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January 2007

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Date: 13 Jan 2007
From: Topology News
Subject: Topology News, January 2007 


Topology News, January 2007

Appalachian Set Theory 
BEST 16
III Workshop on Coverings, Selections and Games in Topology
III International Meeting on Continuum Theory
Geometric Topology Conference (Beijing)
ITES 2007 (Bressanone)
8th International Workshop on Differential Geometry and its Applications
Workshop in Geometric Topology
11th Galway Topology Colloquium
TTFPP 2007
ICTA 2007 with 4th JAMEX
Advances in Set-Theoretic Topology

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New information about the upcoming Appalachian set theory workshop has
been added to the webpage
http://www.math.cmu.edu/~eschimme/Appalachian/Index.html 
and its links, which will continue to be updated.

Stevo Todorcevic will lead an all-day workshop on "Coherent sequences" on
January 27, 2007, at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The
host and main organizer is Alan Dow. A detailed description has been
posted on the series webpage along with lodging information and details on
how participants may apply for travel support.

Please take a look and let us know if you have any questions.

James Cummings
Alan Dow
Ernest Schimmerling

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Boise Extravaganza in Set Theory
Sunday, March 25 - Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Organized by Liljana Babinkostova, Stefan Geschke, Justin Moore, and
Marion Scheepers.

We are pleased to announce our sixteenth annual BEST conference.
There will be four talks by invited speakers:
Andres Caicedo (Caltech)
Tim Carlson (Ohio State University)
Marcia Groszek (Dartmouth College)
Peter Komjath (Eotvos University)

The talks will be held on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Knotty Pine
Kabins in Idaho City.  Idaho city is a small mining town located roughly
one hour outside of Boise.  A shuttle service from downtown Boise will be
provided in the afternoon and evening on Saturday, March 24. A shuttle
service back to Boise will be provided on Wednesday morning (and Tuesday
evening on demand).

The conference webpage at
http://math.boisestate.edu/~best/best16/
contains the most current information including lodging, abstract
submission, maps, schedule, etc. Anyone interested in participating should
contact the organizers as soon as possible.

The conference is supported by a grant from the National
Science Foundation, whose assistance is gratefully acknowledged.

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III Workshop on Coverings, Selections and Games in Topology

http://www.pmf.ni.ac.yu/spm2007/

Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Nis, and Technical
Faculty in Cacak, University of Kragujevac, are organizing III Workshop on
Coverings, Selections and Games in Topology that will be held in hotel
"Slavija" in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, from April 25 to April 29, 2007.

The previous two workshops under the same name were held in Lecce, Italy
(June, 27-29, 2002 and December 19-22, 2005). Note di Matematica published
proceedings to these two conferences as special issues.

The main topic of this workshop is Selection Principles Theory and its
relations with other fields of Topology and Mathematics (Game Theory,
Ramsey Theory, Set Theory, Combinatorics, Function Spaces, Hyperspaces,
Uniform Spaces, Topological Algebras, Analysis, Lattice Theory, Boolean
Algebras). But other topological and mathematical subjects related to the
main theme are also welcome.

Round Table will be devoted to the centennial of Djuro Kurepa (1907.1993).

Scientific Committee:
Cosimo Guido, University of Lecce, Italy
Ljubisa Kocinac, University of Nis, Serbia
Marion Scheepers, Boise State University, USA
Boaz Tsaban, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Organizing Committee:
Liljana Babinkostova, Boise State University, USA
Dragan Djurcic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia
Ljubida Kocinac, University of Nis, Serbia
Malisa Zizovic, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

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III International Meeting on Continuum Theory
June 7-9, 2007
Puebla, Mexico
Mathematics
Host: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla

Description:
This is the first announcement of the III International Meeting on
Continuum Theory to be held in Facultad de Ciencias Fisico-Matematicas de
la Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla from June 7 through 9, 2007.
The meeting is sponsored by the Facultad de Ciencias Fisico-Matematicas de
la Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Instituto de Matematicas of
the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y
Tecnologia and the Sociedad Matematica Mexicana.
The meeting site will be the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
campus. There will be six one hour invited lecturers. Contributed
presentations are invited. The deadline for submission of abstract is
27/4/2007. Please submit your abstract through the Topology Atlas.

