This Volu1ne of Jnanabha

is being dedicated to honour Professor H.M. Srivastava

on his 62nd Birthday

Professor fl. M .. Srivastava (Bom: July 5, 1940)

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Jnanabha, Vol.· 31/32, 2002 (Dedicated to Professor H. M. Srivastava on his 62''" Birthclc(y)

PROFESSOR H.M. SRIVAS'l'AVA: AN AMAZING MATHl~MATICIAN By

R.C. Singh Chandel Secretary, V\jnana Parishad of lndi.a,

' D.V Postgrnduate College, Orai-285001, UP, Indi.a (Ueceiued : December 73, 2002)

Professor H. M. SrivaAtava well associated with Jnanabha family :·" an Editor since 1972, born on July 5, 1940 in Ballia District of Uttar Pradesh in India. He received his bw-1ic education nt Government Higher Secondary School at Ballia, and his university education at the University of Allahabad. After a throughout high first class and meritoriou0 academic record (from High School in 1953 to M.Sc. in 1959), he taught nt D.M. Govornment College in lmphal (Now Manipur University) and the lJnivorsity of Hoorkce, and at Jodhpur University where he earned his Ph.D. degroo in 1965 whHe he was a full-time member of the faculty.

A Senior Professor in the Department of, Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria, having joined the faculty there in 1969, Professor Srivastava has held several visiting positions including (for example) those at West Virginia University, Universite Leval, the University of Glasgow, the Indian Institute , ,. Management at Calcutta, the Technical University of Denmark at Lyngby, the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Skopje, the Universidad de La Laguna, Nihon University (College of Engineering at Koriyama), Fukuoka University, Kinki University at Osaka, Nihon University (College of Science and Technology at 'l'okyo), the Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz University, the University of Wroclaw, Nihon University (College of Humanities and Sciences at Setagaya), Gunma University, Wakayama University, Kyungpook National University, .Keimyung lJniversity, Yeungnam University, the National Fisheries University of Pusan, Soochow University, Chung-Yuan Christian University, Academia Sinica (Institute of Mathematics at Taipei), National Taiwan University,. the National University of Singapore, Banaras Hindu University (Institute of Technology at Varan~si), Nankai University (Nankai Institute of Mathematics at Tianjin), Beijing Institute of Technology, and Fudan University at Shanghai.

An elected fellow (and/or Honorary Member) of several scientific societies, Professor Sri;vastava has published sixteen (16) monographs and numerous book (and encyclopedic) chapters and research papers on various topics of mathematical analysis and applicable mathematics. He has also edited (and contributed to) several volumes which are dedicated to the memories of famous mathematical scientists. Citations of his research contributions can be found in various books and

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monographs, Ph.D. and D.Sc. theses, and scientific journal articles, much too numerous to be recorded here. He is actively associated, in an editional capacity, with over sixty (GO) scientific research journals. His biographical sketches (many illustrated with his photograph) have appeared in various issues of over four (4) dozen international directories and who's who's.

PROFESSOR H.M. SRIVASTAVA WITH HIS FAMILY MEMBERS Ancestral (Native) Place : Village Karon, District Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, (Exact Place of Birth) India

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Ij'ather Sri Harihar Prasad, (1900-1985) Mother Srimati Bela Devi (1916-1989) Elder Brother Sri Har Govind Srivastava (Advocate, BaUia, l!ttar

Pradesh, India) Younger Brothers

Sisters

Date of Marriage Wife

: Dr. Hari Krishna Srivastava (Joint Director, CIMAl~ Lucknow, UP, India

: Er. Harish Chandra Srivastava (1947-1999) (Executive Engineer, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India)

: (Late) Srimati Savitri Srivastava : Srimati Sharada Srivastava : Srimati Rama Srivastava : Srimati Suman Srivastava : Srimati Shakuntala Srivastava : .July 30, 1978

Dr. Rekha Srivastava Adjunct Professor of Mathematics University of Victoria, Canada

Children : Sapna Srivastava and Gautam Mohan Srivastava Pre University Schooling 1946-1953 : Government Higher Secondary School, Ballia,Uttar Pradesh, India 1953-1955: B.N.V. College, Rath, District Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

PROFESSOR H. M. SRIVASTAVA AT A GLANCE Full Name: Hari Mohan Srivastava Personal Information: Date of birth : July 5, 1940

Ptac"'? pf birth : Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, India Resilient of : Canada Marital Status : Married Present Position and Address:

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P4, Canada

Telephone : Office: (250) 721-7455, Home: (250) 477-6960

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Fax : (250) 721-8962 Home Address : 4050 Dawnview Crescent, Victoria, .Hrilish Colu111hio

VHN 5J9, Canada '

E-mail : harims(a>uvvm. uv~ic.ca hmsri(u>uvvm. uvic.ca harimsri(olmath. uvic.ca harimsri ((1Juvic. ca

Web Site : http://www.math.uvic.ca/faculty/harimsri/ EDUCATION

H.Sc. 1957 Allahabad University, India M.Sc. 1959 Allahabad University, India

(Besides being n throughout high First class !High School (195:~) to M.Sc. (1959) I and meritorious product of Allahabad University, anc1 having won a nurnbcr of' nwt·iL prizes and scholarships, he was awarded the Allahabad ,Jubilee Medal for Llw year 1959).

Ph.D. 1965 Jodhpur Uniuersily, / 1ulia fThesis title: Hypergcomelric /!'unctions of''l'wo and Three Variables, iv+139pp.]

C. Math. 1991 Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, UK. [Incorporated by Royal Charter (United Kingdom) and confirmed by order of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Councill

POSTIONS HELD : 1974-Present 1969-1974 1967-1969 1968-1969

Professor Associate Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Reader (on leave)

University of Victoria University of Victoria West Virginia University Jodhpur University, India

1963-1968 Lecturer (last year on leave) ,Jodhpur University, India 1960-1963 1959-1960

Lecturer Lecturer

University o/ Uoorhee, I tuba /J.M. Oouem1nen.l College, Imphal (now Manipur University)

HONORARY POSITIONS AND TITLES HELD INCLUDE: 1992-present Honorary Professor

1993-present Honorary Advisory Professor

1995-present Honorary Professor

1996-present Honorary Professor

The Institute fbr Basic Research, Palm Harbor, Florida, U.S.A. Fudan University, Shanghai People's Republic of China (Formally conferred in a special ceremony held at f)·u.dan U . 't J 4 19t 44) . n1vers1 y on une , '°'<<" •

Istituto per la Ricerca di Base; Monteroduni, Molise, Italy La Universidod del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela (Formally conferred in a special meeting

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of the Executive Council of La Universidad del Zulia in Maracaibo on July 3, 1996).

