IPNet Digest Volume 5, Number 04 April 30, 1998 Today's Editors: Patricia K. Lamm and Thomas L. Scofield Michigan State University Today's Topics: International Workshop: Nonlinear and Improperly Posed Problems Last Call: Ninth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar Conference: The International Congress of Mathematicians International Symposium: Natural Sciences, Inverse Problems Monograph: Nonlinear Ill-Posed Problems Book Series: Classics in Applied Mathematics Table of Contents: SIAM J. Optimization Table of Contents: J. Math. Systems, Estimation, and Control Submissions for IPNet Digest: Mail to ipnet-digest@math.msu.edu Information about IPNet: Mail to ipnet-request@math.msu.edu http://www.mth.msu.edu/ipnet ------------------------------ From: "Jennifer Mueller" Subject: Conference announcement Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 International Workshop on Nonlinear and Improperly Posed Problems August 15-13, 1998 International Hotel Sapanaca Kocaeli - Turkey Main Topics: Nonlinear equations of mathematical physics, nonclassical boundary conditions and new inverse and improperly posed problems. Special emphasis will be placed on: 1. Theory and analysis of nonlinear and improperly posed problems. 2. Numerical solutions and applications. Submissions: Presentations will be a maximum of 30 minutes with discussions taking place at the end of each session. Authors should e-mail LATEX files (with spacing 1.5) of their proposed papers by no later than 31 May, 1998 to Prof. A. Hasanov, kcluniv2@turnet.net.tr Notification of acceptance will be forwarded within one month of the above date to the author's e-mail address. The proceedings will be available at the time of the workshop. Location: The workshop will be held in the International Hotel ``Sapanca'' (around the lake Sapanca), which is 25 minutes from Izmit (Kocaeli State Center) by car or bus. The Hotel has lecture rooms, symposium and reception halls, as well as a swimming pool and various social subunits. Hotel price for lectures is about $60 (US) including breakfast. Registration Fee: An amount of $400 (US) per participant will cover the proceedings, social events and tours. The fee is due May 31, 1998. Honorary Chairman of the conference: Academician of Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. A.A. Samarskii International Programme Committee: S. Cohn (USA), P. DuChateau (USA), A. Hasanov (Turkey), M.Idemen (Turkey), W. Rundell (USA), T.Shores (USA) Organizing Institutions: Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Institute of Mathematical Modelling, Moscow Colorado State University University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Kocaeli, Turkey Isik University, Turkey Sponsors: Kocaeli State Adminstration, Kocaeli University Association, Izmit Municipality , International Black Sea Club, Arcelik A.S., Kocaeli Fair Turkish Organizing Committee: M. Oguz (Governer of Kocaeli State) - Honorary Chairman S. Sirmen (Mayor of Izmit Municipality) - Honorary Chairman A. Ural (President of Kocaeli University)- Chairman A. Gunel (Vice President of Kocaeli University) A. Hasanov (Chair of Appl. Math. Sciences Research Center, University of Kocaeli) M. Idemen (Trustee Member of Isik University, Istanbul) S. Ozbay (Director of Kocaeli Fair) For more information, please see the web page http://web.turnet.net.tr/~kcluniv2/workshop ------------------------------ From: kwoodbur@me.ua.edu (Keith A Woodbury) Subject: ** LAST CALL** Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 Dear Colleague- It is not too late to participate in the Ninth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar which will be held at Ball State (in Muncie, Indiana) on June 8th and 9th, 1998. A workshop is also being planned for Sunday afternoon (June 7th). *** LAST CALL*** *** LAST CALL*** *** LAST CALL*** Please send a title and/or abstract to the seminar chair (lguo@bsu.edu) immediately. Only a presentation is required (no formal paper). This is an excellent opportunity to share ideas on works-in-progress or to get feedback on a planned future publication. Participation by graduate students is welcome and encouraged. The original call for papers appears below with additional information. *************************************** Announcement and Call For Papers The Ninth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar Monday, June 8 -- Tuesday, June 9, 1998 Workshop on Selected Topics in Inverse Problem Solving Sunday, June 7, 1998 Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 