Conference: Algebraic Cycles, K-Theory and Modular Representation Theory: Progress and Prospects; September 16-19, 2004

Ohio State University Research Foundation -Do Not Use, Columbus OH

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Abstract

DMS-0354924 Roy Joshua This grant will partially support a conference which will bring together many of the world's leading mathematicians to survey current developments, report on recent progress, and anticpate future developments in algebraic cycles, K-theory and modular representation theory. The link between these topics is the blend of algebra and algebraic geometry, influenced by techniques and motivation from algebraic topology. Progress in algebraic cycles, with related results in algebraic K-theory, has been dramatic. The principal contributors to motivic cohomology which underlies this progress, Bloch, Suslin, and Voevodsky, have agreed to participate. Related investigations include work of Lawson, Lichtenbaum, Walker, and Weibel, all of whom have agreed to participate. Developments in modular representation theory involving cohomological techniques such as support varieties have also generated considerable excitement, and some of the leading researchers in this area (Benson, Nakano and Parshall) will also participate in this conference. The occasion of this conference is the 60th birthday of Eric Friedlander; the venue is Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, from Thursday, September 16- Sunday September 19, 2004. Indeed, most of the lecturers will be mathematicians who have collaborated with Friedlander on aspects of the topics mentioned above. The conference plans to support participation by a number of young people, at both the post-doctoral and advanced graduate student level, so that it will serve to stimulate increased interest and participation in these exciting mathematical topics. For details please see http://www.math.northwestern.edu/conferences/friedlander