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

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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------------------------------------------------------------