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       O P - S F   N E T                   Volume 11, Number 5

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       Editor:

       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

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Today's Topics:

      1. Election of Officers for 2005-2007

      2. Temme Conference on Special Functions: Asymptotic Analysis and

           Computation

      3. Sessions at Atlanta Joint Meetings

      4. Davis Group on Hecke Algebras and Orthogonal Polynomials

      5. New book by Gautschi on Orthogonal Polynomials

      6. Prizes Awarded at SIAM Annual Meeting

      7. James H. Wilkinson Prize - Call for Nominations

      8. SIAG/DS Jurgen Moser Lecture - Call for Nominations

      9. SIAG/DS J. D. Crawford Prize - Call for Nominations

     10. Preprints in arXiv.org

     11. About the Activity Group

     12. Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET

 

Calendar of Events:

 

2004

November 7-9: CONSTRUCTIVE FUNCTIONS TECH-O4,  Atlanta, Georgia, USA

                                                               10.5 #3

www.math.gatech.edu/news/conferences/at04/

 

2005

January 5-8: Joint Mathematics Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia,

     USA, including two Special Sessions in orthogonal

     polynomials and special functions                          11.5 #3

http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2091_intro.html

 

July 4-6:

Special Functions: Asymptotic Analysis and Computation,

     a Conference in honor of Nico Temme's 65th Birthday,

     Santander, Spain                                           11.5 #2

http://www.sf05.unican.es/

 

July 11-15: SIAM Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

http://www.siam.org/meetings/AN05/

 

July 25-29: OPSFA8/ICDEA10 - Eighth International Symposium on

     Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Applications

     and Tenth International Conference on Difference Equations and

     Applications, Munich, Germany                               10.6 #3

 

2006

August 22-30

International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, Spain

http://www.icm2006.org/

 

Future Plans:

Dan Lozier (OP-SF NET 9.4, Topic #2) suggests a SIAM-sponsored meeting

in Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions to be held in

Washington, DC. Present planning suggests a date in the fall of 2005 or

in 2006.

 

 

 

Topic #1  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: Dan Lozier lozier@nist.gov

Subject: Election of Officers for 2005-2007

 

Officers of our activity group are elected for 3-year terms. The next

term begins on January 1. The election will be conducted by SIAM.

Recently SIAM announced it will begin electronic voting this fall, but

it will mail paper ballots to members who prefer them. If you wish to

receive a paper ballot, please contact SIAM.

 

The ballots will list one candidate for each office:

 

Chair: Peter Clarkson, University of Kent, England

Vice Chair: Dan Lozier, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Program Chair: Pete McCoy, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland

Secretary: Javier Segura, University of Cantabria, Spain

 

The ballots will also provide space for write-in votes.

 

The candidates listed on the ballot were selected by the Nominating

Committee, consisting of the current officers plus two members of the

activity group invited to serve by the SIAM President, James (Mac)

Hyman. The nominating committee members were Dan Lozier, Walter Van

Assche, Francisco (Paco) Marcellan, Peter Clarkson, Pete McCoy and

Javier Segura.

 

 

 

Topic #2  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

Subject: Temme Conference on Special Functions: Asymptotic Analysis and

       Computation

 

A Conference "Special Functions: Asymptotic Analysis and Computation",

will be held in Santander, Spain in the period July 4-6, 2005.  The

following information is taken from the Conference web site:

http://www.sf05.unican.es/

 

The aim of this conference is to provide an opportunity for researchers

in the fields of the asymptotic analysis and the computation of special

functions to review past developments, discuss the impact and practical

relevance, and envision possible future directions.

 

The conference is organised in honor of the 65th birthday of

Nico M. Temme, who has made major contributions to these areas.

 

The provisional list of speakers includes:

Michael Berry (to be confirmed)

Kathy Driver          

T.M. Dunster (to be confirmed)

Luigi Gatteschi 

David Kaminski

Tom Koornwinder   

Dan Lozier         

Francesco Mainardi 

Francisco Marcellan

Frank Olver (to be confirmed)

Richard Paris

Jesús Sánchez-Dehesa

Javier Sesma

 

The Organizing Committee consists of:

Amparo Gil (U. Cantabria, Spain)

José Luis López (U. Pública de Navarra, Spain)

Pete McCoy (USNA, USA)

Adri Olde Daalhuis (U. Edinburgh, UK)

Javier Segura  (U. Cantabria, Spain)

 

The Conference is sponsored by the SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal

Polynomials and Special Functions.