VISITING POSITIONS HELD INCLUDE (AMONG OTHERS): 1971/1973/1975/1994 Visiting Professor Universite Laval 1975-1976 Carnegie Fellow University of Glasgow 1973/1983/1986/ Visiting. Professor University of Rajasthan, Jaipur 1991/1998 (including also the Malviya Regional

1976/1980

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1976 1976 1976/1986

1976/1980/1998 1978/1983/1997

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1983/1990/1997 2000/2002 1983/1990/1997 I 1986

1986/1998

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Visiting' Professor

Visiting Professor

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Visitiong Professor Visiting Professor

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1987/1993/1998/2000 Visiting Professor 1987 Visiting Professor

· 1987 Visiting Professor

Engineering College at Jaipur) Indian Institute of Managemer,,t, Calcutta (Operations Management) Mehta Research Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Physics, Allahabad University of Edinburgh University of Oxford University of Delhi (Faculty of Mathematics) Ranchi University The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby (Physics/ Mathematics) Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Panjab University, Chandigarh (Centre for Advanced Study in Mathematics) Nihon University (College of Engineering at Koriyama) . · Banaras Hindu University (Institute of Technology at ·Varanasi) Fukuoka University

Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka Nihon Univsersity (College of Science and Technology at Tokyo) Mohan Lal Sukhadia University, Udaipur La Universidad de La Laguna· La Universidad de Granada Sri Venkateswara University,

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1990

1990 1990

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1990/1997 Visiting Professor 1991/1995/1997 /2002 Distingu i:-llwd

1991 1991/1999/2002

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Distinguished Visiting Professor

1991/1993/1995 Visiting Professor 1996/1998/1999/2000/2001 1991/1996/1998 Visiting Professor 2000/2001 1991/1996/1998 1999/2000/2001/2002 1991 1992

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Polish Academy of ScienceH and l ,6dz University University of' Wrooclaw Nihon University (College or Humanities and Sciences at Setagaya) Wakayama University Kyungpooh National University, Taegu Keiniyung University, Taegu. National Visheries University oj' Pusan (now Puhyong National Uniuersity, Pusan) Yeungnarn University, qyongsan

Academia Sinica (Institute of Mathmatics at Taipei) Sooclww University, Taipei

Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li National University of' Singapore Nankai University (Nankai Institute of Mathematics at 'I'ianjin) Be~jing Institute of' Technology Fudan University, Shanghai National Tsing Hua University Hsin­Chu National Chang-Hua University of' Education, Chang-Hua Seoul National University Dongguk University, Kyongju

La Universidad del Zulia (Centro de Investigaci6n de Matematica Aplicada)

1996/2000/2001/2002 1997

Visiting Professor Tamkang University Tamsui

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1997 /1998/1999

DAAD Visiting Professor Freie Universitat Berlin Visiting Professor Universitat Heidelberg

Visiting Professor (Physikalisches Institut) Unversita degli Studi di Padova

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I baraki University, Milo Shibaura Institute of' 'l'echnology, Saitama Okayama University (Department of Economics and Management Sciences) Nagoya University Wonkwang University, I ksan Pusan National Universtiy National Chiao 'l'ung Uniuer.c;ity H.c;in-Chu ENEA (Ente Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, !'Energia e I'Ambiente), Bologna ENEA (Ente Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, !'Energia e I'Ambiente), Frascati (Rome) La Uniuersidad de Las palmas de Gran Canaria Unvisrsidad de Coimbra University of Strathclyde at Glasgow Universita de Genoa Universita, di Torino 'l'okyo Denki University Kochi University University of Kinki at lizuha (Fukuoka) Universita Degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza"

2000 Visiting Professor National Technical University of Athens

HIS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES (MANY WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH) HAVE APPEARED IN VARIOUS ISSUES OF: American Men (and Women) of Science Biographical Roll of Honor International Scholars Directory International Register of Profiles Who's Who in American Education Mathematics : Who's Who

British Columbia's Who's Who Contemporary Personalities Personalities of America Who's Who in the West World Directory of Mathematicians International Directory of

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Men of' Achievement Men and Women of Distinction Cornmunity Leaders and Noteworthy Americans Directroy of Distinguished Americans Dictionary of International Biography

International Who's Who in Community Service Biography /lame Intenational

Distinguished Leadership Communi~y Leaders of' America Biography International International book of Honor Internation Who's Who in fi.:ducation International Who's Who of Intellectuals Who's Who in America Who's Who in the Commonwealth Five Thousand Personalities of' .f:he World

International Directory of South Asian Who's Who in the World Scholars International Leaders in Achievement Directory of Indian Academics in America Personalities of the Amiercas Who's Who in American Education Who's Who in Science and Enginnering International Who's Who of Contemporary Reference Asia: Asia's Who's Who of Achievment Men and Women of Achievement Biography Today Asia/Pacific-Who's Who Outstanding people of the 2oth Century Mathematical Sciences: Who's Who Leaders of Science, Technology and Asian/American Who's Who Engineering'2001 Two thousand Outstanding

Intellectuals of the 20th Century /live Hundred Leaders of Infiuence Lexington Who's Who of Executives Two Thousand Notable American Men and Professionals Most Admired Men and Women of the Distinguished and Admirable Year Achievers 2001 EXPERIENCE OF DIRECTING RESEARCH: (i) Research work leading to the following Ph.D. theses was supervised by him

1. J.P. Singhal, A Study of Certain Generalizations of Hypergeometric Functions and Associated Polynomials, Jodhpur University, India, 1967, v+ l 70pp.

2. C.M. Joshi, A Study of Certain Special Functions and Their Generalizations, Jodhpur University, India, 1968, vi+ 222 pp.

(ii) During and since the academic year 1968-1969, several postdoctoral fellows and research associates have worked with him at West Virginia University and at the University of Victoria on his research projects sponsored, for instance, by the National (or the Natural Sciences and Engineering) Research Council of Canada.

(iii) Has advised (and/or is currently advising) a number of graduate students working toward their Master's, Ph.D., and/or D.Sc. degrees.

