Subject: NA Digest, V. 95, # 41 NA Digest Sunday, October 15, 1995 Volume 95 : Issue 41 Today's Editor: Cleve Moler The MathWorks, Inc. moler@mathworks.com Today's Topics: Olga Taussky Todd Need Optimization Digest Old Journals Applied Numerical Linear Algebra Book Methods and Programs for Mathematical Functions New Address for Bill Dold Change of Address for Jane Cullum AMS-SIAM Summer Seminars New Network Optimization Package Available Alpha Test Release of the BLACS for MPI Surveys on Mathematics for Industry York Conference on Numerical Analysis Conference on Images, Wavelets and PDE'S GAMM-Seminar Kiel 1996 Cornell Theory Center Virtual Workshop Summer School at Leicester University Northern England Numerical Analysis Colloquium Conference on Computational Mechanics in Hungary One Day Courses on MATLAB and Mathematica Parallelising CFD & Structures Position at Purdue University Position at Norwegian Institute of Technology Positions at University of Colorado at Denver Positions at University of Toronto Position at UC Santa Barbara Postdoctoral Position at University of Bologna Postdoctoral Position at IBM Research Contents, Annals of Numerical Mathematics Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications Contents, Surveys on Mathematics for Industry Contents, Computational and Applied Mathematics 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: Richard S. Varga Subject: Olga Taussky Todd Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:24:12 -0400 (EDT) I am sad to report the death of Olga Taussky Todd on Saturday, October 7, 1995 in Pasadena, CA. She was 89 years of age. She had been, in my opinion, the most famous living female mathem- atician in the world. She is survived by her husband, John Todd, an eminent numerical analyst. Richard S. Varga. Richard S. Varga Institute for Computational Mathematics Kent State University, Kent Ohio 44242 e-mail varga@mcs.kent.edu office tel 216-672-2430x113 home tel 216-842-2763 fax 216-672-7824 ------------------------------ From: Igor Litvinchev Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 23:40:45 GMT-03 Subject: Need Optimization Digest Dear Colleagues, I'm looking for something like na-digest, but more closer to OPTIMIZATION. I would be greatly appreciated, if anyone could tell me the address of such a digest and how could I subscribe it. Yours Sincerely Igor My current address: Igor Litvinchev, Visiting Professor Dept. Computational Mathematics and Statistics State University of San Paulo - UNESP Caixa Postal 136, Campus S.J.Rio Preto-SP, CEP 15054-0000, Brazil e-mail: igor@nimitz.ibilce.unesp.br On leave from Computing Center Russian Academy of Sciences Vavilov 40 Moscow 117967 Russia ------------------------------ From: Lou Ehrlich Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 22:25:26 -0400 Subject: Old Journals As a recently retired Numerical Analyst, I have in my possession copies of old journals, some going back to the late 1950's. These include Communication of the ACM, Journal of the ACM, ACM computing Reviews, Mathematics of Computation, SIAM Journal of Applied Math, SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis, Journal of SIAM, SIAM Reviews, etc. I am willing to give them away. Now the bad news. You must come to my house in suburban Baltimore, MD to get them. I have no way to pack and ship them (roughly 500 lbs. or so). My mailing address is Lou Ehrlich, 3 Fallshire Court, Randallstown, MD 21133. My phone number is (410) 922-3489. My e-mail address is above. I do not have every issue of every volume but I have many. You can contact me for specific volumes, if you wish. ------------------------------ From: Bill Hager Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 00:09:03 -0400 Subject: Applied Numerical Linear Algebra Book Applied Numerical Linear Algebra by William W. Hager I have obtained from Prentice-Hall publication rights for my book, Applied Numerical Linear Algebra, and can fill orders starting December 1, 1995. The biggest change I am making with this printing is the price: $35/copy (I heard from from one instructor that used copies of the book were selling for $58.50). The book is intended for upper level undergraduate students. Chapter titles: 1. Introduction, 2. Elimination, 3. Conditioning, 4. Nonlinear systems, 5. Least squares, 6. Eigenproblems, 7. Iterative methods, 8. Numerical Software Ordering Information: By email: hager@math.ufl.edu By fax: 904-392-6254 By telephone: 904-392-0286 By ordinary mail: Professor William W. Hager, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA Examination copies available in mid November. ------------------------------ From: K. B. Williams Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 14:39:34 -0400 Subject: Methods and Programs for Mathematical Functions I would very much like to acquire a copy of Methods and Programs for Mathematical Functions by Stephen L. Moshier. Interested parties please advise. Sincerely, K. B. Williams ------------------------------ From: Bill Dold Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 08:59:28 +0000 Subject: New Address for Bill Dold Dear Colleagues I have moved to UMIST where my address and other contact details are as follows Prof. J. W. Dold E-mail: Mathematics Dept, UMIST FAX: (+44-161) 200 3669 P.O. Box 88 Tel: (+44-161) 200 3654 [office] Manchester M60 1QD (+44-161) 200 3689 [secretary] Britain Best wishes --- Bill Dold ------------------------------ From: Jane Cullum Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 16:17:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Change of Address for Jane Cullum I have returned to IBM Research from my NSF VPW/sabbatical year at the University of Maryland. My IBM addresses and phone number are: Jane Cullum IBM Research, 34-239 T. J. Watson Research Center Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598 phone: 914-945-2227 fax: 914-945-3434 email: cullumj@watson.ibm.com (My email address at the University of Maryland is still functional. If you should send something there, I should still get it.) ------------------------------ From: James W. Demmel Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:04:18 -0700 Subject: AMS-SIAM Summer Seminars CALL FOR PROPOSALS: AMS-SIAM SUMMER SEMINARS IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS The AMS-SIAM Committee on Applied Mathematics is seeking proposals for a seminar in applied mathematics of (typically) two weeks duration in Summer, 1997. The AMS