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Host: Department of Mathematics of the University of Patras
Homepage: http://www.math.upatras.gr/opsfa/
Email: opsfa@math.upatras.gr
Organizers: E. K. Ifantis, C. G. Kokologiannaki, P. D. Siafarikas
Deadline for abstracts: May 30, 1999
Description:
It is well known the increasing attention paid during the last years to the theory of Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications. This attention is
due to the unparalleled growth that Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions experienced in past two decades. This progress started with Richard Askey's
Regional Conference on " Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions " in 1975 and subsequent discoveries led to a substantial revaluation of one's perceptions
as to the nature of Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their applicability. Since then more than 20 international conferences on the above mentioned
subjects took place all over the world with a large number of participants and the results of these conferences were published in high quality Scientific Journals.
Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions are subjects whose power, beauty and versatility have been recognised in Engineering and extensive parts of Physics. More precisely we have applications on Electrostatics and Gravitation, Hydrodynamics, Steady Flow of Electricity or of Heat in Uniform Isotropic Media, Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves along Wires, Diffraction, Equilibrium of an Isotropic Rod of Circular Sections, Quantum Mechanics, Tidal Waves in an Estuary, etc. Also we have applications in Coding Theory, Digital Signal Processing, Root Systems, Information Theory, Transmission Line Theory, Systems Theory, Scattering of Waves by Statistically Rough Surfaces.
The main subjects of OPSFA will include:
Zeros of Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions. Asymptotics of Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions. Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Functional Analysis. Continued Fractions, Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions. Complex Orthogonal Polynomials. Computational Problems on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions. Potential Theory. Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and Symbolic Computer Algebra. Structural Properties of Orthogonal Polynomials. Spectral Properties of Orthogonal Polynomials. Orthogonal Polynomials and Sobolev Spaces. Orthogonal Polynomials and Moment Problems. Differential Operators and Orthogonal Polynomials. Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions in connection with Quantum Groups. Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials in Physics and Engineering. Approximation Theory and Orthogonal Polynomials. Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena.
Speakers: D. Bessis (France), T. Chihara (USA), J. Dehesa (Spain), A. Elbert (Hungary), N. Everitt (U.K.), W. Gautschi (USA), T. Kriecherbauer (Germany), A. Kuijlaars (Belgium), V. Sorokin (Russia), R. Wong (Hong-Kong)
Mail Address:
Fifth international symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and their Applications. Department of Mathematics (to Prof. P. D. Siafarikas) University of Patras Patras 26500 Greece Tel. - Fax: +(3) 061 997169
Date received: January 25, 1999
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