The Ninth Inverse Problems in Engineering Seminar is the continuation of the informal seminars which were initiated at Michigan State University in 1987. This seminar will be sponsored by the Department of Mathematical Science, Department of Computer Science, College of Science Humanities, and Center for Energy Research and Education at the Ball State University. Papers are solicited from all areas involving inverse methods and their applications. Four broad categories are being used to organize sessions. These categories, with some subtopics delineated, are: 1. Inverse Problems in Heat Transfer (Inverse Heat Conduction, Thermal Property Estimation) 2. Mathematical Aspects of and Techniques for Inverse Problems (Inverse Theory and Methods, Stability Considerations) 3. Design of Experiments and Applications of Inverse Methods (Optimal Experiment Design, Analysis of Actual Experimental Data) 4. Inverse Problems Exclusive of Heat Transfer (Bio-Engineering Inverse Problems, Shape Optimization, Inversion of Inferometric Data, Inverse Scattering and Tomography) Presentations will be informal twenty minute talks, followed by discussion. If the number of submissions warrants additional program time, a poster session will be included. About the Workshop: A workshop on selected topics in inverse problem solving is being planned in conjunction with this year's seminar. Tentative topics of coverage include mathematical aspects and relationships between different types of inverse problems, inverse problems in financial engineering, mollification techniques applied to inverse problems. Everyone registered for the seminar are welcome to attend the workshop. The workshop will provide general overviews in a tutorial format. The workshop will be on Sunday, June 7th, in the afternoon. How to Register or Submit a Paper: The seminar fee is $65. If you are interested in registering for this conference, please contact the chair to receive registration material. If you would like to submit a paper, please submit a tentative title and an abstract by March 1, 1998. Send titles and abstracts or other inquiries to: Chair: Prof. Lijia Guo Department of Mathematical Science Ball State University Muncie, IN 47306 Phone: (765) 285-8681 fax: (765) 285-1721 e-mail: lguo@bsu.edu ------------------------------ From: helmberg@zib.de (Christoph Helmberg) Subject: Reminder: ICM'98 early registration deadline is May 1! Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 Reminder: ICM'98 early registration deadline is May 1! Dear Colleague: Please note that May 1 : deadline for early registration and submission of abstracts for ICM'98 is quickly approaching. We are looking forward to receiving your registration (by WWW, fax, or surface mail) for THE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS BERLIN, August 18-27, 1998 http://elib.zib.de/ICM98 The International Congress of Mathematicians, taking place about every four years since 1897, belongs to the most important mathematical events in the world. One distinguished feature, among others, is the awarding of the Fields Medals (the "mathematical Nobel Prize") and the Nevanlinna Prize during the Opening Ceremony. The Congress is held under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). Mathematicians from all countries gather to discuss recent developments in mathematics that are presented by leading scientists from all mathematical fields. Responsibility for the scientific program lies with the Program Committee appointed by IMU. There will be 21 one-hour Plenary Lectures covering the major areas of mathematics and about 160 forty-five-minute Invited Lectures in nineteen sections (see http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/B for the full invited program). In addition to the distinct scientific program we have made strong efforts to set up a rich and rewarding by-program for you and your company. There will be: - exhibitions, concerts, talks, and discussions: http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/C/1/urania - the VideoMath Festival: http://www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/VideoMath/ - Footloose Tours: http://elib.zib.de:88/pub/IMU/ICM98-TEST/E/5/ - Sessions on Special Activities http://elib.zib.de/ICM98/B/7 - Many important conferences have been arranged around ICM'98: http://www.exp-math.uni-essen.de:80/Events/around_icm.html We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin. Christoph Helmberg (for the ICM'98 Organizing Committee) ------------------------------ From: hvg@i04ktha.desy.de (H.V. von Geramb) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 With this mail I'm forwarding the 1. Circular of a Summer School to be organized in Ulaan Baatar this summer. The topic is concerned with natural sciences with a strong emphasize on inverse and ill posed problems. Sincerely yours, Prof Dr Heinz von Geramb (University of Hamburg, Physics) *************** 1. Circular Summer School and School Seminars on Natural Sciences Methods and Applications August 10 - 17, 1998 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Organized by: Mongolian Academy of Natural Sciences Mongolian National University Institute of Physics and Technology Geophysical Center Astronomical Observatory An International Symposium is organized by Mongolian Institutions which concentrate their effort in the fields of Natural Scienes. In particular, the institutions are: the Mongolian Acedemy of Natural Sciences, the Mongolian National University, the Institute of Physics & Technology, the Geophysical Center, and the Astronomical Observatory. All institutions are located in the capital city of Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar (Ulan Bator). The purpose of the symposium is to combine efforts for discussions and to expose problems of the Mongolian physical, astrophysical and mathematical sciences together with the agricultural and biological sciences. The topics concern the leading subjects of their present research as well as projects for the immediate and near future. The list of these topics contains: Solar voltaic, solar cells and the associated technology, developments and engineering for practical applications in Mongolia, spectral analyses, Moessbauer spectroscopy, micro analytical methods, beams from excellerators as microprobe and their applications, nuclear microsprobes, laser beams, new microsanalytical techniques, scanning of microstructures with MeV proton beams, surface structure and implementations, photosynthesis and biological systems, insulating materials and related heat transfer problems, dendrochronology with related topics, solar energy and wind energy assessments of Mongolia, selected topics in seismology, geophysical- and astrometrical measurements. The mathematical disciplines are concentrating upon the mentioned scientific projects and their developments of appropriate models and solutions. Of central importance are ill-posed problems, inverse problems, optimisations, mathematical modelling of physical problems and finally all these subjects treated with up to date computer analayses. The summer school aims towards a high standard in these research fields with the purpose to see overlaps. It addresses to graduate and post graduate students, active specialists and researchers from the mentioned sciences as well as staff members. With this circular we appeal to the international scientific community for their active participation and contributions in form of lectures and reports. It is anticipated that this symposium will be instrumental for the initiation of collaborations and interdisciplinary exchanges of ideas, methods and applications of natural sciences. The Conference Schedule: The symposium will be arranged with main lectures and representative reviews, talks concentrating on particular research results or instrumentations, shorter contributions for work in progress, and round-table discussions. The daily schedule, from Monday, 10th, until Friday, 14th, of August distinguishes the Morning Sessions 9:00 - 13:00 hrs with coffee breaks and the Afternoon Sessions 14:00 - 16:00 hrs. Additional interesting and exciting events are scheduled. For Saturday, August 15th, a tour through Ulaanbaatar with specially arranged visits to historical and memorable places is planned. Conference Language: The conference language is English. All written material will be available in English. Only some material, the program and information during the conference, will also be available in Mongolian. Submission of Registration and Abstract: The local organizing committee requires the submission of a registration form - can be submitted by: regular mail, fax or E-mail - before the end of May. The questionnaire is attached at the end of this circular. In addition to the questionnaire we request the submission of an Abstract. The Abstract must reach us before the end of June, and can be submitted by: regular mail, fax or E-mail. The abstract must contain: title of talk (in capital letters), author(s), institution(s) and a text not exceeding one page (with LaTeX