Southwest Local Algebra Meeting 2013

University Of Arizona, Tucson AZ

Investigators

Abstract

The Southwest Local Algebra Meeting 2013 will take place at the University of Arizona on March 2-3, 2013. This conference will facilitate interactions between students and faculty---with interests in ring theory, broadly interpreted---from institutions in the Southwest. Six speakers will deliver hour-long talks on topics within their specialty; five speakers will be local to the Southwest region, and one will be a prominent algebraist from outside the region. The lectures will be accessible to graduate students. The meeting will also feature three hour-long poster sessions in which the participating students will present their research. (More information can be found at the conference webpage: http://www.math.ttu.edu/~lchriste/slam2013.html.) The study of rings, in the broadest sense, is crucial to many branches of mathematics---commutative and non-commutative geometry, group representations, number theory, coding theory, and cryptography to name a few---and touches on even more---combinatorics, homotopy theory, and statistics, for example. Algebraists in the Southwest region pursue research on a variety of topics under the umbrella of pure and applied ring theory. The geographical distances in the region are such that interactions between people at different institutions rarely happen spontaneously. The meeting will bring together students and faculty from a variety of institutions for inspiring talks and ample time for scientific interaction. One can expect that new collaborations and discoveries may result from such a meeting. About 50 participants are expected: students, young and senior faculty from Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and neighboring states. The participation of students from underrepresented minority groups, women, untenured faculty, and faculty at non-Ph.D. granting institutions is particularly encouraged.