Ludwig Elsner has made many important mathematical contributions, in particular to the areas of Linear Algebra and Numerical Analysis. He will have his 60th birthday in January 1999. To honor his mathematical work the Mathematics Department of Universität Bielefeld and the Sonderforschungsbereich 343 will organize this workshop which will cover all areas ranging from core linear algebra to numerical linear algebra.

Workshop topics:

• Iterative solution methods
• Preconditioning
• Eigenvalue computation
• Riccati equations
• Wavelets
• Adaptive multilevel solvers
• Eigenvalue distribution of random matrices
• Effects of nonnormality
• Stability of differential equations
• Matrices with special structure like Toeplitz-, Hamiltonian-, and P-matrices
• Applications in control theory, Markov chains, and graph theory

Invited speakers:

• Rajendra Bhatia (Indian Statistical Institute)
• Rafael Bru (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia)
• Wolfgang Dahmen (Rheinisch - Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen)
• Miroslav Fiedler (Akademie ved Ceske Republiky)
• Shmuel Friedland (University of Illinois - Chicago)
• Daniel Hershkowitz (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
• Charles R. Johnson (The College of William & Mary)
• Israel Koltracht (University of Connecticut)
• Michael Neumann (University of Connecticut)
• Wilhelm Niethammer (Universität Karlsruhe)
• M.H.C. Paardekooper (Katholieke Universiteit Brabant)
• Pal Rozsa (Technical University of Budapest)
• Hans Schneider (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
• Ji Guang Sun (Umeå universitet)
• Tomasz Szulc (Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza)

As part of this workshop there will be a Festkolloquium for which

• Peter Lancaster (University of Calgary) and
• David Watkins (Washington State University)

Organizing commitee:

• Angelika Bunse-Gerstner (Universität Bremen)
• Volker Mehrmann (TU Chemnitz)
• Reinhard Nabben (Universität Bielefeld)
• Matthias Pott (Universität Bielefeld)
• Wolf-Jürgen Beyn (Universität Bielefeld)

For registration and further information please contact

Reinhard Nabben                      Matthias Pott
Fakultät für Mathematik              Fakultät für Mathematik
Universität Bielefeld        or      Universität Bielefeld
Postfach 10 01 31                    Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld                    D-33501 Bielefeld
Germany                              Germany

The registration fee is 35 DM (roughly 20$) and can be paid after arrival.

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The workshop will be supported by

• Fakultät für Mathematik der Universität Bielefeld
• Sonderforschungsbereich 343 "Diskrete Strukturen in der Mathematik"
• The International Linear Algebra Society
• Westfälisch-Lippische Universitätsgesellschaft, Bielefeld
• Schmidt, Vogel & Partner Consult, Bielefeld