Conference on Minimal Varieties in Geometry and Physics, June 1-7, 2002, Stony Brook, New York

建议#：DMS-0204589几何与物理最小变数会议：M.Anderson，D.Gromoll，C.LeBrun，M.Rocek(Stony Brook)纽约州立大学石溪分校数学系将于2002年6月1日至6月7日在布莱恩·劳森60岁生日之际举办一次关于几何和物理最小变分的会议。广义极小变差研究的进展对几何学和物理学的许多领域产生了深远的影响。这次会议将汇集致力于最小方差及其最新应用的数学家和物理学家。该奖项为这一领域的活跃研究人员提供部分支持，否则他们的资金来源有限。大多数基金将支持年轻的数学家和来自代表性不足群体的数学家。确认演讲者：S.Bloch，J.P.Bouguignon，R.Bryant，J.Cheeger，T.Colding，J.Figueroa-O‘Farrill，E.Friedlander，H.Gillet，H.Gluck，P.Griffiths，M.Gromov，R.Harvey，D.Hoffman，P.Lima-Filho，R.MacPherson，W.Meek，W.Minicozzi，R.Osserman，M.Rocek，J.Rosenberg，R.Schoen，I.Singer，G.会议有四个主要主题：黎曼流形的极小子流形，标定几何，复子簇和代数圈，和狄拉克算符。将有3门迷你课程：I.三维流形中的极小曲面(Colding和Minicozzi)II.M理论和校准(Figueroa-O‘Farrill)III.代数循环(Tba)会议的详细信息请访问http://www.math.sunysb.edu/varieties----------

ABSTRACTProposal #: DMS-0204589 Conference on Minimal Varieties in Geometry and PhysicsPI's: M. Anderson, D. Gromoll, C. LeBrun, M. Rocek (Stony Brook)The Dept. of Mathematics at SUNY Stony Brook will host a conference on MINIMAL VARIETIES IN GEOMETRY AND PHYSICS June 1 - June 7, 2002on the occasion of Blaine Lawson's 60th birthday. The progress in thestudy of minimal varieties in a broad sense has had a profound impacton numerous areas in geometry and physics. This conference will bringtogether mathematicians and physicists working on minimal varietiesand their recent applications.The award provides partial support for active researchers in this area, who otherwise have limited means of funding, to participate in the conference. Most of the funds will support younger mathematicians andmathematicians from underrepresented groups.Confirmed Speakers: S. Bloch, J.P. Bourguignon, R. Bryant, J. Cheeger, T. Colding, J. Figueroa-O'Farrill, E. Friedlander, H. Gillet, H. Gluck, P. Griffiths, M. Gromov, R. Harvey, D. Hoffman, P. Lima-Filho, R. MacPherson, W. Meeks, W. Minicozzi, R. Osserman, M. Rocek, J. Rosenberg, R. Schoen, I. Singer, G. Tian.Organizing Committee: M. Anderson, D. Gromoll, C. LeBrun, M. Rocek, A. Phillips, S. Simanca.The conference has 4 main themes: minimal submanifolds ofRiemannian manifolds, calibrated geometries, complex subvarieties andalgebraic cycles, and the Dirac operator.There will be 3 mini-courses:I. Minimal surfaces in 3-manifolds (Colding and Minicozzi)II. M-theory and calibrations (Figueroa-O'Farrill)III.Algebraic Cycles (TBA) Detailed information on the conference is available at http://www.math.sunysb.edu/varieties------------------------------------------------------------