The goal of this volume is to bring together experts on numerical analysis, computer science and chemistry to produce homogenous contributions on ab initio quantum chemistry.

3 The workshop on Methods for Macromolecular Modeling (M ), held at New York University on 12- 14 October 2000, attracted 187 participants from Eu rope, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East. (see monod.biomath .nyu.eduj rvhganjconfOO.html for more information). The exciting program was made possible by the dedicated work of the international advisory committee whose members were P. Deuflhard, J. Hermans, B. Leimkuhler, A. E. Mark, S. Reich, T. Schlick, and R. Skeel. We are indebted to the following agen cies and institutions for their generous support: the Burroughs Wellcome Fund,...

This book is a collection of conference proceedings mainly concerned with the problem class of nonlinear transport/diffusion/reaction systems, chief amongst these being the Navier-Stokes equations, porous-media flow problems and semiconductor-device equations. Of particular interest are unsolved problems which challenge open questions from applications and assess the various numerous methods used to treat them. A fundamental aim is to raise the overall awareness of a broad range of topical issues in scientific computing and numerical analysis, including multispecies/multiphysics problems,...