R. Dormand), Lawrence F. Shampine Integral Equations: Theory and Numerical Treatment (Wolfgang Hackbusch), Ian H. Sloan Handbook on Splines for the User (Eugene V. Shikin and Alexander I. Plis), Helmut Spath Time Dependent Problems and Difference Methods (Bertil Gustafsson, Heinz-Otto Kreiss, and Joseph Oliger), Endre Suli Applied Continuum Mechanics (T. J. Chung), Peter Wolfe Conservative Finite-Difference Methods on General Grids (Mikhail Shashkov), Zhimin Zhang ------------------------------ From: E. B. Saff Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 13:19:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Contents, Constructive Approximation Table of Contents: Constructive Approximation, Volume 13, Number 3, 1997 W. Dahmen and C.A. Micchelli Biorthogonal Wavelet Expansions 293--328 L.F. Villemoes Best Approximation with Walsh Atoms 329--355 M. Reimer Leading Coefficients and Extreme Points of Homogeneous Polynomials 357--362 V.V. Andrievskii and H.-P. Blatt A Discrepancy Theorem on Quasiconformal Curves 363--379 L. Brutman and E. Passow On Rational Interpolation to |x| 381--391 K. Scherer Uniqueness of Best Parametric Interpolation by Cubic Spline Curves 393--419 J. Dombrowski and S. Pedersen Spectral Measures and Jacobi Matrices Related to Laguerre-Type Systems of Orthogonal Polynomials 421--433 ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------