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

回复：DMS-9818531标题：圣地亚哥渐近和应用分析研讨会。M.邓斯特和D. A. Lutz是2000年1月10日至14日在加州圣地亚哥州立大学举行的“圣地亚哥渐近与应用分析研讨会”的组织者。 拟议的会议将有会谈属于以下三类渐近和应用分析：差分方程，常微分方程和积分定义的函数。 其中第一个将强调涉及特殊功能的渐近方法。 第二和第三类将包括与指数改进的渐近性和超渐近性、发散解的求和、连接问题、误差分析以及对特殊函数的应用有关的新结果。W. J. Olver（马里兰州），R. Askey（威斯康星州），W. Balser（乌尔姆，德国），C. Bender（St. Louis），M. Berry（布里斯托，英国），B. Braaksma（荷兰）、P. Pham（法国尼斯）、R. Schaefke（斯特拉斯堡，法国），Y. Sibuya（Minneapolis），N. Temme（荷兰）和R. Wong（香港）。博士后和研究生，特别是那些来自数学界代表性不足的群体的学生，强烈鼓励参加。这次会议的广泛领域是特殊函数的渐近性。渐近性的定义是指，例如，一个给定函数的近似，其性质更容易理解，或者更容易计算。 特殊函数是物理、工程和数学等许多领域中出现的某些方程的解。 这是一个非常经典的数学分支，已经为我们理解物理世界做出了很大贡献。然而，在过去的十年中，出现了一系列新的令人兴奋的思想，导致渐近方法的精度有了显著的提高，主要贡献者来自美国、欧洲和远东。 但自1989年（加拿大温尼伯）以来，北美就没有举行过关于该专题讨论会主题的主要会议，尽管欧洲和亚洲曾举行过许多关于类似主题的会议。 这次研讨会将把专家和年轻的研究人员聚集在一起，向更广泛的受众传播这些新的想法，并为未来的研究和合作，新的应用奠定基础，并深入了解有待解决的更复杂的问题。

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.