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FELLOWSHIP/MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES: Fellow, Royal Astron,()Jnical Society (Elected 1968) Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences of India (Elected 1969) Fellow, The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (Elected 1975) Honorary Foreign Member, The Royal Academy of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts of Belgium (Elected 1991)

[Formally elected on October 9, 1991 and approved by the Royal Decree of February 4, 1993 by His majesty the King of Belgium. The total number of' Such honorary member in all science disciplines cannot exceed 50 at any time. I . , (Honorary) Fellow, The V(jnana Parishad (Science Academy) of India (Elected 1993)

[Formally elected on September 7, 1993 as one of the first two Honorary Fellows of the Parshad; Both of these Honorary Fellowships were formally awarded at the Silver Jubilee Conference of the Parishad on March 10, 1996.] Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (Elected 1996)

[Formally elected by the AAAS Council on September 20, 1996; The Fellowship Certificate and Rosette were presented in Seattle on February 15, 1997, during the AAAS Fellows Forum, a part of the Association's Annual Meeting.] Honorary Academician an<i Correspondent Member (Foreign Fellow), La Academia Canaria de CienCia (Spain) (Elected 1998)

[Formally elected on February 12, 1998 and conferred at a special public ceremony organized under the auspices of the Academy in Tenerif e on June 15, 1998.] Foreign Fellow, F'orum d'Analystes (India) (Elected 1999) Member, American Mathematical Society (since 1968) Life Member, Canadian Mathematical Society Life Member, Calcutta Mathematical Society Life Member, Bharata Ganita Parisad (India) Life Member, Vijnana Parishad of India (The Society for Application to

Mathematics) Life Mamber, Indian Academy of Mathematics Life Mamber, Allahabad Mathematical Society Editorial (and other similar) Associations: Editor, Jnanabha Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications Associate Editor, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society (Series B: Applied

Mathematics) [continued as The ANZIAM Journal (The Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal)]

Associate Editor, Applied Mathematics and Computation Associate Editor, Theta

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Associate Editor, Taiwanese .Journal of Mathematics Communicating Editor, Simon Stevin (1982-1993) Honorary Editor, Communications on Applied Nonlinear Ana.Ylsis ( 1994-19~)()) Regional Ed~tor, Pure and Applied Mathematika Sciences Editor, K.Yungppok Mathmatical ,Journal (Managing Editor for Analysis since 1998) Associate Editor, J()urnal of' Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis Associate Editor, Journal of' Concrete and Applicable Mathematics Associate Editor, Integral 'l'ransf'orms and Special Functions Managing Editor, Mathe1natical Sciences Research Hot-Line [continued as

Mathematical Sciences liesearch ,Journal] Foundation Editor, Journal of' I ne9ualities in Pure and Applied mathematics Guest Editor, International ,Journal of' Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

(Special Issue of Generalized Hypergeometric Functions and Their Applications)(1996)

Member of The Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Mathematics (1975-1990). Member of the Editorial/Advisory Board, Indian .Journal of Pure and Applied

Mathematics (1981-1983; 1992-) Member of the Editorial Board, National Academy Science Letters (1981-1984;

1987-1990) (

Member of the Editorial Board, Ranchi University Mathematical Journal (1973-1984; 1986-)

Member of The Editorial Board, Acta Ciencia Indica (Mathematics) Member of the Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Physical and Natural Sciences. Member of the Editorial Board, elournal of the National Acaderny of Mathematics

(1983-1991) Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, The Mathematics /1,'ducation Member of the Advisory Committee, elournal of the Indian Academy of'Mathematics Member of the Editorial Board, /?acta Universitatis (Series: Mathematics and

Informatics) Member of the Executive Council, BIUirata Ganita Parisad (1980-1981; 1984-1985) Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Science and Engineering Member of the Board of Editors, Pure Mathematics Manuscript Member of the Advisory Editorial Board, International Journal of Mathematical

Education in Science and Technology (1985-1989) Member of The Editorial Board, Ganita Member of the Board of Editors, Journal of the Institute of Mathematics and

Computer Sciences (Mathematics Series) Member of the Board of Editors, Bulletin of The Culcutta Mathematical Society Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Mathematics and

Mathematical Sciences (1988-1991; 1995-) Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Mathematical and Physical

Sciences. Member of the li}dito.rial Board, Ganila Sandesh Member of the Editorial Board, Astrophysics and Space Science (1992-1994) Member of the Editorial Board, Soochow Journal of' Mathematics Member of the Editorial Board, Pan American Mathematical .Journal

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Member of the Edirorial Board, Journal of' the Bihar Mathematical Society Member of the I~ditorial Board, lnicwral Trans/orms and Special Functions crnn:l-

2002) Member of The Editorial Board, I ladronic ,Journal Member of the Editorial Board, I fodronic Journa.l Supplement Member of the Editorial Board, Far Rast Journal of' Mathernatical Sciences Member of the Editorial Board, l~psilon ,Iournal of' Mathematics (1997) Member of the Editorial Board, 'l'amlumg ,Journal of' Mathematics Member of the Editorial Board, Algebras, Groups and Geometries Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Bulletin of' the Vii nan.a Paris had of' India Member of the Editorial Committee, Journal of' Fractional Calculus Member of the Comite de Asesores, Revista 1'echnica de la l1'acultad de lngenieria

(Universidad del Zulia) Member of the Editorial Board, Communications in Applied Analysis Member of the International Editorial Board, International Journal of'

Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (1998-2000) Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Computer Mathematics Member of the Internationl Consulting Editorial Board, Bulletin of' the Malaysian

Mathem.atical Society (1996-1997) Member of the J!jditorial Board, Bulletin of' Pure and Applied Sciences (Section E':

Mathem.atics and Statistics) Member of the JiMitorial Board, Mathernatical Inequalities and Applications Memeber of the Editorial Board, Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of' the Tripura Mathematical Society Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of' Mathematics,

Game Theory and· Algebra Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Applied Mathematics Member of the Editorial Committee, Korean Journal of Mathematical Sciences

(1996-2000) Member of The Editorial Board, International Journal of Differential Equations

and Applications. Member of the Editorial Board, Korean Journal of Computational and Applied

Mathematics Member of the Editorial Board, Publications of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering

(University of Belgrade) (Series: Mathematics) Member of the Editorial Board, The Pure and Applied Mathematics

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Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, Applied Science Periodical Member of the Advisory Board, The hyperion Scientif'ic Journal (Series A:

Mathematics, Ph.ysics and liJlectricalEngineering) Member of the Editorial Hoard, Advanced Studies in Contemporary Mathematics Member of the Editorial Committee, East Asian Mathematical Journal Member of the Associated Editorial Board, Cubo Matematica Educational Member of the Editorial Board, ,Journal of' the Korea Society of Mathematical

