R -- EXPERT MATHEMATICAL WRITING, EDITING, AND CONSULTING SERVICES ON THE THEORY, APPLICATION AND COMPUTATION OF THE SPECIAL FUNCTIONS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS, AND ON SUPPORTING OR RELATED MATHEMATICAL METHODOLOGY

Notice Date

November 24, 2000

Contracting Office

National Institute of Standards & Technology, Acquisition & Assistance Div.,100 Bureau Drive Stop 3572, Bldg. 301, Rm B117, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-3572

ZIP Code

20899-3572

Solicitation Number

SB1341-01-Q-0074 through SB1341-01-Q-0090

Response Due

December 1, 2000

Point of Contact

: Anita Tolliver, Contract Specialist, (301) 975-6308, Fax (301) 963-7732; Alba Sanchez, Contracting Officer, (301) 975-6344, Fax (301) 963-7732

E-Mail Address

NIST Contracts Office (Contract@nist.gov)

Description

DESCRIPTION: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to enter into seventeen (17) sole source purchase orders with seventeen (17) individual authors who are listed below under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13-106-1(b), Soliciting from a Single Source. The requirement is for expert mathematical writing, editing and consulting services on the theory, application and computation of the special functions of applied mathematics, and on supporting or related mathematical methodology. These services are required to complete the much-needed successor to the classic and very successful mathematical reference compendium: M. Abramowitz and I.A. Stegun, "Handbook of Mathematical Functions," National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series 55, 1964 and later printings. The required expert mathematical services will be used to acquire fifteen (15) individual chapters on specific topics and to integrate the chapters into a coherent whole resulting in a highly authoritative, "Digital Library of Mathematical Functions" (DLMF) covering the field of special functions of applied mathematics at a level appropriate for experienced scientific professionals. The DLMF will become the standard world reference in its subject area. The DLMF will be disseminated on the World Wide Web with auxiliary publication in a book edition. The individual authors were chosen by an exacting selection process, and all are uniquely qualified to fulfill this requirement because of their unique research accomplishments in the areas of mathematics that are relevant to their specific chapters and their general familiarity with the subject areas of the other DLMF chapters. These attributes are critical because each chapter will cover the current state-of-the-art in its subject area in great detail, and because the whole DLMF will reflect the rich mathematical interconnections that exist among the subject areas of all the chapters. The DLMF leaders, assisted by an international board of ten (10) eminent scientists from outside NIST, can identify no other comparably qualified individuals for these tasks. The eighteen (18) individual authors and their assigned chapters are as follows: 1. Tom M. Apostol, 1-70 Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, "Functions of Number Theory" (DLMF Chapter NT); 2. Richard A. Askey, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1313, "Algebraic and Analytical Methods" (part) (DLMF Chapter AL); 3. David M. Bressoud, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN 55105-1899, "Combinatorial Analysis" (DLMF Chapter CM); 4. Peter Clarkson, "High Trees", School Lane, Wingham, Kent CT3 1BD, England, "Painleve Transcendents" (DLMF Chapter PT); 5. Bernard Deconinck, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, "Theta Functions" (part) (DLMF Chapter TH); 6. D. Kemp, Univ. of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Scotland, "Statistical Methods and Distributions" (part) (DLMF Chapter SM); 7. Steven G. Krantz, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, "Elementary Functions" (DLMF Chapter EF); 8. Vadim Kuznetsov, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom, "Heun Functions" (part) (DLMF Chapter HE); 9. L.C. Maximon, Dept. of Physics, George Washington Univ., Washington, DC 20052, "3j, 6j, 9j Symbols" (DLMF Chapter TJ); 10. I. Olkin, Dept. of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, "Statistical Methods and Distributions" (part) (DLMF Chapter SM); 11. Ranjan Roy, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511-5595, "Algebraic and Analytical Methods" (part) (DLMF Chapter AL); 12. B.D. Sleeman, Dept. of Applied Math., Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK, "Heun Functions" (part) (DLMF Chapter HE); 13. Gilbert Strang, 7 Southgate Road, Wellesley, MA 02482, "Wavelets" (DLMF Chapter WA); 14. Hans Volkmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413, "Lame Functions. Spheroidal Wave Functions", (DLMF Chapter LA); 15. P. Walker, American University of Sharjah, PO Box 26666, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, "Theta Functions" (part) (DLMF Chapter TH), "Jacobian Elliptic Functions" (part) (DLMF Chapter JA), "Weierstrass Elliptic and Modular Functions" (part) (DLMF Chapter WE); 16. Gerhard Wolf, Universitat GHS Essen, Fachbereich 6, Mathematick and Informatik, 45117 Essen, Germany, "Mathieu Functions and Hill's Equation" (DLMF Chapter MA); and 17. Roderick Wong, Faculty of Science & Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China "Asymptotic Approximations" (part) (DLMF Chapter AS). The period of performance for this requirement is from date of award of each purchase order through September 1, 2002. The Government anticipates the award of eighteen firm-fixed-price purchase orders. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement. A Request for Quotation (RFQ) package is not available. See CBD Numbered Notes 1 and 26.

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001128/RSOL003.HTM (W-329 SN5073V1)