 

A Call for Papers and Registration information will be forthcoming.

 

The contact E-mail address is: sf05@unican.es

 

 

 

Topic #3  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

Subject: Sessions at Atlanta Joint Meetings

 

The Joint Mathematics Meetings to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA,

in the period January 5-8, 2005 include two Special Sessions in the

areas of orthogonal polynomials and special functions:

 

(1) AMS-SIAM Special Session on Orthogonal Polynomials---Random

Matrices---Integrable Systems: Interdisciplinary Aspects

organized by

Jinho Baik, University of Michigan,

Steven B. Damelin, Georgia Southern University and

Peter D. Miller, University of Michigan.

This session is scheduled for

Thursday January 6, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.-3:50 p.m.

 

2) AMS-SIAM Special Session on Integrable Systems and Special Functions

organized by

Andras Balogh, University of Texas-Pan American,

Mourad E. H. Ismail, University of Central Florida,

Wen-Xiu Ma, University of South Florida and

Zhijun Qiao, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

This session is scheduled for

Friday January 7, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. and for

Saturday January 8, 2005, 8:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.-5:50 p.m.

 

More information on the Joint Meetings is available at

http://www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2091_intro.html

 

 

 

Topic #4  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

Subject: Davis Group on Hecke Algebras and Orthogonal Polynomials

 

The following information on the Research Focus Group in "Hecke Algebras

and Orthogonal Polynomials" at the University of California, Davis is

taken from their web site at

http://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~vazirani/RFG/rfg.html

 

[From the "research" link:]

 

Both Hecke algebras and orthogonal polynomials are a rich source of

combinatorics.  Furthermore, the relationship between the two topics is

deep and interesting and has led to  exciting results in current research. 

Orthogonal polynomials and special functions have applications to many

areas, such as  quantum integrable systems, harmonic analysis of simple

Lie groups,

 

The general theme of the RFG is to introduce students to areas of research

available in the department, such as  orthogonal polynomials, elliptic

hypergeometric functions, symmetric functions,  Coxeter groups,

combinatorics, the representation theory of Hecke algebras, 

Kazhdan-Lusztig theory, crystal base theory,  and applications in physics.

 

One quarter will be spent studying Hecke algebras, another studying

orthogonal polynomials, and another developing the connections between

the two topics. While some connections will be pointed out along the

way, students and faculty could easily participate in the second

quarter's activities without having been involved in those of the first

quarter.

 

In the reading seminar we expect active participation by students who

will take turns to present chapters of the books or articles of common

interest.  In addition we expect the students with combinatorial

interest to participate in the Bay Area Discrete Math day in October of

2004 and March 2005.

 

Suggested books and papers include:

Macdonald "Symmetric functions and orthogonal polynomials,"

Szego "Orthogonal Polynomials,"

Andrews, Askey, Roy "Special functions,"

Koornwinder "Askey-Wilson polynomials for root systems of type BC,"

pp. 189-204 in Contemp. Math., 138, Amer. Math. Soc.

Kirillov "Lectures on affine Hecke algebras and Macdonald's

conjectures,"

Kazhdan and Lusztig, "Representations of Coxeter groups and Hecke

algebras."

 

 

 

Topic #5  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

Subject: New book by Gautschi on Orthogonal Polynomials

 

The following is from web sites linked to

http://www.us.oup.com/

 

Orthogonal Polynomials: Computation and Approximation

Walter Gautschi

ISBN: 0198506724, hardback, 312 pages

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Series: Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computation

 

Description

This is the first book on constructive methods for, and applications of

orthogonal polynomials, and the first available collection of relevant

Matlab codes. The book begins with a concise introduction to the theory

of polynomials orthogonal on the real line (or a portion thereof),

relative to a positive measure of integration. Topics which are

particularly relevant to computation are emphasized. The second chapter

develops computational methods for generating the coefficients in the

basic three-term recurrence relation. The methods are of two kinds: 

moment-based methods and discretization methods. The former are provided

with a detailed sensitivity analysis. Other topics addressed concern

Cauchy integrals of orthogonal polynomials and their computation, a new

discussion of modification algorithms, and the generation of Sobolev

orthogonal polynomials. The final chapter deals with selected

applications: the numerical evaluation of integrals, especially by

Gauss-type quadrature methods, polynomial least squares approximation,

moment-preserving spline approximation, and the summation of slowly

convergent series. Detailed historic and bibliographic notes are

appended to each chapter. The book will be of interest not only to

mathematicians and numerical analysts, but also to a wide clientele of

scientists and engineers who perceive a need for applying orthogonal

polynomials.

