International Conference on Operator Algebras and Operator Theory to be held in Shanghai, China, July 4-9, 1997

该奖项将为将于7月4日至9日在中国上海华东师范大学举行的第三届算子代数与算子理论国际会议的美国与会者提供部分支持。主办大学将部分支持外国参与者的当地费用。1967年和1980年的前两次会议对该地区的发展作出了重大贡献。这个项目的一般数学领域在希尔伯特空间上的算子代数理论中有它的基础。运算符可以被认为是有限或无限的复数矩阵。特殊类型的运算符通常放在一个代数中，自然地称为运算符代数。这些看似抽象的对象有着各种各样的应用。例如，它们在结理论中起着关键作用，而结理论目前正被用于研究DNA的结构。

Abstract Lin/Ruan/Zhang 970-5842 This award will provide partial support for US participants in the third international conference on operator algebras and operator theory to be held in Shanghai, China, July 4-9 at the East China Normal University. The host university will partially support the local expense of the foreign participants. The previous two conferences, in 1967 and 1980, contributed significantly to the development of the area. The general area of mathematics of this project has its basis in the theory of algebras of operators on Hilbert space. Operators can be thought of as finite or infinite matrices of complex numbers. Special types of operators are often put together in an algebra , naturally called an operator algebra. These seemingly abstract objects have a surprising variety of applications. For example, they play a key role in knot theory, which in turn is currently being used to study the structure of DNA.