~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From: Dan Lozier <lozier@nist.gov> Subject: Looking Ahead to the DLMF The Digital Library of Mathematical Functions has been a much bigger job than any of the project participants expected. I am pleased to report that all of the chapters are in the final stages of editing and validating. The process of selecting a publisher for the print edition has been mapped out according to NIST and US Government procurement rules. The procurement will be competitive among qualified mathematics publishers. In addition to the print edition, the DLMF will be distributed free from a public Web site at NIST. The Web address is http://dlmf.nist.gov. A sample chapter on Airy functions has existed on this Web site since the beginning of the project. A tremendous amount of work has been done on the Web site since then to improve its "look and feel." A new sample chapter on the gamma function is being prepared. It will be on the Web site by the end of the summer. The DLMF project is modeled after the Handbook of Mathematical Functions, edited by Abramowitz and Stegun, and published in 1964. It is being constructed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology with substantial funding contributions by the National Science Foundation. More than 50 individuals are contributing to the project as paid authors and validators. The staff at NIST consists of another dozen or so people.