solicits grant funds to pay travel and subsistence costs of speakers, administrative costs, and partial travel and subsistence for participants. These summer seminars are held annually. This year, the seminar was held in Park City, Utah on "Mathematics of Numerical Analysis," organized by Steve Smale (UC Berkeley). The 1996 seminar, organized by Gang George Yin (Wayne State University) and Qing Zhang (University of Georgia), concerns "Mathematics of Stochastic Manufacturing Systems." The proposal should consist of a title, paragraphs descriptive of the subject, proposed dates, and a proposed organizing committee. The deadline for proposals for 1997 has been extended to November 10, 1995. For proposals for consideration for the 1998 summer seminar, the deadline will be September 1, 1996. Please send proposals, or requests for further information, to Jim Demmel, UC Berkeley, demmel@cs.berkeley.edu, 510-643-5386. ------------------------------ From: Jordi Castro Perez Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 17:52:11 UTC+0100 Subject: New Network Optimization Package Available Dear colleagues, This is to inform you that there is available a new package, called PPRN, for network optimization. The package is appropriate for solving a high variety of network problems: single/multicommodity network flow problems, with linear/nonlinear objective function and with/without linear side constraints. Thus it can be viewed as a general package for many network optimization problems (though it was originally designed for solving nonlinear multicommodity problems with linear side constraints). The code has been tested comparing its performance against other codes. When solving pure linear network flow problems, it has proved to be faster than alternative codes like NETFLO (J. Kennington) or RELAX-IV (D. Bertsekas) in all cases tried of a battery of dimacs problems. When solving linear multicommodity problems its performance was in general better, though not in all cases tested, than that of MCNF85 (J. Kennington). For nonlinear problems it has only been compared with general purpose packages like MINOS (Murtagh and Saunders) and PPRN always outperformed it. The package can work as an stand-alone code (reading the model from a file and reporting the solution in another file) or as a subroutine in a bigger user application (the communication with the user application is made through parameters in this case). It can be called from Fortran and C user applications. The package is presented as a library and can be obtained via anonymous ftp from ftp-eio.upc.es (if this doesn't work, try to connect to gandalf.upc.es), at directory pub/onl/codes/pprn. The package is available from Sun and DEC-Alpha platforms. If you have a different architecture from those, please contact us at jcastrop@eio.upc.es. There is also additional information like some technical reports and papers describing the package, an user's guide, some test examples, and a converter from dimacs format to pprn format (this only for the case of linear single commodity problems). Should you have any comments or suggestions, you find trouble or abnormal situations, or you have a different platform from those available, please contact us at jcastrop@eio.upc.es. This code has been released for academic use only. For other types of usage, please contact with the authors at some of the ordinary or e-mail addresses below. Jordi Castro Narcis Nabona Statistics and Operations Research Dept. Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Campus Sud, Edifici U c. Pau Gargallo 5 08071 Barcelona, Spain e-mail: jcastrop@eio.upc.es e-mail: nabona@eio.upc.es ------------------------------ From: R. Clint Whaley Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 15:31:06 -0400 Subject: Alpha Test Release of the BLACS for MPI An "alpha test release" of the BLACS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) for MPI is now available. The BLACS are the communication layer used in ScaLAPACK, the distributed memory version of LAPACK (Linear Algebra PACKage). Thus the release of a MPIBLACS corresponds to a MPI port of ScaLAPACK. We designate this release to be an alpha test version because there are some unanswered questions regarding the BLACS' MPI usage. Although the MPIBLACS have been tested fairly widely using MPICH (a popular MPI implementation) we cannot say that they have been tested on even a majority of the platforms to which MPI has been implemented. We encourage more user testing so that we can gain greater confidence in this implementation. We also hope to get user feedback on several MPI-related questions before providing a full (and therefore relatively static) release. Users interested in the BLACS (and by extension ScaLAPACK) based on MPI should send mail to blacs@cs.utk.edu, indicating that they wish downloading instructions for the alpha test release of the MPIBLACS. ------------------------------ From: Heinz W. Engl Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:38:49 EDT Subject: Surveys on Mathematics for Industry Surveys on Mathematics for Industry CALL FOR PAPERS Surveys on Mathematics for Industry (Springer Vienna / New York) is now entering its sixth year of existence. I want to take this opportunity to - urge you to subscibe to the journal - issue a call for papers. While in the starting years, we published nearly exclusively invited articles, we want to continue opening up the journal for submitted papers (which will, of course, also be refereed). The main goal of the journal is to contribute to bridging the gap between university and industry by - the presentation of mathematical methods relevant for industry - the exposition of industrial problems which are of interest to mathematicians. To achieve this goal, the journal publishes (exclusively in English): 1. Surveys on new mathematical techniques 2. Surveys on established mathematical techniques with a new range of applications 3. Surveys on industrial problems for which appropriate mathematical models or methods are not yet available 4. Articles comparing mathematical models or methods for particular industrial problems 5. Articles describing mathematical modelling techniques 6. Broad historical surveys 7. Articles of general interest about the use of mathematics in industry 8. Occasional book reviews and reports about conferences in the field of Industrial Mathematics. As you see, we publish only SURVEYS, not original research papers, on topics in or