o - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o March 15, 2006 O P - S F N E T Volume 13, Number 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editors: Diego Dominici dominicd@newpaltz.edu Martin Muldoon muldoon@yorku.ca The Electronic News Net of the SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Please send contributions to: poly@siam.org Subscribe by mailing to: poly-request@siam.org or to: listproc@nist.gov o - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - o Today's Topics: 1. Notre Dame Special Session 2. Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation 3. Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics (Taormina) 4. Latina Symposium on Mathematical Methods for Engineers 5. FPSAC '06 - Third announcement - upcoming deadlines 6. SIGMA, a relatively new math journal 7. Herman van Rossum 8. New Books on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions 9. Preprints in arXiv.org 10. About the Activity Group 11. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET Calendar of Events: 2006 March 27-31: Spectral Theory and Mathematical Physics, A Conference in Honor of Barry Simon's 60th Birthday, Pasadena, California, USA 12.2, #2 http://www.math.caltech.edu/simonfest.html April 3-7: 8th International Conference on Approximation and Optimization in the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 13.1, #2 http://www.ams.org/mathcal/info/2006_apr3-7_santodomingo.html April 8-9: American Mathematical Society Central Section Meeting, including Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 12.6, #2 13.2 #1 http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2130_program.html May 6-11: International Conference on Fourier and Complex Analysis: Classical Problems - Current View, Protaras, Cyprus 12.4, #1; 12.6 #4 http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~cfca/ May 29-31: International Symposium "New Trends in Mathematical methods for Engineers", Latina, Italy 13.2 #4 site http://www.dmmm.uniroma1.it/ntmme/ June 19-23: FPSAC '06 - 18th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, San Diego, California, USA 12.6. #3 http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/ June 29-July 1: 3rd International Symposium "Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics" dedicated to the Memory of Gaetano Fichera. Taormina (Messina), Italy 13.2 #3 http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/Fichera/ July 10-14: SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA including Minisymposium on Computation and Application of Special Functions in Scientific Computing 13.1, #3 http://www.siam.org/meetings/an06/index.php July 10-14: Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations 7, Melbourne, Australia http://www.physics.utu.fi/theory/SIDE/ August 22-30: International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, Spain http://www.icm2006.org/ August 30 - September 1 New Trends in Constructive Approximation Theory, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 13.1, #4 September 4-29: Short programme "The Painleve Equations and Monodromy Problems", Newton Institute. Cambridge, UK http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/PEM/index.html 12.3 #2 September 8-12: 1st Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation and Applications, Dedicated to Walter Gautschi, Alba di Canazei (Trento), Italy 13.2 #2 http://www.sci.univr.it/~dwcaa06 September (exact date to be announced): AMADE 2006, Minsk, Belarus http://www.amade-bsu.com/ 12.3 #3 2007 July (dates to be announced): OPSFA - Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications, Marseille, France Topic #1 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Diego Dominici Subject: Notre Dame Special Session The 2006 Spring Central Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society (Meeting #1016) will be held in Notre Dame, Indiana on April 8-9, 2006. See the full program at http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2130_program.html The meeting will include a a Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials organized by Diego Dominici. Here is the Program for the Session. All sessions are in Room 126, DeBartolo Hall. Saturday April 8, 2006 8:30 a.m. Weighted Trigonometric Sums over a Half-Period. O-Yeat Chan, University of Illinois 9:00 a.m. Two Entries on Bilateral Hypergeometric Series in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook. Bruce C. Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 9:30 a.m. Modular Equations and Algebraic Hypergeometric Transformations. Robert S. Maier, University of Arizona 10:00 a.m. Ramanujan and False Theta Series. George E. Andrews, The Pennsylvania State University 10:30 a.m. An L-function extension of Ramanujan's formula for the Riemann zeta function with an entire parameter: Preliminary Report. David M. Bradley, University of Maine 11:00 a.m. Orthogonal polynomials in two discrete variables related to the algebra $U_q(so(6))$. Alexander Rozenblyum, New York City College of Technology, CUNY 3:00 p.m. Second order superintegrable systems in two and three dimensions. Willard Miller, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota 3:30 p.m. Approximation Operators, Exponential, and Free Exponential Families. Mourad E. H. Ismail, University of Central Florida 4:00 p.m. WKB and Turning point Theory for Second order difference equations: External Fields and Asymptotics of Orthogonal Polynomials. J. Geronimo, Georgia Tech. 4:30 p.m. Asymptotic analysis of the generalized Hermite polynomials by the ray method. Diego Dominici, State University of New York at New Paltz Sunday April 9, 2006 8:00 a.m. A q-analogue of Wigner's 9-j symbols. Mizan Rahman, Carleton University 8:30 a.m. Umemora polynomials associated to Painleve III . Tewodros Amdeberhan, Princeton Univ./Tulane Univ. 9:00 a.m. Fractional group operators and the classical special functions. Loyal Durand, Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison 9:30 a.m. Dilogarithms and four-body atomic Coulomb interaction integrals for fully correlated exponential wavefunctions. Frank E Harris, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida 10:00 a.m. Differentiation evens out zero spacing. David W. Farmer, American Institute of Mathematics 10:30 a.m. Using integrals of squares of real-valued functions to prove that certain entire functions have only real zeros. George Gasper, Northwestern University, 11:00 a.m. Matrix valued orthogonal polynomials and differential equations. F. Alberto Grunbaum, UC Berkeley 3:00 p.m. Arithmetic of the partition function. Scott Ahlgren, University of Illinois 3:30 p.m. Univalency of Hypergeometric Functions. Roger W Barnard, Texas Tech University 4:00 p.m. Special functions and the Mellin transforms of Laguerre and Hermite functions. Mark W Coffey, Colorado School of Mines 4:30 p.m. Instability intervals of the Ince and Hill equations. Hans W Volkmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5:00 p.m. A class of probability distribution functions relevant to turbulence. Bruce R. Fabijonas, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University 5:30 p.m. Critical behavior of Gaussian random matrices with external source. Pavel Bleher, IUPUI Topic #2 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Marco Vianello Subject: Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation Workshop DWCAA06 On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I wish to point out to the OP-SF SIAM Activity Group (for insertion in the Conferences Calendar) the: "1st Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation and Applications" Alba di Canazei (Trento), Italy 2006 September 8-12 Web site: http://www.sci.univr.it/~dwcaa06 Indeed, one of the main workshop topics is "Multivariate Orthogonal Polynomials". The Workshop is dedicated to Walter Gautschi for his 50 years of professional activity Topic #3 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Internation Symposium Subject: Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics First Announcement and Call for Papers for the 3rd International Symposium "Problemi Attuali dell'Analisi e della Fisica Matematica", dedicated to the Memory of Gaetano Fichera. Taormina (Messina), Italy - June 29th - July 1st, 2006. The 3rd International Symposium "Problemi Attuali dell'Analisi e della Fisica Matematica" (Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics), dedicated to the Memory of Gaetano Fichera will be held in in Taormina (Messina), Italy, in the period June 29th - July 1st, 2006, [June 28th (arrival day) - July 2nd (departure day)]. Lectures will take place at the Hotel Villa Diodoro, Via Bagnoli Croci, 75, Taormina. This event is organized under the auspices of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and of I.F.N.A.D.I.