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Medical University of Sofia,
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EDITORIAL BOARD

Ravi P. Agarwal, Dept of Applied Mathematics
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, FL 32901-6988, USA
E-mail: agarwal@fit.edu

N. U. Ahmed, Department of Electrical Engineering,
University of Ottawa,Ottawa,
Ontario, K1N 6N5, CANADA
E-mail: ahmed@trix.genie.uottawa.ca

I. Babuska, TICAM,
The University of Texas at Austin,TAY 2.400,
Austin, TX 78712,USA
E-mail: yiwei@brahma.ticam.utexas.edu

V. Barbu, Department of Mathematics,
University of Iasi, 6600 Iasi, ROMANIA
E-mail: barbu@uaic.ro

C. Bardos, CMLA, Centre de Mathematiques et leurs Applications,
61 Avenue du president Wilson,
94235 CACHAN Cedex, FRANCE

A. Bensoussan, INRIA
Domaine de Voluceau Rocquencourt - B.P. 105,
78153 Le Chesnay Cedex, FRANCE
E-mail: alain.bensoussan@inria.fr

J.L. Bona, Department of Mathematics,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78712--1082, USA
E-mail: bona@math.utexas.edu

J.H. Bramble, Department of Mathematics,
Texas A & M University,
College Station, TX 77843--3368, USA
E-mail: bramble@math.tamu.edu

C. Brezinski,Laboratoire d'Analyse Numerique et d'Optimisation,
UFR IEEA--M3,USTL,
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, FRANCE
E-mail: brezinsk@omega.univ-lille1.fr

H. Brezis, Analyse Numerique,
Universite P. et M. Curie,
Tour 55-65, 5 eme etage, 4, pl. Jussieu,
75252 Paris Cedex 05, FRANCE
E-mail: brezis@ann.jussieu.fr

G. Buttazzo, Department of Mathematics,
University of Pisa, Via Buonarrotti, 2,
Pisa 56127, ITALY
E-mail: buttazzo@vaxsns.sns.it

P. Butzer, Lehrstuhl A fur Mathematik,
RWTH Aachen,
D--52056 Aachen, GERMANY
E-mail: ly010bu@dacth11.bitnet

J.R. Cash, Department of Mathematics,
Huxley Building,
180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: j.cash@ic.ac.uk

C. Y. Chan, Department of Mathematics,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Lafayette, LA 70504-1010, USA
E-mail: chan@usl.edu

E. W. Cheney, Department of Mathematics,
University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78712--1082, USA
E-mail: cheney@math.utexas.edu

M. Chipot, Dept. Math., Univ. Metz.,Ile du Saulcy,
57045 Metz-Cedex 01, FRANCE
E-mail: chipot@amath.unizh.ch

C. Coleman, Department of Mathematics,
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA 91711, USA
E-mail: coleman@hmc.edu

C.M. Dafermos, Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912, USA
E-mail: cmd@cfm.brown.edu

F. Deutsch, Department of Mathematics,
The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802, USA
E-mail: deutsch@math.psu.edu

R.W. Dickey, Department of Mathematics,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI 53706--1388, USA
E-mail: dickey@math.wisc.edu

A. Dishliev, 1504 Sofia, P.O. Box 45, BULGARIA

I. S. Duff, Atlas Centre, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,
Chilton, Didcot, OXON OX11 OQX, ENGLAND
E-mail: isd@letterbox.rl.ac.uk

J. Eisenfeld, Department of Mathematics,
University of Texas at Arlington,
Arlington, TX 76019-0408, USA

R. Ewing, The Institute for Scientific Computation,
Texas A & M University System,
College Station, TX 77843--3404, USA
E-mail: ewing@tamu.edu

K. Farahmand, Department of Mathematics
University of Ulster,
Jordantown BT37 0QB, N. IRELAND
E-mail: k.farahmand@ulst.ac.uk

R. Finn, Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305-2125, USA
E-mail: finn@gauss.stanford.edu

A. S. Fokas, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Clarkson University,
Potsdam, NY 13699-5815, USA
E-mail: fokas@craft.camp.clarkson.edu

A. Friedman, Institute for Mathematics,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0436, USA
E-mail: friedman@ima.umn.edu

K. Fukui, Institute of Fundamental Chemistry,
34-4 Takano-Nishihiraki-cho,
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, JAPAN

G. Gallavotti, Dipartimento di Fisica,
Universita degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza, P.le Aldo Moro, 3,
00185 Roma, ITALY
E-mail: giovanni@ipparco.roma1.infn.it

Y. Giga, Department of Mathematics,
Hokkaido University,
Sapporo 060, JAPAN
E-mail: giga@math.hokudai.ac.jp

R. Gilbert, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Delaware,
Newark, Delaware 19716, USA

J. Glimm, Department of Applied Mathematics & Statistics,
State Univer. of New York at Stony Brook,
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3600, USA