Education (Series B: Pure and Applied Mathematics) Member of the Editorial Board, ,Journal of the Korean Society of Mathematical

Education (Series D: liesearch in Mathematical Education) Guest Editor, Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Special Issue

on Higher Transcendental Functions and Their Applications) (2000) Member of the Editorial Board, Tam.mi Ox/brd Journal of' Mathematical Sciences Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, .Journal of the Rajasthan Academy of

Physical Sciences Member of the Editorial Board, International Journal of Pure and Applied

Mathematics Member of the Organizing Committee, International Conference on Boundary Value

Problems, Special Functions and Fractional Calculus [Dedicated to Academician F.D. Gakhov on his 90th birthday] (Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; February 16-20, 1996)

Member of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committee, Seventh International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August 18-23, 1996)

Member of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committee, Eighth lnternationl Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Aguast 18-23, 1997)

Organizer of a Special Session on Integral transforms and Specail Functions at the Eighth International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 18-23, 1997)

Member of the Scientific Committee, International Workshop on Fundamental Open Problems in Mathematics, Physics and other Sciences (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China; August 28, 1997)

Member of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committee, Ninth International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Polvdiv, Bulgaria; August 18-23, 1998)

Organizer of a Special Session on Integral Transforms and Special Functions at the Ninth International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovidv, Bulgaria; August 18-23, 1998)

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Co-Chair of the Scientific Com:r:nittee, International Workshop on Advanced Special Functions and Applications [Sponsored jointly by ENEA-Prascati (Rome) and Comune di Melfi under the auspices of the Universita della Brasilicata at Potenza] (Melfi, Italy; May 9-12, 1999)

Member of the Organizing Committee as well as tho Scientific Committee, '/'cnth International Co!loqni,11111. on Differential Equations (Plovdiv, Bdgaria; August l8-2i3, 1999)

Organizer of a Special Session 011 Integral Transforms and Special Function at tho Tenth International Colloqllillm, on Differential !Cquations ( Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August l8-~:l, 1999)

Member of the International Advisory Committee, International Conf(~rencc on Mathematical Modelling u/' Nonlinear Systenis (UT-1-\haragpur, India; December 9-11, 1999)

Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee, Second International Workshop on Advanced Special Functions and Integration Methods [Sponsored jointly by ENEA­Frascati (Rome) and Comune di Melfi] (Melfi, Italy; June 18-23, 2000)

Member of the Program Committee, Belarussian Mathematical Conference [Section: Real and Complex Analysis] (Minsk, Belarus; June 19-24, 2000)

Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committee, Eleventh International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovdiv,

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Bulgaria; August 18-23, 2000) Organizer of a Special Session on Integral Transforms and Special

Function at the Eleventh International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August 18-2a, 2000)

Member of the Scientific Committee, International Congress on Constantin Caratheodor:y (l87a-l950) in His ... Origins (Vissa [Orestiada], Greece; September 1-4, 2000)

Member of the International Scientific Committee, The 2000 WSES Group of International Conferences in Mathematics (Sponsored by the World Scientific and Engineering Society) (Athens, Greece; December 1-3, 2000)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee, International Conference on Analytic Methods of Analysis and Differential Equations (Minsk, Belarus; February 15-19, 2001)

Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee, Third International Workshop on Advanced Special Functions and Related Topics in Probability [Sponsored jointly by ENEA-Frascati (Rome) and Comune di Melfi] (Melfi, Italy; June 24-29, 2001)

Member of the Scientific Program Committee, Inequalities 2001 (Timisoara, Romania; July 9-14, 2001)

Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committe,

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Tenth International Colloquium on Numerical Analysis and Computer Science with Applications (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August 12-17, 2001)

Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committee, Twelfth International Colloquium on Differential Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Augmit 18-2a, 2001)

Organizer of a Special Session on Integral Transforms and Special Functions at tho Twelfth f nternational Colloquium on Diff'erenliu.I Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August 18-23, 2001)

Mc~mbor of the International Seicntific Committee, The 2001 WSES Group of' International Con/iffcnces on Applied and Theoretical Mathernatica (Sponsored by the World Scientific and Engineering Society) (Cairl1s, Queensland, Australia; Decemher l 7-21, 2001)

Member of the Scientific Committee, International Conference on Abstract and Applied Analysis 2000 (Ifanoi, Vietnam; August UJ-17, 2002)

Vice Chairman of the Organizing Committee as well as the Scientific Committee, Thirteenth International Colloquium on 1Jiff'erential Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August 18-23, 2002)

Organizer of a Special Session on Integral Transforms and Special Functions at the Thirteenth International Colloquium on Diffemtial Equations (Plovdiv, Bulgaria; August 18-23, 2002)

Referee and Editorial Consultant for Several Asian, European, and American Journals and Publishers

Referee for Research Grant Project submitted to the National Science .fi'oundation of US.A., the International Science Ji'oundation of US.A. (For the former Soviet Union and Baltic States), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of' Canada

External Referee and Advisor, Research AwardH Comrnitteo to Select the Best Researcher in the Faculty of Science at Kuwait University (1994-1995).

Referee and/or Co-Sponsor for several international awards and prizes including (for example) the 1994 and 1998 Nobel Prizes for Physics (Sweden), the 1997 King Faisal International Prize for Physics (Saudi Arabia), et cetera.

Member of the Panel of Referees for Sponsored Research at Kuwait University (1998-)

External Examiner for Ph.D. and D.Sc. Theses Submitted to Universities Around the World (Especially in North America, Europe, and Asia)

Reviewer, Applied Mechanics Reviews (U.S.A.) [since 1973] Reviewer, Mathematical Reviews (U.S.A.) [since 1966] Reviewer, Zentralblatt fur Mathematik (Germany) [since 1965] OTHER HONORS.AND AWARDS INCLUDE: Vizianagarm Scholarship (University of Allahabad: 1957-1959)

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First Prize in Short Story Competitions in English (Awarded in I !lG8 and 1959 by Three Colours and Five Stars, an inLcrnational organi,,;aLion of' India and tlw 11<~ople's Republic of China)

Allahabad Jubilee Medal (University of Allahabad: 1959) Research and Travnl Grants (l9fl5-Present) Carnegie Fellowship (lJ11ivursiLy of' Glasgow: 1975-1D76) Carlsberg Foundation Grant ('l'cchnical University of Denmark: 198:n Honorary Diploma I La lJ11ivc1·sid<~d dcl Zulia at maracaibo (Vunc,,;ucla) 111

Co111rncmoratio11 or iU' fi'in~I. ( '.r'.ti1(~11ary: October 199 l (Notif'iccl Mmeli l DD'.~J I DAAD I Deutscher Akadmnischc1· Austausch-Dicnst I Fellowship ( Fn~i('.

