List 43: 1 March 1996
The main purpose of this list is to enable other institutions to invite visitors to spend time with them. Anyone wishing to issue such an invitation should do so through the principal contact person. The information for each item is arranged as follows: Name of visitor; home institution; whether accompanied; principal field of interest; dates of visit; principal host institution; principal contact person; comments.
Professor Dan Archdeacon; Dept of Maths and Stats, University of Vermont, USA; accompanied by 14 yr old son; combinatorics; 27 January to 4 April 1996; University of Auckland; Dr Paul Bonnington.
Professor Fan Chung; University of Pennsylvania; husband (Ron Graham); graph theory; 9-13 December 1996; University of Auckland; Professor Marston Conder.
Dr Paul Dale; Department of Mathematics, Oxford University; ; Math biology, wound healing, nonlinear poles, excitable systems; March-May 1996; Biomathematics Research Centre, University of Canterbury; Dr A. James Sneyd.
Janet Dixon; University of Georgia; accompanied by husband, Philip Dixon (next entry); algebra and calculus; January to December 1996; University of Otago; Professor Bryan Manly.
Philip Dixon; University of Georgia; accompanied by wife, Janet Dixon (previous entry); statistics; January to December 1996; University of Otago; Professor Bryan Manly.
Dr Sergey Federov; St Petersburg University; functional analysis; ; February 1994 to July 1996; Auckland University; Professor B Pavlov.
Dr Paul Gartside; Oxford University; unaccompanied; topology; September 1995 to April 1996; University of Auckland; Dr David McIntyre.
Alan Graham; Open University, England; unaccompanied; mathematics education; November and December 1996; University of Auckland; Dr Michael Thomas; was a visitor as part of British Council funded LINK scheme in 1993.
Professor Ron Graham; AT&T Bell Labs; wife (Fan Chung); combinatorics; 9-13 December 1996; University of Auckland; Professor Marston Conder; guest of Centre for Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science.
Professor J. Haefner; University of Colorado; ; representation of algebras and group rings, graded rings, general module theory; 1 to 30 June 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr Kevin O'Meara.
Dr Jim Hartman; The College of Wooster, Ohio, USA; ; applied statistics; May 1995 to May 1996; University of Otago; Professor Bryan Manly.
Professor Jiang Shouli; Shandong University; unaccompanied; topology; February to July 1996; University of Auckland; Professor Ivan Reilly.
Dr Thomas Kaijser; Linkoping University, Sweden; accompanied by son; stochastic iterations, fractal coding; now until July 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr Peter Renaud.
Professor Gerhard Kristensson; Department of Electromagnetic Theory; Lund University, Sweden; ; early 1997; University of Canterbury; Dr David Wall; Erskine Fellow.
Professor Rainer Loewen; University of Braunschweig, Germany; accompanied by wife (Irmgard); geometry and topology; 23 February to 5 April 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr Guenter Steinke; Erskine Fellow.
Professor John Mason; Open University, England; unaccompanied; mathematics education; August/Sept 1996; University of Auckland; Bill Barton; Visitor as part of British Council funded LINK scheme.
Dr Aisling Mccluskey; University College Galway; unaccompanied; topology; February to April 1996; University of Auckland; Professor Ivan Reilly.
Professor Ray Mines, New Mexico State University, may be accompanied by wife; Jan-April 1996; constructive algebra and foundations of mathematics; University of Waikato; Professor D.S. Bridges.
Professor Isaac Namioka; The University of Washington (Seattle); accompanied by his wife; functional analysis and topology; August 1996; University of Auckland; Dr Warren B. Moors.
Professor Klaus Neumann; Institute for Economics and Operations Research, University of Karlsruhe, Germany; unaccompanied; stochastic scheduling; 26 January to 1 April 1996; Department of Management Systems, University of Waikato; Professor Les Foulds.
Dr Katja Nieselt-Struwe; Max-Planck-Institut for biophysical chemistry in Göttingen; accompanied by husband and son and daughter; theoretical biology; 15 July 1995 to 15 July 1996; University of Auckland; Dr Peter Wills; Feodor-Lynen scholar (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation).
Dr Peter Oliver; ; ; ; 24 March to 24 April 1997; University of Canterbury; Dr Mark Hickman; Erskine Fellow.
Dr Peter Ollson, Division of Mechanics, Chalmers Institute, Goteborg, Sweden, accompanied by wife and 2 children; pde's, mechanics, computational mathematics; June/July 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr David Wall.
Dr Soeren Perrey; University of Bielefeld; accompanied by wife (Marlies) and son (Samuel); combinatorics (game theory), mathematical biology; November 1995 to October 1997; Massey University; Professor Mike Hendy; Post-doctoral Fellow.
Dr Burkhard Polster; University of Adelaide; ; geometry; March 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr Gunter Steinke.
Professor Robert Russell; Burnaby, Canada; ; applied mathematics; 1 September 1995 to 30 August 1996; University of Auckland; Dr Vivien Kirk.
Professor Romano Scozzafava; School of Engineering; Universita 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy; ; subjective theory of probability in engineering; 9 August to 30 September 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr Frank Lad; Erskine Fellow.
Professor Alfred Karl Seeger; Max Planck Institut fur Metallforsching, Institut fur Physik, Stuttgart, Germany accompanied by wife; solid state physics, special functions; 2 January to 27 March 1996; University of Waikato; Professor E Kalnins.
Professor Steve Smith; University of Illinois at Chicago; accompanied by wife; group theory & topology; 2-6 June 1996; University of Auckland; Dr Jianbei An & Professor Marston Conder.
Professor Juergen Stueckrad; Department of Mathematics, University of Leipzig, Germany; ; algebraic geometry; March 1996; Massey University; Professor W Vogel.
Professor C I Vinsonhaler; University of Connecticut; accompanied by wife (Patty) and 2 children; algebra (abelian groups, partially ordered sets), teaching problem-solving skills, U.S., Calculus Reform Project; 13 May to 28 June 1996; University of Canterbury; Dr Kevin O'Meara.
Professor Richard Wilson; Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico; ; topology; early 1997; University of Auckland; David Gauld.
Please note: Production of these lists is dependent on me receiving information. When you know about a visit (whether it be definite, very likely, or possible), would you please forward the details to me at the earliest convenient time. Thank you.
David McIntyre
N.Z. Mathematical Society Visitors' Co-ordinator
Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
email: mcintyre@math.auckland.ac.nz. fax: (09) 373 7457