R. Glowinski, Department of Mathematics,
University of Houston,
Houston, TX 77204-3476, USA
E-mail: roland@math.uh.edu

J. A. Goldstein, Department of Mathematics,
Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
E-mail: goldstei@marais.math.lsu.edu

J. Henderson, Department Of Mathematics,
Baylor University,
Waco, TX 76798, USA
E-mail: hendej2@mail.auburn.edu

R. A. Johnson, Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica,
Universita di Firenze,
Via di Santa Marta 3, 50139 Firenze, ITALY

D. S. Jones, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science,
University of Dundee,
Dundee DD1 4HN, SCOTLAND, U.K.,
E-mail: dross@mcs.dundee.ac.uk

Y. Kannai, Department of Mathematics,
The Weizmann Institute of Science,
76100 Rehovot, ISRAEL
E-mail: kannai@wisdom.weizmann.ac.il

D. Kannan, Department of Mathematics
University of Georgia,
Athens, GA 30602, USA
E-mail: kannan@filter.math.uga.edu

S. Karlin, Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
Stanford, CA 94305-2125, USA
E-mail: fd.zgg@forcythe.stanford.edu

H. Kawarada, Institute of Applied Mathematics,
Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho,
Inage-ku, Chiba 263, JAPAN
E-mail: kawarada@j90.tg.chiba-u.ac.jp

N. Kenmochi, Department of Mathematics,
Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho,
Inage-ku, Chiba 263, JAPAN
E-mail: kenmochi@math.e.chiba-u.ac.jp

D. S. Kinderlehrer, Department of Mathematics,
Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890, USA
E-mail: dk3L@cmu.edu

Y. Kuramoto, Department of Physics,
Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, JAPAN
E-mail: kuramoto@ton.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp

G.S. Ladde, Departmemt of Mathematics,
University of Texas at Arlington,
Box 19408, Arlington, TX 76019--0408, USA

V. Lakshmikantham, Florida Institute of Technology,
Department of Applied Mathematics,
Melbourne, FL 32901--6988, USA,
E-mail: gcas@zach.fit.edu

H. Levine, Department of Mathematics,
Iowa State University,
400 Carver Hall, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
E-mail: levine@pollux.math.iastate.edu

P.-L. Lions, Ceremade, Universite Paris-Dauphine,
Place du Mal de Lattre de Tassigny,
75775 Paris, Cedex, FRANCE

M. Luskin, School of Mathematics,
University of Minnesota,
206 Church Str., SE,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
E-mail: luskin@math.umn.edu

J. Mallet-Paret, Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912, USA
E-mail: jmp@cfm.brown.edu

D.W. McLaughlin, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
251 Mercer Street,
New York, NY 10012--1185, USA
E-mail: dmac@cims.nyu.edu

N. G. Medhin, Department of Mathematics
Clark Atlanta University,
Atlanta, GA 30314, USA
E-mail: medhin@hubble.cau.edu

E. Minchev, 1504 Sofia, P.O. Box 45, BULGARIA

S. Nenov, University of Chemical Technology and Mettallurgy
Sofia, BULGARIA,
E-mail: s.nenov@adm1.uctm.edu

S. Newhouse, Department of Mathematics,
Michigan State University,
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027, USA
E-mail: newhouse@math.msu.edu

G. Nurnberger, Lehrstuhl fur Math. und Informatik,
Universitat Mannheim,
D-68131 Mannheim, GERMANY
E-mail: nuern@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de

A.M. Odlyzko, Room 2C--355, AT&T Bell Laboratories,
600 Mountain Avenue,
P.O. Box 636, Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636, USA
E-mail: amo@research.att.com

Sh. Osaki, Department of Industrial and System Engineering,
Hiroshima University,
Higashi-Hiroshima 724, JAPAN
E-mail: osaki@gal.sys.hiroshima-u.ac.jp

J.E. Osborn, Department of Mathematics,
University of Maryland,
College Park, MD 20742, USA
E-mail: jeo@math.umd.edu

S. Osher, Department of Mathematics,
University of California,
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1555, USA
E-mail: sjo@math.ucla.edu

M. Otani, Department of Applied Physics,
Waseda University, 3-4-1,
Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169, JAPAN
E-mail: otani@cfi.waseda.ac.jp

C.V. Pao, Department of Mathematics,
North Carolina State University,
Box 8205, Raleigh, NC 27695--8205, USA
E-mail: cvpao@math.ncsu.edu

G. Papanicolaou, Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University,
Stanford, California 94305-2125, USA
E-mail: papanico@math.stanford.edu

N. Pavel, Department of Mathematics,
Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio 45701, USA
E-mail: npavel@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu

L. A. Peletier, Mathematical Institute,
Leiden University,
PB 9512, 2300 RA Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS
E-mail: peletier@wi.leidenuniv.nl