relevant to Industrial Mathematics. We realize that it is a lot of work to write a good survey and therefore encourage prospective authors to submit short proposals to the Managing Editor describing the subject area and the emphasis of intended papers for a preliminary assessment of the suitability for the journal. Information on the journal including abstracts of published papers can be obtained in the WWW via http://www.indmath.uni-linz.ac.at/ Address of the Editorial Office: Prof.Dr.Heinz W. Engl Chair for Industrial Mathematics Johannes Kepler Universitdt A-4040 Linz, Austria Fax: +43-(0)732-2468855 E-Mail: engl@indmath.uni-linz.ac.at ------------------------------ From: Alistair Watson Date: Mon, 9 Oct 95 08:59:17 BST Subject: York Conference on Numerical Analysis CONFERENCE ON THE STATE OF THE ART IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS York, England, April 1 - 4, 1996. All talks are invited, and the outline programme is as follows: Session on Linear Algebra: I S Duff (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) G H Golub (Stanford University) N J Higham (University of Manchester) H A van der Vorst (Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht) Session on Optimisation: N I M Gould (Rutherford Appleton Laboratory) J Nocedal (Northwestern University) D F Shanno (Rutgers University) Session on Approximation: D S Broomhead (RSRE Malvern) M J D Powell (University of Cambridge) G A Watson (University of Dundee) Session on Ordinary Differential Equations: A Iserles (University of Cambridge) J M Sanz-Serna (Universidad de Valladolid) A M Stuart (Stanford University) Session on Partial Differential Equations: F Brezzi (Universita di Pavia) C M Elliott (University of Sussex) K W Morton (University of Oxford) E Suli (University of Oxford) Session on Integral Equations: C T H Baker (University of Manchester) K E Atkinson (University of Iowa Session on New Applications: J M Morel (Universite Paris IX Dauphine) F Natterer (Institut fur Numerische & Instrumentelle Mathematik, Munster) For registration and further information, contact: IMACRH@V-E.ANGLIA.AC.UK For information on the World Wide Web: http://www.amtp.cam.ac.uk/user/na/SotANA/SotANA.html Alistair Watson, Chairman of Conference Committee (gawatson@mcs.dundee.ac.uk). ------------------------------ From: Jerome Jaffre Date: Mon, 09 Oct 95 17:17:08 +0100 Subject: Conference on Images, Wavelets and PDE'S CALL FOR PAPERS 12th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF SYSTEMS IMAGES, WAVELETS AND PDE'S June 26-28, 1996, Paris, France Organized by CEREMADE and INRIA PRESENTATION This conference is devoted to image processing, wavelets and partial differential equations. Its aim is to discuss the impact on image analysis of the recent mathematical developments of mathematical theories of multiscale analysis (wavelet theory and variants : wavelet packets,...), partial differential equations, variational methods that have recently been proposed for image processing tasks like image restoration, shape recognition, etc... Presentations by image processing researchers and by mathematicians on both theoretical and practical aspects will be welcome. This conference is the 12th in the series of International Conferences on Analysis and Optimization of Systems organized by INRIA and is the third specialized conference. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE M.-O. Berger INRIA Lorraine, Nancy, (France) R. Deriche INRIA Sophia Antipolis, (France) I. Herlin INRIA Rocquencourt, (France) J. Jaffre INRIA Rocquencourt, (France) J.-M. Morel CEREMADE, (France) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE O. Faugeras President/Chairman INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France) L. Alvarez Universitat de Las Palmas, (Spain) V. Caselles Universitat de Illes Balears, (Spain) R. Coifman Yale University, (USA) F. Dibos CEREMADE, (France) I. Herlin INRIA Rocquencourt, (France) S. Mallat Ecole Polytechnique, (France) Y. Meyer CEREMADE, (France) S. Osher Cognitech Inc. (USA) E. Pauwels Leuven University, (Belgium) D. Terzopoulos University of Toronto, (Canada) W. Zucker McGill University, (Canada) IMPORTANT DATES November 15, 1995: Deadline for submission of full papers January 31, 1996: Notification of acceptance March 20, 1996: Camera ready paper and electronic version of papers INFORMATION Claudie THENAULT INRIA Rocquencourt Relations Exterieures Bureau des Cours et Colloques BP 105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex Tel : 33 1 39 63 56 75 Fax : 33 1 39 63 56 38 email : symposia@inria.fr ------------------------------ From: Jens Burmeister Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 11:59:44 +0100 Subject: GAMM-Seminar Kiel 1996 Second Announcement The GAMM Committee "Efficient numerical methods for pde" in cooperation with the Christian-Albrechts-Universit"at Kiel organizes the 12th GAMM-Seminar Kiel on Boundary Elements: Implementation and Analysis of Advanced Algorithms Chairmanship: W. Hackbusch (Kiel), G. Wittum (Stuttgart) Date: January 19th to 21st, 1996 Location: Mathematisches Seminar und Institut f"ur Informatik und Praktische Mathematik, Universit"at Kiel (Germany) Topics: Implementation and Application of: Wavelets to Boundary Integral Equations, Matrix Compression Techniques, Multipole and Panel-Clustering, Cubature Techniques for Singular and Nearly Singular Surface Integrals, Parallelization Techniques for BEM, Fast Solvers and Software Design Aspects for BEM. Local organization : J. Burmeister, Tel. : ++49-431-880-4462, Fax : ++49-431-880-4054, Email: jb@informatik.uni-kiel.d400.de WWW-site: http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~jb/gamm.html ------------------------------ From: Jeanne C. Butler Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 11:44:11 -0400 Subject: Cornell Theory Center Virtual Workshop Cornell Theory Center Virtual Workshop Parallel Programming with Message-Passing Libraries Offered between 12/01/95 and 3/01/96 Registration deadline 11/06/95 "CTC Virtual Workshop: Parallel Programming with Message-Passing Libraries" is a hands-on, Web-based course that covers principles of parallel and distributed memory programming, and the MPI and PVM message-passing libraries. The course components are on-line lectures and exercises, communication with CTC consultants and other participants, and logins on CTC's world-class IBM SP. Additional registration and course information is available at