 

Contents

   1. Basic Theory

1.1 Orthogonal polynomials

1.2 Properties of orthogonal polynomials

1.3 Three-term recurrence relation

1.4 Quadrature rules

1.5 Classical orthogonal polynomials

1.6 Kernel polynomials

1.7 Sobolev orthogonal polynomials

1.8 Orthogonal polynomials on the semicircle

1.9 Notes to chapter 1

   2. Computational Methods

2.1 Moment-based methods

2.2 Discretization methods

2.3 Computing Cauchy integrals of orthogonal polynomials

2.4 Modification algorithms

2.5 Computing Sobolev orthogonal polynomials

2.6 Notes to chapter 2

   3. Applications

3.1 Quadrature

3.2 Least squares approximation

3.3 Moment-preserving spline approximation

3.4 Slowly convergent series

3.5 Notes to chapter 3

 

 

 

Topic #6  ---------  OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: A. G. Bogardo bogardo@siam.org

Subject: Prizes Awarded at SIAM Annual Meeting

 

Following are the recipients of prizes awarded at the SIAM Annual

Meeting held July 2004 in Portland. For further details on these awards,

please visit

http://www.siam.org/prizes/an04booklet.htm .

 

I. E. Block Community Lecture, intended to encourage public appreciation

of the excitement and vitality of applied mathematics:

 

         Michael B. Ray

         ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company

 

Richard C. DiPrima Prize, awarded to a young scientist who has done

outstanding research in applied mathematics, based on the doctoral

dissertation:

 

         Diego Dominici

         SUNY-New Paltz

 

AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecture, intended to highlight significant

contributions of women to applied or computational mathematics:

 

         Joyce R. McLaughlin

         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

SIAM Outstanding Paper Prizes, awarded for three outstanding papers

published in SIAM journals during the three years prior to the award:

 

         Gerard Cornuejols (Carnegie Mellon University) and

         Bertrand Guenin (University of Waterloo, Canada)

 

         Feimin Huang (Academia Sinica, Beijing, China) and

             Zehn Wang (University of Hong Kong, China)

 

         Alfio Quarteroni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy),

           Alessandro Veneziani (EPFL, Switzerland and Politecnico di

           Milano), and Paolo Zunino (EPFL, Switzerland)

 

George Polya Prize, awarded for a notable application of combinatorial

theory:

 

         Neil Robertson

         The Ohio State University

 

         Paul Seymour

         Princeton University

 

W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize in Mathematics, for outstanding work in, or

other contributions to, the broadly defined areas of differential

equations and control theory:

 

         Arthur J. Krener

         University of California, Davis

 

SIAM Award in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), awarded to two

of the teams judged "Outstanding" in the annual MCM:

 

         Steven Avery, Eric Harley, Eric Malm

           (Faculty Advisor: Jon T. Jacobsen)

            Harvey Mudd College

        

         Moorea Brega, Alejandro Cantarero, Corry Lee

           (Faculty Advisor: Bengt Fornberg)

         University of Colorado at Boulder

 

SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession, awarded to an

applied mathematician who has made distinguished contributions to the

furtherance of applied mathematics on the national level:

 

         Richard A. Tapia

         Rice University

 

SIAM Student Paper Prizes, awarded to the student authors of the most

outstanding papers submitted to the SIAM Student Paper Competition:

 

         Silas D. Alben, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New

           York University

 

         Alfonso Bueno Orovio, University of Castilla-La Mancha

 

         Martin Kleinsteuber, University of Wuerzburg

 

Theodore von Karman Prize, awarded for a notable application of

mathematics to mechanics and/or the engineering sciences:

 

         Roland Glowinski

         University of Houston

 

The John von Neumann Lecture, awarded to a mathematician (or to a

scientist in another field) who has made distinguished contributions to

pure and/or applied mathematics:

