BEST Conferences, Boise, Idaho

9812810 Scheepers该奖项将提供部分支持的特色speakersand也为一些研究生和其他年轻的数学家参加1999年，2000年和2001年最佳会议，“最佳”是adeceptively轻松的首字母缩写为“博伊西Extravaganzas在集合论，”一系列会议致力于一个最古老和最深刻的主题在数学基础。一般的形式将是围绕四个一小时的演讲由杰出的集合理论家建立为期三天的会议，并通过那些被吸引到特色演讲者的简短演讲来完善该计划。这一策略在过去取得了成功-系列会议始于1992年-与会者广泛代表了美国和加拿大的集合论研究，越来越多的海外国家参与其中。年轻数学家、女性和代表性不足的少数民族的参与受到了鼓励。会谈在博伊西州立大学的无障碍教室中举行，并努力满足每年约20名与会者的特殊需要。主办机构为与会者或政府提供免费的办公室支持和秘书设施。*

9812810Scheepers This award will provide partial support for the featured speakersand also for some graduate students and other young mathematicians toattend the 1999, 2000, and 2001 BEST conferences, `BEST' being adeceptively lighthearted acronym for `Boise Extravaganzas in Set Theory,'a series of conferences devoted to one of the oldest and deepest topicsin the Foundations of Mathematics. The general format will be to buildeach of the three-day conferences around four one-hour lectures bydistinguished set theorists and to round out the program with shorter talkscontributed by those attracted to the featured speakers. This strategy hasbeen successful in the past---the series of conferences began in 1992---andparticipants are widely representative of set theoretic research acrossthe U.S. and Canada, with increasing participation from countriesoverseas. Participation by younger mathematicians, by women, and byunderrepresented minorities has been encouraged. The talks are held inbarrier free classrooms at Boise State University, and efforts are madeto accommodate special needs among the roughly twenty annual participants.The host institution provides office support and secretarial facilitieswithout cost to the participants or to the government.***