http://www.tc.cornell.edu/Edu/VW The Virtual Workshop Project expands access to CTC's educational programs via the Web, while retaining interactive features of a live workshop. The first CTC Virtual Workshop, a subset of this course offering, was successfully beta-tested this summer. ------------------------------ From: Mark Ainsworth Date: Thu, 12 Oct 95 09:46:15 BST Subject: Summer School at Leicester University VIIth EPSRC NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SUMMER SCHOOL LEICESTER UNIVERSITY, UK 8th-19th July 1996 The Programme The meeting will comprise two one-week modules, each of which can "stand alone", although it is expected that many participants and speakers will stay for the full two weeks. Each week there will be three five-lecture courses given by the invited lecturers as follows: Week 1, 8th-12th July 1996 G. Cybenko (Dartmouth) "Neural Networks" M. Plum (Clausthal) "Eigenvalue Problems for Differential Equations" G. Strang (MIT) "Wavelets" Week 2, 15th-19th July 1996 L. Greengard (NYU) "Multipole Methods" C. Schwab (ETH, Zurich) "Hierarchical Modelling" J. Xu (Penn State) "Multilevel and Domain Decomposition Methods" The principal aim of the meeting is to gather together numerical analysts and a team of internationally renowned experts for a period of intensive study and research. It is intended that the lectures should be accessible to people (particularly research students) for whom the material is new, to enable them to acquire reasonable competence in it, thus broadening their research horizons. Those with greater initial knowledge should end up being able to work on significant problems in the area. There will be a substantial amount of time available for research and discussion with the assembled experts, who will make themselves available for consultation in "office hours". Typeset lecture notes will be provided by most of the speakers. In addition, there will be an opportunity for participants to present research seminars on their own work. It is anticipated that there will also be book exhibitions and displays of computer software. Registration forms and further details are available (electronically or by surface mail) from: Dr M. Ainsworth (ain@mcs.le.ac.uk), Mathematics and Computer Science, Leicester University, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom. ------------------------------ From: Dick Wait Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 15:22:32 +0100 (BST) Subject: Northern England Numerical Analysis Colloquium The next Northern England Universities Numerical Analysis Colloquium will take place in Victoria Building, University of Liverpool on Wednesday, November 29 1995. The invited speakers include: Professor Gene Golub (Stanford, USA) Professor Christopher Paige (McGill, Canada) As usual there will be time for a few contributed talks, prospective speakers should submit their title with their registration fee. Talks from postgraduate students are particularly welcome. The cost will be GB pounds 15 per person, including coffee, tea and lunch. Further information can be obtained from: Dr Richard Wait (Institute of Advanced Scientific Computation), Dr Ke Chen (Department of Statistics & Computational Mathematics) Victoria Building, University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX. Email: wait@liverpool.ac.uk cmchenke@liverpool.ac.uk Phone: 0151 794 4740 0151 794 4741 URL: http://www.liv.ac.uk/~cmchenke/neunac95.html Fax: 0151 794 4754. Registration forms, available from the web site above to be returned to Dr Ke Chen by 14th November. ------------------------------ From: mechszgy@gold.uni-miskolc.hu (Gyorgy Szeidl, Ph.D. ) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 08:50:51 GMT Subject: Conference on Computational Mechanics in Hungary SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS NUMERICAL METHODS AND COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 15-19th July 1996 Miskolc, Hungary Organized by Central European Association for Computational Mechanics Janos Bolyai Mathematical Sociaty Hungarian Acadamy of Sciences University of Miskolc This conference is a satellite conference prior to the 2nd European Congress of Mathematics to be held in Budapest, July 21-27, 1996. The aim of the conference is to bring together numerical analysts, specialists of computational mechanics and software developers. FIELDS OF PRIMARY INTEREST -- Numerical algebra (sparse and dense linear systems, eigenvalue problems, nonlinear systems, parallel algorithms, etc.) -- Numerical solution of differential equations (FEM, BEM, multigrid, difference methods, spectral methods, parallel algorithms, etc.) -- Computational mechanics (FEM, BEM, parallel algorithms etc) One-hour plenary lectures and twenty minute talks are planned. INTERNATONAL SCIENCE COMMITTEE I. BABUSKA, chairman; University of Maryland B. SZABO, co-chairman; Washington University in St. Louis I. S. DUFF, Atlas Centre, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory B. GUO, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R. HABER, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA V. P. IL'IN, Computing Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia C. JOHNSON, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden M. KRIZEK, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague J. T. ODEN, The University of Texas, USA J. PITKARANTA, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland L. S. XANTHIS, University of Westminster, London, UK W. L. WENDLAND, University of Stuttgart, Germany J. R. WHITEMAN, Brunel University, U.K. M. F. WHEELER, Rice University Houston, USA T. CZIBERE, University of Miskolc, Hungary Z. GASPAR, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary I. PACZELT, University of Miskolc, Hungary P. ROZSA, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary G. STOYAN, Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest, Hungary PLENARY SPEAKERS INCLUDE I. Babuska, B. Szabo, B. Guo, R. Haber, V.P. Il'in, C. Johnson, M. Krizek, J.T. Oden, J. Pitkaranta, L.S.Xanthis, J.R. Whiteman, W.L. Wendland, J. R. Whiteman, M.F. Wheeler, Zs. Gaspar, P. Rozsa, G.Stoyan PLENARY LECTURES (an incomplete list) B. Szabo: "Finite element analysis in professional practice." R. Haber: "A space-time finite element model for high-temperature crack growth" V. Ili'n: "Iterative incomplete factorization methods for solving discretized diffusion-convection equations" M. Krizek: "Finite element approximation of a nonlinear heat conduction problem in anisotropic media" B. Guo: "Preconditioners for the h-p version of the finite element method." J. Pitkaranta: "Efficient finite elements for shells - do they exist?" W.L. Wendland: "On the computation of higer derivatives with the boundary element method." Gaspar, Zs.