(International Federation of Non-linear Analysts - Italian Division) and with the cooperation of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "F. Severi" (national research groups G.N.A.F.A., G.N.C.S.), of the University of Basilicata, University of Catania, Rome University "La Sapienza", Roma Tre University. The main subjects of the Symposium are related to the scientific interests of Professor Gaetano Fichera, including Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Elasticity, Functional analysis and Approximation theory, Complex analysis, Measure and integration theory, Potential theory, Differential forms, Numerical Methods, Eigenvalues, Variational Calculus, History of Mathematics. There will be PLENARY INVITED TALKS (30 minutes) and SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (20 minutes). A list of confirmed plenary lecturers is given below. Colleagues and young researchers interested in attending the Symposium are invited to submit their Abstract for a short communication. Financial support for young researchers coming from the East European Countries could be obtained by applying to Prof. Jan Kratochvil honza@kam.mff.cuni.cz. The relevant form can be filled by opening the page https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/~ems/index_organ.html. More information and a registration form for the Symposium can be found at the internet site http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/Fichera/ Submission deadline: April 10, 2006. Abstract submission: April 30, 2006. Early registration deadline: May 31, 2006. For more information, please send an e-mail to PAAFM@mat.uniroma3.it or riccip@uniroma1.it or natalini@mat.uniroma3.it. List of confirmed plenary speakers: H. Begehr (Berlin, D) I. Capuzzo Dolcetta (Roma) A. Cialdea (Potenza) G. Dattoli (Enea, Frascati) G.C. Hsiao (Newark, DE) M. Fabrizio (Bologna) S. Graffi (Bologna) A. Laforgia (Roma 3) E. Lanconelli (Bologna) M. Lapidus (Riverside, CA) U. Mosco (Worcester, MA) F. Nicolosi (Catania) P.E. Ricci (Roma) C. Sbordone (Napoli) D. Trigiante (Firenze) W.L. Wendland (Stuttgart, D) Local Organizers: S. Bonafede (Palermo) - A. Cialdea (Potenza) - B. Germano (Roma) - A. Laforgia (Roma 3) - F. Lanzara (Roma) - P. Natalini (Roma 3) - F. Nicolosi (Catania) - P.E. Ricci (Roma). Scientific Committee: H. Begehr (Berlin) - A. Cialdea (Potenza) - R.P. Gilbert (Newark, DE) - G. Hsiao (Newark, DE) - G. Jaiani (Tbilisi) - A. Laforgia (Roma 3) - M. Lapidus (Riverside) - V.G. Maz'ya (Columbus, OH & Liverpool, U.K.) - F. Nicolosi (Catania) - P.E. Ricci (Roma) - C. Sbordone (Napoli) - W.L. Wendland (Stuttgart). Topic #4 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Bruna Germano Subject: Symposium on Mathematical Methods for Engineers INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "NEW TRENDS IN MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ENGINEERS" First Announcement and Call for papers for the International Symposium "New Trends in Mathematical methods for Engineers". Latina, Italy, May 29-30-31, 2006, (May 28 arrival day, June 1st departure day). Lectures will take place at the Facolta di Ingegneria, sede di Latina, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza". The main subjects of the Symposium are related to applied Mathematics, including Ordinary and partial differential equations; Difference equations; Control theory; Dynamical systems; Elasticity; Operations research; Fluid mechanics; Mechanics of particles and systems; Mathematical programming and optimization; Numerical analysis for ordinary and partial differential equations; Information systems; Special functions and applications; Image processing; Inverse problems; Pattern recognition; Communication systems. There will be PLENARY INVITED TALKS (40 minutes) and SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (20 minutes). A list of confirmed plenary lectures is given below. Colleagues and young researchers interested in attending the Symposium are invited to submit their abstract for a short communication. More informations and registration form can be found at the internet site http://www.dmmm.uniroma1.it/ntmme/ Submission deadline: March 15, 2006. Abstract submission: March 30, 2006. List of confirmed plenary speakers: M. G. de Bruin (Delft, B) G. Dattoli (Enea, Frascati) W. Gautschi (Purdue, U.S.A.) D. Gordeziani (Tblisi) E. Koelink (Delft, B) A. Laforgia (Roma3) R. Piva (Roma) P. Podio-Guidugli (Roma 2) P.E. Ricci (Roma) C. Sbordone (Napoli) G. Vinti (Perugia) Topic #5 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Mike Zabrocki Subject: FPSAC '06 - Third announcement - upcoming deadlines =============================================== 18th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics =============================================== FPSAC'06 =============================================== June 19-23, 2006 San Diego, California USA =============================================== the poster for this conference is available at http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/files/fpasc06_poster_print-sized.pdf Third announcement -- Notification of registration Upcoming important dates: Requests for support: March 15, 2006 (extended from March 1, 2006) Registration begins: March 1, 2006 Reduced registration fees: April 1, 2006 Conference begins: June 19, 2006 Topics All aspects of combinatorics and their relations with other parts of mathematics, physics, computer science and biology. Conference program Invited lectures, contributed presentations, poster session, problem session and software demonstrations. As usual there will be no parallel sessions. Official languages The official languages of the conference are English and French. Invited Speakers Marge Bayer (University of Kansas) Fan Chung (UC San Diego) Jim Haglund (University of Pennsylvania) Tom Koornwinder (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Seok-Jin Kang (Seoul National University) Nigel Ray (University of Manchester) Bruce Sagan (Michigan State University) Michelle Wachs (University of Miami) Final versions for papers and posters The submitted papers should begin with a short abstract written both in English and in French (translation provided if necessary). The notifications of acceptance were announced February 15, 2006. Presentations will be 20 minutes in length. Updated submissions are requested by March 1, 2006. Please notify the organizers if you need an extension on this date. Important Note: Each submitted abstract must be prepared in accordance with AMS-Latex (see http://www.ams.org/tex/). Authors are encouraged to use the LaTeX template which will be provided on the 'Instruction for Authors' section of the conference web site. Open problem session Contributions to the problem session are invited in advance of the conference dates. People interested in submitting a problem in advance should submit it via http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/ before June 1, 2006. Software demonstrations Demonstrations of software relevant to the topics of the conference are encouraged. Please contact the organizers if you would like to participate in the conference through a presentation of software. A paper briefly explaining the software, including the hardware requirements should be included as part