Digest of the Non Linear Science Network, Volume 08, Number 12 July 1, 2008 Editor: Angel Jorba Topics: Centennial Statistical Mechanics Conference PhD Studentship on reaction-diffusion equations AstroNet Vacant Positions Research positions in Portugal Multiple positions at North Carolina State University Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 237:9 Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 237:13 Contents, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 5:3 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 1:3 Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 6:2 Contents, Dynamical Systems: An International Journal 23:2 Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 10:2/3 Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 4:3 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: Centennial Statistical Mechanics Conference From: Joel Lebowitz Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:30:01 -0400 Dear Colleagues, This is an early invitation to the next Statistical Mechanics Conference, the 100th, which will take place at Rutgers University, December 13-16, 2008. The theme of this meeting will be: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD: A CELEBRATION OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS. This will be an occasion to review past and current developments in the broad field of statistical mechanics and contemplate the future of our subject. More details will be sent early in the Fall. I very much hope that you will be able to participate and look forward to seeing you here. With all best wishes, Joel L. Lebowitz PS. If you have reminiscences, material from old meetings, or suggestions for this centennial meeting, please let me hear from you. ------ Subject: PhD Studentship on reaction-diffusion equations From: "Muntean, A." Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:09:41 +0200 One 4-year PhD studentship "Reaction-diffusion equations on multiple spatial scales" is available in Applied Analysis at CASA Centre for Analysis, Scientific computing and Applications, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands: closing date 15th July. For details, see http://vacatures-v2.tue.nl/Vacature.aspx?Vacaturenummer=V%2032.023&Taal=English Adrian Muntean ------ Subject: AstroNet Vacant Positions From: Gerard Gomez Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:54:56 +0200 AstroNet Vacant Positions Within the AstroNet Marie-Curie training network there are two vacant Early Stage Researcher positions at Universitat Paderborn and at Middle East Technical University. For more information see: http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/astronet/astronet_teams.html ------ Subject: Research positions in Portugal From: Luis Barreira Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:21:44 +0100 (WEST) The Center for Mathematical Analysis, Geometry and Dynamical Systems (http://camgsd.math.ist.utl.pt) offers 3 research positions in the fields of differential equations and dynamical systems; geometry and topology (including string theory and mathematical physics). Duties of the positions are engaging in high level research activities, also in interaction with members of the Center, and participating actively in its seminars and other scientific events. The contract will have the duration of up to 5 years, with an evaluation after two and a half years. The annual gross income before taxes is approx. 3000 Eur x 14 months. APPLICANTS Applicants should have obtained a PhD in Mathematics, or in a related area relevant to the scientific interests of the faculty of the Center. Candidates should have a high quality research record and at least 3 years of post-doctoral research experience. HOW TO APPLY By email to the Director of the Center at camgsd@math.ist.utl.pt with pdf files of: -Identification of the candidate -Curriculum Vitae -3 Letters of Reference (sent directly by their under signers) -Description of Research Project (of no more than 1000 words). Reprints, preprints and/or a dissertation abstract may also be sent at discretion. ------ Subject: Multiple positions at North Carolina State University From: "C. T. Kelley" Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:25:11 -0400 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Department of Mathematics The Mathematics Department at North Carolina State University invites applications for up to three tenure-track, rank-open, positions beginning Fall 2009. We seek individuals whose research focuses on interdisciplinary mathematics. Two focus areas are applications to energy and the environment. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in the mathematical sciences, a record of successful postdoctoral experience, experience in interdisciplinary research, and a commitment to effective teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Senior-level applicants must demonstrate a strong record of grant support and advising of Ph.D. students. The Department of Mathematics has strong research programs in both applied and pure mathematics. Many members of the department lead interdisciplinary research programs at both the local and national levels. More information about the department can be found at http://www.math.ncsu.edu. To submit your application materials, go to www.mathjobs.org/jobs/ncsu. Include a vita, at least three letters of recommendation, and a description of current and planned research. You will then be given instructions to go to http://jobs.ncsu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=81073 and complete a Faculty Profile for the position. Write to math-jobs@math.ncsu.edu for questions concerning this position. NC State University is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. In addition, NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation. The College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences welcomes the opportunity to work with candidates to identify suitable employment opportunities for spouses or partners. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2008. ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 237:9 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:55:37 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 237, Issue 9, Pages 1157-1316 (1 July 2008) Novel Computing Paradigms: Quo Vadis? Edited by C. Teuscher, I. Nemenman and F.J. Alexander http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2008-997629990-692264 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) Editorial Board Page IFC 2) Novel computing paradigms: Quo vadis? Pages v-viii C. Teuscher, I. Nemenman and F.J. Alexander 3) The neglected pillar of material computation Pages 1157-1164 Susan Stepney 4) Towards molecular computers that operate in a biological environment Pages 1165-1172 Maya Kahan, Binyamin Gil, Rivka Adar and Ehud Shapiro 5) Computation in finitary stochastic and quantum processes Pages 1173-1195 Karoline Wiesner and James P. Crutchfield 6) Reliable computing with unreliable components: Using separable environments to stabilize long-term information storage Pages 1196-1206 M.A. Nugent, R. Porter and G.T. Kenyon 7) Analog-symbolic memory that tracks via reconsolidation Pages 1207-1214 Hava T. Siegelmann 8) Analog computation through high-dimensional physical chaotic neuro-dynamics Pages 1215-1225 Yoshihiko Horio and Kazuyuki Aihara 9) Statistical physics on cellular neural network computers Pages 1226-1234 M. Ercsey-Ravasz, T. Roska and Z. Neda 10) The nature of the Extended Analog Computer Pages 1235-1256 Jonathan W. Mills 11) Physical limits of inference Pages 1257-1281 David H. Wolpert 12) The foundation of self-developing blob machines for spatial computing Pages 1282-1301 Frederic Gruau, Christine Eisenbeis and Luidnel Maignan 13) Topological rewriting and the geometrization of programming Pages 1302-1314 Jean-Louis Giavitto and Antoine Spicher 14) Index of authors and papers to this volume Pages 1315-1316 ------ Subject: Contents, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena 237:13 From: ScienceDirect Message Center Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:37:09 -0400 * Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena Volume 237, Issue 13, Pages 1689-1824 (1 August 2008) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5537-2008-997629986-692820 1) Compound windows of the Henon-map Pages 1689-1704 Edward N. Lorenz 2) Frequency analysis with coupled nonlinear oscillators Pages 1705-1718 Jonas Buchli, Ludovic Righetti and Auke Jan Ijspeert 3) Strongly modulated response in forced 2DOF oscillatory system with essential mass and potential asymmetry Pages 1719-1733 Y. Starosvetsky and O.V. Gendelman 4) Multistability and multiperiodicity of delayed Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with a general class of activation functions Pages 1734-1749 Jinde Cao, Gang Feng and Yanyan Wang 5) Spectral stability analysis for periodic traveling wave solutions of NLS and CGL perturbations Pages 1750-1772 T. Ivey and S. Lafortune 6) Hopf saddle-node bifurcation for fixed points of 3D-diffeomorphisms: Analysis of a resonance `bubble' Pages 1773-1799 Henk Broer, Carles Simo and Renato Vitolo 7) A quantum mechanics-based approach to model incident-induced dynamic driver behavior Pages 1800-1814 Jiuh-Biing Sheu 8) An investigation into the linear and nonlinear correlation of two music walk sequences Pages 1815-1824 Zhi-Yuan Su, Tzuyin Wu, Yeng-Tseng Wang and Hsin-Yi Huang ------ Subject: Contents, Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 5:3 From: kuang Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:25:29 -0700 MBE content of Volume 5, Number 3, July, 2008 http://www.mbejournal.org/StaticLinks/Vol-5-No-3.htm Akinori Awazu, Input-dependent wave propagations in asymmetric cellular automata: possible behaviors of feed-forward loop in biological reaction network, pp. 419 -427. Luis F. Gordillo, Stephen A. Marion and Priscilla E. Greenwood, The effect of patterns of infectiousness on epidemic size, pp. 429 -435. Abba B. Gumel and Baojun Song, Existence of multiple-stable equilibria for a multi-drug-resistant model of mycobacterium tuberculosis, pp. 437 -455. Shingo Iwami, Shinji Nakaoka and Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Mathematical analysis of a HIV model with frequency dependence and viral diversity, pp. 457 -476. Guichen Lu and Zhengyi Lu, Permanence for two-species Lotka-Volterra cooperative systems with delays, pp. 477 -484. Gesham Magombedze, Winston Garira and Eddie