The Computer Algebra Group at Simon Fraser

CAG Schedule for 2004


January

12 Michael Monagan: Algorithms for Polynomial GCD Computation over Algebraic Function Fields.
15 Mark Watkins: Solving Systems of Polynomial Equations via a Multiple p-adic Newton Iteration.
26 Jeffrey Farr: Computing Grobner Bases for Vanishing Ideals of Finite Sets of Points



February

 2 Greg Fee: The Hermite and Smith normal forms of integer matrices.
 9 Edgardo Cheb-Terrab: Travelling wave solutions of non-linear systems of PDE.
16 No Meeting: Spring Break
23 No Meeting: Another Break


March

 1 Roman Pearce: Computing in k[x1,...,xn]/I
    Allan Wittkopf: Zippel's Sparse Modular GCD Algorithm.
10 Peter Borwein: The Seven Million Dollar Millennium Prize Problems 
   (in K9509 @ 3:30pm)
12 Robert Corless: Computational Complexity of Initial Value Problems.
   (in K9509 @ 10:30am)
22 Edgardo Cheb-Terrab: New closed form pFq hypergeometric solutions for families of the
   General, Confluent and Bi-Confluent Heun differential equations.
24 Juergen Gerhard: New Features in Maple 9.5
   (in K9509 @ 3:30pm)
29 Jennifer de Kleine: Zippel's algorithm for the non-monic case.




May

6-7 MOCAA '04 University of Waterloo, Waterloo.
 8  ECCAD '04 Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo.
20  Robert Corless: The Lambert W Function in Science, Room AQ 3181, 1:00-2:30pm.




June

  2   Jeff Farr: A Grobner Walk Implementation in Maple
10-12 MITACS 5th AGM, Dalhousie University, Halifax.
13-15 CMS Summer Meeting, Dalhousie Unviersity, Halifax.
 21   Michael Monagan: Pseudo-Random Number Generators in Maple




July

 4-7  ISSAC '04, University of Canabria, Santander, Spain.
 5-9  Workshop on Computational Arithmetic Geometry, SFU, Vancouver.
11-14 Maple Summer Workshop '04, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo
 19   Edgardo Cheb-Terrab: Linear ODEs, singularities and non-local transformations.
      Michael Monagan: Sharp Estimates for Triangular Sets (Xavier Dahan & Erich Schost)
 27   CECM Day '04, Halpbern Centre, SFU
      George Labahn: Solving Linear ODEs with periodic or doubly-periodic coefficients. [Adobe PDF]
      Michael Monagan & Allan Wittkopf: What's new in Maple: Release 9.5 [Maple 9 Worksheet]




August

  3  Roman Pearce: Postponed until Fall 2004.
9-13 MAPLE Course: Teaching and Doing Mathematics with Maple. 
       Course Brochure: PDF DOC,  
       Room K9509, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver.




September

 15  Roman Pearce: A Fast Algorithm for Computing the Radical
 20  John Mckay: The meaning of  196884 = 196883 + 1  (part I)
 29  Juergen Gerhard (3:30pm, K9509): What's new in Maple.




October

  5  Allan Wittkopf (11:00am in K9509): PhD Defense.
       Algorithms and Implementations for Differential Elimination
  6  Xiao-Shan Gao (3:30pm in K9509): Conversion Between Implicit
       and Parametric Representation of Differential Varieties
 25  MITACS project meeting. 




November

  1  Edgardo Cheb-Terrab: Numerical evaluation of Heun functions 
     Heun.mws (Maple 9 classic worksheet)
 15  MITACS project meeting.
 22  Yury Brychkov: Differentiation of special functions
       with respect to their parameters and applications.
 29  NSERC project meeting.

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