Symbolic Computation, Number Theory, Special Functions, Physics and Combinatorics Conference to be held November 11-13, 1999 in Gainesville, Florida

这笔奖金将资助一个名为“符号计算、数论、特殊函数、物理和组合学”的会议。计算机代数（或符号计算）是数学和计算机科学之间的交叉领域。它的研究重点是在计算机上执行代数对象的符号操作的算法的发展，以及实现这些算法的编程语言和环境的设计。这次会议将集中讨论计算机代数的符号计算方面。主要有两个方面：(1)设计数论、特殊函数、物理学和组合学中对象的符号计算算法；(2)应用这些算法来发现和/或证明这些领域的结果。会议的主要重点将是计算机代数及其与数论、特殊函数、物理和组合学等领域的关系。所有这些领域共有的一个主题是q级数。我们希望把那些用q级数做符号计算的人以及那些需要q级数的人聚集在一起，包括物理和组合学的工作者。会议应该向使用q级数的数学家和物理学家介绍该领域的最新发展，特别是符号计算如何帮助这些发展。它还应该告知参与者新的计算机代数软件和算法用于研究q级数。

This award will fund a conference entitled "Symbolic Computation, Number Theory, Special Functions, Physics and Combinatorics." Computer Algebra (or symbolic computation) is an interdisciplinary area between Mathematics and Computer Science. Its research focuses on the development of algorithms for performing symbolic manipulations of algebraic objects on computers, and the design of programming languages and environments for implementing these algorithms. This conference will focus on the symbolic computation side of computer algebra. There are two main aspects: (1) devising algorithms for the symbolic computation of objects from Number theory, Special Functions, Physics and Combinatorics; and (2) applying these algorithms to discover and/or prove results in these areas. The main emphasis of the conference will be Computer Algebra and how it relates to the fields of Number Theory, Special Functions, Physics and Combinatorics. A subject that is common to all of these fields is q-series. We hope to bring together those who do symbolic computation with q-series and those that need q-series including workers in Physics and Combinatorics. The conference should inform mathematicians and physicists that use q-series of the latest developments in the field and especially how symbolic computation has aided these developments. It should also inform participants of new computer algebra software and algorithms used in the study of q-series.