2001: A Mathematics Odyssey

a conference

on the analytic theory of continued fractions, orthogonal functions,

rational approximation and related topics

Mesa State College

Grand Junction, Colorado, USA

August 6-10, 2001

A Celebration of the 70^th birthday of William B. Jones

Professor Emeritus

University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Sponsored by the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the Office of Academic Affairs at Mesa State College

Organizers

Cathy Bonan-Hamada Phil Gustafson

[email protected] [email protected]

Phone: 970-248-1838 Phone: 970-248-1176

Postal Address: Cathy Bonan-Hamada and Phil Gustafson, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Mesa State College, 1100 North Ave, Grand Junction, CO, 81501, USA

Scientific Program

Plenary Lectures by Annie Cuyt

Lisa Lorentzen

Olav Njåstad

Walter Van Assche

Haakon Waadeland

Confirmed Participants

Eliana X. L. De Andrade, Cathy Bonan-Hamada, Adhemar Bultheel, Sandy Cooper, Cathleen Craviotto, Annie Cuyt, David Field, Karl Gustafson, Phil Gustafson, Brian Hagler, William B. Jones, L. J. Lange, Alan G. Law, Xin Li, Lisa Lorentzen, Peggy Magnus, John McCabe, Olav Njåstad, Vigdis Petersen, Tom Pickett, A. Sri Ranga, Walter Reid, Ragnhild J. Rensaa, Hans-J. Runckel, W. J. Thron, Walter Van Assche, Brigitte Verdonk, Haakon Waadeland

Location of Talks

All regularly scheduled conference talks will be given in SL110, Saccomanno Lecture Hall, located across from the elevators near the middle east entrance to the Wubben-Science buildings. See campus map for more details.

Getting to Campus

Hawthorn Suites is located on Main Street between 2^nd Street and 3^rd Street. Participants staying at Hawthorn Suites can either drive to campus or catch the Grand Valley Transit (GVT). A map/schedule for GVT is included in the conference materials. If you choose to ride GVT, you should catch the Red Route to campus and the Blue Route back to the hotel. If you choose to drive to campus, drive east on Main Street, turn left on 12^th Street and drive 10 blocks to North Avenue. Mesa State College is located on the Northwest corner of the intersection of 12^th Street and North Avenue.

Parking (Art Kent x1912)

Free parking is available on both sides of College Place, the street bordering the west side of campus. On-campus parking is available to conference participants on a restricted basis. If you have previously notified the conference organizers that you will be driving a car, then you should find a parking permit enclosed in your check-in materials. Otherwise, please contact one of the conference organizers for a permit. Parking permits allow parking in specified parking lots only, so please be sure to consult the enclosed parking map.

Computer Lab Access

The computer lab in Wubben 145 (W145) has been reserved for use from 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday. To use the computers, you will need to log in. At the start up log-in prompt, enter Wub145 as the log-in name, leave the password line blank, and click OK. Many software applications are available for use through the campus Novell network, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Maple; and Netscape. If you find the rooms locked, please notify one of the organizers.

Reserved Rooms

We have reserved two classrooms from 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday-Friday, for those participants who would like a quiet place to work. Those classrooms are W198 and W199, and they are located in the same building as the Saccomanno Lecture Hall. If you find the rooms locked, please notify one of the organizers.

Lunch

For those participants who have chosen and paid for lunch on campus, lunch will be served in the Campbell College Center from 12:00pm-1:00pm. Participants who have chosen to eat lunch off campus will find several fast food restaurants nearby and other restaurants a short drive away. Feel free to ask the organizers for suggestions.

Campus Meal Plan

For those participants who have chosen and paid for the campus meal plan, meal hours are as follows:

Breakfast: 8:00am-9:00am, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Dinner: 5:30pm on Monday, August 6

6:00pm on Wednesday, August 8

5:00pm on Friday, August 10

All meals will be located in the Campbell College Center.

Reception (Monday, 4:30-5:30)

A conference reception, hosted by the Office of Academic Affairs, will be held on Monday, from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, in the courtyard hallway opposite Saccomanno Lecture Hall. The reception will start after the last talk of the day.

Dinner Hosted by Bill and Martha Jones (Tuesday, 6:00pm)

Bill and Martha Jones will host a dinner on Tuesday, starting at 6:00 pm, at the Eagle Café (225 N. 5^th Street). The Eagle Café is a short walk from Hawthorn Suites. Simply walk east on Main Street for 2.5 blocks and then turn left on 5^th Street for 1.5 blocks. The Eagle Café is located on the ground floor of the Alpine Bank building, the tallest building in Grand Junction. The organizers will provide rides for those participants who choose not to walk.

Participants staying on campus will be picked up in front of Monument Hall at 5:40pm.

A cash bar will be available.

Excursion (Wednesday afternoon)

Excursion vans will pick up participants in front of Monument Hall at 1:00pm and in front of Hawthorn Suites at 1:20pm. Participants who have chosen to have lunch on campus may want to catch the excursion vans on campus instead of at the hotel. Tours are approximately three hours long. You may want to carry sunscreen, a snack and/or beverage with you.

Conference Dinner (Thursday, 7:00pm) and Conference Photo (Thursday, 6:30pm)

The conference dinner will be held at the Piñon Grill, which is located at Tiara Rado Golf Course. Participants will be picked up in front of Monument Hall at 6:00pm and in front of Hawthorn Suites at 6:10pm.

If you plan to drive to the conference dinner, please notify the organizers!! For participants who choose to drive to the dinner from Hawthorn Suites, go west on Main Street for 1.5 blocks, turn right on 1^st Street. At the second stop light turn left on Grand Avenue (this street name immediately changes to Broadway which is also Highway 340). Stay on this road for a little over 3 miles. Turn left at the traffic light at S. Broadway/Redlands Parkway. Stay on this road for approximately 2 miles. The golf course will be on your left. To drive from campus, take 12^th Street south to Grand Avenue. Turn right on Grand Ave. and then follow the directions above.

The conference photo will be taken at 6:30pm, immediately before dinner, at the Tiara Rado Golf Course. If you would like a copy of the conference photo, you must pay for the photo at the time of the photo shoot. You may choose an 8´10 photo for $10 or a 5´7 photo for $8. International participants must add $2 for postage.

Money Exchange

It is difficult and expensive to exchange money in Grand Junction. The organizers have been able to find only one bank that will exchange money. If you must exchange money in Grand Junction, you can do so only at the Alpine Bank which is located at 709 Horizon Drive. You must exchange a minimum of $50 and will be charged a flat fee of $15 plus an additional 15% for money exchange. At the bank, ask for Brenda Bryants or Kember Langner.

Proceedings

Proceedings from the conference will be published as a special issue of Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics. The papers will be subject to the standard editorial process of this journal. You can submit your paper to any one of the organizers. The deadline for submitting manuscripts is September 30, 2001. All conference participants will receive a copy of the proceedings. The web page for RMJM is given below, and contains a link for author information. See http://math.la.asu.edu/~rmmc/rmj/all.htm