W. V. Petryshyn, Department of Mathematics,
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA

G. F. Pinder, College of Engineering and Mathematics,
109 Votey Building,
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0156, USA
E-mail: pinder@emba.uvm.edu

G. Da Prato, Department of Mathematics,
Scuola Normale Superiore,
Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, ITALY
E-mail: daprato@sns.sns.it

I. Prigogine, Campus Plaine ULB, CP. 231,
Bd. du Triomphe,
B--1050, Bruxelles, BELGIUM

M. Primicerio, Dip. Mat. ``Ulisse Dini'',
Univ. Firenze, Viale Morgagni 67/A, 50134 Firenze, ITALY
E-mail: fismat@vm.idg.fi.cnr.it

M. Protter, Department of Mathematics,
University of California at Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94720-3840, USA
E-mail: protter@math.berkeley.edu

S. Reich, Department of Mathematics,
The Technion --- Israel Institute of Technology,
32000 Haifa, ISRAEL
E-mail: sreich@tx.technion.ac.il

P. C. Sabatier, Laboratoire de Physique
Mathematique, Universite des Sciences,
Place Eugene-Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, FRANCE
E-mail: sabatier@lpm.univ-montp2.fr

M. Sambandham, Department of Mathematics,
Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA,
E-mail: msambandham@yahoo.com

S. Sathananthan, Dept. of Mathematics
Tennessee State University,
Nashville, TN, 37203-3401
E-mail: satha@coe.tnstate.edu

J. Serrin, School of Mathematics, Inst. of Technology,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
E-mail: serrin@math.umn.edu

N. Shigesada, Department of Information, and Computer Sciences,
Nara Women's University,
Kita-Uoya Nishimachi, Nara 630, JAPAN
E-mail: sigesada@ics.nara-wu.ac.jp

R. Shivaji, Department of Mathematics
Mississippi State University,
Mississippi State, MS 39762
E-mail: shivaji@math.msstate.edu

R. E. Showalter, Department of Mathematics C1200,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX 78712-1082, USA
E-mail: show@math.utexas.edu

Chi-Wang Shu, Division of Applied Mathematics,
Brown University,
Providence, RI 02912, USA
E-mail: shu@afm.brown.edu

M. Shub, IBM T. J. Watson Research Centre,
Mathematical Sciences Department, P.O. Box 218,
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
E-mail: shub@watson.ibm.com

D. D. Siljak, School of Engineering,
Santa Clara University,
Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA
E-mail: dsiljak@scu.bitnet

B. D. Sleeman, Department of Mathematics,
University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK,
E-mail: bds@amsta.leeds.ac.uk

H. M. Srivastava, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Victoria,
P.O. Box 3045, MS 7437, Victoria, BC, CANADA
E-mail: hmsri@uvvm.uvic.ca

H. W. Stech, Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of Minnesota,
Duluth, MN 55812, USA
E-mail: hstech@ub.d.umn.edu

Frank Stenger, Department of Computer Science,
University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
E-mail: stenger@cs.utah.edu

Ian Stewart, Mathematics Institute,
University of Warwick,
Coventry, CV4 7AL, ENGLAND
E-mail: ins@maths.warwick.ac.uk

T. Suzuki, Department of Mathematics,
Fac. of Sci., Osaka University,
Toyonakashi, Machikaneyama, 1-1, 560, JAPAN

A. Tani, Department of Mathematics,
Fac. Sci. Tech.,Keio University,
3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223, JAPAN
E-mail: tani@math.keio.ac.jp

V. Thomee, Department of Mathematics,
Chalmers University of Technology, and Goteborg University,
S--412 96 G\"oteborg, SWEDEN
E-mail: thomee@math.chalmers.se

U. Trottenberg, GMD, Schloss Birlinghoven,
Postfach 1316,
D-53731 Sankt Augustin, GERMANY
E-mail: trottenberg@gmd.de

M. Tsutsumi, Department of Applied Physics, Sch. Sci. Engin.,
Waseda University,
Shinjuku-ku, 169 Tokyo, JAPAN
E-mail: tutumi@cfi.waseda.ac.jp

R. S. Varga, Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences,
Kent State University,
Kent, OH 44242, USA
E-mail: varga@mcs.kent.edu

A. Vatsala, Department of Mathematics,
University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
E-mail: vatsala@lousiana.edu

G. C. Wake, Division of Science and Technology,
The University of Auckland,
Private Bag 92019, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
E-mail: g.wake@auckland.ac.nz

G. A. Watson, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
University of Dundee,
Dundee DD1 4HN, SCOTLAND, U.K.
E-mail: gawatson@uk.ac.dundee.mcs

G. F. Webb, Department of Mathematics,
Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, TN 37235, USA

K. Yajima, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Tokyo,
3-8-1 Komaba, Meguroku, Tokyo 153, JAPAN
E-mail: kenji@tansei.cc.u-tokyo.ac.jp