LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS Special Issue in honor of Jose Dias da Silva Linear Algebra and its Applications is pleased to announce a special issue in honor of Professor Jose Dias da Silva on the occasion of his retirement from the University of Lisbon and in recognition of his many important contributions to linear and multilinear algebra and other topics in mathematics. We solicit papers for the special issue within the entire scope of LAA or the research interests of Jose Dias da Silva. The deadline for submission of papers is 1 November 2010. Papers for submission will be subject to normal refereeing procedures according to the usual standards of LAA. They should be sent, preferably as pdf attachments in email, to one of the following four special editors: Thomas J. Laffey School of Mathematical Sciences University College Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland Thomas.Laffey@ucd.ie Thomas H. Pate Department of Mathematics and Statistics Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849 patetho@auburn.edu Joao F. Queiro Departamento de Matematica Universidade de Coimbra Apartado 3008 3001-454 Coimbra, Portugal jfqueiro@mat.uc.pt Eduardo Marques de Sa Departamento de Matematica Universidade de Coimbra Apartado 3008 3001-454 Coimbra, Portugal emsa@mat.uc.pt