U.S.-France Workshop: Operads and Homotopical Algebra, Luminy, France, May 29 to June 2, 1995

该奖项将支持将于1995年5月29日至6月2日在法国鲁米尼举行的关于歌剧和同伦代数的美法研讨会。研讨会的组织者是北卡罗来纳大学的James D.Stasheff和法国斯特拉斯堡高等数学研究所的Jean-Louis Loday。研讨会的目的是将美国、法国和其他西欧的数学家聚集在一起，讨论歌剧及其应用的新研究方向。算符是一种数学工具，它模拟许多类型的代数。由于它与数学中其他领域(如表示论、图上同调、模空间)的关系的发现以及它在统计力学、理论物理和弦理论中的应用，这一主题重新引起了人们的兴趣。研讨会利用了美国和西欧研究人员的兴趣和不同的专业知识。它将加强研究人员之间的互动，并导致未来的合作。

This award will support a U.S.-France workshop on Operads and Homotopical Algebra to take place in Luminy, France, May 29 - June 2, 1995. The organizers of the workshop are James D. Stasheff of the University of North Carolina and Jean-Louis Loday of the Institute for Research in Advanced Mathematics, Strasbourg, France. The objective of the workshop is to bring together American, French and other Western European mathematicians for discussions on new research directions on operad and its applications. An operad is a mathematical device which models many kinds of algebras There is renewed interest in the topic due to discovery of its relationships to other fields in mathematics (e.g., representation theory, graph cohomology, moduli spaces) and its application in statistical mechanics, theoretical physics and string theory. The workshop takes advantage of the interests and varied expertise of U.S. and Western European researchers. It will enhance interactions among the researchers and lead to future collaborations.