Workshop on Polynomial Eigenvalue Problems

February 24, 2005

School of Mathematics

The University of Manchester

Programme

9:00 - 9:50 Volker Mehrmann (TU Berlin): Nonlinear eigenvalue problems with odd/even or palindromic structure. Where they arise and how they are related
9:50 - 10:40 D. Steven Mackey (Univ. Manchester): Vector Spaces of Linearizations for Matrix Polynomials
10:40 - 11:10 Break
11:10 - 12:00 Christian Mehl (TU Berlin and TU Chemnitz): Structured Linearizations for Structured Matrix Polynomials
12:00 - 12:50 Nicholas J. Higham (Univ. Manchester): The Conditioning of Linearizations of Matrix Polynomials
12:50 - 2:00 Lunch
2.00 - 2.50 Peter Lancaster (Univ. Calgary): Structure Preserving Transformations and Jordan Pairs for Quadratic Eigenvalue Problems
2:50 - 3:40 Roy Mathias (College of William and Mary): TBA
3:40 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:30 Uwe Prells (Univ. Nottingham): Krylov Matrices and Strictly Isospectral Systems
4:30 - 5:00 Seamus Garvey (Univ. Nottingham): Matrix Polynomial Eigenvalue Solutions without Linearisations: the Simultaneous Tridiagonalisation of Three Symmetric Matrices

Financial support for the workshop is provided by EPSRC, the Royal Society and the Wolfson Foundation.