-Domokos, G.-Nedli, P.: "Numerical determination of global equilibrium paths." P. Rozsa: "Linear systems with block tridiagonal and banded cefficient matrices." MINISYMPOSIA Finite element methods for parabolic and hyperbolic problems, Computational methods for optimization of engineering systems, Treatment of singular points associated with elliptic boundary value problems, Computational linear algebra, Boundary element methods If you are interested in attending the conference and wish to be on the mailing list, please SEND NOW, a message to --A.GALANTAI or Gy.SZEIDL --Institute of Mathematics or Department of Mechanics --University of Miskolc --3515 Miskolc-Egyetemvaros --Hungary The augmented text of the Second Announcement in printed form will be sent to persons on our mailing list by the end of October. Phone: 36-46-365111 Fax: 36-46-365174 e-mail: matnum@gold.uni-miskolc.hu (preferred) matgal@gold.uni-miskolc.hu mechszgy@gold.uni-miskolc.hu ------------------------------ From: Venkat Sastry Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:21:11 +0100 (BST) Subject: One Day Courses on MATLAB and Mathematica The following 1 day courses are available during month of November. MATLAB - hands-on tutorial covering a wide ranging topics including several toolboxes Date: 21 November 1995 Mathematica - a comprehensive tutorial introduction covering various aspects of the system Date: 22 November 1995 For furthrser details and academic/block discounts contact Claire Lankester Applied Mathematics and Operational Research Group, School of Defence Management Cranfield University RMCS Shrivenham Swindon SN6 8LA, UK Tel: 01793-785316 Fax: 01793-784196 Email: amor@rmcs.cran.ac.uk ------------------------------ From: Roy Williams roy@ccsf.caltech.edu Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 17:45:19 -0700 Subject: Parallelising CFD & Structures Announcing a Tutorial Workshop Parallelising Large CFD and Structures Codes Advances in Applied and Industrial Parallel Computing, based on some experiences from the "AIRPORT" European consortium November 16-17, 1995 Maison des Polytechniciens, 12, rue de Poitiers, Paris, France This European INTERDISCIPLINARY tutorial provides a platform where engineers and scientists from industry, federal laboratories and universities can learn about the latest parallelising techniques, new algorithms (domain decomposition in particular) and software developments for large scale applications pertinent to a wide range of practical problems in computational field simulation. Methods and tools tested in the AIRPORT subproject, which have been elaborated by some of the most famous experts in the world in parallel computing are part of the contents. Some of the lessons learned from this EC sponsored project will also be presented. Though an advanced course, no knowledge about parallel programming is assumed. This tutorial is self contained. As a recommended background, the participant should have a working knowledge of either C or Fortran and a basic knowledge about data structures. Technical Programme Four lectures over two days, each with a duration of three hours. 1. Domain Decomposition Methods Professor Charbel Farhat, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA 2. Message Passing and Load Balancing Professor Roy Williams, California Institute of Technology, USA 3. Parallel Implementation of Large CFD and Structures Codes Dr Jochem Hauser, CLE, Salzgitter, Germany 4. Advanced Parallelising Tools Professor Mark Cross, University of Greenwich, UK Further information may be obtained on the Web at http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/~roy/csami.html CELG-CSAMI University Pierre et Marie Curie 4, Place Jussieu 75252 Paris cedex 05 - France Phone: 33 1 44 27 58 11 or 74 97 Fax: 33 1 44 27 71 54 ------------------------------ From: John R. Rice Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 17:27:00 -0500 Subject: Position at Purdue University COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FACULTY Computer Sciences Purdue University The Department of Computer Sciences seeks a highly qualified person dedicated both to research and teaching to support its interdisciplinary graduate program in Computa- tional Science and Engineering. Areas of specialization appropriate for this tenure track assistant professor posi- tion include scientific computing, high performance comput- ing, geometry systems, mathematical software, applications of computing to science and engineering, and related areas. The department has a number of substantial research projects in this area. Further information about the CS&E program is available on the web at http://www.cse.purdue.edu/ The CS Department computing facility includes a 64 pro- cessor nCube 2, over 200 workstations and a complete video production facility. Purdue also owns Intel and IBM paral- lel computers and is a member of the Concurrent Supercomput- ing Consortium which operates a 540 processor Intel Paragon. The CS&E lab has high performance graphical machines and multi-media educational facilities. Applications are soli- cited for appointments to begin in August 1996. Send curri- culum vita and ask three references to write by March 1, 1996 to: Chair, CS&E Search Committee Department of Computer Sciences Purdue University W. Lafayette, IN 47907 Purdue University is in a college town where the schools are excellent, commuting is easy, the cost of living is reasonable, and there is a full range of athletic and cultural events at the University. Purdue University is an equal opportunity employer. ------------------------------ From: Stein W. Wallace Date: Tue, 10 Oct 95 15:41:56 GMT Subject: Position at Norwegian Institute of Technology Professor of Production Planning/Production Economics at Department of Managerial Economics and Operations Research The Norwegian Institute of Technology University of Trondheim The professor has special responsibility for teaching and research in production planning and/or production economics. The professional specialty should be in business administration or operations research. The department is engaged in an effort to strengthen