UnivcrsiWt Berlin: l !)!fl)

Citations in Books, Doctoral Theses, and Monog1·aphs (Too tllrnwrous Lo lw listed here)

Biographical Listings (many with photographs) in Various Issues of Over Forty International Who's Who's Distinguished Visiting (Research) Professorships at Numerous Academic Institutions Throughout the World

Hononary Diploma !Centro de Invcstigacion de Matematica Aplicada (Facultad de Ingenieria), La Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela: Formally awarded on July 4, 1996]

Publications: An up-to-date list of his scholarly publications (including refereed journal articles, books and monographs, books and encyclopedia chapters, papers in conference proceedings, etcetera) is as follows : BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS. 1. H.M. Srivastava and H .. G. Buchman, C:onuolulion lnteral l~quations with

Special fi'ttnclion Ken1e!s (l GtJ. pp.). A Halsted Prc8s Book (Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi), ,Jonh Wiley & Sons, New York, London, Sydney, and rl'oronto, 1977 (JSBN: 0-470-990GO-;) and 0-8522G-8;)4-;)).

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H.M. Srivastava and B.RK. I<.ashyap, Special Functions in Queuing Theor:y and Related Stochastic Processes (x+:rn8 pp.). Academic Press, New York ,and London, 1982 (ISBN: 0-12-660650-1).

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H.M. Srivastava and KC. Gupta, and S.P Goyal The H-Fuctions of' one and Two variables with Application (x+306pp.). Soouth Asian Publisherrs, New Delhi and Madras, 1982. H.M. Srivastava and H.L. Manocha, A Treatise on Generating Fuctions (569 pp.). A Halsted Press Book (Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester), John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, and Toronto, 1984 (ISBN: 04 70-20100-3 and 0-85312-508-2). H.M. Srivastava and P.W Karlsson, Multiple Gaussian Hypergeometric Series (425 pp.). A Halsted Press Book (Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester), John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, and Toronto, 1985 (ISBN:

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0470-720100-2 and 0-85312-602-X). 6. H.M. Srivastava and Shigeyoshi Owa (Editon1), Univalent /1'uncl.ions,

/?ractional Calculus, and Their Applications (404 pp.). A Hahited PrnsH Book (Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester), John Wiley & Som;, Now York, Chichester, Brisbane, and Toronto, 1989 (ISBN: 0470-21630-l and 0-7tl58-0701-1).

7. I-LM. Srivastava and ILG. Buschman, Theory and Applications of' Convolution Integral Equations (xx+2-10 pp.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordn~chL, Boston, and Lodon, 1H92 (ISBN: 0-792:~-1891-9).

8. H.M. Srivastava and Shigcyoshi Owa (Editors), Current 'J'opic.~ in AnaLylic Functinn Theory (xiv-HGGpp.J. World Scientific Publishing CompaLy,

Singapore, New Jersey, London, and !long Kong, 1992 (ISBN: 981-02--09:~2-9). 9. Themistocles M. Rassias, H.M. Srivm:;tava and Y. Yanushaw.;kas (Editors),

Topics in Polynomials of' One and Seuend Variables and '!'heir Applications: A Legacy of'PL. Chebyshev (x+638pp.). World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 199:3 (ISBN : 981-02-0614-3).

10. FI.M. Srivastava and Themistocles M. HassiaH (Editors), Analysis, Geometry and Groups: A Riemann Legacy Volume (Part I) (viii+336pp). Hadronic Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1993 (ISBN: 0-911767-59-2 and 0-911767-85-9).

11. H.M. Srivastava and Themistocles M. Rassias (Editors), Analysis, Geometry and Groups: A Riemann Legacy Volume (Part II) (viii +376 pp.). Hadtonie Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1993 (ISBN: 0-911767-59-2 and 0-911767-85-9).

12. Themstocles M. Rassias and Hari M. Srivastava (Editors), Analytic and Geometric Inequalities and.Applications (viii+:378pp.). Kluwer Academic Publish9rs, Dordrecht, Boston and London, 199~) 08BN: O·-'h>2:J-G(i~W-Xl.

13. Decio Cocolicehio, Giuseppe Dattoli, and lluri M. Srivastava (Editors), Advanced Special Functions cuul Applications (Proceedingi:.; o('the Melfi School on Advanced Topics in MathematicH and Phy8ics; Melfi, Italy, May 9-12, 1999) (336 pp.), Aracne Editrice, Rome, 2000 (ISBN: 88-799-264-X).

14. Giuseppe Dattoli, Hari M. Srivastava and Clemente Cesarano (Editors), Advanced Special Functions and Integration Methods (Proceedings of the Melfi School on Advanced Topics in Mathematics and Physics; Melfi, Italy, June 18-23, 2000) (376 pp.), Aracne Editrice, Rome, 2001 (ISBN: 88-7999-298-8).

15. H.M. Srivsatava and Junesang Choi, Series Associated with the Zeta and Related Functions (x+388pp.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, and London, 2001 (ISBN: 0-7923-7054-6).

16. KS. Lakshmi, R. Parvatham and H.M. Srivastava (Editors), Analysis and Its Applications (Proceeding of the International Conference on Analysis and Its Applications; Chennai, India, December 6-9, 2000) (xxiv+281pp.), ,

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Allied Publishenc; Limited, New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, and Chennai, 2001 (ISBN: 81-764-179-4 ).

BOOK CHAPTERS 1. A Unifted Presentation o/' Certain Bilateral Generating /!'unctions j(Jr a Class

o/ Polynotnials, in Topics in Mathematical Analysis: A Volume Dedicated to the Mmnory of A.L. Cauchy (Themistocles M. lfassias, f~:ditor), World Scientific PuhliHhing Company, Singapore, New ,Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1~)89, pp. 829-840.

'.2. (with S. Owa) A lhslnrlio11 '/'h(·orc111 and a Related Cor~jecture lnuoluing / 1'raclional !Jeriualiues o/' C'onucx /1'unctions, in Univalent .Funcitons, Fractional Calculus, and Their Applications (H.M. Srivastava and S. Owa, Editors), Halsted Pres:,; ( I1;llis l lorwoocl Limited, Chichester), John Wiley and Sons, New York, ChicheHter, BriHbane, and Toronto, 1989, pp. 219-228.

