Forum: The conference is an annual meeting which was envisioned by members of the Department of Mathematics at Virginia Tech and began in 1981. Since then its location has rotated among the institutions in the southeastern-atlantic region.
	Scope: These meetings afford established and new researchers, including advanced graduate students, the opportunity of meeting and exchanging ideas and discussing the wide variety of mathematics encompassed within the title, ``differential equations.''
	Topics: The conference will consist of a series of 4 plenary one-hour lectures and sessions for contributed papers. Topics presented during these conferences have been diverse in providing a unique opportunity to see the variety of problems in which differential equations play a critical role. Among subjects presented are ordinary and partial differential equations, integral and functional equations, numerical methods, and applications to the sciences and engineering.
	Principal Speakers: Joyce McLaughlin (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) David Schaeffer (Duke University) Ratnasingham Shivaji (Mississippi State University) Eiji Yanagida (University of Tokyo and Georgia Institute of Technology).
	Contributed Talks: There will be sessions of contributed talks. Deadline for submission of abstracts for contributed talks is: September 30, 1998. For details on how to submit your abstract see second announcement and abstract form.
	Financial Assistance: Contingent on NSF funding, some financial assistance may be available to offset travel and housing expenses for graduate students and recent Ph.D. recipients. Requests postmarked by September 18, 1998, are guaranteed consideration. Eligible persons who belong to currently underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply to the conference for financial assistance. See second announcement and financial assistance form.
	Information:The information posted on this web site will be constantly updated. Information can also be obtained by contacting: Prof. A. J. Meir, SEARCDE Coordinator; Department of Mathematics; Auburn University; Auburn, AL 36849, USA; phone (334)844-4290; fax (334)844-6555; e-mail: ajm@math.auburn.edu
	Organizing Committee: A. J. Meir, Chair ajm@math.auburn.edu Greg Harris harriga@mail.auburn.edu Johnny Henderson hendej2@mail.auburn.edu Georg Hetzer hetzege@mail.auburn.edu Paul G. Schmidt pgs@math.auburn.edu Wenxian Shen ws@math.auburn.edu

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