Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!utcsri!krj From: krj@utcsri.UUCP Newsgroups: ut.na Subject: NA Digest v87 #62 Message-ID: <5128@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 11:58:19 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsri.5128 Posted: Thu Jul 23 11:58:19 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 05:08:11 EDT Distribution: ut Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 155 NA Digest Wednesday, July 22, 1987 Volume 87 : Issue 62 This weeks Editor: Cleve Moler Today's Topics: Arizona State Nonlinear PDE Conference Old Journals for Third World Symbolic Manipulators ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: AIHDM%ASUACAD.BITNET@forsythe.stanford.edu Date: 21 July 87 10:35-MST To: NA.DIS@score.stanford.edu Subject: Arizona State Nonlinear PDE Conference To: na.dis@score.stanford.edu From: H.D. Mittelmann, aihdm@asuacad.bitnet, na.mittelmann A two-day conference on NONLINEAR PARAMETER-DEPENDENT PDE'S AND THEIR EFFECTIVE SOLUTION will be held on the campus of Arizona State University, Nov. 5/6, 1987. This conference is sponsored by the Graduate College of ASU and thus adheres to a specific format. There is no possibility of contributing papers, but everyone interested in the subject is invited to attend. Although no funds for this purpose are available, we will help with the reservation of a motel room in walking (2 min.) distance to the meeting place ($46 single, $49 double). The list of speakers is: E. Allgower Colorado State U. Ascher U British Columbia R. Bank UC San Diego T.F. Chan UCLA R. Ewing U Wyoming S. McCormick CU Denver H. Mittelmann ASU R. Renaut ASU C. Ringhofer ASU H. Walker Utah State The conference will start at 1 p.m on 11/5 and end at 3:30 p.m. on 11/6. Please, respond by e-mail (addresses in head) or by mail not later than September 15, 1987 to H.D. Mittelmann Dept. Math. 602-965-6595 (off.) Arizona State University 602-965-3951 (dept.) Tempe, AZ 85287 ------------------------------ To: na%score.stanford.edu@RELAY.CS.NET From: GOLUB%research.att.com@RELAY.CS.NET Date: Tue 21 Jul EDT 1987 13:31 Original-To: na@score.stanford.edu Subject: Old Journals for Third World ICTP/TWAS Donation Programme The International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) have ever since their establishment been engaged in promoting and sustaining research activities in different setting up a number of specific programmes designed to achieve this purpose. As far as the problem of scientific infrastructures is concerned, the needs in developing countries are very great. The scientists living and working in developing countries are faced with the difficulty of obtaining scientific literature and adequate laboratory facilities. For this reason, the ICTP has initiated a scheme for providing Mathematics and Physics libraries in developing countries with books, journals and equipment through the channels of its `Book & Equipment Donation Programme'. The Centre has made several appeals to libraries, publishing companies, laboratories and individuals requesting them to donate any books, journals, proceedings and equipment they no longer need, with the ICTP acting as a broker. The response to these appeals has been very encouraging. As a result, the ICTP has, over the past three years, distributed a yearly average of approximately 14,000 journals, 4,000 proceedings and 2,000 Mathematics and Physics books to over 200 Mathematics and Physics Institutes in 80 developing countries, and it is hoped that from 1986 onward the ICTP will be able to increase distribution to over 50,000 books, journals and proceedings annually. During this same time, the ICTP has also forwarded to laboratories in developing countries a large number of different items of equipment which have been generously donated by various European laboratories. The Third World Academy of Sciences has recently joined this Donation Programme with the purpose of expanding it to the fields of Biology and Chemistry libraries and laboratories in developing countries with scientific literature and equipment. Together with ICTP, TWAS has agreed to cover transportation costs of material which has to be sent to institutions in Third World Countries. Although ICTP and TWAS are making every effort to alleviate the drastic situation in Universities in the Third World, still more can be done. These countries require assistance, and there is no need to stress how useful our Donation Programme is and how precious your help can be. Those interested in helping by providing us with material in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics should kindly contact: H. R. Dalafi International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) P. O. Box 586 34126 Trieste ITALY Phone: (040) 2240-1 Telex: 460392 ICTP 1 Cable: CENTRATOM Thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Jul 87 16:37:21 CDT From: Baker KearfottSubject: Symbolic Manipulators To: na@SCORE.STANFORD.EDU NaNet people: I am still interested in symbolic manipulators, and haven't resolved my questions completely. Is anyone presently running MACSYMA (or similar software) in an IBM 370 mainframe environment? (We have such an environment and we hope to run a manipulator under VM/CMS.) I would appreciate any information you care to volunteer. Also, does anyone care to volunteer opinions concerning microcomputer-based symbolic manipulation software (such as mu-math)? Thank you in advance. Baker Kearfott rbk@usl.edu ------------------------------ End of NA Digest ************************** -------