Mwenje, Modelling the immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 infection and the effect of multidrug therapy: The role of fusion inhibitors in HAART, pp. 485 -504. Fabio Augusto Milner and Ruijun Zhao, A deterministic model of schistosomiasis with spatial structure, pp. 505 -522. Arni S. R. Srinivasa Rao, Modeling the rapid spread of avian influenza (H5N1) in India, pp. 523 -537. Alain Rapaport and Jerome Harmand, Biological control of the chemostat with nonmonotonic response and different removal rates, pp. 539 -547. Ivo Siekmann, Horst Malchow and Ezio Venturino, An extension of the Beretta-Kuang model of viral diseases, pp. 549 -565. G. A. K. van Voorn, D. Stiefs, T. Gross, B. W. Kooi, U. Feudel and S. A. L. M. Kooijman, Stabilization due to predator interference: Comparison of different analysis approaches, pp. 567 -583. Christine K. Yang and Fred Brauer, Calculation of R0 for age-of-infection models, pp. 585 -599. ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series S 1:3 From: Liwei Ning Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:06 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series S (DCDS-S) Volume: 1, Number: 3, September 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsS/all-issues.jsp Thomas Alazard pages{365--404} A minicourse on the low Mach number limit Camillo De Lellis pages{405--426} ODEs with Sobolev coefficients: the eulerian and the lagrangian approach Eduard Feireisl, Josef M\'{a}lek and Anton\'{\i}n Novotn\'{y} pages{427--460} Navier's slip and incompressible limits in domains with variable bottoms Isabelle Gallagher pages{461--480} A mathematical review of the analysis of the betaplane model and equatorial waves Herbert Koch pages{481--504} Partial differential equations with non-Euclidean geometries ------ Subject: Contents, Communications in Mathematical Sciences 6:2 From: Communications in Math Sciences Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:51:42 -0500 Communications in Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Vol 6, No. 2, June 2008 full articles are online at www.intlpress.com/CMS * An asymptotically stable scheme for diffusive coagulation-fragmentation models F. Filbet * Multiscale hierarchical decomposition of images with applications to deblurring, denoising, and segmentation E. Tadmor, S. Nezzar, and L. Vese * The Willmore functional and instabilities in the Cahn-Hilliard equation M. Burger, S.-Y. Chu, P.A. Markowich, and C.-B. Schonlieb * Time reversal of waves in a weakly perturbed random medium D.G. Alfaro Vigo, K. Solna * Local smooth solutions of the incompressible K-. model and the low turbulent diffusion limit J. Mathiaud * A reduced model for internal waves interacting with topography at intermediate depth A. Ruiz de Zarate and A. Nachbin * A simple model for biological aggregation with asymmetric sensing P.A. Milewski and X. Yang *The parabolic-parabolic Keller-Segel model in R2 V. Calvez and L. Corrias * Superpositions and higher order Gaussian beams N.M. Tanushev * On the Bakry-Emery criterion for linear diffusions and weighted porous media equations J. Dolbeault, B. Nazaret, and G. Savare * Global existence of solutions to the Einstein equations with cosmological constant for a perfect relativistic fluid on a Blanchi type-I space-time N. Noutchegeume and L.R. Gadjou Tamghe * Perron-Frobenius theorem for nonnegative tensors K.C. Chang, K. Pearson, T. Zhang * The drift-flux asymptotic limit of barotropic two-phase two-pressure models A. Ambroso, C. Chalons, F. Coquel, T. Gali.E. Godlewski, P.A. Raviart, and N. Seguin ------ Subject: Contents, Dynamical Systems: An International Journal 23:2 From: "Sternberg, Zoe" Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:46:28 +0100 Dynamical Systems: An International Journal Volume 23 Issue 2 is now available online at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=g794400743~db=all This new issue contains the following articles: Partial classification of heteroclinic behaviour associated with the perturbation of hexagonal planforms Pages 137 - 162 Authors: M. J. Parker; I. N. Stewart; M. G. M. Gomes New arbitrary-parameter families of centres for polynomial vector fields of arbitrary degree Pages 163 - 166 Author: Claudia Valls Patterns on growing square domains via mode interactions Pages 167 - 206 Authors: Adela Comanici; Martin Golubitsky Normal Lyapunov exponents and asymptotically stable attractors Pages 207 - 218 Authors: Lan Xu; Beimei Chen; Yun Zhao; Yongluo Cao Transverse intersection of invariant manifolds in perturbed multi-symplectic systems Pages 219 - 256 Authors: Konstantin B. Blyuss; Gianne Derks ------ Subject: Contents, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series B 10:2/3 From: Liwei Ning Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:33:56 -0500 Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems Series B (DCDS-B) Volume: 10, Number: 2/3, September/October 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/dcdsB/dcdsb_online.jsp We offer one month free online access to the full paper of this special issue. Here bellow is the login information: User name: B1023 Password: free Primitivo Acosta-Hum\'anez and David Bl\'azquez-Sanz pages{265--293} Non-ntegrability of some hamiltonians with rational potentials I. Baldoma\'a and A. Haro pages{295--322} One dimensional invariant manifolds of Gevrey type in real-analytic maps I. Baldom\'{a} and T. M. Seara pages{323--347} The inner equation for generic analytic unfoldings of the Hopf-zero singularity Stefanella Boatto pages{349--376} Curvature perturbations and stability of a ring of vortices P. Bonckaert and P. De Maesschalck pages{377--400} Gevrey and analytic local models for families of vector fields Henk Broer and Renato Vitolo pages{401--419} Dynamical systems modeling of low-frequency variability in low-order atmospheric models Alain Chenciner and Jacques F{\'e}joz pages{421--438} The flow of the equal-mass spatial 3-body problem in the neighborhood of the equilateral relative equilibrium Pablo~M.