of the submission. Graduate student papers In an ongoing FPSAC tradition, an award will be made for the best paper submitted by a graduate student. Students submitting extended abstracts are invited to indicate their eligibility for this award. Participant support Limited funds are available for partial support of participants, in particular for students and junior scientists. Requests should contain a letter of recommendation and include the estimated transportation and living expenses for the duration of the conference as well as the amount of any support available from other sources. All requests should be sent by March 15, 2006 through the conference web site or by postal mail (this is an extension of the date from the last announcement). See the conference website for details. Location The conference will take place in San Diego, California at the Catamaran Resort Hotel in Pacific Beach. An opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, June 18, 2006. Accommodation The Catamaran Resort Hotel is the official hotel for the conference as well as the conference location. A special rate has been arranged for conference attendees. A limited number of rooms have been reserved for this conference. Please reserve early. Details are available Further information All important information concerning FPSAC'06 can be found on the conference web site at http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/ More details will be given in future announcements. Please direct further questions to fpsac06@mathstat.yorku.ca Registration We apologize, however we are only able to accept payment by check or money order. For payment and registration instructions please see http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/en/registration.html Registration begins March 1, 2006. Registration fee before April 1, 2006: US$250 (students, US$125) Registration fee on or after April 1, 2006: US$325 (students, US$170) Summary of important dates Submission of abstracts: (passed) November 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance: (passed) February 15, 2006 Requests for support: March 15, 2006 (extended from March 1, 2006) Registration begins: March 1, 2006 Reduced registration fees: April 1, 2006 Conference begins: June 19, 2006 Program Committee ----------------- Francois Bergeron (UQAM) (chair) Jeff Remmel (UC San Diego) (co-chair) Nantel Bergeron (York University) Miklos Bona (University of Florida) Bill Chen (Nankai University) Joseph Kung (University of North Texas) Roberto Mantaci (UniversiteŽ Paris 7) Jennifer Morse (University of Miami) Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth College) Andrew Rechnitzer (University of Melbourne) Manfred Schocker (University of Wales Swansea) Hugh Thomas (University of New Brunswick) Mike Zabrocki (York University) Organizing Committee -------------------- Nantel Bergeron (York University) Sara Faridi (Dalhousie University) Christophe Hohlweg (The Fields Institute) Isaiah Lankham (UC Davis) Marni Mishna (Simon Fraser University) Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth College) Andrew Rechnitzer (University of Melbourne) Tom Roby (University of Connecticut) Mercedes Rosas (Universidad de Sevilla) Jeff Remmel (UC San Diego) (co-chair) Mike Zabrocki (York University) (co-chair) Topic #6 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: SIGMA, a relatively new math journal SIGMA is a mathematics journal which was founded in 2005. The acronym means "Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications". It is an online journal for rapid publication of papers in the following areas: * Geometrical methods in mathematical physics * Lie theory and differential equations * Integrable and nonintegrable systems, solitons, Painleve analysis * Dynamical systems and quantum chaos * Exactly and quasi-exactly solvable models * Supergroups and nonlinear algebraic structures * Lie groups and algebras, representation theory and special functions * q-algebras, quantum groups and noncommutative geometry * Supersymmetry and supergravity, strings and branes * Cosmology and quantum gravity SIGMA is an arXiv overlay journal. It is reviewed by MathSciNet and Zentralblatt MATH. The managing editor is Anatoly Nikitin (Kiev). The editorial board includes several people active in orthogonal polynomials and special functions. For further information see http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/ Topic #7 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: Herman van Rossum Herman van Rossum, emeritus professor of the University of Amsterdam, died on February 25, 2006. He was 88 years old. For 20 years Herman van Rossum was director of the Institute for Propaedeutical Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. This institute, emphasizing good teaching of basic mathematics to students in other sciences, was founded by him. Later its name was changed to Institute for Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Herman van Rossum defended his PhD thesis "A theory of orthogonal polynomials based on the Pade table" at the University of Utrecht in 1953. Between 1955 and 1995 he published 26 research papers, mostly on orthogonal polynomials and Pade approximation. Seven of these papers were joint with Erik Hendriksen, who was inspired by Herman van Rossum to undertake research in orthogonal polynomials and approximation theory. See a picture of Herman van Rossum taken in October 2005 at http://remote.science.uva.nl/~thk/pictures/afscheidKoper/afscheidKoper-Images/24.jpg Topic #8 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: New Books on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions The following volumes, based on Summer Schools organized by our Activity Group, have appeared in the series Theory of Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials, Nova Publishers. http://novapublishers.com/catalog/ Laredo Lectures on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Alvarez-Nodarse, Renato and Marcellan, Francisco Lectures from the Summer School held in Laredo, July 24-28, 2000 Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2004 viii+210 pp. ISBN: 1-59454-009-8 MathSciNet: MR2085856 (2005c:33001) Price: $110 Further information: http://novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1639&osCsid=f57b221ae502ea8c84ecf1ad37e6b30b vol 2: Inzell Lectures on Orthogonal Polynomials W. zu Castell, F. Filbir and B. Forster Lectures from the 2nd Summer School held in Inzell, September 17-21, 2001 Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2005 x+199 pp. ISBN: 1-59454-108-6 MathSciNet: MR2130513 (2005j:42002) Price: $79 Further information: http://novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=331&osCsid=f57b221ae502ea8c84ecf1ad37e6b30b Topic #9 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: Preprints in arXiv.org The following preprints related to the fields of orthogonal polynomials and special functions were posted or cross-listed to one of the subcategories of arXiv.org during January and February 2006. See especially: http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CA http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CO http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.QA http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/solv-int http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602037 Title: Systems of orthogonal polynomials defined by hypergeometric type equations with application to quantum mechanics Authors: Nicolae Cotfas Comments: Additional results available at http://fpcm5.fizica.unibuc.ro/~ncotfas/ Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 33C45; 81Q60 Journal-ref: Central European Journal of Physics 2 (2004) 456-466 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602033 Title: The role of orthogonal polynomials in the six-vertex model and its combinatorial applications Authors: F. Colomo, A. G. Pronko Comments: Talk presented by F.C. at the Short Program of the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques: Random