Special Semester on Hyperbolic Manifolds and Geometric Analysis

在过去的三年里，双曲三维流形的几何和形变理论有了很大的变化和进步。核心猜想已经得到解决，这为传播和吸收成果以及评估新的方向提供了重要的需要和机会。卫斯理大学数学系将于2004年秋季举办一个关于双曲流形和几何分析的特别学期。该系已邀请密歇根大学理查德·加那利教授作为2004秋季学期的特聘客座教授。卫斯理学院的教员佩特拉·邦费特·泰勒和爱德华·泰勒也将是这一特殊学期的领导者和组织者。这一特殊学期的中心内容将是2004年10月举行的为期三天的会议。这次会议将聚集许多双曲3-流形最近令人兴奋的进展的发起人。预计这次会议将吸引许多来自该地区的研究生和青年数学家，以及该领域的知名研究人员。在会议之前，将为研究生举办为期一天的研讨会。该部门进一步计划邀请一系列较长期的访问者，以使研究活动更持续。希望来自该地区的双曲线几何学家和几何分析员也将持续参与特别学期。在这一特殊学期的最后阶段，卫斯理大学将举办一场面向整个卫斯理社区的公开讲座。

The subject of geometry and deformation theory of hyperbolic 3-manifolds has seen considerable change and advancement over the last three years. Central conjectures have been resolved, presenting a significant need and opportunity for results to be disseminated and absorbed and for new directions to be evaluated. The Department of Mathematics at Wesleyan University is holding a special semester on the topic of Hyperbolic Manifolds and Geometric Analysis in the Fall of 2004. The department has already invited Professor Richard Canary of the University of Michigan as distinguished visiting professor for the Fall semester 2004. Wesleyan faculty members Petra Bonfert-Taylor and Edward Taylor will also be leaders and organizers of this special semester.A centerpiece of the special semester will be a three-day conference to be held in October 2004. This conference will gather many of the originators of the recent exciting advances in hyperbolic 3-manifolds. It is expected that this conference will draw many graduate students and young mathematicians from the area, as well as established researchers in the field. The conference will be preceded by a one-day workshop for graduate students. The department further plans to invite a series of longer-term visitors, to enable more sustained research activity. It is hoped that hyperbolic geometers and geometric analysts from the area will also be involved in the special semester on an ongoing basis. For the finale of this special semester Wesleyan University will host a public lecture designed to be accessible to the entire Wesleyan community.