~Cincotta, Claudia~M.~Giordano and J.~C.~Muzzio pages{439--454} Global dynamics in a self--consistent model of elliptical galaxy Amadeu Delshams, Josep Masdemont and Pablo~Rold\'an pages{455--483} Computing the scattering map in the spatial Hill's problem Isaac A. Garc\' \i a, Jaume Gin\'e and Jaume Llibre pages{485--494} Li\'enard and Riccati differential equations related via Lie Algebras Armengol Gasull, H\'ector Giacomini and Maite Grau pages{495--509} On the stability of periodic orbits for differential systems in $\mathbb{R}^n$ Vassili Gelfreich and Carles Sim\'o pages{511--536} High-precision computations of divergent asymptotic series and homoclinic phenomena \`Angel Jorba and Joan Carles Tatjer pages{537--567} A mechanism for the fractalization of invariant curves in quasi-periodically forced 1-D maps Samuel R. Kaplan, Mark Levy and Richard Montgomery pages{569--595} Making the moon reverse its orbit, or, stuttering in the planar three-body problem Rafael de la Llave, Michael Shub and Carles Sim\'o pages{597--608} Entropy estimates for a family of expanding maps of the circle Richard Moeckel pages{609--620} A topological existence proof for the Schubart orbits in the collinear three-body problem Anatoly Neishtadt, Carles Sim\'o, Dmitry Treschev and Alexei Vasiliev pages{621--650} Periodic orbits and stability islands in chaotic seas created by separatrix crossings in slow-fast systems Rafael Ortega pages{651--659} Trivial dynamics for a class of analytic homeomorphisms of the plane Rafael Ortega pages{651--659} Trivial dynamics for a class of analytic homeomorphisms of the plane Rafael O. Ruggiero pages{661--679} On the density of mechanical Lagrangians in $T^{2}$ without continuous invariant graphs in all supercritical energy levels Carles~Sim\'o and Dmitri~Treschev pages{681--698} Stability islands in the vicinity of separatrices of near-integrable symplectic maps Andrea Venturelli pages{699--717} A Variational proof of the existence of Von Schubart's orbit Hicham Zmarrou and Ale Jan Homburg pages{719--731} Dynamics and bifurcations of random circle diffeomorphisms ------ Subject: Contents, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization 4:3 From: Liwei Ning Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:43:37 -0500 Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization (JIMO) Volume: 4, Number: 3, August 2008 http://aimsciences.org/journals/jimo/contents.jsp We offer one month free online access to the full paper of this special issue. Here bellow is the login information: User name: JIMO43 Password: free Ye Chen, Keith W. Hipel and D. Marc Kilgour pages{407--423} A multiple criteria sequential sorting procedure Reetabrata Mookherjee, Benjamin F. Hobbs, Terry L. Friesz and Matthew A. Rigdon pages{425--452} Dynamic oligopolistic competition on an electric power network with ramping costs and joint sales constraints Danthai Thongphiew, Vira Chankong, Fang-Fang Yin and Q. Jackie Wu pages{453--475} An on-line adaptive radiation therapy system for intensity modulated radiation therapy: An application of multi-objective optimization Andrew P. Sage pages{477--487} Risk in system of systems engineering and management Joost R. Santos pages{489--510} Interdependency analysis with multiple probabilistic sector inputs James H. Lambert, Benjamin L. Schulte and Nilesh N. Joshi pages{511--533} Multiple criteria intelligence tracking for detecting extremes from sequences of risk incidents Lan Yi, Zhongfei Li and Duan Li pages{535--552} Multi-period portfolio selection for asset-liability management with uncertain investment horizon Xiaojiao Tong, Felix F. Wu and Jifeng Su pages{553--563} Quadratic approximation and visualization of online contract-based available transfer capability region of power systems Gaohang Yu, Lutai Guan and Guoyin Li pages{565--579} Global convergence of modified Polak-Ribi\`{e}re-Polyak conjugate gradient methods with sufficient descent property Xiaodong Liu and Wanquan Liu pages{581--609} The framework of axiomatics fuzzy sets based fuzzy classifiers Behrouz Kheirfam and Kamal Mirnia pages{611--616} Comments on ``Generalized support set invariancy sensitivity analysis in linear optimization" Hongming Yang, C. Y. Chung, Xiaojiao Tong and Pingping Bing pages{617--630} Research on dynamic equilibrium of power market with complex network constraints based on nonlinear complementarity function Tapabrata Ray and Ruhul Sarker pages{631--646} EA for solving combined machine layout and job assignment problems