:i. (with ILK. Raina) The Multidimensional 1/0/111,f-{ren-Hiesz '/'ransj(Jrrnalion and Fractional Diflerintegrals o/ Hiemann-f,iouuille and Wey! 'l'.ypes, in Univalent Functions, Fractional Calculus, and Their Applications CH.M. Srivastava adn S. O~va, Editors), lfalsted Press (Ellis Horwood Limited, Chchester), John Wiley and Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane and Toronto, 1989, pp. 355-370.

4. Some Operational Techniques in the Theory o/ Generalized Gaussian and Clausenian Functions, in The Mathematical Heritage of C.F. Gauss (George M. Hassias, Editor), World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 712-732.

5. Some Lauricella Multiple Hyperf{eornetric Series Associated with the Product o/ S<werctl Hessel /!'unctions, in Constantin Caratheodory: An International Tribute ('l1lrnmi1::>tocles M. RaRsias, Editor), Vols. I and II, World Scientific PubliBhing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1991, pp. 1:304-184 l.

6. (with Y. C. Kim and KS. Loe) Some f!'arnilies of" Univalent and Starlike Integral . Operators, in Current Topics in Analytic Function Theory (H.M. Srivastava and S. Owa, Editors), World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1992, pp. 118-129.

7. (with S. Owa) Analytic Solutions of' a Class of' Briot-Bouquet Dif'ferential Equations, in Current Topics in Analytic Function Theory (H.M. Srivastava and S. Owa, Editors), World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1992, pp. 252-259.

8. A Certain Class of Generalized Hypergeometic Functions Associated with the Hardy Space of' Analytic Functions, in Current Topics in Analytic Function Theory '(H.M. Srivastava and S. Owa, Editors), World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1992, pp. 337-348.

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9. Special Solutions of' a Certain Class o/ Dilferential l~quations, in

Mathematics in Education (Themistocles M. Rassias, Editor), Univcn·dLy of La Verne Press, La Verne, California, 1992, pp. 117-121.

10. A Certain Family of' Generating Functions f'or Classical Orthogonal Polynomials, .in Topfos in Polynomials of One and Several Variables and Their Appli<~ations: A lA:~gacy of P. L. Chebyshev ('l1hemisloclc~H M. 11assias, H.M. Srivastava, and A. Yanushauskas, Editors), World Scientif'ic

Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 199:1, pp. 5:15-561.

1 l. (with Th. M. RassiaH) Some Uecenl Advances in the Theor:y of' the Zeros and Critical Points of' a l'olynomial, in Topics in Polynomials of One and Several Variables and Their Applications: A Legacy of P. L. Chebyshev (Themistocles M. RassiaH, H.M. Srivastava, and A YanushmtHkaH, Editorn), World Scientific Publishing Company, 8ingapon), New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 463-481.

12. Some Applications of' Fractional Claculus Involving the Gamma and Related Functions, in Recent Advances in Fractional Calculus (R.N. Kalia, Editor), Global Publishing Company, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, 1993, pp. 179-202.

13. (with S.B. Yakubovich and Yu. F Luchko) New Families of' Leibniz Type Rules fbr Fragtional Calculus and Their Integral Analogues, in Recent Advances in Fractional Calculus (R.N. Kalia, Editor), Global Publishing Company, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, 1993, pp. 248-291.

14. (with V S. Kiryakova) Generalized Multiple Riemann-Liouville /1'ractional Di/Jerintegrals and Their Applications in Univalent Function 'l'heor:y, in Analysis, Geometry and Groups: A Uiemann Legacy Volume (H.M. Srivastava and Themistocles M. RasHiaH, Editors), Hudronic Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1993, pp. 191-226.

15. (with Y. C. Kim) The Hardy Space of'a Certain Series and Us Applications, in The Mathematical Legacyof Hanno Rund (1925~1993) (J. Vladimir Kadeisvili, (Editor), Hadronic Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1993, pp. 37-52.

16. Certain Conjectures and Theorems Involving Fractional Derivatives of' Analytic and Univalent Functions, in Analysis and Topology (Cabiria Andreian Cazacu, Olli E. Lehto, and Themistocles M. Rassias, Editors), World Scientific Publishing Company, Singapore, New Jersey, London, and Hong Kong, 1998, pp. 653-676.

17. (with W Buhring) Analytic Continuation of' the Generalized Hypergeometic Series Near Unit Argument with Emphasis on the Zero-Balanced Series, in Approximation Theory and Applications (Th. M. Rassias, Editor), Hadronic Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1998, pp. 17-35.

18. (with Themistocles M. Rassias) Some Bounds f'or Orthogonal Polynomials and Other Families of' Special Functions, in Approximation Theory and

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Applications (Th. M. Hassias, Editor), Hadronic PresH, Palm Harbour, Florida, 1998, pp. I 77-l9~l.

19. (with ThemistocleH M. lta88ias) So1ne Classes of" Multilinear and Multilateral Generating /1'unct.ions, in Nonlinear Mathematical Analysis and Hs Applications ('1111. M. RaHHias, Editor), Hadronic Press, Palm Harbour, Florida, 1998, pp. t 9:l-22 I.

20. Some Families of"Gencrat.ing Functions and Polynomial Expansions lrwolving Systems in One and Mol·c ( :ornplex Variables, in Complex Analysis in Several Variables ('l'h. M. lbssiw-;, l•:ditor), Hadronic Press, Palm Harbour, Florida, 1999, pp. 149- I 8:l.

21. Certain Operational 'l'ech11iq1ws and '/'heir Applications in Analytic and Univalent Function 'l'hemy, in Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Th. M. Hassias, EdiLor), Hadronic PrnHs, Palm Harbour, Florida, 1999, pp. 251-270.

22. Distortion Inequalities /br Analytic and llniualent Functions Associated with Certain F'raclional Calculus and Other Linear Operators, in Analytic and Geometic Inequalities (Th. M. Rassias and H.M. Srivastava, Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, and London, 1999, pp. 349-374.

ENCYCLOPEDIA CHAPTERS 1. Queueing Theory. In Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Vol.

11, Academic Press, New York, 1987, pp. 543-556. Revised and updated version in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and 'l'echnology, l 992, pp. 79:3-807. Further revised and update version in Encyclopedia of" Physical Science and Technology, Vol. lii, Academic Press, New York, 2002, pp. 481-495.