The City of Puebla is located about 95 miles east of Mexico City, and it
is the capital of the State of the same name. It has an altitude of 6000
feet over the sea level, and the temperature during the Summer is about
80F. Puebla was founded in 1531 and has a set of buildings religious and
nonones built in the baroque style representative of the XVII, XVIII, and
XIX centuries. In 1987, UNESCO declared downtown Puebla a Cultural
Patrimony of Humanity. The Sate of Puebla is well known for its textile
industry, its craftmanships, and its food. Very close to Puebla City,
there are several archaeological sites of Prehispanic Cultures. Also you
can see, from many parts of the city, two of the most beautiful volcanos
of Mexico, namely the Popocatepetl and the Iztaccihuatl. If you want to
have more information about Puebla City, please check the web page:
http://www.tourbymexico.com/puebla/puebla/puebla.htm

To go directly to Puebla's airport could be very expensive. So we suggest
to fly to Mexico City and catch a bus right outside of the airport. There
is a bus ride every 30 minutes. The cost of the ride is about 125.00 MXN
(mexican pesos).

If you have any question, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely
Isabel Puga, Sergio Macias and Sam Nadler

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Geometric Topology Conference -- Beijing 2007 
June 18 -- 22, 2007
Peking University, Beijing, CHINA

http://www.math.pku.edu.cn/gt2007/

We are organizing a week-long Conference in Geometric Topology. It will be
held at Peking University, during June 18-22, 2007.

This Conference in Geometric Topology is aimed at reflecting the current
state of the art in the study of low dimensional topology and related
subjects. The specific range of topics we intend to cover is well
represented by the interests of the members of the advisory committee. The
conference consists of two kinds of talks: invited talks (50 minutes) and
parallel session talks (25 minutes).

There is no registration fee for all participants. The conference will 
provide free food and guesthouse on and around the campus for all 
participants: every invited participant will get an individual room, and 
usually every two participants may share a room. If you wish to pay the 
room near the campus by your own, we can help you to make reservations. 
There will be no financial support for travel. 

If you are interested in coming, or wish to give a talk, please click 
registration. Invitation letters for international participants will be 
sent out before April 1, 2007 for you to apply for a visa. 

We expect this conference to be an enjoyable and mathematically exciting 
meeting, and we are looking forward to seeing you at Beijing. 

The Organizing Committee 

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ITES2007 - Sixth Italian-Spanish Conference on
GENERAL TOPOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
Bressanone, 26-29 June 2007
http://www.math.unipd.it/topology/

First announcement

ITES2007, the "Sixth Italian-Spanish Conference on General Topology and
Applications", will be held in Bressanone (Italy) from 26 to 29 June, 2007.

The meeting, which takes place alternately in Italy and in Spain, aims to
promote the cooperation between Italian and Spanish topologists.
Traditionally, it attempts to stress the connections between Topology and
other mathematical areas, in particular Mathematical Analysis and
Geometry.

The main lectures will be given by:

 * Angelo Bella (Universita' di Catania);
 * Dikran Dikranjan (Universita' di Udine);
 * Szymon Dolecki (Universite' de Bourgogne);
 * Batildo Requejo Fernandez (Universidad de Extremadura en Badajoz);
 * Jesus Rodriguez Lopez (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia);
 * Petr Simon (Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Praha).

The program will also include short individual talks.
The participation of researchers from other countries is warmly
encouraged.

The social program will include a dinner and an excursion to the 
mountains.

The official languages are Italian, Spanish, and English.

The scientific committee is composed by:

 * G. Artico, U. Marconi and R. Moresco (Universita' di Padova);
 * F. Montalvo Duran (Universidad de Extremadura);
 * M. A. Sanchez Granero (Universidad de Almeria);
 * G. Tironi (Universita' di Trieste).

The Conference is supported by:

 * Universita' di Padova;
 * Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata (Padova);
 * Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche (Universita' di Trieste);
 * Grant PRIN2004 (MIUR).


Bressanone (Brixen) is a very pleasant site at about 40 kilometers North
of Bolzano (560 meters a.s.l.). For details, see the Bressanone home page
at http://www.brixen.org/

Bressanone is placed on the railway line Verona-Innsbruck-Munich.

