2006 Yamabe Memorial Symposium

项目负责人：王家平，Robert D. Gulliver, litian - jun。项目负责人拟于2006年9月22日至24日（周五至周日）在明尼苏达大学数学学院组织第三届山本纪念研讨会，重点讨论几何和辛拓扑。演讲者名单将包括Denis Auroux， Yakov Eliashberg, MikioFuruta, Helmut Hofer, Dusa McDuff, Peter Ozsvath， Yongbin Ruanand和Ronald Stern。山部英彦教授（1923- 1960），1954年至1960年在明尼苏达大学数学学院工作，是一位活跃和高度合作的数学家。他的突发疾病和英年早逝发生在他搬到西北大学的同一年。他在拓扑群、几何和分析方面的工作是对现代数学的杰出贡献。2001年，我们提议通过在明尼苏达大学数学学院举办两年一度的顶级几何会议“山部纪念研讨会”来加强山部纪念讲座。每隔两年，也许是在偶数年的秋天，数学家们将聚集在明尼苏达大学度过一个漫长的周末，聆听有关几何的讲座，讨论最新的研究成果，并与研究生和初级研究人员互动。在每一个两年期，将特别强调几何学中的一个特定领域。其中一个目标是，作为纪念山部秀彦的一种方式，推进与他的兴趣相关的数学领域，他的兴趣以实质性和开创性的方式触及了几个完全不同的数学领域，所有这些领域都可以粗略地描述为具有重要的几何方面。同时，它将为研究生和初级研究人员提供一个与国际最高水平的数学家互动和学习的宝贵机会。最后，一个长期的好处将是刺激数学研究的创新发展。会议网页为http://www.math.umn.edu/yamabe/。

AbstractAward: DMS-0555016Principal Investigator: Jiaping Wang, Robert D. Gulliver, Tian-Jun LiThe principal investigators propose to organize the third YamabeMemorial Symposium, with an emphasis on geometry and symplectictopology, at the School of Mathematics of the University ofMinnesota from Friday to Sunday, September 22-24, 2006. The listof speakers will include Denis Auroux, Yakov Eliashberg, MikioFuruta, Helmut Hofer, Dusa McDuff, Peter Ozsvath, Yongbin Ruanand Ronald Stern.Professor Hidehiko Yamabe (1923--1960) was an active and highlycollaborative mathematician in the School of Mathematics of theUniversity of Minnesota from 1954 to 1960. His sudden illnessand untimely death occured in the same year that he moved toNorthwestern University. His work on topological groups,geometry and analysis were outstanding contributions to modernmathematics. In year 2001, we proposed to enhance the YamabeMemorial Lecture by creating the Yamabe Memorial Symposium, atop-level biennial geometry conference in the School ofMathematics, University of Minnesota. Every two years, perhapsin the Fall of even-numbered years, mathematicians will gather atthe University of Minnesota for a long weekend to hear geometrytalks, discuss the latest research and interact with graduatestudents and junior researchers. In each biennium, a specificarea within geometry will be singled out for special emphasis.One goal will be, as a way to honor the memory of HidehikoYamabe, to advance areas of mathematics related to his interests,which touched in a substantial and ground-breaking way on severalquite different areas of mathematics, all of which may be roughlydescribed as having significant geometric aspects. At the sametime, it will provide a valuable opportunity for graduatestudents and junior researchers to interact with, and learn from,mathematicians working at the highest international level.Finally, a long-lasting benefit will be the stimulation ofinnovative developments in mathematics research.The conference web page is http://www.math.umn.edu/yamabe/.