 

         Alan C. Newell

         University of Arizona

 

 

 

Topic #7  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: Joanna Littleton littleton@siam.org

Subject: James H. Wilkinson Prize - Call for Nominations

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

 

The James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific

Computing

 

The James H. Wilkinson Prize will be awarded at the 2005 SIAM Annual

Meeting to be held July 11-15, 2005, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

The prize, established in 1979, is awarded every four years for research

in, or other contributions to, numerical analysis and scientific

computing during the six years preceding the award.  The purpose of the

prize is to stimulate younger contributors and to help them in their

careers.

 

Description of the Award

The award will include a cash prize of $1,000 and a certificate

containing the citation.  The recipient will be requested to present a

lecture as part of the prize ceremony.  SIAM will reimburse travel

expenses to attend the award ceremony and give the lecture.

 

Nominations

A letter of nomination, including a description of the contribution(s),

should be sent by December 31, 2004, to:

 

Wilkinson Prize Selection Committee

Professor Thomas Y. Hou, Chair

c/o J. M. Littleton

SIAM

3600 University City Science Center

Philadelphia, PA   19104-2688

 

E-mail: littleton@siam.org

Phone: 215-382-9800

Fax: 215-386-7999

 

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee are:  Thomas Y. Hou (Chair),

California Institute of Technology; Clint Dawson, University of Texas at

Austin; and Howard Elman, University of Maryland at College Park.

 

 

 

Topic #8  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: Joanna Littleton littleton@siam.org

Subject: SIAG/DS Jurgen Moser Lecture - Call for Nominations

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

 

SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems Jurgen Moser Lecture

 

The SIAG/DS Moser Lecture

 

The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at

the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird,

May 22-27, 2005.  The prize is awarded to a person who has made

distinguished contributions to nonlinear science.  The term "nonlinear

science" includes dynamical systems theory and its applications, as well

as experiments and computations/simulations.

 

Description of the Award

The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the

citation, the invitation to give a plenary lecture at the conference,

and a cash award of $500.  SIAM will reimburse the lecturer's travel

expenses to attend the conference.

 

Nominations

Nominations should be sent by January 15, 2005, to:

Jurgen Moser Lecture Selection Committee

Professor Mark Levi, Chair

c/o J. M. Littleton

SIAM

3600 University City Science Center

Philadelphia, PA   19104-2688

 

E-mail: littleton@siam.org

Telephone: 215-382-9800

Fax: 215-386-7999

 

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee are: Mark Levi (Chair), Pennsylvania

State University; G. Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh; Jerrold

E. Marsden, California Institute of Technology; David Ruelle, IHES,

France; C. Eugene Wayne, Boston University.

 

 

 

Topic #9  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From: Joanna Littleton littleton@siam.org

Subject: SIAG/DS J. D. Crawford Prize - Call for Nominations

 

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems J. D. Crawford Prize

 

The SIAG/DS Crawford Prize

The SIAM Activity Group on Dynamical Systems will present the award at

the SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems at Snowbird,

May 22-27, 2005.  The prize is awarded for recent outstanding work on a

topic in dynamical systems and nonlinear science, as evidenced by a

publication in English in a peer-reviewed journal within the four

calendar years preceding the award date.

 

Eligibility

The research of the candidate must contain significant contributions to

the field of nonlinear science, as evidenced by papers published in

English in a peer-reviewed journal bearing a publication date within the

award period.

 

Description of the Award

The award will consist of a plaque, a certificate containing the

citation, and a cash award of $750.  SIAM will reimburse the lecturer's

travel expenses to attend the conference.

 

Nominations

Nominations should be sent by January 15, 2005, to:

J. D. Crawford Prize Selection Committee

Dr. Edgar Knobloch, Chair

c/o J. M. Littleton

SIAM

3600 University City Science Center

Philadelphia, PA   19104-2688

 

E-mail: littleton@siam.org

Telephone: 215-382-9800

Fax: 215-386-7999

 

Selection Committee

Members of the selection committee are: Edgar Knobloch (Chair),

University of Leeds, UK; Yannis Kevrekidis, Princeton University;

Kenneth Showalter, West Virginia University; Andrew Stuart, University

of Warwick, UK; and Marcelo Viana, Instituto Nacional de Matematica Pura

e Aplicada (IMPA), Brazil.