Detailed information on subscription, accomodation and submission of
abstracts will be provided in the second announcement, which is scheduled
within the end of January 2007. All information will also be available on
the home page of the Conference at http://www.math.unipd.it/topology/

The organizing committee:
Giuliano Artico - Umberto Marconi - Roberto Moresco - Gino Tironi

Address  : Dipartimento di Matematica Pura e Applicata
           Via Trieste 63, 35121 Padova, Italy
Phone    : (+39) 049-8271405  or (+39) 049-8271382
FAX      : (+39) 049-8271499
Home page: http://www.math.unipd.it/topology/

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Workshop in Geometric Topology
June 28-30, 2007
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Organizers: Gerard Venema, Ric Ancel, Dennis Garity, Craig Guilbault, Fred 
Tinsley, David Wright

The main speaker is Ian Agol, who will give a series of three lectures. 
Contributed talks by participants are welcome. 

Mail Address:
Workshop in Geometric Topology
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA

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11th Galway Topology Colloquium
July 19-21, 2007
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/~galway11

Organizers: Ben Chad and Rolf Suabedissen

The Galway Colloquia series was established in Galway in 1997 and has
since rotated annually between the topological centres of research in
Ireland and the UK. Its particular focus is on the active participation of
all who attend to promote a spirit of training, learning and
communicating. The atmosphere is informal and graduate students are
especially encouraged to attend and to contribute a talk of topological
content, whether on established classical results and techniques or recent
research.

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Topological Theory of Fixed and Periodic Points
TTFPP 2007
22-28 July 2007 
The Mathematical Research and Conference Center, Bedlewo, Poland

The aim of the conference is to give the opportunity to present recent
achievements and exchange new ideas in the field of fixed and periodic
point theory. The conference continues the tradition of the earlier
conferences and workshops, devoted to the similar subjects, such as TMNA
Bedlewo 2001, TVMNA'03 B.dlewo 2003; and Nielsen Number and Related
Topics, Sao Paolo 1999, St John's, Newfoundland 2004.

Scientific Committee:
Robert F. Brown (UCLA, Los Angeles, US), 
Octav Cornea (Univ. of Montreal, Montreal, Canada), 
Davide L. Ferrario (Univ. Bicocca, Milan, Italy), 
Daciberg Goncalvez (Univ. of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil), 
Lech Górniewicz (UMK, Toru., Poland), 
Philip Heath (Memorial University, Saint John's, Canada), 
Steven Hurder (Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, US), 
Boju Jiang (Univ. of Beijing, Beijing, China), 
Edward Keppelmann (Univ. of Nevada, Reno, US), 
Jaroslaw Kedra (Univ. of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland), 
Ulrich Koschorke (Univ. of Siegen, Siegen, Germany), 
Jaume Llibre (Univ. Autonoma of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain), 
Rafael Ortega (Univ. of Granada, Granada, Spain), 
Yulij Rudyak (Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, US), 
Francisco Ruiz del Portal (Univ. Compultense, Madrid, Spain), 
Aleksy Tralle (Univ. of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland), 
Roman Srzednicki (UJ, Kraków, Poland). 

Organising Committee: Grzegorz Graff (secretary, PG, Gdansk)
Jerzy Jezierski (SGGW, Warsaw), Wojciech Kryszewski (UMK, Torun), Waclaw 
Marzantowicz (UAM, Poznan).

Contact: TTFPP(at)amu.edu.pl

Useful information:
The conference is expected to gather 70-80 participants and will be held 
in the Mathematical Research and Conference Center, B.dlewo (near Pozna.). 
The participation cost (for non-invited scientists), which covers full 
accommodation is 250 Euro, the conference fee is 50 EUR. The Editors of 
the journal "Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis" consented to 
reserve a special volume of TMNA for papers that would be submitted by the 
participants of the meeting. 

Main topics:
I. Classical (Lefschetz and Nielsen) theories of fixed points. New results 
in the theory of coincidence, fixed point theorems for some classes of 
infinite dimensional maps, fixed point theorems for different classes of 
multi-valued maps. 

II. Lefschetz and Nielsen periodic point theories: description of minimal 
periods of maps of some special manifolds (nil- and solvmanifolds), 
minimalization of the number of periodic points in a homotopy class and a 
smooth homotopy class, zeta-type functions connected with numerical 
invariants in periodic point. 

III. Low dimensional discrete dynamical systems and periodic point theory: 
fixed point index and fixed point indices of iterations, Conley index 
methods, applications to differential equations. 

IV. Theory of fixed and periodic points of symplectic maps: methods and 
theorems connected with Arnold conjecture and its version for 
diffeomorphisms (equivariant Schnirelman-Lusternik theory), methods of 
infinite dimensional Morse and Conley index theory, billiard theory 
(including multidimensional theory). 

V. Applications of methods of theory of smooth dynamical systems in 
periodic point theory: connections with topological entropy, Hamiltonian 
maps. 


