Mathematical Sciences: Regional Geometry Institute

犹他大学将与德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校和华盛顿大学联合开办一个区域几何研究所，目的是将几何领域的研究和教育活动结合起来。该研究所的参与者将包括数学研究人员；数学教育工作者;本科院校教师；研究生、本科生、高中生；还有高中老师。他们将在三个地点参加为期一个月的夏季讲习班和学年活动。该研究所的指导思想是，数学研究和教育可以而且应该是合作伙伴，研究人员和教育工作者可以相互受益。在第一年的研究重点将是几何和流形拓扑和量子场论。在第二年的重点将是非线性偏微分方程在微分几何。教育部分将侧重于将现代几何概念引入本科和大学预科课堂的各种方法。

The University of Utah, in conjunction with the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the University of Washington, will conduct a Regional Geometry Institute aimed at integrating research and educational activities in the area of geometry. The participants in the Institute will include research faculty in mathematics; mathematics educators; faculty from undergraduate institutions; graduate, undergraduate and high school students; and high school teachers. They will participate in month-long summer workshops and in academic year activities at three sites. The guiding philosophy of the Institute is that research and education in mathematics can and should be working partners, and that researchers and educators can benefit from one another. During the first year the research focus will be the geometry and topology of manifolds and quantum field theory. During the second year the focus will be on nonlinear partial differential equations in differential geometry. The educational component will focus on various means of introducing modern concepts in geometry into the undergraduate and precollege classroom.