San Diego Symposium on Asymptotics and Applied Analysis to be held January 10-14, 2000 in San Diego, California

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Re: DMS-9818531Title: San Diego Symposium on Asymptotics and Applied Analysis.T. M. Dunster and D. A. Lutz are the organizers of the "San Diego Symposiumon Asymptotics and Applied Analysis" from January 10 - 14, 2000 at SanDiego State University, California. The proposed conference will havetalks falling under the following three categories in asymptotics andapplied analysis: difference equations, ordinary differential equations,and functions defined by integrals. The first of these would emphasizeasymptotic methods involving special functions. Included in the second andthird categories would be new results related to exponentially-improvedasymptotics and hyperasymptotics, summation of divergent solutions,connection problems, error analysis, and applications to special functions.The following eleven leading experts in the above fields have indicated awillingness to participate as principal speakers in the proposed symposium:F. W. J. Olver (Maryland), R. Askey (Wisconsin), W. Balser (Ulm, Germany),C. Bender (St. Louis), M. Berry (Bristol, UK), B. Braaksma (Netherlands),P. Pham (Nice, France), R. Schaefke (Strasbourg, France), Y. Sibuya(Minneapolis), N. Temme (Netherlands), and R. Wong (Hong Kong).Post-doctoral and graduate students, and especially those fromunder-represented groups in mathematics, are strongly encouraged to attend.The broad area of this conference is asymptotics of special functions.Asymptotics is defined to mean, for example, the approximation of a givenfunction in terms of a function whose properties are better understood, orwhich can be more readily computed. Special functions are solutions ofcertain equations which appear in many areas of physics, engineering andmathematics. This is a very classical branch of mathematics that hasalready contributed much to our understanding of the physical world.However, during the past decade there have been a series of new andexciting ideas leading to significant improvements in the accuracy ofasymptotic methods, with the main contributors coming from the US, Europe,and the Fareast. But since 1989 (Winnipeg, Canada) and there have been nomajor conferences in North America on the theme of this symposium, eventhough there have been many conferences on similar themes in Europe andAsia. This symposium will bring experts and younger researchers togetherto disseminate these new ideas to a wider audience and lay the groundworkfor future studies and collaboration, new applications, and insight intomore complex problems to be yet solved.