Special Issue 2000 Copper Mountain Conference

Abstract

The Copper Mountain Conferences, organized annually by the University of Colorado in cooperation with SIAM, focus alternately on multigrid methods and iterative methods. The conferences have built a reputation for the relaxed atmosphere that makes it the place for young researchers to present their ideas and for the older celebrities to listen to so many exciting, often still unpolished, ideas. This development of young researchers is further stimulated by the Student Paper Competition, through which the best work of doctoral students is highlighted. On April 3--7, 2000, we saw the sixth conference in the series on iterative methods, and the research area was as fresh, lively, and inspiring as ever. The Program Committee quickly agreed that it would be very attractive for the entire research community to have the best contributions collected as papers in a special issue of {\em SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing}. We are very grateful to SIAM for graciously accepting our proposal. SIAM handed the respon...