Matrices, Random Processes and Integrable Systems, Montreal, June 20 - July 8, 2005 Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0601064 Title: The modelling of a Josephson junction and Heun polynomials Authors: S.I. Tertychniy Comments: 8 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 34B30 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602538 Title: Hyperbolic polynomials and multiparameter real analytic perturbation theory Authors: Krzysztof Kurdyka, Laurentiu Paunescu Subj-class: General Mathematics MSC-class: 15A18;32B20;14B20 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602464 Title: Norm bounds for Ehrhart polynomial roots Authors: Benjamin Braun Comments: 3 pages, submitted Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: Primary 52C07; Secondary 52B20, 26C10 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602375 Title: On factorization of q-difference equation for continuous q-Hermite polynomials Authors: M.N. Atakishiyev, A.U. Klimyk Comments: 5 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Quantum Algebra MSC-class: 33D45; 39A13 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602202 Title: Asymptotics of Recurrence Relation Coefficients, Hankel Determinant Ratios, and Root Products Associated with Laurent Polynomials Orthogonal with Respect to Varying Exponential Weights Authors: K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A. H. Vartanian, X. Zhou Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 42C05, 30E25, 30E05, 47B36 (Primary); 30C70, 30C15, 41A60, 31A99 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0601595 Title: Asymptotics of Laurent Polynomials of Odd Degree Orthogonal with Respect to Varying Exponential Weights Authors: K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A. H. Vartanian, X. Zhou Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 30E20, 30E25, 42C05, 45E05, 47B36 (Primary); 30C15, 30C70, 30E05, 30E10, 31A99, 41A20, 41A21, 41A60 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0601306 Title: Asymptotics of Laurent Polynomials of Even Degree Orthogonal with Respect to Varying Exponential Weights Authors: K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A. H. Vartanian, X. Zhou Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 30E20, 30E25, 42C05, 45E05, 47B36 (Primary); 30C15, 30C70, 30E05, 30E10, 31A99, 41A20, 41A21, 41A60 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602039 Title: On permanental polynomials of certain random matrices Authors: Yan V Fyodorov Comments: 34 pages, no figures Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Probability http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602032 Title: On absolute moments of characteristic polynomials of a certain class of complex random matrices Authors: Yan V Fyodorov, Boris A Khoruzhenko Comments: 41 page Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601693 Title: A combinatorial formula for non-symmetric Macdonald polynomials Authors: J. Haglund, M. Haiman, N. Loehr Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Quantum Algebra MSC-class: Primary: 05E10; Secondary: 05A30, 33D52 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601703 Title: Higher Lame Equations and Critical Points of Master Functions Authors: E. Mukhin, V. Tarasov, A. Varchenko Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs http://arxiv.org/abs/math.AG/0603005 Title: Determinants of the hypergeometric period matrices of an arrangement and its dual Authors: D. Mukherjee, A. Varchenko Comments: 24 pages Subj-class: Algebraic Geometry; Quantum Algebra http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601675 Title: On a Generalization of Bernoulli and Euler Polynomials Authors: Piergiulio Tempesta (SISSA, Trieste) Comments: 28 pages, no figures Subj-class: Number Theory; Mathematical Physics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601348 Title: On an identity due to ((Bump and Diaconis) and (Tracy and Widom)) Authors: Paul-Olivier Dehaye Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Functional Analysis MSC-class: 47B35;05E05 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601316 Title: Watson resummation of a class of Hausdorff-transformed power series Authors: Enrico De Micheli, Giovanni Alberto Viano Comments: 18 pages, 4 Postscript figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Numerical Analysis MSC-class: 65B10; 30B10; 40G05 Journal-ref: J. Math. Anal. Appl. 299 (2004), 630-650 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601303 Title: The structure relation for Askey-Wilson polynomials Authors: Tom H. Koornwinder Comments: 15 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33D45; 33C45 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601078 Title: Asymptotic analysis of the Hermite polynomials from their differential-difference equation Authors: Diego Dominici Comments: 21 pages, 2 figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C45 (Primary) 34E05, 34E20 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0603007 Title: Variations on a Theme by James Stirling Authors: Diego Dominici Comments: 16 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; History and Overview MSC-class: 33B15 (primary) 41A60 (secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601021 Title: On the gaps between zeros of trigonometric polynomials Authors: Gady Kozma, Ferenc Oravecz Comments: 7 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 42A05, 42B99, 30C15, 26C10 Journal-ref: Real Anal. Exchange 28:2 (2002/03), 447.454 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0601007 Title: Crystallization of random trigonometric polynomials Authors: David W. Farmer, Mark Yerrington Comments: 10 pages, 3 figures Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Complex Variables; Probability MSC-class: 30C15; 60G15 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601190 Title: Completeness, special functions and uncertainty principles over q-linear grids Authors: Luis Daniel Abreu Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 05A30, 33D45, 42C30, 94A11 http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0601190 Title: The reproducing kernel structure associated with certain Fourier type systems and their quantum analogues Authors: Luis Daniel Abreu Comments: 16 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 42C15; 44A20; 33C45; 33D45; 94A20 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602010 Title: Painleve versus Fuchs Authors: S. Boukraa, S. Hassani, J.-M. Maillard, B. M. McCoy, J.-A. Weil, N. Zenine Comments: 18 pages, Dedicated to the centenary of the publication of the Painleve VI equation in the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris by Richard Fuchs in 1905 Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Statistical Mechanics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems MSC-class: 33E17, 33E05, 33Cxx, 33Dxx, 14Exx, 14Hxx, 34M55, 47E05, 34Lxx, 34Mxx, 14Kxx http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601614 Title: Complete coalescent diagram of the Painleve equations Authors: Yousuke Ohyama, Shoji Okumura Comments: 24 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 34M55; 33E17 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601337 Title: A gerbe for the elliptic gamma function Authors: Giovanni Felder, Andre Henriques, Carlo A. Rossi, Chenchang Zhu Comments: 54 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Complex Variables MSC-class: 33E30; 20L05, 57S25 http://arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0602425 Title: Scattering, determinants, hyperfunctions in relation to Gamma(1-s)/Gamma(s) Authors: Jean-Francois Burnol Comments: 63 pages Subj-class: Number Theory http://arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0601498 Title: Lower bounds for moments of L-functions: symplectic and orthogonal examples Authors: Z. Rudnick, K. Soundararajan Comments: 11 pages Subj-class: Number Theory Topic #10 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: About the Activity Group The SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions consists of a broad set of mathematicians, both pure and applied. The Group also includes engineers and scientists, students as well as experts. We have around 140 members scattered about in more than 20 countries. 