its ties to the technological faculties. Thus, in evaluating the candidate, heavy emphasis will be placed on practical experience from a production perspective. The applicant must be able to document extensive professional qualifications in business administration or operations research. If the competence is in business administration, the desired specializations are in the areas of investments and/or operations planning. If the competence is in operations research, the desired specializations are in the areas of production modeling and methodological development. Through his/her own effort, the applicant must have shown scholarly competence in the area of specialization. Heavy weight will be put upon the ability to teach and the ability to initiate and lead research and developmental work. It is also desired that the applicant will contribute to applied research work with the department's associated SINTEF division. The professor shall be administratively attached to the Department of Managerial Economics and Operations Research in the Faculty of Economics and Industrial Management at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, University of Trondheim. Presently the department has 3 full professors, 2 adjunct full professors, 2 first lecturers, 2 lecturers, 1 post.doc, and 10 doctor of Engineering students. The department consists of the following areas of study: business administration, operations research, and economics. Closing Date for Applications: November 3, 1995. Further information can be obtained from Professor Einar Matson (phone + 47 73 59 36 04 - email: em@iok.unit.no) for managerial economics. Professor Stein W. Wallace (phone + 47 73 59 36 09 - email: sww@iok.unit.no) for operations research. ------------------------------ From: Thomas F. Russell Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:13:36 -0600 Subject: Positions at University of Colorado at Denver The Department of Mathematics at the University of Colorado at Denver is seeking to fill two tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 1996. Positions are contingent on budgetary approval. We offer B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees with optional focus in one of six areas: computational mathematics, discrete mathematics, engineering mathematics, operations research, probability, and statistics. These also comprise active areas of research of our resident faculty. Applicants are expected to show strong potential for research and teaching and have a commitment to professional service. Applicants must have, or expect to receive by next August, a Ph.D. in mathematics or a related discipline. In general, we seek qualified applicants in one of the focus areas and prefer someone who can interface with two or more areas. For these positions, the areas of greatest interest are: computational mathematics, and applied probability or statistics. However, we shall consider applications with another focus in applied mathematics. To apply, please send a current vita, list of publications, a statement of research plans and goals, a statement of teaching philosophy, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to: Burt Simon, Search Committee Chair Mathematics Department - Campus Box 170 University of Colorado at Denver P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 Our fax number is 303-556-8550. For more information on our department and university visit our web site at http://www-math.cudenver.edu. We will begin screening applications December 15, 1995. The University of Colorado at Denver is committed to enhancing the diversity of its administration, faculty and staff, and to program access for persons with disabilities, and invites and strongly encourages nominations of and applications from women, members of ethnic and racial minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. Alternative formats of this ad or job description are available upon request. ------------------------------ From: Ken Jackson Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 15:59:51 -0400 Subject: Positions at University of Toronto There are two openings at the University of Toronto that may interest NA Digest readers. One is a tenure-track position in "Algorithmic Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science" that is joint between the Departments of Mathematics and Computer Science. Although the "official" job states that the position is at the Assistant Professor, it may be possible to appoint a strong candidate at a higher level. The other job is a postdoctoral position with the Numerical Computing Group in the Department of Computer Science. Our main area of interest is differential equations. The two "official" job ads follow. * * * * * * The University of Toronto solicits applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of Algorithmic Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, including Complexity and Effective Methods in Scientific Computation. The position is subject to budgetary approval. The appointment is at the downtown (St. George) campus at the level of Assistant Professor, to begin July 1, 1996. This will be a joint appointment between the Department of Mathematics (75%) and the Department of Computer Science (25%). Candidates are expected to have demonstrated excellence in both teaching and research; in particular, a candidate's research record should show clearly the ability to make significant original and independent contributions to Mathematics. Salary commensurate with experience. Applicants should send their complete C.V. including a list of publications, a short statement describing their research programme, and all appropriate material about their teaching. They should also arrange to have at least four letters of reference sent directly to Professor V. Ivrii, Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1. At least one letter should be primarily concerned with the candidate's teaching. In addition, it is recommended that applicants submit the electronic application form which is available on the World Wide Web by accessing the following URL: http://www.toronto.edu/math/Jobs.html To insure full consideration, this information should be received by December 31, 1995. In accordance with its Employment Equity Policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women or men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and persons with disabilities. