Mathematical Sciences: Georgia International Topology Conference, University of Georgia, August 2 -13, 1993

这项建议是请求国家科学基金会支持将于1993年8月2-3日在佐治亚大学举行的一次主要关于3维和4维拓扑学的会议。自1961年以来，格鲁吉亚大学每8年组织和主办一次重要的国际拓扑学会议。1993年的会议将反映目前人们对3维和4维拓扑学的巨大兴趣。被邀请的演讲者将讨论的话题包括规范理论，拓扑量子场论，三维和四维流形的新不变量，三维流形几何猜想的进展，以及纽结理论的新方法。这些主题近年来发展非常迅速，我们的会议将给研究人员和机会探索它们之间的联系。

This proposal is a request for support from the National Science Foundation for a conference primarily on 3 and 4- dimensional topology, to be held at the University of Georgia, August 2-3,1993. Since 1961 the University of Georgia has organized and hosted a major international topology conference every 8 years. The 1993 conference will reflect the tremendous current interest in 3 and 4-dimensional topology. Among the topics that will be discussed by invited speakers are gauge theory, topological quantum field theory, new invariants of 3 and 4-manifolds, progress on the geometrization conjecture for 3-manifolds, and new approaches to knot theory. These topics have developed very rapidly in recent years and our conference will give researchers and opportunity to explore the connections between them.