Mathematical Sciences: 7th Summer Conference on General Topology & Applications: Mary Ellen Rudin & Her Work; to be held June 26-29, 1991 in Madison, Wisconsin

Mary Ellen Rudin在集合论拓扑学领域产生了巨大的影响，特别是自1972年她在美国数学学会的一个区域会议上发表了关于该主题的演讲以来。她的退休——仅仅是从教学中退休，而不是从研究或知识传播中退休——提供了一个机会来反思这个领域的过去、现在和未来。提议的机制是召开一次会议，许多受邀的演讲者将在会议上讨论这些问题，这些问题正是Rudin所积极参与的子领域的问题。它们构成了一般拓扑学整个领域的很大一部分。Rudin 1972年的讲座为集合论拓扑学设定了10多年的议程；这次会议将于1991年6月在威斯康星大学举行，专门讨论玛丽·艾伦·鲁丁和她的工作，它应该具有同样的刺激作用。

Mary Ellen Rudin has exercised enormous influence on the field of set-theoretic topology, especially since the publication of her lectures on the subject at a regional conference of the American Mathematical Society in 1972. The occasion of her retirement - merely from teaching, not from research or the communication of knowledge - provides an opportunity to reflect on where the field has been, where it is, and where it should be going. The mechanism proposed is a conference at which many of the invited speakers will discuss precisely these questions for the subfields in which Rudin has been significantly involved. These comprise a large fraction of the entire field of general topology. Rudin's 1972 lectures set the agenda for set-theoretic topology for more than 10 years; this conference, dedicated to Mary Ellen Rudin and her work, to be held at the University of Wisconsin in June, 1991, should have a similarly stimulating effect.