Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 1, Number 9 July 15, 2002 Today's editor: Angel Jorba Today's topics: Conference, New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications Conference in commemoration of Nikolai N. Polyakhov Conferences, 4th DSDE concluded & 5th DSDE announced Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 167:3-4 Submissions to nls-net must be addressed to: Comments and suggestions are also welcome. General information about nls-net can be found at: http://www.maia.ub.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nls-net/ This is a service created and maintained in collaboration with the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) http://www.aimsciences.org/ ------ Subject: Conference, New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications From: "Pini Gurfil" Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:53:48 -0400 **************************************************** * NEW CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS * **************************************************** We are happy to announce a new and exciting international conference on astrodynamics and applications entitled "New Trends in Astrodynamics and Applications" Sponsored by NASA Headquarters and Princeton University Location: The Inn and Convention Center at The Univ. of Maryland, College Park Dates: January 20,21,22,23 2003 Organizing Committee: Ed Belbruno, Pini Gurfil, Robert Vanderbei (Princeton University) David Folta (NASA Goddard) Topics include: low energy transfers, use of chaos techniques, low thrust, ballistic capture, Lagrange point dynamics, orbit optimization, missions - past, present, future Topics also include high energy non-chemical propulsion, dynamical astronomy, and space policy issues. Abstract submittal deadline: November 1, 2002 For complete details including invited speakers please see the web site http://www.math.princeton.edu/astrocon ------ Subject: Conference in commemoration of Nikolai N. Polyakhov From: "Andrei L. Smirnov" Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2 20:47:15 +0400 First Announcement Dear Sir/Madam, The international scientific conference on Mechanics "The Third Polyakhov readings" in commemoration of Professor Nikolai N. Polyakhov (1906-1987) will be held on the basis of the Mathematics and Mechanics Department of Saint Petersburg State University on the first dates of February, 2003. Organizers of the conference: - RF Ministry of Education, - Saint Petersburg State University - Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University - Baltic State Technical University The conference is dedicated to the new scientific and scientific-methodic results in mechanics. The topics of the conference are: I. Theoretical and applied Mechanics II. Dynamics of Flight III. Mechanics of Fluids and Gases IV. Mechanics of Solids V. History of Mechanics The conference working languages are Russian and English. The scientific program will consist of plenary lectures and oral presentations. Conference proceedings will be published before the conference. If you have an interest in any aspect of these areas, you are warmly invited to participate in the conference. Please send us a Registration Form (Registration Form is enclosed) and an Abstract of your paper (1 page prepared using LaTeX). The Registration Form must be sent to the Organization Committee before June,15, 2002 and the Abstract before September,10, 2002. Registration fee is $150 for participant ($50 for attendants). Details of the registration fee payment, registration and accommodation will appear in the Second Announcement. The Organization Committee will send the Second Announcement after receiving the Registration Forms. Registration Forms and electronic version of the Abstract must be sent by e-mail: iap@iap.usr.pu.ru Contact address: 198504 Saint Petersburg, University av., 28, Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of Saint Petersburg State University, Phone: (812) 428 69 98 Conference Web-page: http://www.robotics.ru/polyakh.htm For further information, please, contact Ass. Prof. Inna Pasynkova, Conference Secretary iap@iap.usr.pu.ru ------ Subject: Conferences, 4th DSDE concluded & 5th DSDE announced From: "Shouchuan Hu" Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 06:20:35 -0500 The Fourth International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, May 24-27, 2002, Wilmington, NC, USA, was concluded with huge success. The meeting attracted over 430, a record number, prominent mathematicians and scientists in these specialized fields from over forty countries. The conference proceedings will be published as an expanded edition of the journal Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (see http://AIMsciences.org). This Conference Series is organized by AIMS. The fifth conference will take place at Los Angeles in the summer of 2004. Details can be found at http://AIMsciences.org ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 167:3-4 From: cdmailer@elsevier.co.uk Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:48:18 +0100 (BST) For more information about this journal visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jnlnr/05224 Two-dimensional solitary pulses in driven diffractive-diffusive complex Ginzburg-Landau equations H. Sakaguchi, B.A. Malomed pp 123-135 Active TM mode envelope soliton propagation in a nonlinear nematic waveguide C.G. Reimbert, C.E. Garza-Hume, A.A. Minzoni, N.F. Smyth pp 136-152 The evolution of reaction-diffusion waves in a class of scalar reaction-diffusion equations: algebraic decay rates J.A. Leach, D.J. Needham, A.L. Kay pp 153-182 Chaotic mixing and transport in wavy Taylor-Couette flow A. Akonur, R.M. Lueptow pp 183-196 An algorithm to generate canonical transformations: application to normal forms A. Haro pp 197-217 A Galerkin approach to electronic near-degeneracies in molecular systems M.A. Porter, R.L. Liboff pp 218-247 Cumulative author index to volumes 161-167 pp 248-249 Index of authors and papers to volume 167 pp 250-251