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. * * * * * * The Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, has received funding from various granting agencies. Funding permitting, Postdoctoral Fellowships are available in all areas of Computer Science. Applications, including a curriculum vitae and a list of publications, should be sent to: Professor Wayne H. Enright, Chairman, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A4, Canada; recruit@cs.toronto.edu. Please arrange to have three letters of references sent directly to the same address. Deadline for application is January 31st, 1996. ------------------------------ From: Wei Cai Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 16:03:49 -0700 Subject: Position at UC Santa Barbara TENURE TRACK POSITION IN NUMERICAL ANALYSIS/APPLIED MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA The Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Barbara seeks a numerical analyst/applied mathematician for a tenure track assistant professorship beginning July 1, 1996. Applicants should have substantial expertise relevant for the numerical resolution of nonlinear problems arising in an applied science such as electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, material science, and semiconductor theory. The successful candidate will have demonstrated excellence in research and have a promising record in teaching. Potential for interaction with research efforts in the department and across the university will be taken into account and candidates must possess a Ph.D. by September 1, 1996. Applications which are complete by December 22, 1995, will receive full consideration. Applicants should send a vita, a pubilcation list, one-page statement of research interests and arrange to have four letters of recommendation and a completed AMS Application Cover Sheet sent to the Numerical/Applied Committee, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. UCSB is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. ------------------------------ From: Antonio Messina Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 08:11:30 +0000 Subject: Postdoctoral Position at University of Bologna Postdoctoral Research Fellowships on Numerical Magnetohydrodynamics A one-year fellowship at the University of Bologna, Department of Physics, is financed by EU grant. The grant supports collaborations in the following principal areas: MHD Flows and Turbulence Interstellar Medium; Stellar Winds; Stellar jets Numerical Techniques for MHD The fellowship is intended for citizens of the member states of the European Community and associated states. The salary and the associated research costs will be at the italian standard rate. Candidates should write directly to the contact name below providing their curriculum vitae, a list of recent publications, two letters of recommendation and a statement of research interests. The deadline for receipt of applications is October 28th 1995. Contact name: A. Messina, Dip. Fisica, viale B. Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Email: messina@isoar.df.unibo.it; tel. (39) 51 6305212, fax: (39) 51 6305212. COMPUTING RESOURCES AVAILABLE: Cray T3D MCA 64-8, Cray C92/2128 SSD, cluster of graphic ws ------------------------------ From: Jane Cullum Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 16:22:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Postdoctoral Position at IBM Research 1996-1997 IBM POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES The Mathematical Sciences Department of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center invites applications for its 1996-1997 Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in mathematical and computer sciences. This fellowship provides scientists of outstanding ability an opportunity to advance their scholarship as resident department members at the Research Center. The department provides an atmosphere in which basic research is combined with experience on technical problems arising in industry. The program of the Mathematical Sciences Department is organized for research in pure and applied mathematics, and in theoretical and exploratory computer science. On-going research in the department includes work on sequential and parallel algorithms, computational complexity, coding theory, cryptography, numerical analysis, differential equations, mathematical optimization, high-performance computation, logic design, computer algebra, statistics, dynamical systems, continuous complexity, computational linguistics, computer music, user interface technology, and knowledge-based systems. Close interaction with permanent department members is expected, but fellows will be free to pursue their own research interests. Each candidate must have a doctorate and not more than five years of postdoctoral professional experience when the fellowship commences. The fellowship has a period of one year, and may be extended by another year on mutual agreement. The stipend will be generally in the range of $65,000 to $67,000 per year, depending on experience. In addition, there will be an allowance for moving expenses. The Research Center is located in Westchester County, approximately forty miles north of New York City. To apply, please submit the following by January 12, 1996: resume, including thesis summary; reprints of publications based on thesis and other research; a research proposal; and visa status. Citizens of countries defined as restricted by the U.S. Department of Commerce are required to have a green card or an equivalent visa status. Applicants are responsible for requesting that three or more letters of reference, including one from the thesis advisor, arrive before January 12. Direct all material to: Committee on Postdoctoral Fellowships Department of Mathematical Sciences IBM Research Division T. J. Watson Research Center P. O. Box 218 Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 One fellowship will be awarded. Each applicant will be notified individually as soon as the committee has reached a decision on the application, no later than March 12, 1996. ------------------------------ From: Baltzer Science Publishers Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:17:15 +0100 Subject: Contents, Annals of Numerical Mathematics CONTENTS - ANNALS OF NUMERICAL MATHEMATICS (ISSN 1021 2655) Editor-in-Chief: Claude Brezinski Lab. d'Analyse Numerique et d'Optimisation UFR IEEA - M3 Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex France fax: (33) 20 43 68 69 E-mail: brezinsk@omega.univ-lille1.fr Volume 2, 1995, "Special Functions" Editor: G. Allasia pp. 3-20, W. Gautschi, Luigi Gatteschi's work on special functions and numerical analysis pp. 21-34, C. Brezinski, Formal orthogonality on an algebraic curve pp. 35-78, K.