| 9:00 am | Opening of Conference |
| 9:30-10:30 |
Prof. Don B. Hinton, University of Tennessee The Zettl contribution to inequalities and Sturm-Liouville type theory |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Dr. Man Kam Kwong, Lucent Technologies Some new second order oscillation criteria |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12 noon |
Prof. Marco Marletta, University of Leicester Spectral inclusion and spectral exactness for non-selfadjoint Sturm-Liouville problems |
| 12:00-12:30 pm |
Prof. Malcolm Brown, University of Wales Resonances and the Sturm-Liouville problem |
| 12:30-2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:30 |
Dr. Paul Bailey, Sandia National Laboratory The computation of Sturm-Liouville eigenfunctions for plotting |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Prof. Hans Volkmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Analytic eigenvalue functions arising from two-parameter Sturm-Liouville problems |
| 3:00-3:30 | Coffee |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Prof. Robert Kauffman, University of Alabama Ordinary differential equations and geodesic flow |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Prof. Gunter H. Stolz, University of Alabama M-function asymptotics and an application to inverse scattering |
| 6:30 for 7:00 | Conference Banquet |
| 9:30-10:30 am |
Prof. W.N. Everitt, University of Birmingham The Zettl contribution to the theory of ordinary differential operators |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Prof. Manfred Möller, University of Witwatersrand On the essential spectrum of systems of differential equations |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee |
| 11:30-12:00 noon |
Prof. W. D. Evans, University of Wales On the Weyl-Sims theory for non-self-adjoint equations and Hamiltonian systems |
| 12:00-12:30 pm |
Prof. Lynn Erbe, University of Nebraska Averaging techniques for linear differential equations |
| 12:30-2:00 | Lunch |
| 2:00-2:30 |
Prof. Jerry Ridenhour, Utah State University Construction of Green's functions for singular problems |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Prof. John W. Neuberger, University of North Texas A spectral theory for non-selfadjoint operators in terms of spectra of bounded selfadjoint transformations |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Prof. Jerry Goldstein, University of Memphis Generalized Wentzell boundary conditions |
Graduate students and young researchers are especially invited to attend. It is hoped that a limited amount of financial assistance will be available to support their participation.
Financial support for the conference is being provided by: Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Northern Illinois University, and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
Organizing Committee: N. Everitt, B. Harris, Q. Kong, D. McAlister, H. Wu, W. Blair.
Information: ODE Conference, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115, ode@math.niu.edu, (815) 753-0567 or from the conference Web site http://www.math.niu.edu/ZettlFest/.