2. Catalan Constant. f n f!Jncyclopcdia of'Mathernatics, Supplement III, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, and London, 2002, pp. 95-96.

PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PHOCEEDINGS 1. The classical orthogonal polynomials: Some recent results,

International Dedication Seminar on Recnet Advances in Mathematics and Its Applications held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, December 27, 1976- January 1, 1977; in the Proceedings of the International Dedication Seminar on Recent Advances in Mathematics and Its Applications, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 1978, pp. 127-131.

2. (with S. Owa) An application of the fractinal calculus, International Workshop in Mathematics (Fractional Calculus) held at Ross Priory, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., August 5-11, 1984; in Fractional Calculus (A.C. McBride and G.F Roach, Editors), Pitman Advanced Publishing Program, Boston, London, and Melbourne, 1985, pp. 199-212.

3. (with S. Owa) Some operational techniques in the theory of analytic

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functio;ns, 1 nternational Symposium on Complex Analysis and Applications held at Budva, Yugoslavia, May 25-31, 1986; in Mateniaticki Vesnih, Vol. :rn, 1986, pp. 587-595.

4. Some recent developments in the theory of generalized hypergeometic functions, Fourth l nternational Conference on Complex Analysis and Applications held at Varna, Bulgaria, May 10-16, 1987; in Cotnplex Analysis and Applications' 87 (I. Dimovski and V Kiryakova, Editors), Bulgarian Acadmny of Sciences, Sofia, 1989, pp. 495-516.

5. Srinivasa Ramunujan and generalized basic hypergeometic functions, Hamanujan C'ent<'n<u:Y International Conference on Mathetnatics held at Anna University, Madrmi, India, December 19-21, 1987; Revised and updated version in Serdica. Hulga.ricae Mathematicae Puhlicaliones (Dedicated to Academician lJuhomir G. Iliev on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday on April 20, 199a), Vol. 19, 1998 pp. 191-197.

6. Some recent results on q-sereis and q-polynomials, Harnanujan Birth Centenary Year International Symposiurn on Ana(ysis held at the Institute of Armam~nt Technology, Girinager, Punc, India, December 26-28, 1987; in Ramanujan International Syniposium on Analysis (N.K. Thakare, Chief Editor), Macmillan India Limited, Delhi and Madras, 1989, pp. 139-149.

7. Univalent functions, fractional calculus, and associated generalized hyper-geometirc functions, International Symposium on Univalent Functions, Fractional Calculus, and Their Applications held at Koriyama Kenshu Kaikan (Nihon University), Koriyama, Japan, May l-5, 1988; in Univalent Functions, Fractional Calculus, and Their Applications CH.M. Srivastava and S. Owa, gditors), Halsted Pre8s (Ellis Horwood Limited, Chichester), John Wiley and Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, and Toronto, 1989, pp. aW-854.

8. The use of fractional calculus and other operational techniques in obtaining generating functions, Third International Conference on Fractinal Calculus and Its Applications held at Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan, May 29- June 1, 1989; in Fractional Calculus and Its Applications (K.

Nishimoto, Editor), College of Engineering (Nihon University), Koriyama, 1990, pp. 253-261. Also edited and published Open Questions for Further Researches on Fractional Calculus and Its Applications in the same Proceedings, 1990, pp. 281-284.

9. Applications of certain linear operators in the theory of analytic functions, Tenth International Conference on Analytic Functions held at Szczyrk, Poland, April 22-27, 1990; in Annales Polonici Mathematici, Vol. 55, 1991, pp. 325-330.

10. (with M. Sligo) A theorem on the asymptotic behavior of Lauricella's

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first hypergeometric series F JnJnear the boundary of its convergence region, Vi/Ui International Conference on C'ornplex Analysis and Applications roith /iymposiwn on Generalized fi'ttnctions held at Varna, Bulgaria, September I G-21, 1991; in Complex Analysis and Generalized f1'unctions (L DinwvHld and V Hristov, Editors), Institute of MathemaLicH, Bulgarian Academy of' Ncicnee;;;, Sofia, l99g, pp. 258-267.

1 l. (with Y.C. Kim) Some Families of generalized hypergeometric functions associated with the Hardy space of analytic functions, International .Seminar on complex Analysis and Applications held at Yeungnam University, Gyongsan, Korea, ,July 7-D, Hm:l; in fJroceedings of' the International 8erninar on Complex Analysis and Applicalions (Y. C. Kim, Editor), Yeungnam University, Gyongsan, 199:3, pp. I~ t:L

12. Univalent and starlike integral operators and certain associated families of linear operators, I nlernational C'on/erence on Complex AnaZysis held [in conjunction with,the Special Academic lfo,r (19Hl-1992) on Complex Analysis] at the N ankai Institute of Mathematics, Tianjin, People's Hepublic of China, June 19-23, 1992; in Proceedings of' the Conference on Coplex Analysis (Zhong Li, Fuyao Ren, Lo Yang, and Shunyan Zhang, Editors), Conference Proceedings and Lecture Notes in Analysis, Vol. I, International Press, Cambridge, Masachusetts, 1994, pp. 188-207.

13. Some polynomial expansions and generating funetions associated with the Jacobi polynomials, International Conference on Boundary Value Problems, Special Functions and Praclional Calculus [Dedicated to the Ninetieth Birthday of Academician F.D. Gakhov (1906-1980)] he.Id at Minsk, Belarus, February 16-20, 1996; in Boundary Value Problem,s, Special Functions and fi'ractional Calculus (l.V Guishun, A. A. Kilbas, and S.V Rogo2in, Ji~ditorH), Belarusian State University, Minsk, 1996, pp. 363-a72.

14. Bilateral analytic expansions associated with some families of special functions, International Conference on Fourier Analysis, Approximation Theory and Their Applications held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India,' September 6-9, 1993; in Fourier Analysis, Approximation Theory and Their Applications (Z.U. Ahmad, N.K. Govil and PK Jain, Editors), New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, and Mumbai, 1997, pp. 313-337.

15. Boundary behaviors of some families of special functions Seventh International Colloquium on Differential Equations held at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 18-23, 1996; in Proceedings of the Seventh International Colloquium on Differential Equations (D. Bainov, Editor), VSP Publishers, Utrecht and Tokyo, 1997,pp.395-403.

