Barrett Lectures

“第43届巴雷特纪念讲座——关于威尔默猜想的证明”将于2013年5月4日至5日在诺克斯维尔的田纳西大学举行。威莫猜想是几何分析中最重要的开放问题之一，可以追溯到近50年前。这个猜想最近由巴西IMPA的Fernando Marques和英国帝国理工学院的Andre Neves解决，他们将在会议上发言。每年在诺克斯维尔的田纳西大学举行的巴雷特纪念讲座是美国历史最悠久的数学概论系列讲座之一。今年，会议将集中讨论几何分析中一个著名问题的最新解决方案，该问题可以追溯到近半个世纪以前。来自美国国家科学基金会的支持将与田纳西大学和UT数学系的支持结合起来，资助与会者参加会议的旅费。在获得（或预期获得）数学博士学位的5年内，将优先考虑获得旅费资助的参与者。特别鼓励代表性不足群体的成员申请资助。这个猜想引人注目的性质、难以捉摸的证明和相对简单的陈述，应该会吸引来自数学各个领域和密切相关领域（如物理学）的参与者。http://www.math.utk.edu/barrett/index.html

"The 43rd Barrett Memorial Lectures - On the Proof of the Wilmore Conjecture" will be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on May 4-5, 2013. The Willmore Conjecture was one of the most important open problems in geometric analysis, dating back almost 50 years. The conjecture was recently solved by Fernando Marques of IMPA, Brazil, and Andre Neves of Imperial College in the UK, who will be the speakers at the conference. The annual Barrett Memorial Lectures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is one of the longest-standing series of mathematical survey lectures in the country. This year, the conference will focus on the recent solution of a well-known problem in Geometric Analysis that dates back almost half a century. Support from the National Science Foundation will be combined with support from the University of Tennessee and the UT Mathematics Department to fund travel of participants to the conference. First consideration for travel funding will be given to participants who are within 5 years of earning (or expecting to earn) a PhD in Mathematics. Members of under-represented groups will be especially encouraged to apply for funding. The high profile nature of the conjecture, its elusive proof, and its relatively simple statement, should attract participants from various areas of mathematics and closely related fields such as physics. http://www.math.utk.edu/barrett/index.html