Duke Mathematical Journal and International Mathematics Research Notices
Conference
The conference will be held at Duke University on Friday and Saturday,
May 1 and 2, 1998.
Speakers
- Jean-Michel Bismut (Paris),
Verlinde formulas for simply connected groups and
symplectic geometry.
(video)
- Spencer Bloch (Chicago)
Algebraic Chern-Simons Classes.
(video)
- Richard Borcherds (Cambridge, UK),
Hyperbolic reflection groups.
(video)
- Benedict Gross (Harvard),
Modular Galois representations.
(video)
- Helmut Hofer (NYU),
Three-dimensional dynamical systems and the construction
of global systems of surfaces of section.
(video)
- David Jerison (MIT),
Level sets of solutions to elliptic equations.
(video)
- Peter Sarnak (Princeton),
Spectra of elements in the group ring of SU(2).
(video)
Schedule
| Friday, May 1 |
Saturday, May 2 |
| 9:00-10:00 | Bagels and Coffee |
9:00-9:00 | Bagels and Coffee |
| 10:10-10:30 |
Welcome | 9:30-10:30 |
Sarnak |
| 10:30-11:30 |
Gross |
11:30-12:30 |
Bloch |
| 1:30-2:30 |
Jerison |
2:15-3:15 |
Hofer |
| 3:30-4:30 |
Borcherds |
4:15-5:15 |
Bismut |
| |
6:00 --> |
Buffet Dinner |
All talk will be in room 114 Physics Building on the West Campus of
Duke University.
Organizing Committee
Richard Hain (Duke) and Jonathan Wahl (UNC)
Sponsors
Registration
There will be a nominal registration fee to cover the cost of the buffet dinner on Saturday night.
Buffet
There will be a buffet dinner on Saturday evening after the conference.
Participants will be asked to contribute a nominal fee ($15 general, $10 for
graduate students) to help cover the expenses of the dinner.
Support
It is very unlikely that we can support any established mathematicians.
However, we do have funds to support a few graduate students and
mathematicians just a few years beyond the doctorate. Persons wanting support will need to have a letter from at least one senior mathematician supporting
their application.
Parking
The parking lot next to the Math/Physics building is gated. The gate
will be closed on Friday but open on Saturday. Permits will be available
at the registration desk on Friday morning to this lot and one behind it
according to availability. Those coming from UNC and NCSU are urged
to car pool.
Useful Information
- Directions for getting to the
Duke Mathematics Department
- The Regal Hotel
- A partial list of lodgings in Durham
The closest hotels are the Brownestone Inn ((919) 286-7761), The Cricket
Inn ((919) 286-3111; (800) 274-2538), and the Regal Hotel ((919) 383-8575;
(800) 633-5379 (N.C.) (800) 325-3535 (Nationwide).
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