16 Some Operational techniques in the theory of special functions, Second Internatinal Workshop on Transform Methods and Special Functions held at Varna, Bulgaria, August 24-29, 1996; in Transform Methods and

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Special Functions: Varna' 96 (P Rusev, I. Dimovski, and V. Kiryakova, l!Mitors), Science Culture Technology Publishing Company, Singapore, 1998, 446-4£15.

17 Some characterisitcs and theorems associated with analytic and univalent functions, International Conference !Dedicated to the Memory of Professor D. S. Mitrinovic' (1908-1995)] held at Nir\ 8orbia, Yugoslavia, June 20-22, 1996; in Advances in Mathematical Ana~ysis (Volume 2 of the tree-volume Conference Procedings) (G.V Milovanovic, Editor), published in a Spedal Volume of Facta Univ. Ser: Math. Jnfbnn. 12 (l 997).

18 (with A.A. Kil bas, H .. K. Raina, and M. Saigo) Solution of Abel-type hypergeometric integral equation, International Conference 011

Mathmatical Modelling and Complex Analysis held at Vilnius, Lithuc~nia, v

June 3-4, 1997; in Proceedings of'lhe Con/(~rence MMCA'.97 (R Ciegis, Editor), Technika, Vilnius, 1997, pp. 92-104.

19. (with R. Gorenflo and 11: Mainardi) Special functions in fractional relxationoscillation and fractional diffusion-wave phenomena, Eighth International Coloquium on DifJ'erential l~quations [Special Session on Integral Transforms and Special Functions] held at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August 18-23, 1997; in Proceedings of the Eighth International Colloquium on Differential Equations (D. Bainov, Editor), VSP Publishers, Utrecht and Tokyo, 1998, 195-202.

20. A unified theory of some families of elliptic integrals arising in radiation field and other problems, Eighth International Colloquium, on Differential Equations [Special Session on Integral Transforms and Special Functions] held at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, August l8-2a, 1997; in Proceedings of the Eighth International Colloquium on DifJ(,,renticil l~quations (D. Bainov, Editor), VSP Publishers, Utrecht and 'l'okyo, 1998, :399-407.

21. The Riemann-Liouville and Weyl Operators of fractional calculus and a certain class of expansions involving generalized hypergeometric functions, International Workshop on F'undamental Open Problems in Mathematics, Physics and Other Sciences held at Beijing, People's Republic of China, August 28, 1997; in Fundamental Open Problems in Science at the End of the Millennium (Tepper L. Gill, Kexi Liu, and Erik Trell, Editors), Volume II, Hadronic Press, Palm Harbor, Florida, 1999, pp. 423~454.

22. Some recent development in the theory and applications of a class . of finite Fourier transformations, International Conference on Fourier

Analysis and Applications held at Kuwait University, Safat, State of Kuwait, May 3-6, 1998; in Proceedings of the International Conference on Fourier Analysis and Applications (F. Al-Musallam, A Boettcher, P. Butzer, G, Reining, and Vu Kim Tuan, Guest Editors), Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, Vol. 21, 2000, pp. 295-306.

23. (with S. -T. Tu, Y.-T. Huang, and I-C. Chen) A certain family of fractional

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differential equations, International Mathematics Conference Commemorating the Seventieth Anniversary of' Pu den Catholic University held at Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, December 10-12, 1999; in Proceedings of' the International Mathematics Conference at fl'u den Catholic University (C.S. Shieh, K.C. Jea, and T. -J. Ho, Editors), Department of' Mathematics, [1\1 ,Jen Catholic University, Taipai, Taiwan, Republic of China, 2000,pp. 317-:324.

24. A unified theory of mixed generating functions and other related results, lnterna!iona./ Workshop on Advanced Special fi'unctions and Applications held at Mel l'i, I Laly, May 9-12, 1999; in Advanced Special Functions and Applications ( D. Cucodicchio, G. Dattoli, and H.M. Srivastava, Editors), Aracne Editrice, Home, 2000, pp. 15-48.

25 Some families of fractional d.ifferential equations, International Conference on Mathematics and Its Application:; in the New Millennium held at the renaissance Palm Garden hotel in Serdang (Selangor), Malaysia, July 18-19, 2000; in Proceedings of' International Conference on Mathematics and Its Applications in the New Millennium, Department of Mathematics, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang (Selangor), Malaysia, 2001, pp.1-20.

26. (with T. Sekine andn K. Tsurumi) Integral means for generalized subclasses of analytic functions, International RIMS (Kyoto University) Symposium on Inverse Problems in Univalent Functions Theory held at Kyoto, Japan, May 17-19, 2000; in Study on Inverse Problems in Univalent /?unction Theory (S. Owa, Editor), Surikaisekikenkyusho Kohyuroku No. 1192, .Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2001, pp. 140-152.

27. Fractional and other derivatives in univalent function theoroy, International HJMS (Kyoto University) Symposium on Inverse Problems in Univalent Function The01:y held at Kyoto, Japan, May 17~19, 2000; in Study on Inverse Problems in Univalent !?unction Theory (S. Owa, Editor), S urikaisekikenky us ho Kaky uoroku No. 1192, Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 2001, pp. 153-171.

28. The Euler-Knopp transformation and associated families of generating functions, International Workshop on Advanced Special Functions and Integration Methods held at Melfi, Italy, June 18-23, 2000; in Advanced Special Functions and Integration Methods (G. Dattoli, H.M. Srivastava, and C. Cesarano, Editors), Aracne Editrice, Rome, 2001, pp. 15-44.

29. Some families of fractional derivatives and other linear operators associated with analytic, univalent, and multivalent functions, International Conference on Analysis and Its Applications held at Chennai, India, December 6-9, 2000; in Analysis and Its APplications (K. S. Lakshmi,

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R. Parvatham, and H.M. Srivastava, Editors), Allied Publishers Limited, New Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta, and Chennai, 2001, pp. 209-24:1.

Citations of his research contributions have appeared frequently in varinmi hooks and mongraphs, Ph.D. and D.Sc. theses, and scientific journal articles, much loo

numerous to be listed here. His publications have been reviewed by (among others) Mathematical Reviews, Referativnyi Zhuranal(Matenmtika), and Zentralblatt Fiir Mathematik under various Mathematics Sul!iect Classiflcations including (for example) the following: 05 Combinatorics 11 Number theory 2 6 Real Functions 30 Functions of a complex variable 33 Special Functions 34 Ordi;iary differential Equations 44 Integral Transforms, Operational Calculus 45 Integral Equactions 60 Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes 8 5 Astronomy and Astrophysics