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FPSAC '06 - Third announcement - upcoming deadlines 6. SIGMA, a relatively new math journal 7. Herman van Rossum 8. New Books on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions 9. Preprints in arXiv.org 10. About the Activity Group 11. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET Calendar of Events: 2006 March 27-31: Spectral Theory and Mathematical Physics, A Conference in Honor of Barry Simon's 60th Birthday, Pasadena, California, USA 12.2, #2 http://www.math.caltech.edu/simonfest.html April 3-7: 8th International Conference on Approximation and Optimization in the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 13.1, #2 http://www.ams.org/mathcal/info/2006_apr3-7_santodomingo.html April 8-9: American Mathematical Society Central Section Meeting, including Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 12.6, #2 13.2 #1 http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2130_program.html May 6-11: International Conference on Fourier and Complex Analysis: Classical Problems - Current View, Protaras, Cyprus 12.4, #1; 12.6 #4 http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~cfca/ May 29-31: International Symposium "New Trends in Mathematical methods for Engineers", Latina, Italy 13.2 #4 site http://www.dmmm.uniroma1.it/ntmme/ June 19-23: FPSAC '06 - 18th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics, San Diego, California, USA 12.6. #3 http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/ June 29-July 1: 3rd International Symposium "Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics" dedicated to the Memory of Gaetano Fichera. Taormina (Messina), Italy 13.2 #3 http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/Fichera/ July 10-14: SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA including Minisymposium on Computation and Application of Special Functions in Scientific Computing 13.1, #3 http://www.siam.org/meetings/an06/index.php July 10-14: Symmetries and Integrability of Difference Equations 7, Melbourne, Australia http://www.physics.utu.fi/theory/SIDE/ August 22-30: International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, Spain http://www.icm2006.org/ August 30 - September 1 New Trends in Constructive Approximation Theory, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 13.1, #4 September 4-29: Short programme "The Painleve Equations and Monodromy Problems", Newton Institute. Cambridge, UK http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/programmes/PEM/index.html 12.3 #2 September 8-12: 1st Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation and Applications, Dedicated to Walter Gautschi, Alba di Canazei (Trento), Italy 13.2 #2 http://www.sci.univr.it/~dwcaa06 September (exact date to be announced): AMADE 2006, Minsk, Belarus http://www.amade-bsu.com/ 12.3 #3 2007 July (dates to be announced): OPSFA - Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications, Marseille, France Topic #1 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Diego Dominici Subject: Notre Dame Special Session The 2006 Spring Central Sectional Meeting of the American Mathematical Society (Meeting #1016) will be held in Notre Dame, Indiana on April 8-9, 2006. See the full program at http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2130_program.html The meeting will include a a Special Session on Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials organized by Diego Dominici. Here is the Program for the Session. All sessions are in Room 126, DeBartolo Hall. Saturday April 8, 2006 8:30 a.m. Weighted Trigonometric Sums over a Half-Period. O-Yeat Chan, University of Illinois 9:00 a.m. Two Entries on Bilateral Hypergeometric Series in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook. Bruce C. Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 9:30 a.m. Modular Equations and Algebraic Hypergeometric Transformations. Robert S. Maier, University of Arizona 10:00 a.m. Ramanujan and False Theta Series. George E. Andrews, The Pennsylvania State University 10:30 a.m. An L-function extension of Ramanujan's formula for the Riemann zeta function with an entire parameter: Preliminary Report. David M. Bradley, University of Maine 11:00 a.m. Orthogonal polynomials in two discrete variables related to the algebra $U_q(so(6))$. Alexander Rozenblyum, New York City College of Technology, CUNY 3:00 p.m. Second order superintegrable systems in two and three dimensions. Willard Miller, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota 3:30 p.m. Approximation Operators, Exponential, and Free Exponential Families. Mourad E. H. Ismail, University of Central Florida 4:00 p.m. WKB and Turning point Theory for Second order difference equations: External Fields and Asymptotics of Orthogonal Polynomials. J. Geronimo, Georgia Tech. 4:30 p.m. Asymptotic analysis of the generalized Hermite polynomials by the ray method. Diego Dominici, State University of New York at New Paltz Sunday April 9, 2006 8:00 a.m. A q-analogue of Wigner's 9-j symbols. Mizan Rahman, Carleton University 8:30 a.m. Umemora polynomials associated to Painleve III . Tewodros Amdeberhan, Princeton Univ./Tulane Univ. 9:00 a.m. Fractional group operators and the classical special functions. Loyal Durand, Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison 9:30 a.m. Dilogarithms and four-body atomic Coulomb interaction integrals for fully correlated exponential wavefunctions. Frank E Harris, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida 10:00 a.m. Differentiation evens out zero spacing. David W. Farmer, American Institute of Mathematics 10:30 a.m. Using integrals of squares of real-valued functions to prove that certain entire functions have only real zeros. George Gasper, Northwestern University, 11:00 a.m. Matrix valued orthogonal polynomials and differential equations. F. Alberto Grunbaum, UC Berkeley 3:00 p.m. Arithmetic of the partition function. Scott Ahlgren, University of Illinois 3:30 p.m. Univalency of Hypergeometric Functions. Roger W Barnard, Texas Tech University 4:00 p.m. Special functions and the Mellin transforms of Laguerre and Hermite functions. Mark W Coffey, Colorado School of Mines 4:30 p.m. Instability intervals of the Ince and Hill equations. Hans W Volkmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 5:00 p.m. A class of probability distribution functions relevant to turbulence. Bruce R. Fabijonas, Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University 5:30 p.m. Critical behavior of Gaussian random matrices with external source. Pavel Bleher, IUPUI Topic #2 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Marco Vianello Subject: Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation Workshop DWCAA06 On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I wish to point out to the OP-SF SIAM Activity Group (for insertion in the Conferences Calendar) the: "1st Dolomites Workshop on Constructive Approximation and Applications" Alba di Canazei (Trento), Italy 2006 September 8-12 Web site: http://www.sci.univr.it/~dwcaa06 Indeed, one of the main workshop topics is "Multivariate Orthogonal Polynomials". The Workshop is dedicated to Walter Gautschi for his 50 years of professional activity Topic #3 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Internation Symposium Subject: Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics First Announcement and Call for Papers for the 3rd International Symposium "Problemi Attuali dell'Analisi e della Fisica Matematica", dedicated to the Memory of Gaetano Fichera. Taormina (Messina), Italy - June 29th - July 1st, 2006. The 3rd International Symposium "Problemi Attuali dell'Analisi e della Fisica Matematica" (Current Problems of Analysis and Mathematical Physics), dedicated to the Memory of Gaetano Fichera will be held in in Taormina (Messina), Italy, in the period June 29th - July 1st, 2006, [June 28th (arrival day) - July 2nd (departure day)]. Lectures will take place at the Hotel Villa Diodoro, Via Bagnoli Croci, 75, Taormina. This event is organized under the auspices of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and of I.F.N.A.D.I.