Workshop Information
Venue
The workshop will be held in Douala, Cameroon, at Hotel Prince de Galles
Schedule
The detailed schedule can be downloaded HERE
Friday October 05, 2018 - Day 1 - Preliminary Training Session
08:30-09:30:
Preliminary Training 1 - Foupouagnigni:
Introduction to Orthogonal Polynomials: Definition and
basic properties
09:30-10:30: Preliminary
Tutorial 2 - Foupouagnigni:
Introduction to Orthogonal Polynomials: Definition and
basic properties
10:30-11:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
11:00-12:00:
Preliminary Training 3 - Mboutngam:
Classical continuous OP (Part 1)
12:00-13:00: Preliminary Tutorial 4 - Mboutngam: Classical continuous OP (Part 1)
13:00-14:30: Lunch and Discussion Break
14:30-15:30: Preliminary Training 5 - Kenfack: Classical continuous OP (Part 2)
15:30-16:30: Preliminary Tutorial 6 - Kenfack: Classical continuous OP (Part 2)
16:30-17:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
17:00-18:00: Preliminary Training 7 - Tcheutia: Inversion, multiplication and connection formulae for classical continuous orthogonal polynomials
Back To TopSaturday October 06, 2018 - Day 2 - Preliminary Training Session
08:30-09:30: Preliminary
Tutorial 8 - Tcheutia:
Inversion, multiplication and connection
formulae for classical continuous orthogonal polynomials
09:30-10:30: Preliminary
Training 9 - Tcheutia:
Properties and applications of the zeros
of classical continuous orthogonal polynomials
10:30-11:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
11:00-11:30: Preliminary Tutorial 10 - Tcheutia: Properties and applications of the zeros of classical continuous orthogonal polynomials
11:30-13:00: Preliminary
Training and Tutorial 11 - Njionou:
Classical orthogonal polynomials of a discrete and a
q-discrete variable
13:00-14:30: Lunch and Discussion Break
14:30-15:30: Preliminary Training 12 - Koepf: Computer algebra, power series and summation
15:30-16:30: Preliminary Tutorial 13 - Koepf: Computer algebra, power series and summation
16:30-17:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
17:00-18:00:
Preliminary Training 14 - Mouafo:
On the solutions of holonomic third-order linear
irreducible differential equations in terms of
hypergeometric functions
Sunday October 07, 2018 - FREE
Back To TopMonday October 08, 2018 - Day 1 - Workshop
08:30-09:30: Plenary
Talk 1 - Van Assche: Orthogonal
polynomials and random matrices
09:30-10:30: Plenary
Talk 2 - Geronimo: Review of the one
variable theory for polynomials and matrix polynomials
orthogonal on the unit circle
10:30-11:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
11:00-12:00: Plenary
Talk 3 - Suslov: Orthogonality
properties of q-special functions (Part I)
12:00-13:00: Plenary
Talk 4 - Gomez-Ullate: Exceptional
orthogonal polynomials
13:00-14:30: Lunch and Discussion Break
14:30-15:30: Plenary
Talk 5 - Bangerezako: The
factorization method for discrete orthogonal polynomials
of hypergeometric type
15:30-16:30: Plenary
Talk 6 - Hounkonnou:
(R,p,q)-Rogers-Szegö and Hermite polynomials, and induced
deformed quantum algebras
16:30-17:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
17:00-17:30:
Contributed
Talk 7 - Nyaare: On orthogonal
polynomials with respect to normal operators
17:30-18:00:
Contributed Talk 8 - Musonda:
Three systems of orthogonal polynomials and L2-boundedness
of two associated operators
Tuesday October 09, 2018 - Day 2 - Workshop
08:30-09:30: Plenary
Talk 9 - Geronimo: Two variable
orthogonal polynomials on the bicircle
09:30-10:30: Plenary
Talk 10 - Van Assche: Multiple
orthogonal polynomials
10:30-11:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
11:00-12:00: Plenary Talk 11 - Suslov: Orthogonality properties of q-special functions (Part II)
12:00-13:00: Plenary
Talk 12 - Marcellan:
Semiclassical orthogonal polynomials
13:00-14:30: Lunch and Discussion Break
14:30-15:30: Tutorial
Session 13 - Geronimo: Solutions to
the problems and proofs of any theorems or lemmas given in
plenary talks 2 and 9
15:30-16:30: Tutorial
Session 14 - Van Assche:
Orthogonal polynomials and random matrices / Multiple
orthogonal polynomials
16:30-17:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
17:00-17:30: Contributed
Talk 15 - Arjika: Summation
formula for generalized discrete q-Hermite II polynomials
17:40-18:00: Contributed
Talk 16 - Kelil: On certain
properties of a perturbed Freud-type weight
Wednesday October 10, 2018 - Day 3 - Workshop
08:00-09:00: Plenary
Talk 17 - Gomez-Ullate: Maya diagrams
and rational solutions to Painlevé equations
09:00-10:00: Plenary
Talk 18 - Marcellan: Orthogonal
polynomials in Sobolev spaces
10:00-10:30: Coffee and Discussion Break