 

 

 

Topic #10  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

Subject: Preprints in arXiv.org

 

The following preprints related to the fields of orthogonal polynomials

and special functions were recently posted or cross-listed to one of the

subcategories of arXiv.org. 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://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0407001

Title: An Explicit Formula for Restricted Partition Function through

  Bernoulli Polynomials

Authors: Boris Y. Rubinstein

Comments: 8 pages, submitted to The Ramanujan Journal

Subj-class: Number Theory

MSC-class: 11P81

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0407044

Title: Nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials and matrix coefficients for

  unramified principal series representations

Authors: Bogdan Ion

Comments: 24 pg

Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Representation Theory

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0407078

Title: The q-binomial formula and the Rogers dilogarithm identity

Authors: R. M. Kashaev

Comments: 6 pages, no figures

Subj-class: Quantum Algebra

MSC-class: 33D15

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.PR/0407098

Title: Analytic Urns

Authors: Philippe Flajolet, Joaquim Gabarró, Helmut Pekari

Comments: 30 pages, 7 figures; to appear in Annals of Probability

Subj-class: Probability; Combinatorics

MSC-class: 60C05; 33E05; 41A60; 60K99; 60Fxx

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CO/0407105

Title: Identities for Fibonacci and Lucas polynomials derived from a

  book of Gould

Authors: Mario Catalani

Subj-class: Combinatorics

MSC-class: 11B39

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0407191

Title: Approximants de Pad\'e des $q$-polylogarithmes

Authors: Christian Krattenthaler (Université Lyon-I), Tanguy Rivoal

  (CNRS, Université de Caen)

Comments: 10 pages, AmS-LaTeX

Subj-class: Number Theory; Classical Analysis and ODEs

MSC-class: Primary 41A21; Secondary 33D15

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0407265

Title: Degenerate Gauss hypergeometric functions

Authors: Raimundas Vidunas

Comments: 22 pages

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs

MSC-class: 33C05

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0407363

Title: New identities involving Bernoulli and Euler polynomials

Authors: Hao Pan, Zhi-Wei Sun

Comments: 13 pages, more readable version

Subj-class: Number Theory; Combinatorics

MSC-class: 11B68; 05A19

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0407372

Title: Principle subspace for bosonic vertex operator

  $\phi_{\sqrt{2m}}(z)$ and Jack polynomials

Authors: B.Feigin, E.Feigin

Comments: 16 pages

Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Representation Theory

MSC-class: 17B69; 81R10

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0407432

Title: The Dirichlet Boundary Value Problem for Real Solutions of the

   first Painlev\'e Equation on Segments on Non-Positive Semi-Axis

Authors: N. Joshi, A. V. Kitaev

Comments: To appear in Journal fur die reine und angewandte Mathematik

   (Crelle's Journal)

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Mathematical Physics; Exactly

Solvable and Integrable Systems

MSC-class: 33E17;34M55;34B15

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0407447

Title: Second order difference equations and discrete orthogonal

   polynomials of two variables

Authors: Yuan Xu

Comments: 19 pages

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs

MSC-class: 42C05, 33C45

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0407155

Title: Equilibria of `Discrete' Integrable Systems and Deformations of

   Classical Orthogonal Polynomials

Authors: S. Odake, R. Sasaki

Comments: 45 pages. A few typos in section 6 are corrected

Subj-class: High Energy Physics - Theory; Quantum Algebra

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0407033

Title: Bethe Ansatz Equations of XXZ Model and q-Sturm-Liouville

   Problems

Authors: M. E. H. Ismail, S. S. Lin, S. S. Roan

Comments: Latex 23 pages

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Quantum Algebra

MSC-class: 33C45, 33D45, 39A13

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0407044

Title: Explicit representations of Pollaczek polynomials corresponding

  to an exactly solvable discretisation of hydrogen radial Schr\"odinger

  equation

Authors: M. Aunola

Comments: 7 pages, no figures, uses iopart.cls

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0407050

Title: An explicit solution of the (quantum) elliptic

   Calogero-Sutherland model

Authors: Edwin Langmann

Comments: 16 pages, Contribution to SPT 2004 in Cala Gonone (Sardinia,

   Italy)