(International Federation of Non-linear Analysts - Italian Division) and with the cooperation of the Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica "F. Severi" (national research groups G.N.A.F.A., G.N.C.S.), of the University of Basilicata, University of Catania, Rome University "La Sapienza", Roma Tre University. The main subjects of the Symposium are related to the scientific interests of Professor Gaetano Fichera, including Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations, Elasticity, Functional analysis and Approximation theory, Complex analysis, Measure and integration theory, Potential theory, Differential forms, Numerical Methods, Eigenvalues, Variational Calculus, History of Mathematics. There will be PLENARY INVITED TALKS (30 minutes) and SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (20 minutes). A list of confirmed plenary lecturers is given below. Colleagues and young researchers interested in attending the Symposium are invited to submit their Abstract for a short communication. Financial support for young researchers coming from the East European Countries could be obtained by applying to Prof. Jan Kratochvil honza@kam.mff.cuni.cz. The relevant form can be filled by opening the page https://kam.mff.cuni.cz/~ems/index_organ.html. More information and a registration form for the Symposium can be found at the internet site http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/Fichera/ Submission deadline: April 10, 2006. Abstract submission: April 30, 2006. Early registration deadline: May 31, 2006. For more information, please send an e-mail to PAAFM@mat.uniroma3.it or riccip@uniroma1.it or natalini@mat.uniroma3.it. List of confirmed plenary speakers: H. Begehr (Berlin, D) I. Capuzzo Dolcetta (Roma) A. Cialdea (Potenza) G. Dattoli (Enea, Frascati) G.C. Hsiao (Newark, DE) M. Fabrizio (Bologna) S. Graffi (Bologna) A. Laforgia (Roma 3) E. Lanconelli (Bologna) M. Lapidus (Riverside, CA) U. Mosco (Worcester, MA) F. Nicolosi (Catania) P.E. Ricci (Roma) C. Sbordone (Napoli) D. Trigiante (Firenze) W.L. Wendland (Stuttgart, D) Local Organizers: S. Bonafede (Palermo) - A. Cialdea (Potenza) - B. Germano (Roma) - A. Laforgia (Roma 3) - F. Lanzara (Roma) - P. Natalini (Roma 3) - F. Nicolosi (Catania) - P.E. Ricci (Roma). Scientific Committee: H. Begehr (Berlin) - A. Cialdea (Potenza) - R.P. Gilbert (Newark, DE) - G. Hsiao (Newark, DE) - G. Jaiani (Tbilisi) - A. Laforgia (Roma 3) - M. Lapidus (Riverside) - V.G. Maz'ya (Columbus, OH & Liverpool, U.K.) - F. Nicolosi (Catania) - P.E. Ricci (Roma) - C. Sbordone (Napoli) - W.L. Wendland (Stuttgart). Topic #4 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Bruna Germano Subject: Symposium on Mathematical Methods for Engineers INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM "NEW TRENDS IN MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ENGINEERS" First Announcement and Call for papers for the International Symposium "New Trends in Mathematical methods for Engineers". Latina, Italy, May 29-30-31, 2006, (May 28 arrival day, June 1st departure day). Lectures will take place at the Facolta di Ingegneria, sede di Latina, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza". The main subjects of the Symposium are related to applied Mathematics, including Ordinary and partial differential equations; Difference equations; Control theory; Dynamical systems; Elasticity; Operations research; Fluid mechanics; Mechanics of particles and systems; Mathematical programming and optimization; Numerical analysis for ordinary and partial differential equations; Information systems; Special functions and applications; Image processing; Inverse problems; Pattern recognition; Communication systems. There will be PLENARY INVITED TALKS (40 minutes) and SHORT COMMUNICATIONS (20 minutes). A list of confirmed plenary lectures is given below. Colleagues and young researchers interested in attending the Symposium are invited to submit their abstract for a short communication. More informations and registration form can be found at the internet site http://www.dmmm.uniroma1.it/ntmme/ Submission deadline: March 15, 2006. Abstract submission: March 30, 2006. List of confirmed plenary speakers: M. G. de Bruin (Delft, B) G. Dattoli (Enea, Frascati) W. Gautschi (Purdue, U.S.A.) D. Gordeziani (Tblisi) E. Koelink (Delft, B) A. Laforgia (Roma3) R. Piva (Roma) P. Podio-Guidugli (Roma 2) P.E. Ricci (Roma) C. Sbordone (Napoli) G. Vinti (Perugia) Topic #5 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Mike Zabrocki Subject: FPSAC '06 - Third announcement - upcoming deadlines =============================================== 18th Annual International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics =============================================== FPSAC'06 =============================================== June 19-23, 2006 San Diego, California USA =============================================== the poster for this conference is available at http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/files/fpasc06_poster_print-sized.pdf Third announcement -- Notification of registration Upcoming important dates: Requests for support: March 15, 2006 (extended from March 1, 2006) Registration begins: March 1, 2006 Reduced registration fees: April 1, 2006 Conference begins: June 19, 2006 Topics All aspects of combinatorics and their relations with other parts of mathematics, physics, computer science and biology. Conference program Invited lectures, contributed presentations, poster session, problem session and software demonstrations. As usual there will be no parallel sessions. Official languages The official languages of the conference are English and French. Invited Speakers Marge Bayer (University of Kansas) Fan Chung (UC San Diego) Jim Haglund (University of Pennsylvania) Tom Koornwinder (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Seok-Jin Kang (Seoul National University) Nigel Ray (University of Manchester) Bruce Sagan (Michigan State University) Michelle Wachs (University of Miami) Final versions for papers and posters The submitted papers should begin with a short abstract written both in English and in French (translation provided if necessary). The notifications of acceptance were announced February 15, 2006. Presentations will be 20 minutes in length. Updated submissions are requested by March 1, 2006. Please notify the organizers if you need an extension on this date. Important Note: Each submitted abstract must be prepared in accordance with AMS-Latex (see http://www.ams.org/tex/). Authors are encouraged to use the LaTeX template which will be provided on the 'Instruction for Authors' section of the conference web site. Open problem session Contributions to the problem session are invited in advance of the conference dates. People interested in submitting a problem in advance should submit it via http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/ before June 1, 2006. Software demonstrations Demonstrations of software relevant to the topics of the conference are encouraged. Please contact the organizers if you would like to participate in the conference through a presentation of software. A paper briefly explaining the software, including the hardware requirements should be included as part of the submission. Graduate student papers In an ongoing FPSAC tradition, an award will be made for the best paper submitted by a graduate student. Students submitting extended abstracts are invited to indicate their eligibility for this award. Participant support Limited funds are available for partial support of participants, in particular for students and junior scientists. Requests should contain a letter of recommendation and include