IPNet Digest Volume 5, Number 08 August 31, 1998 Today's Editor: Patricia K. Lamm Michigan State University Today's Topics: One-Day Workshop on Inverse Problems at Loughborough University New Book on Numerical Analysis Table of Contents: Linear Algebra and Its Applications 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: Dr Bill Lionheart Subject: British 1-day workshop on inverse problems Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 British 1-day workshop on inverse problems Loughborough University October 1998 Our next Inverse Problems wokshop will take place on October 26 (Monday) in Loughborough. The tentative programme of the workshop: 1. 11:40-12:30 R.W. Smith (Loughborough) "Adjusting discharge rates to achieve environmental standarts" 12:30 -14:00 Lunch (and informal discussions) 14:00-14:50 S. Chanler-Wilde (Brunel) "Inverse scattering by rough surfaces" 14:50-15:10. Coffee breal interrupted by further discussions. 15:10-16:00. Y.Kurylev (Loughborough) "Inverse boundary problem for a non self-adjoint elliptic operator" Starting from this meeting (thanks to a grant from the LMS) we are able to cover (modest) travel expenses for the research students who are particularly welcome. Please contach Dr. Keath Peat (K.S.Peat@lboro.ac.uk) or me (Y.V.Kurylev@lboro.ac.uk) in case you need a map to get to Loughborough (by car) or to meet you at the railway station. Yaroslav Kurylev Dr W.R.B. Lionheart, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK British Workshops on Inverse Problems: http://www.brookes.ac.uk/~p0054865/ukipws/ukipws.html Electrical Impedance Tomography http://www.brookes.ac.uk/~p0054865/research/intro.html ------------------------------ From: kress@math.uni-goettingen.de Subject: New Book: Numerical Analysis Date: Wed, 19 Aug 98 The following book has appeared a couple of months ago: R. Kress, Numerical Analysis Graduate Texts in Mathematics Vol. 181 Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998 ISBN 0-387-98408-9 Hardcover $39.95 Contents: Introduction.- Linear Systems.- Basic Functional Analysis. - Iterative Methods for Linear Systems.-Ill-Conditioned Linear Systems. - Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Systems.- Matrix Eigenvalue Problems. - Interpolation.- Numerical Integration.- Initial Value Problems. - Boundary Value Problems.- Integral Equations. This volume is intended as an introduction into numerical analysis for students in mathematics, physics, and engineering. Instead of attempting to exhaustively cover all parts of numerical analysis, the goal is to guide the reader towards the basic ideas and general principles by way of considering main and important numerical algorithms. Given the rapid development of numerical methods, a reasonable introduction to numerical analysis has to confine itself to presenting a solid foundation by restricting the presentation to the basic principles and procedures. The book includes the necessary functional analytic framework for the solid mathematical foundation of numerical analysis, in particular for the understanding of approximation methods for differential equations and integral equations. Particular emphasis will be given to the question of stability--especially to well-posedness and ill-posedness. The text is presented in a concise and easily understandable fashion and can be successfully mastered in a one year course. ------------------------------ From: Hans Schneider Subject: LAA Contents Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 Linear Algebra and Its Applications August 1998 Volume 280 Table of Contents Preface for special issue honoring Olga Taussky (OT) R. Brualdi and H Schneider Introduction H. Shapiro Olga-Taussky-Todd 30.8.1906-7.10..1995 FL Bauer What Olga did for me A Hoffman Some personal reminiscences of Olga Taussky H Schneider To the Latimer-Macduffee theorem and beyond! P Hanlon Olga, matrix theory and the Taussky unification problem CR Johnson Some aspects of Olga Taussky's work in algebra T Laffey Publications about Olga Taussky Todd H. Shapiro A characterization and representation of the generalized inverse at(2)s and its applications YIMIN Wei On the connectedness of numerical range of matrix polynomials J Maroulas Notes on D-optimal designs MG Neubauer Krylov subspace methods for eigenvalues with special properties and their analysis for normal matrices A Sidi A Cauchy-Khinchin matrix inequality ER Van Dam Comparison of two norms of matrices J Dazord Long division for Laurent series matrices and the optimal assignment problem KAS Abdel-Ghaffar Error bounds on the power method for determining the largest eigenvalue of a symmetric, positive definite matrix J Friedman Trace class multipliers and spectral variation of normal matrices SW Drury A generalization of the inertia theorem for quadratic matrix polynomials B Bilir, C Chicone Estimating the operator exponential K Veselic Eigenstructure of distance matrices with an equal distance subset A Mom Linear rank and corank preserving maps on B(H) and an application to^*-Semigroup isomorphisms of operator ideals M Gyory, P Semrl Pertubation theory for the Eckart-Young-Mirsky theorem and the constrained total least squares problem M Wei The spectrum of a Hermitian matrix sum J Day, W So Linear Algebra and Its Applications September 1998 Volume 281 Table of Contents How symmetric can a function be? DC Van Leijenhorst Further results on convergence of asynchronous linear iterations Y Su, A Bhaya Rigid relations in GL_2F L Vaserstein A Schur complement inequality for certain P-matrices TL Markham, RL Smith When to call a linear system nonnegative JW Nieuwenhuis Numerical ranges and Poncelet curves B Mirman On Nekrasov matrices W Li Approximating the inverse of a symmetric positive definite matrix G Simons Simultaneous reduction to triangular forms after extension within zeroes H Bart On several types of resolvent matrices of non-degenerative marcial caratheodory problems B Fritzsche, B Kirstein Overlapping block-balanced canonical forms for various classes of linear systems B Hanzon Real hamiltonian logarithm of a symplectic matrix L Dieci On the solution of the extended linear complementarity problem R Andreani, JM Martinez An upper bound for the permanent of a nonnegative matrix SG Hwang, TS Michael Optimal trigonometric preconditioners for(nonsymmetric toeplitz systems) D Potts, G Steidl Solving interval linear systems with linear programming techniques. O Beaumont Bounds for determinants of matrices associated with classes of arithmetical functions HONG Shaofang Submitted by: Hans Schneider hans@math.wisc.edu. Department of Mathematics 608-262-1402 (Work) Van Vleck Hall 608-271-7252 (Home) 480 Lincoln Drive 608-263-8891 (Work FAX) University of Wisconsin-Madison 608-271-8477 (Home FAX) Madison WI 53706 USA http://math.wisc.edu/~hans (URL) ------- end -------