International Workshop on Algebra and Geometry, Hyderabad, India

Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley CA

Investigators

Abstract

I. The Principal Investigator, David Eisenbud, will support the travel from the US of participants in the International Workshop on "Algebra and Geometry' to be held at the University of Hyderabad, India, 7-12 December, 2001, website <http://202.41.85.102/icag.htm>. The main themes of the Workshop will be Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Computational Algebraic Geometry, and Quantum Algebra. In each of these topics there will be one or two survey talks and several research talks. Plenty of time will be reserved for discussions between the participants, and it is expected that new collaborations and research associations between Indian and US mathematicians will come from these contacts. II. In recent years both US and Indian mathematicians have made major contributions to the fields of Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, and Quantum Algebra. These three fields increasingly use tools from Computational Algebraic Geometry to check conjectures and to aid research. They also contribute tools which are used in the computational systems that underly robotics, cryptography, and other national applications of strategic interest. The proposed conference will foster collaboration in these fields between the US and Indian communities.