the estimated transportation and living expenses for the duration of the conference as well as the amount of any support available from other sources. All requests should be sent by March 15, 2006 through the conference web site or by postal mail (this is an extension of the date from the last announcement). See the conference website for details. Location The conference will take place in San Diego, California at the Catamaran Resort Hotel in Pacific Beach. An opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, June 18, 2006. Accommodation The Catamaran Resort Hotel is the official hotel for the conference as well as the conference location. A special rate has been arranged for conference attendees. A limited number of rooms have been reserved for this conference. Please reserve early. Details are available Further information All important information concerning FPSAC'06 can be found on the conference web site at http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/ More details will be given in future announcements. Please direct further questions to fpsac06@mathstat.yorku.ca Registration We apologize, however we are only able to accept payment by check or money order. For payment and registration instructions please see http://garsia.math.yorku.ca/fpsac06/en/registration.html Registration begins March 1, 2006. Registration fee before April 1, 2006: US$250 (students, US$125) Registration fee on or after April 1, 2006: US$325 (students, US$170) Summary of important dates Submission of abstracts: (passed) November 15, 2005 Notification of acceptance: (passed) February 15, 2006 Requests for support: March 15, 2006 (extended from March 1, 2006) Registration begins: March 1, 2006 Reduced registration fees: April 1, 2006 Conference begins: June 19, 2006 Program Committee ----------------- Francois Bergeron (UQAM) (chair) Jeff Remmel (UC San Diego) (co-chair) Nantel Bergeron (York University) Miklos Bona (University of Florida) Bill Chen (Nankai University) Joseph Kung (University of North Texas) Roberto Mantaci (UniversiteŽ Paris 7) Jennifer Morse (University of Miami) Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth College) Andrew Rechnitzer (University of Melbourne) Manfred Schocker (University of Wales Swansea) Hugh Thomas (University of New Brunswick) Mike Zabrocki (York University) Organizing Committee -------------------- Nantel Bergeron (York University) Sara Faridi (Dalhousie University) Christophe Hohlweg (The Fields Institute) Isaiah Lankham (UC Davis) Marni Mishna (Simon Fraser University) Rosa Orellana (Dartmouth College) Andrew Rechnitzer (University of Melbourne) Tom Roby (University of Connecticut) Mercedes Rosas (Universidad de Sevilla) Jeff Remmel (UC San Diego) (co-chair) Mike Zabrocki (York University) (co-chair) Topic #6 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: SIGMA, a relatively new math journal SIGMA is a mathematics journal which was founded in 2005. The acronym means "Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications". It is an online journal for rapid publication of papers in the following areas: * Geometrical methods in mathematical physics * Lie theory and differential equations * Integrable and nonintegrable systems, solitons, Painleve analysis * Dynamical systems and quantum chaos * Exactly and quasi-exactly solvable models * Supergroups and nonlinear algebraic structures * Lie groups and algebras, representation theory and special functions * q-algebras, quantum groups and noncommutative geometry * Supersymmetry and supergravity, strings and branes * Cosmology and quantum gravity SIGMA is an arXiv overlay journal. It is reviewed by MathSciNet and Zentralblatt MATH. The managing editor is Anatoly Nikitin (Kiev). The editorial board includes several people active in orthogonal polynomials and special functions. For further information see http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/ Topic #7 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: Herman van Rossum Herman van Rossum, emeritus professor of the University of Amsterdam, died on February 25, 2006. He was 88 years old. For 20 years Herman van Rossum was director of the Institute for Propaedeutical Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. This institute, emphasizing good teaching of basic mathematics to students in other sciences, was founded by him. Later its name was changed to Institute for Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Herman van Rossum defended his PhD thesis "A theory of orthogonal polynomials based on the Pade table" at the University of Utrecht in 1953. Between 1955 and 1995 he published 26 research papers, mostly on orthogonal polynomials and Pade approximation. Seven of these papers were joint with Erik Hendriksen, who was inspired by Herman van Rossum to undertake research in orthogonal polynomials and approximation theory. See a picture of Herman van Rossum taken in October 2005 at http://remote.science.uva.nl/~thk/pictures/afscheidKoper/afscheidKoper-Images/24.jpg Topic #8 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Tom Koornwinder Subject: New Books on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions The following volumes, based on Summer Schools organized by our Activity Group, have appeared in the series Theory of Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials, Nova Publishers. http://novapublishers.com/catalog/ Laredo Lectures on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions Alvarez-Nodarse, Renato and Marcellan, Francisco Lectures from the Summer School held in Laredo, July 24-28, 2000 Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2004 viii+210 pp. ISBN: 1-59454-009-8 MathSciNet: MR2085856 (2005c:33001) Price: $110 Further information: http://novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1639&osCsid=f57b221ae502ea8c84ecf1ad37e6b30b vol 2: Inzell Lectures on Orthogonal Polynomials W. zu Castell, F. Filbir and B. Forster Lectures from the 2nd Summer School held in Inzell, September 17-21, 2001 Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge, NY, 2005 x+199 pp. ISBN: 1-59454-108-6 MathSciNet: MR2130513 (2005j:42002) Price: $79 Further information: http://novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=331&osCsid=f57b221ae502ea8c84ecf1ad37e6b30b Topic #9 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: Preprints in arXiv.org The following preprints related to the fields of orthogonal polynomials and special functions were posted or cross-listed to one of the subcategories of arXiv.org during January and February 2006. See especially: http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CA http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.CO http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/math.QA http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/solv-int http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602037 Title: Systems of orthogonal polynomials defined by hypergeometric type equations with application to quantum mechanics Authors: Nicolae Cotfas Comments: Additional results available at http://fpcm5.fizica.unibuc.ro/~ncotfas/ Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 33C45; 81Q60 Journal-ref: Central European Journal of Physics 2 (2004) 456-466 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602033 Title: The role of orthogonal polynomials in the six-vertex model and its combinatorial applications Authors: F. Colomo, A. G. Pronko Comments: Talk presented by F.C. at the Short Program of the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques: Random Matrices, Random Processes and Integrable Systems, Montreal, June 20 - July 8, 2005 Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0601064 Title: The modelling of a Josephson junction and Heun polynomials Authors: S.I. Tertychniy Comments: 8 pages Subj-class: Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 34B30 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602538 Title: Hyperbolic polynomials and multiparameter real analytic perturbation theory Authors: Krzysztof