Proceedings of the Eighth International Colloquium on Differential Equations, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 18-23 August, 1997

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Professor Antonino Maugeri awarded with the prize of the International Colloquia on Differential Equations -- 50th Anniversary of Prof. P. Popivanov -- Study of the Ince Equation -- Trace Formula for the Sturm-Liouville Operator with Singularity -- Inverse Spectral Problem for the Differential Equation of the Second Order with Singularity -- Application of the Laplace, Mellin and Stieltjes Transformations in the Evaluation of Integrals -- Asynchronous Multisplitting Algorithms for Differential-Algebraic Systems Discretized by Runge-Kutta Methods -- Forced Oscillations of Solutions of Parabolic Equations of Neutral Type with Maxima -- On the Stability of Solutions of Impulsive Parabolic Differential-Functional Equations -- Approximate Analysis of Non-Cyclic Multi-Queue Systems with Batch Markovian Arrival Streams -- Nonlocal Problems Modelling the Formation of Shear Bands -- Solution of the Dirichlet Problem for Laplace Equation on Domains with Analytic Boundaries -- Ill-Conditioning in Optimal Control Computation -- Differentiability of Solutions of an Electro-Elasticity Model w.r.t. Parameters -- Efficient and Accurate Local Time Stepping Algorithm for Multi-Rate Problems -- Improving Laguerre's Method to Cope with Symmetry Pitfalls in Polynomial Root-Finding -- A Nonlinear Wave Equation with Jumping Nonlinearity -- Regular Solutions and Stability for the Nonlinear Thermoviscoelastic System with Nonlinear Damping on the Boundary -- Analytical Solutions of the Navier-Stokes Equation for the Laminar and Turbulent Boundary Layer, Over a Flat Plate -- Solving Singular Integral Equations -- Asynchronous Multisplitting Methods with Flexible Communication for Pseudolinear P.D.E. -- On the Approximation of an Infinite-Dimensional Linear Programming Problem -- Partial HÖlder Continuity Results for Solutions of non Linear non Variational Elliptic Systems with Strictly Controlled Growth -- A Structured Approach to Toeplitz and