use 12 pt). You can forward the registration and abstract directly to the following address in Mongolia: Acad. Dr. Ch. Tseren 210664, Ulaanbaatar-44, P.O. Box 44-397, Mongolia Fax: ..976-1-358397 E-mail: instphys@magicnet.mn Alternatively you can send the material also to the German address: University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761 Hamburg Fax: ..49-40-89982130 E-mail: hvg@i04ktha.desy.de Proceedings: All submitted abstracts, together with the conference program and other information concerning the symposium are distributed at the registration desk. The speakers are requested to submit their talks in written form -- prefered as a Word- or LaTeX file on a diskette including pictures in postscript format. The deadline for post symposium submission of the manuscript for publications is the end of September. The manuscript will be edited and published as proceedings. Travel, Housing and Conference Fee: The capital city of Mongolia can be reached by plane, train or private transport. The national airline is MIAT. The train transportation refers to the |Transibirien Railway, line from Russia to China. More details about travel are supplied on request. A Hotel or Ger with a rate US$ 15, additionally meals US$ 6-9 daily are arranged. Alternative arrangements are offered. The registration fee of US$ 150 is collected with the registration. Scientific Committee: Prof. Dr. Ts. Ganzog, Mongolian National University Acad. Dr. Ch. Tseren, Mongolian Academy of Natural Science Prof. Dr. H.V. von Geramb, University of Hamburg Prof. Dr. D. Nyamaa, Inst. of Physics and Technology Prof. Dr. Ts. Boldsuch, Mongolian National University Dr. B. Bekhtur, Centre of Astromony and Seismology Acad. Prof. Dr. Kh. Namsrai, Inst. of Physics and Technology Organizing Committee: Chairman Acad. Dr. Ch. Tseren Dr. I. Ulemj Mrs. J. Baigalmaa Address: Acad. Dr. Ch. Tseren, 210664, Ulaanbaatar-44, P.O. Box 44-397, Mongolia Phone: ..976-1-358397, 454065 Fax: ..976-1-3358397 E-mail: instphys@magicnet.mn ******************** Questionnaire for the Summer School and School Seminars on Natural Sciences Methods and Applications August 10 -- 17, 1998 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Name and Surname: Institution: Title of your contribution and time requested: Accomodation for you and your company: Date of arrival and departure: Others: Return to one of the following addresses below. Deadline: End of May Acad. Dr. Ch. Tseren Prof. Dr. H.V. von Geramb 210664 Ulaanbaatar--44 University of Hamburg P.O. Box 44--397 Luruper Chaussee 149 Mongolia D-22761 Hamburg Fax: .. 976--1--358397 Fax: .. 49--40--89982130 E-mail: instphys@magicnet.mn E-mail: hvg@i04ktha.desy.de ------------------------------ From: "Professor Yagola" Subject: monographs Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1998 09:56:56 Dear colleagues, I am very pleased to inform you about our new book: A.N. Tikhonov, A.S. Leonov, and A.G. Yagola "Nonlinear Ill-posed Problems". This two-volume book is the first to introduce the reader to theory of nonlinear ill-posed problems, to discuss all aspects of the variational approach for constructing regularizing algorithms, and to show applications in the natural sciences. This book was published by Chapman & Hall in 1998, ISBN 0-412-78660-5. You could get an additional information on the Internet at http://www.chaphall.com Overseas orders: e-mail: response@itps.co.uk If ordering in the USA/Canada: e-mail: order@chaphall.com I would like also to notice that we published in 1995 the monograph: A.N. Tikhonov, A.V. Goncharsky, V.V. Stepanov, and A.G.Yagola "Numerical Methods for the Solution of Ill-Posed Problems", Kluwer, Dordrecht, ISBN 0-7923-3593-X. Besides the theoretical material, the book contains a FORTRAN program library. With best regards. Sincerely yours, Anatoly Yagola Dr. Sc., Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia Mailing address(home): 18-2-93 Matveevskaya Str., Moscow 119517, Russia Tel.