Approximation Theory and Optimization
Tributes to M. J. D. Powell

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Preface
Submitted talks
1. M. J. D. Powell's contributions to numerical mathematics M. D. Buhmann and R. Fletcher
2. MJDP-BCS industrial liaison: applications to defence science I. Barrodale and C. Zala
3. On the Meir/Sharma/Hall/Meyer analysis of the spline interpolation error C. de Boor
4. Asymptotically optimal approximation and numerical solutions of differential equations M. D. Buhmann, C. A. Micchelli and A. Ron
5. On the convergence of derivative-free methods for unconstrained optimization A. R. Conn, K. Scheinberg and Ph. L. Toint
6. Least squares fitting to univariate data subject to restrictions on the signs of the second differences I. C. Demetriou and M. J. D. Powell
7. A framework for interpolation and approximation on Riemannian manifolds N. Dyn, F. J. Narcowich and J. D. Ward
8. Dense factors of sparse matrices R. Fletcher
9. Optimization environments and the NEOS Server W. Gropp and J. J. Moré
10. New versions of qd for products of bidiagonals B. N. Parlett
11. On adjusting parameters in homotopy methods for linear programming M. J. Todd.

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