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Exactly Solvable and Integrable

   Systems

MSC-class: 35Q58, 81Q05

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0407065

Title: Averages of Characteristic Polynomials in Random Matrix Theory

Authors: A. Borodin, E. Strahov

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; Classical Analysis and ODEs

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0408019

Title: On polynomials orthogonal to all powers of a given polynomial on

   a segment

Authors: Fedor Pakovich

Comments: 27 pages, 9 figures

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Complex Variables

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0408022

Title: The moments of the Riemann zeta-function. Part I: The fourth

   moment off the critical line

Authors: Aleksandar Ivi\'c, Yoichi Motohashi

Comments: 50 pages

Subj-class: Number Theory

MSC-class: 11M06; 11F72, 11F66

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.NT/0408223

Title: New identities involving Bernoulli and Euler polynomials. II

Authors: Zhi-Wei Sun, Hao Pan

Comments: 10 pages; (3) has a new form, Lemma 2 is added

Subj-class: Number Theory; Combinatorics

MSC-class: 11B68; 05A19

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0408269

Title: Algebraic transformations of Gauss hypergeometric functions

Authors: Raimundas Vidunas

Comments: 24 pages; 3 tables

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs

MSC-class: 33C05; 34A30

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0408317

Title: The 192 Solutions of the Heun Equation

Authors: Robert S. Maier

Comments: 31 pages, no figures

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs

MSC-class: 33E30; 33-04, 34M15, 33C05, 20F55

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0408366

Title: A multiparameter summation formula for theta functions

Authors: V.P. Spiridonov

Comments: 8 pages; to appear in Proc. of the Workshop on Jack,

  Hall-Littlewood and Macdonald polynomials (Edinburgh, September 2003)

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs; Algebraic Geometry

MSC-class: 33E20; 14H42

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.CA/0408369

Title: Short proofs of the elliptic beta integrals

Authors: V.P. Spiridonov

Comments: 15 pages

Subj-class: Classical Analysis and ODEs

MSC-class: 33Dxx, 33E20, 39A13

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math.QA/0408390

Title: Two linear transformations each tridiagonal with respect to an

   eigenbasis of the other; an algebraic approach to the Askey scheme of

   orthogonal polynomials

Authors: Paul Terwilliger

Comments: 74 pages. Lecture notes for the summer school on orthogonal

   polynomials and special functions, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid,

   Leganes, Spain. July 8--July 18, 2004. For more information see

http://www.uc3m.es/uc3m/dpto/MATEM/summerschool/indice.html

Subj-class: Quantum Algebra; Mathematical Physics

MSC-class: 17B37

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0408015

Title: A hyper-geometric approach to the BMV-conjecture

Authors: Michael Drmota, Walter Schachermayer, Josef Teichmann

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics; General Mathematics

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0408036

Title: Convergence acceleration of series through a variational approach

Authors: Paolo Amore (Universidad de Colima)

Comments: 14 pages, 8 figures

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0408046

Title: Canonical representation of spherical functions: Sylvester's

   theorem, Maxwell's multipoles and Majorana's sphere

Authors: M. R. Dennis

Comments: 16 pages, no figs

Subj-class: Mathematical Physics

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.SI/0408009

Title: Open circular billiards and the Riemann hypothesis

Authors: L. A. Bunimovich (Georgia Tech), C. P. Dettmann (University of

   Bristol)

Comments: 5 pages, 4 embedded postscript figures

Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems; Mathematical

Physics; Number Theory

 

http://www.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.SI/0408060

Title: Toda equation and special polynomials associated with the Garnier

   system

Authors: Teruhisa Tsuda

Comments: 26 pages

Subj-class: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

 

 

 

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

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. Whatever your specialty might be, we welcome your

participation in this classical, and yet modern, topic.  Our WWW home

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This is a convenient point of entry to all the services provided by the

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The Activity Group sponsors OP-SF NET, which is transmitted

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Topic #12  ---------   OP-SF NET 11.5  ----------  September 15, 2004

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From: OP-SF NET Editor muldoon@yorku.ca

Subject: Submitting contributions to OP-SF NET

 

To contribute a news item to OP-SF NET, send email to poly@siam.org

with a copy to the OP-SF Editor muldoon@yorku.ca .

 

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