Groups and Algebraic Geometry at the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques

University Of Vermont & State Agricultural College, Burlington VT

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Abstract

This award will fund U.S. graduate students and post-doctoral fellows attending the Centre de Recherches Mathematiques in Montreal for periods of several weeks during a semester of activities centered on the theme of Groups and Algebraic Geometry during Spring, 2002. The activities planned include a strong component of training, including 1) a four day workshop on Hilbert Modular Varieties and Forms, 2) a one week Winter school on Computations in Coxeter Groups, 3) a one week workshop on Group Actions on Rational Varieties, 4) a two week workshop on Invariant Theory, 5) a one-month concentration period on the Langlands Program for Function Fields, 5) a two week workshop on Computational Lie Theory, and 6) a one week workshop on Algebraic Transformation Groups. The Centre de Recherches Mathematiques in Montreal is one of Canada's three research centers in the mathematical sciences, and has a broad mandate covering all of the various aspects of development of the discipline, with activities comprising theme years in various topics, a general conference program, an industrial program, a publications program in partnership with the American Mathematical Society, as well as activities devoted to education. The themes cover some of the most exciting areas of the mathematical sciences and typically alternate between pure and applied disciplines. This award will provide support for U.S. students and postdoctoral fellows so that they can attend the events during the Spring 2002 semester. This semester is thematically devoted to Groups and Algebraic Geometry, a difficult area of research in which few, if any, universities can offer coverage by advanced courses which allow for adequate graduate student preparation. This award will allow students to take advantage of an exceptional opportunity for education and training by the world's leading experts in areas that have seen significant numbers of recent breakthroughs.