The Bullerin of the lnternqtionol Lineor Algebrc Society flL lLl ns rsl Servingthe Internotionol Lineor Algebro Community IssueNumber 22, pp. l-32, April 1999 Editor-in-Chief: George P. H. SryAN
[email protected], styan@togethe r. n et Departmentof Mathematicsand Statistics tel. (1-514)398-3333 McGillUniversity, Burnside Hall, Room 1005 FAX(1-514) 398-3899 805 ouest,rue SherbrookeStreet West Montreal,Qu6bec, Canada H3A 2KG EditorialAssistants: Shane T. Jensen & EvelynM. Styan Senior AssociateEditors: Steven J. LEoN,Chi-Kwong Lt, Simo PUNTANEN,Hans JoachimWeRrueR. AssociateEditors: S. W. Dnuny, StephenJ. KrRxllno, PeterSeunl, Fuzhen ZHANG, PreviousEditors-in4hrbf; Robert C. THoMpsoN(198H9); StevenJ. Leoru& Robert c. THoMPSoN(1989€3) stevenJ. LEoN(1993-199a); Steven J. LEoN& GeorgeP. H. Srvnn (1994-1997). Commentsfrom Thirty Years of TeachingMatrix Algebra to AppliedStatisticians (S. R. Searle)..3 Requestfor Feedbackon LinearAlgebra Education (Frank Uhlig) . .. .. s DennisRayEstes:1941-1999 .........7 FeliksRuminovich Gantmakher and TheTheory of Matrices ... ... .12 ILASPresidenWice-President's Annual Report: April 1999 (R. A. Brualdi& D. Hershkowitz).... 6 ILASTreasurer'sReport: March 1, 1998-February 28, 1999 (James R. Weaver) ..... ..........22 New& ForthcomingBooks on LinearAlgebra and Related Topics: 1998-1999 .. ........10 Book Reviqts DavidA. Harville:Matrix Algebra from a Statistician'sPerspective (Jiirgen GnoB) .... ....9 A. M. Mathai:Jacobians of Matrix Transformations& Functionsof MatrixArgumenfs (S. Provost)9 Report on Linear Algebra Event Attended December11-14: Fort Lauderdale, Florida ....... ... 15 Forthcoming Linear Algebra Events June7-8, 1999:Regina, Saskatchewan . .....19 July15-16, 1999: Coimbra, Portugal .........1g Julyl*22,1999:Barcelona,Spain ..........19 August6-7, 1999: Tampere, Finland ... ...... 19 June26-28, 2000: l,lafplio, Greece ....21 July12-14,2000: Leuven, Belgium ....-...-.21 December9-13,2000:Hyderabad,lndia .