Mathematical Sciences: West Coast Operator Algebra Seminar; October 26-27, 1991

近二十年来，算子代数理论及其在数学和物理中的应用取得了显著的进展。算子代数的现代理论与各种各样的特定领域相互作用，包括叶状流形的指标理论，多连接流形的几何，差分微分方程，量子群，量子物理，Yang Baxter方程，结和连接理论，通过后者，甚至生物学家对DNA的研究。鉴于该领域的迅速发展和西海岸在算子代数理论研究方面的卓越地位，这笔赠款将支持1991年10月西海岸算子代数研讨会。这将使研究人员能够评估最新的成果并进一步刺激研究活动。

In the last two decades, there has been remarkable progress in the theory of operator algebras and its applications to both mathematics and physics. The modern theory of operator algebras interacts with a wide variety of specific areas, including index theory for foliated manifolds, the geometry of multi-connected manifolds, difference differential equations, quantum groups, quantum physics, the Yang Baxter equation, the theory of knots and links, and via the latter, even the study of DNA by biologists. In view of the rapid advances in the field and the preeminence of the West Coast in research in operator algebra theory, this grant will support a West Coast Operator Algebra Seminar in October, 1991. This will enable researchers to assess the latest achievements and further stimulate research activities.