Kurdyka, Laurentiu Paunescu Subj-class: General Mathematics MSC-class: 15A18;32B20;14B20 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602464 Title: Norm bounds for Ehrhart polynomial roots Authors: Benjamin Braun Comments: 3 pages, submitted Subj-class: Combinatorics MSC-class: Primary 52C07; Secondary 52B20, 26C10 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602375 Title: On factorization of q-difference equation for continuous q-Hermite polynomials Authors: M.N. Atakishiyev, A.U. Klimyk Comments: 5 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Quantum Algebra MSC-class: 33D45; 39A13 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602202 Title: Asymptotics of Recurrence Relation Coefficients, Hankel Determinant Ratios, and Root Products Associated with Laurent Polynomials Orthogonal with Respect to Varying Exponential Weights Authors: K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A. H. Vartanian, X. Zhou Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 42C05, 30E25, 30E05, 47B36 (Primary); 30C70, 30C15, 41A60, 31A99 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0601595 Title: Asymptotics of Laurent Polynomials of Odd Degree Orthogonal with Respect to Varying Exponential Weights Authors: K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A. H. Vartanian, X. Zhou Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 30E20, 30E25, 42C05, 45E05, 47B36 (Primary); 30C15, 30C70, 30E05, 30E10, 31A99, 41A20, 41A21, 41A60 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0601306 Title: Asymptotics of Laurent Polynomials of Even Degree Orthogonal with Respect to Varying Exponential Weights Authors: K. T.-R. McLaughlin, A. H. Vartanian, X. Zhou Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 30E20, 30E25, 42C05, 45E05, 47B36 (Primary); 30C15, 30C70, 30E05, 30E10, 31A99, 41A20, 41A21, 41A60 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602039 Title: On permanental polynomials of certain random matrices Authors: Yan V Fyodorov Comments: 34 pages, no figures Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Probability http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602032 Title: On absolute moments of characteristic polynomials of a certain class of complex random matrices Authors: Yan V Fyodorov, Boris A Khoruzhenko Comments: 41 page Subj-class: Mathematical Physics http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601693 Title: A combinatorial formula for non-symmetric Macdonald polynomials Authors: J. Haglund, M. Haiman, N. Loehr Comments: 22 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Quantum Algebra MSC-class: Primary: 05E10; Secondary: 05A30, 33D52 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601703 Title: Higher Lame Equations and Critical Points of Master Functions Authors: E. Mukhin, V. Tarasov, A. Varchenko Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs http://arxiv.org/abs/math.AG/0603005 Title: Determinants of the hypergeometric period matrices of an arrangement and its dual Authors: D. Mukherjee, A. Varchenko Comments: 24 pages Subj-class: Algebraic Geometry; Quantum Algebra http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601675 Title: On a Generalization of Bernoulli and Euler Polynomials Authors: Piergiulio Tempesta (SISSA, Trieste) Comments: 28 pages, no figures Subj-class: Number Theory; Mathematical Physics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601348 Title: On an identity due to ((Bump and Diaconis) and (Tracy and Widom)) Authors: Paul-Olivier Dehaye Comments: 12 pages Subj-class: Combinatorics; Functional Analysis MSC-class: 47B35;05E05 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601316 Title: Watson resummation of a class of Hausdorff-transformed power series Authors: Enrico De Micheli, Giovanni Alberto Viano Comments: 18 pages, 4 Postscript figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Numerical Analysis MSC-class: 65B10; 30B10; 40G05 Journal-ref: J. Math. Anal. Appl. 299 (2004), 630-650 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601303 Title: The structure relation for Askey-Wilson polynomials Authors: Tom H. Koornwinder Comments: 15 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33D45; 33C45 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601078 Title: Asymptotic analysis of the Hermite polynomials from their differential-difference equation Authors: Diego Dominici Comments: 21 pages, 2 figures Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 33C45 (Primary) 34E05, 34E20 (Secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0603007 Title: Variations on a Theme by James Stirling Authors: Diego Dominici Comments: 16 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; History and Overview MSC-class: 33B15 (primary) 41A60 (secondary) http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601021 Title: On the gaps between zeros of trigonometric polynomials Authors: Gady Kozma, Ferenc Oravecz Comments: 7 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 42A05, 42B99, 30C15, 26C10 Journal-ref: Real Anal. Exchange 28:2 (2002/03), 447.454 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0601007 Title: Crystallization of random trigonometric polynomials Authors: David W. Farmer, Mark Yerrington Comments: 10 pages, 3 figures Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Complex Variables; Probability MSC-class: 30C15; 60G15 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601190 Title: Completeness, special functions and uncertainty principles over q-linear grids Authors: Luis Daniel Abreu Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 05A30, 33D45, 42C30, 94A11 http://arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0601190 Title: The reproducing kernel structure associated with certain Fourier type systems and their quantum analogues Authors: Luis Daniel Abreu Comments: 16 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics MSC-class: 42C15; 44A20; 33C45; 33D45; 94A20 http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0602010 Title: Painleve versus Fuchs Authors: S. Boukraa, S. Hassani, J.-M. Maillard, B. M. McCoy, J.-A. Weil, N. Zenine Comments: 18 pages, Dedicated to the centenary of the publication of the Painleve VI equation in the Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris by Richard Fuchs in 1905 Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Statistical Mechanics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems MSC-class: 33E17, 33E05, 33Cxx, 33Dxx, 14Exx, 14Hxx, 34M55, 47E05, 34Lxx, 34Mxx, 14Kxx http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601614 Title: Complete coalescent diagram of the Painleve equations Authors: Yousuke Ohyama, Shoji Okumura Comments: 24 pages Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs MSC-class: 34M55; 33E17 http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0601337 Title: A gerbe for the elliptic gamma function Authors: Giovanni Felder, Andre Henriques, Carlo A. Rossi, Chenchang Zhu Comments: 54 pages Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Complex Variables MSC-class: 33E30; 20L05, 57S25 http://arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0602425 Title: Scattering, determinants, hyperfunctions in relation to Gamma(1-s)/Gamma(s) Authors: Jean-Francois Burnol Comments: 63 pages Subj-class: Number Theory http://arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0601498 Title: Lower bounds for moments of L-functions: symplectic and orthogonal examples Authors: Z. Rudnick, K. Soundararajan Comments: 11 pages Subj-class: Number Theory Topic #10 ----------- OP-SF NET 13.2 ------------ March 15, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: OP-SF NET Editors Subject: About the Activity Group The SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions consists of a broad set of mathematicians, both pure and applied. The Group also includes engineers and scientists, students as well as experts. We have around 140 members scattered about in more than 20 countries. 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