(home): (7)(095)442-3335 FAX: (7)(095)932-8820 E-mail: yagola@inverse.phys.msu.su ------------------------------ From: poulson@siam.org Subject: Classics in Applied Mathematics Date: Thu, 02 Apr 98 From: Deborah Poulson, SIAM Developmental Editor (poulson@siam.org) Are you frustrated that one of your favorite texts is out of print? SIAM is looking for suggestions of books to publish in their Classics in Applied Mathematics series. Send me the title, publisher, and author(s) of books you'd like to see back on the shelf. ------------------------------ From: odonnell@siam.org Subject: Contents, SIAM Journal on Optimization Date: Wed, 08 Apr 98 SIAM Journal on Optimization May 1998 Vol. 8, No. 2 Table of Contents Tilt Stability of a Local Minimum R. A. Poliquin and R. T. Rockafellar A Chain Rule for Essentially Smooth Lipschitz Functions Jonathan M. Borwein and Warren B. Moors Null Sets and Essentially Smooth Lipschitz Functions Jonathan M. Borwein and Warren B. Moors Primal-Dual Interior-Point Methods for Self-Scaled Cones Yu E. Nesterov and M. J. Todd On Extending Some Primal-Dual Interior-Point Algorithms from Linear Programming to Semidefinite Programming Yin Zhang Existence and Uniqueness of Search Directions in Interior-Point Algorithms for the SDP and the Monotone SDLCP Masayuki Shida, Susumu Shindoh, and Masakazu Kojima Interior Point Algorithms for Linear Complementarity Problems Based On Large Neighborhoods of the Central Path Gongyun Zhao Existence of Solutions to Discrete Semicoercive Frictional Contact Problems Anders Klarbring and Jong-Shi Pang An Unconstrained Convex Programming Approach to Linear Semi-Infinite Programming Chih-Jen Lin, Shu-Cherng Fang, and Soon-Yi Wu The Linear l_1 Estimator and the Huber M-Estimator W. Li and J. J. Swetits A D.C. Optimization Algorithm for Solving the Trust-Region Subproblem Pham Dinh Tao and Le Thi Hoai An An Incremental Gradient(-Projection) Method with Momentum Term and Adaptive Stepsize Rule Paul Tseng An Efficient Algorithm for Large-Scale Nonlinear Programming Problems with Simple Bounds on the Variables R. Pytlak Cost Approximation: A Unified Framework of Descent Algorithms for Nonlinear Programs Michael Patriksson Quasi-Newton Bundle-Type Methods for Nondifferentiable Convex Optimization Robert Mifflin, Defeng Sun, and Liqun Qi Numerical Experience with Lower Bounds for MIQP Branch-and-Bound Roger Fletcher and Sven Leyffer Bicriterion Single Machine Scheduling with Resource Dependent Processing Times T. C. Edwin Cheng, Adam Janiak, and Mikhail Y. Kovalyov From: Keely O'Donnell, Editorial Associate ------------------------------ From: Elizabeth Loew Subject: TOC submission Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 J. Mathematical Systems, Estimation, and Control 1998 Vol. 8, No. 2 Table of Contents Forward/Backward Periodic Realizations of Nonproper Rational Matrices Vincente D. Estruch, Vincent Hernandez, Elena Sanchez, and Carmen Coll Summary: Uniform Exponential Stability of Approximation in Linear Viscoelasticity Zhuangyi Liu and Songmu Zheng Summary: On an inverse Dynamic Problem for the Goursat-Darboux System A.I. Korotkii and I.A. Tsepelev Summary: The Minimum Time Function with Unbounded Controls F. Rampazzo and C. Sartori Summary: A Note on the Mathematical Modelling of Damped Second Order Systems John A. Burns and Belinda B. King Summary: Ergodic Properties of Quotients of Horocycle Flows on the Poincare Upper Half Plane Dorothy I. Wallace Summary: Numerical Experiments on Approximated Acoustic-Structure Systems F. Fahroo and C. Wang Summary: Harmonic Forcing for Linear Distributed Parameter Systems C.I. Byrnes, D.S. Gilliam, I.G. Lauko, and V.I. Shubov Summary: A Partial Differential Equation Approach to Modeling Simple Extension in Elastomers H.T. Banks and Nancy Lybeck Summary: A Universally Observable Flow on the Two-Dimensional Torus Alisa DeStefano and G.R. Hall Summary: On Accurate Computation of a Class of Linear Functionals Sven-Ake Gustafson and Antonio R. da Silva Summary: Sharp Trace Regularity for the Solutions of the Equations of Dynamic Elasticity Mary Ann Horn Summary: Weak Attractor for Damped Abstract Nonlinear Hyperbolic Systems Gabriella A. Pinter Summary: A Computational Study of the Representation Problem for Flow Control Diana Rubio Summary: Local Controllability of a Nonlinear Shallow Spherical Shell M.E. Bradley Summary: Muscle Mechanics and Dynamics of Ocular Motion Clyde F. Martin and Lawrence Schovanec Summary: Spectral Element Approximations and Infinite Domains Kelly Black Summary: Observability on Noncompact Symmetric Spaces Joseph A. Wolf Summary: A Control Theoretic Model of the Muscular Actions in Human Head-Eye Coordination Magnus Egerstedt and Clyde Martin Summary: Hysteresis Modeling in Magnetostrictive Materials via Preisach Operators R.C. Smith Summary: Numerical Stationary Solutions for a Viscous Burgers' Equation J. Burns, A. Balogh, D.S. Gilliam, and V.I. Shubov Summary: A Time Domain Formulation for Identification in Electromagnetic Dispersion H.T. Banks, M.W. Buksas, and Yun Wang Submitted by Wayne Yuhasz ------- end -------