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Dear colleague,
the Department of Mathematics of the University Roma Tre and the Department
of Mathematics "Guido Castelnuovo" of the University of Roma "La
Sapienza" are delighted to organize the Sixth international Symposium on Orthogonal
Polynomials, Special Functions and their applications (OPSFA), which will be held for the
first time in Roma on June 18 - 22, 2001. Since we received many preregistration forms, we
expect about 200 scientists from all over the world. The Symposium is partially granted by
C.N.R. - G.N.I.M. (National Research Council - National Group for Mathematical Informatics).
As we wrote in the old web page, the Symposium will take
place in a great hotel situated at Lido di Ostia, that is the seaside resort at the
outskirts of Roma; all participants will be lodged in the same hotel, and will be freely
transported from and to the International Airport "Leonardo da Vinci" of
Fiumicino (which is a few km away) by the hotel's bus. Also, it is easy to reach the
centre of Roma from the Symposium site, since a new train station (Lido di Ostia Nord) was
opened near the hotel just a few months ago. Anyway, participants which do not want to go
to Roma may also find a very pleasant environment in Ostia.
We look forward to seeing you in Roma next June.
SCOPE, TOPICS AND PROGRAM
The 6th International Symposium OPSFA follows the
European Conferences of Bar-Le-Duc (France, 1984), Segovia (Spain, 1986), Erice (Italy,
1990), Granada (Spain, 1991, VII SPOA), Evian (France, 1992), Delft (Holland, 1994, in
honour of Thomas Jan Stiltjes Jr. (1856-1894)), Sevilla (Spain, 1997, VIII SPOA) and Patra
(Greece, 1999, in honour of Theodore Chihara). It covers the field of orthogonal
polynomials and special functions and their applications in the other areas of
mathematics, physics and other sciences. This Symposium is a forum for presentation and
discussion of all aspects of orthogonal polynomials and special functions, ranging from
the fundamental to the applied.
The aim of the Symposium is to provide a common meeting
ground for specialists in orthogonal polynomials, special functions and related topics,
such as moment problems, rational approximation, matrix orthogonal polynomials, Sobolev
orthogonal polynomials as well as in the rich variety of scientific applications of these
objects.
The scientific program includes plenary lectures and
research seminars. An approximate timetable will be given in the third circular, which
will be sent to all those who register for the Symposium. The final program will be given
on the registration desk on June 17 (Sunday).
INVITED SPEAKERS
There will be 8 plenary lectures and around 100 research
seminars or contributed talks organized into parallel sessions. The time assigned for a
plenary lecture is 60 minutes (50' for presentation and 10' for discussion); research
seminars are assigned 25 minutes (20' for presentation and 5' for discussion). All
participants are invited to submit a 25-minutes research seminar; please send us a short
abstract (not more than 15 - 20 lines) of your talk in TEX or LATEX format not later than March
31, 2001. In order to simplify our work, please send your file with filename surname.tex, using your surname, shortened if necessary (not more than 8 characters).
The invited speakers are:
- R. Askey (University of Wisconsin - USA)
- C. Dunkl (University of Virginia - USA)
- À. Elbert (Academy of Sciences Budapest - Hungary)
- D. Sattinger (Utah State University - USA)
- D. Stanton (University of Minnesota - USA)
- S. K. Suslov (Arizona State University - USA)
- N. Temme (C.W.I. - Netherlands)
- W. Van Assche (K.U. Leuven - Belgium)
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The book of abstracts will be distributed to the
participants upon the registration at the Symposium desk. The proceedings of the Symposium
will be published on an important international mathematics journal (more details will be
given in the third circular).
REGISTRATION FEES AND ACCOMMODATION
Althought the deadline for registration has expired, we are still accepting new registrations without any additional fee, UNTIL MARCH 31. Please complete the enclosed registration form and return it as soon as possible
via Internet.
You may also send it via air mail to the Symposium mailing
address
Sixth International Symposium on Orthogonal Polynomials, Special Functions and
their Applications.
Dipartimento di Matematica Università Roma Tre
Largo S. Leonardo Murialdo, 1
00146 ROMA (Italy)
tel. ++390654888025, ++390654888008; fax ++390654888072.
The following fees are applicable for the Symposium:
- Participants Euro 280.00
- Students (under formal verification) Euro 120.00
- After April 1, all participants and students (not accompanying
persons) must pay an additional fee of Euro 60.00 for late registration.
- Accompanying persons Euro 120.00
Participant's and student's fee includes:
- transportation from the airport "Leonardo da Vinci" to the
hotel and vice versa;
- admission to the Symposium;
- Symposium documents;
- book of abstracts;
- Symposium Proceedings;
- official reception / welcome drink;
- lunch in the hotel from Tuesday to Friday;
- guided visit to Roma's surroundings;
- other social events being studied.
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Accompanying person's fee includes:
- transportation from the airport "Leonardo da Vinci" to the
hotel and vice versa;
- official reception / welcome drink;
- guided visit to Roma's surroundings;
- other social events being studied.
Cancellation must be made in writing to the Organizing
Committee.
The following rules will apply:
- cancellation received before April 15, 2001: 80% refund;
- cancellation received before May 25, 2001: 50% refund;
- cancellation received from May 25, 2001 on: no refund.
OFFICIAL INVITATIONS
In special cases, the Organizing Committee will send a
personal invitation for participation to the Symposium. It should be understood that such
an invitation is not a commitment on the part of the organizers to provide any financial
support
SYMPOSIUM SITE
The Symposium will take place at the Hotel SATELLITE
PALACE, located at Lido di Ostia (Roma). Some beaches (both bathing establishments and
free beaches) are easily accessible from the hotel. Participants who reach Roma by air
will have a free transportation from the International Airport "Leonardo da
Vinci" to the hotel by a bus of the hotel "Satellite Palace".
The centre of Roma may be easily reached from the
Symposium site, since a new station (Lido di Ostia Nord) of the railway Roma Porta S.
Paolo - Lido di Ostia, located near the hotel (less than 5' on foot), was opened a few
months ago. During the night a bus substitutes the train, so it is possible to return to
the hotel at any time.
On your arrival to the hotel you may buy at the
information desk a weekly card (at the cost of lire 24000 = Euro 12.40) which allows you
to travel on every bus, tram, metro, train in Roma and Lido di Ostia (it is very useful if
you are thinking to go often to the centre of Roma or to the beach). The weekly card is
not valid on the blue buses of company "COTRAL" connecting Lido di Ostia to the
Airport of Fiumicino.
You may also buy some tickets "B.I.T." which
allows you to travel on bus, tram, train and metro for 75'. The cost of each ticket is 1500 lire (Euro
0.77).
SOCIAL PROGRAM
There will be an official reception with welcome drink
and lunch on Monday 18, a guided visit to Roma's surroundings and the Conference Banquet
on Wednesday 20. Also, we are preparing a musical entertainment.
DEADLINES
Registration must be received before April
1, 2001. After sending the form, please pay your registration fee as
soon as possible. Abstracts of plenary lectures and of research seminars must be
received before March 31, 2001.
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