-J. Foerster, On the weights of positive quadrature formulas for ultraspherical weight function pp. 79-92, E.K. Infantis and P.D. Siafarikas, Differential inequalities and monotonicity properties of the zeros of associated Laguerre and Hermite polynomials pp. 93-122, F. Marcellan, T.E. Perez and M.A. Pinar, Orthogonal polynomials on weighted Sobolev spaces: the semiclassical case pp. 123-144, P. Maroni, Tchebychev forms and their perturbed as second degree forms pp. 145-158, P. Rabinowitz, Optimal quasi-interpolatory splines for numerical integration pp. 159-168, A. Ronveaux and S. Belmehdi, Interlacing properties of the zeros of the derivative, associated and adjacent of semi-classical and classical orthogonal polynomials pp. 169-180, J. Wimp and H. Kiesel, Non-linear recurrence relations and some derived orthogonal polynomials pp. 181-198, R. Wong, Error bounds for asymptotic approximations of special functions pp. 199-210, R. Zanovello, Numerical analysis of Struve functions with applications to other special functions pp. 211-232, D. Dattoli, S. Lorenzutta, G. Maino and A. Torre, Generalised forms of Bessel functions and Hermite polynomials pp. 233-246, M.G. de Bruijn, H.G. Meijer, Zeros of orthogonal polynomials in a non-discrete Sobolev space pp. 247-254, B. Gabutti and M.L. Mathis, A characterization of the Meixner polynomials pp. 255-264, C. Giordano, Properties and inequalities for the zeros of Bessel functions pp. 265-276, D. Kershaw, Maximum principles and inequalities for special functions pp. 277-288, J. Korevaar, A monotonicity property of ultraspherical Christoffel numbers pp. 289-304, K.H. Kwon and L.L. Littlejohn, The orthogonality of the Laguerre ploynomials {Ln-k(x)} for positive integers k pp. 305-310, D.S. Lubinsky, An extension of the Erdos-Turan inequality for the sum of successive fundamental polynomials pp. 311-326, A.P. Magnus, Asymptotics for the simplest generalized Jacobi polynomials recurrence coefficients from Freud's equations: numerical explorations pp. 327-344, A. Martin, An optimal inequality on associated Legendre functions pp. 345-352, M.E. Muldoon, A monotonicity property of Bessel functions pp. 353-370, F. Peherstorfer and R. Steinbauer, On polynomials orthogonal on several intervals pp. 371-380, G. Pittaluga and L. Sacripante, Bounds for the zeros of Hermite polynomials pp. 381-406, A. Sidi, Acceleration of convergence of (generalized) Fourier series by the d - transformation pp. 407-414, H.V. Smith, The Bieberach conjecture pp. 415-424, N.M. Temme, Asymptotics of zeros on incomplete gamma functions pp. 425-438, M. von Golitschek and D. Leviatan, Rational Muntz approximation pp. 439-456, A. Zarzo, J.S. Dehesa and J. Torres, On a new set of polynomials representing the wave functions of the quantum relativistic harmonic oscillator pp. 457-472, A. Zarzo, J.S. Dehesa and R.J. Yanez, Distribution of zeros of Gauss and Kummer hypergeometric functions. A semiclassical approach Proposals for new volumes should be addressed to Claude Brezinski , Editor-in-Chief. Subscriptions and separate orders and requests for FREE SAMPLE COPIES of Annals of Numerical Mathematics can be sent to: publish@baltzer.nl or see our homepage http://www.NL.net/~baltzer/ ------------------------------ From: Richard Brualdi Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 17:05:52 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Contents, Linear Algebra and its Applications LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Contents Volume 231, December 1995 Stephen H. Friedberg and Arnold J. Insel (Normal, Illinois), Characterizations of Subnormal Matrices 1 Jong-Shenq Guo, Wen-Wei Lin, and Chern-Shuh Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China) Nonequivalence Deflation for the Solution of Matrix Latent Value Problems 15 Leonid Gurvits (Princeton, New Jersey) Stability of Discrete Linear Inclusion 47 Alain Duchamp (Le Mans, France) Circuit Separation for Symmetric Matroids 87 B. Z. Shapiro (Stockholm, Sweden) and M. Z. Shapiro (Rehovot, Israel) On the Boundary of Totally Positive Upper Triangular Matrices 105 Jin-Hsien Wang (Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China) Factorization of Matrices Into Quadratic Ones. II 111 M. H. Lim (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) A Uniqueness Theorem on Symmetric Tensors 153 William H. Gustafson (Lubbock, Texas) Quivers and Matrix Equations 159 William C. Waterhouse (University Park, Pennsylvania) Orthogonal Similarity and Pairs of Quadratic Forms 175 Martin Ohsmann (Aachen, Germany) Fast Transforms of Toeplitz Matrices 181 Author Index 193 ------------------------------ From: Heinz W. Engl Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 12:42:34 EDT Subject: Contents, Surveys on Mathematics for Industry Surveys on Mathematics for Industry (Springer Vienna - New York) Table of Contents, Vol 5 No.2 M.Holmstrvm, R.Glowinski, Constrained motion problems with applications by nonlinear programming methods A.Ude, R.Dillmann, Robot motion specification: a vision-based approach ------------------------------ From: Carlos A. de Moura Date: Wed, 11 Oct 95 11:41:23 EST Subject: Contents, Computational and Applied Mathematics COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS (Matematica Aplicada e Computacional) Published by Birkhauser/Boston and SBMAC - Brazilian Soc. for Comp. and Applied Mathematics Vol.14, Issue 2, 1995 AFPC HUMES and C HUMES Jr Stability clearing open loop policies in manufacturing systems LR BERRONE Subsistence of some nonlinear mathematical models which involve the heat-diffusion eq. X FENG An elliptic regularity coefficient estimate for the equations of the motion for nearly elastic solids in the frequency domain XC TAI and T KARKKAAINEN Identification of a nonlinear parameter in a parabolic equation from a linear equation CY CHEN and KK NIP On the blow-up of |u | at quenching for tt semilinear Euler-Poisson-Darboux equations MG ARMENTANO, EM FERNANDEZ-BEDAGUER and JE SANTOS A frequency domain paramenter estimation procedure in viscoelastic layered media A BREAZNA Corrigenda to "Generalizations of Bendixon's Negative Criterion" ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------