10:30-11:30: Plenary
Talk 19 - Loureiro: A
collection of classical three-fold symmetric 2-orthogonal
polynomials
11:30-12:30: Plenary
Talk 20 - Jordaan: Zeros of
orthogonal polynomials
12:30-13:30: Official opening (couple of talks and slide presentation of AIMS)
13:30-15:00:
Lunch and Discussion Break
15:30-18:00: Social Event
19:00-22:00: Conference Dinner
Back To TopThursday October 11, 2018 - Day 4 - Workshop
08:30-09:30: Plenary
Talk 21 - Van Assche:
Orthogonal polynomials and Painlevé equations
09:30-10:30: Plenary
Talk 22 - Jordaan: Properties
of certain classes of semiclassical orthogonal polynomials
10:30-11:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
11:00-12:00: Plenary Talk 23 - Vinet: Quantum state revivals, graphs and orthogonal polynomials
12:00-13:00: Plenary
Talk 24 - Chaggara: Some
characterization problems related to Sheffer polynomial
sets
13:00-14:30: Lunch and Discussion Break
14:30-15:30: Plenary
Talk 25 - Loureiro: Unique
positive solution for an alternative discrete Painlevé-I
equation
15:30-16:30: Tutorial
Session 26 - Gomez-Ullate:
Exceptional polynomials and solutions to Painlevé
equations
16:30-17:00: Coffee and Discussion Break
17:00-17:30: Contributed
Talk 27 - Ayadi: Classical
discrete d-orthogonal polynomials
17:30-18:00: Contributed Talk 28 - Ndayiragije: Modified classical orthogonal polynomials satisfying Heun's differential equation
Back To TopFriday October 12, 2018 - Day 5 - Workshop
08:00-09:00: Plenary
Talk 29 - Area: Some systems of
multivariate orthogonal polynomials
09:00-10:00: Plenary Talk 30 - Vinet: Tridiagonalization and Heun operators
10:00-10:30: Coffee and Discussion Break
10:30-11:00:
Contributed Talk 31 - Kaijser: The positive
effects of being ignorant
11:00-12:00: Plenary Talk 32 - Foupouagnigni: On difference equations for orthogonal polynomials on nonuniform lattices
12:00-13:00: Plenary Talk 33 - Koepf: Orthogonal polynomials and computer algebra
13:00-14:30: Closing Ceremony and Lunch
14:30-16:30: Departure
Back To TopPlenary Speakers
- Prof. Iván Area Carracedo, University of Vigo, Spain, CV
- Prof. Walter Van Assche, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium and Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions, CV
- Prof. Gaspard Bangerezako, University of Burundi, Burundi, CV
- Prof. Hamza Chaggara, University of Sousse, Tunisia, CV
- Prof. Dr. Mama Foupouagnigni, AIMS Cameroon & University of Yaounde I, CV
- Prof. Jeff Geronimo, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, CV
- Prof. David Gomez-Ullate Oteiza, ICMAT – Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Spain, CV
- Prof. Norbert Mahouton Hounkonnou, International Chair in Mathematical Physics and Applications (CIPMA), University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, CV
- Prof. Dr. Kerstin Jordaan, University of South Africa, South Africa, CV
- Prof. Dr. Wolfram Koepf, University of Kassel, Germany, CV
- Dr. Ana Loureiro, University of Kent, UK, CV
- Prof. Francisco (Paco) Marcellán Español, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, CV
- Prof. Sergei Suslov, Arizona State University, USA, CV
- Prof. Luc Vinet, University of Montreal, Canada, CV
Trainers
- Prof. Dr. Mama Foupouagnigni, AIMS-Cameroon & University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, CV
- Prof. Dr. Wolfram Koepf, University of Kassel, Germany, CV
- Dr. Maurice Kenfack Nangho, University of Dschang (Cameroon) and University of Pretoria (South Africa), CV
- Dr. Salifou Mboutngam, University of Maroua, Cameroon, CV
- Dr. Merlin Mouafo Wouodjie, Postdoc, University of Kassel, Germany, CV
- Dr. Patrick Njionou Sadjang, University of Douala, Cameroon, CV
- Dr. Daniel Duviol Tcheutia, Postdoc of Cameroonian origin, University of Kassel, Germany, CV
Abstracts
The current version of the
book of abstracts can be downloaded HERE.
Organizing committee
Scientific Advisory Board
- Prof. Walter Van Assche, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium and Chair of the SIAM Activity Group on Orthogonal Polynomials and Special Functions, CV
- Prof. Jeff Geronimo, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, CV
Organizing Committee
- Prof. Dr. Barry Green, Chief Academic and Research Officer of the AIMS-Network, Center Director of AIMS-South Africa
- Prof. Dr. Mama Foupouagnigni, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon and Center President AIMS Cameroon
- Prof. Dr. Kerstin Jordaan, University of South Africa, South Africa
- Prof. Dr. Wolfram Koepf, University of Kassel, Germany
- Prof. Boniface Nkemzi, University of Buea, Cameroon
- Dr. Edgar Tchoundja, University of Yaounde I, Cameroon