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The Eighth International Workshop on Differential Geometry and its Applications
August 19-25, 2007
Babes Bolyai University
Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Organizers: Dorin ANDRICA - Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of
Mathematics and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca. Radu IORDANESCU - Institute
of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Sergiu MOROIANU -
Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, Bucharest. Mircea PUTA -
University of the West, Faculty of Mathematics, Timisoara. Secretary: Paul
BLAGA and Liana TOPAN - Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics
and Computer Science, Cluj-Napoca. Treasurer: Daniel VACARETU -
Babes-Bolyai University, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Cluj-Napoca.

Speakers: W. BERTRAM (Nancy), G. BESSON (Grenoble), I. DIMITRIC (Penn. 
State Uniontown), J. DORFMEISTER (München), L. FUNAR (Grenoble), G. 
GENTILI (Firenze), W. KAUP (Tübingen), T. NOMURA (Kyushu Univ.), D. OTERA 
(Palermo), D. REPOVS (Ljubljana), L. STACHO (Szeged), N. TELEMAN (Ancona), 
H. UPMEIER (Marburg), W. WERNER (Münster).

Program: 50 minute lectures and 30 minute talks. Poster communications are 
also envisaged. The PROCEEDINGS will be published. Arrival day is Sunday, 
August 19th and departure day is Saturday, August 25th, 2007.

Main topics: CR-manifolds, Jordan geometry, geometry of immersions and of
submanifolds, tube domains, Banach manifolds, geometry over general base
fields and rings, geometric topology.

Transportation: Cluj-Napoca can be reached by plane from Germany 
(Frankfurt by TAROM, Münichand Stuttgart by CARPAT AIR), from Italy 
(Bologna, Firenze, Treviso, Roma, Bergamo, Verona, andAncona by CARPAT 
AIR), from Austria (Vienna by TAROM), as well as by fast trains from 
Budapest.

Participation Fee: 100 Euro.

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International Conference on Topology and its Applications 2007 
(Jointly with 4th Japan Mexico Topology Conference) 
December 3-7, 2007
Department of Mathematics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwakecho, 
Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan
http://www.math.sci.ehime-u.ac.jp/jamex/

Proceedings: Special issue of Topology and its Applications is planned to
be issued. (Editors of Proceedings: A. Kono, A. Kawauchi, S.
Garcia-Ferreira, T. Nogura)

Registration Fee is U.S. $100 (paid on the spot). 

Organizing Committee:
Chair: 
 Akira Kono (Kyoto University)
 Salvador Garcia-Ferreira (UNAM)
Algebraic Topology: 
 Norio Iwase (Kyushu University)
 Miguel A. Xicote'ncatl (CINVESTAV) xico at math.cinvestav.mx 
Knot Theory: 
 Akio Kawauchi (Osaka City University)
 Mario Eudave (Instituto de Matematicas-UNAM) 
Set Theory, Set-theoretic Topology: 
 Tsugunori Nogura (Ehime University) 
 Angel Tamariz-Mascarua (Facultad de Ciencias-UNAM)
 Diego Rebolledo-Rojas (Instituto de Matematicas-UNAM)
Geometric Topology, Continuum Theory: 
 Hisao Kato (Tsukuba University) 
 Sergey Antonyan (Facultad de Ciencias-UNAM)
 Alejandro Illanes (Instituto de Matematicas-UNAM) 
Dynamical System: 
 Hiroshi Kokubu (Kyoto University)

Please contact the Organizing committee for details concerning the
conference.

This conference is partially sponsored by: Kyoto University 21st Century
COE Program 'Formation of an International Center of Excellence in the
Frontiers of Mathematics and Fostering of Researchers in Future
Generations.' Osaka City University 21st Century COE Program 'Constitution
of wide-angle mathematical basis focused on knots.'

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Advances in Set-Theoretic Topology
in Honour of Tsugunori Nogura on his 60th Birthday
Centre for Scientific Culture "Ettore Majorana" 
International School of Mathematics "G. Stampacchia" 
June 9-19, 2008
Erice, Sicily, Italy

http://www.math.sci.ehime-u.ac.jp/erice/

Organizers:
Szymon Dolecki (Burgundy University, France) 
Yasunao Hattori (Shimane University, Japan) 
Dmitri Shakhmatov (Ehime University, Japan) 
Gino Tironi (University of Trieste, Italy) 

Topics:
Convergence properties and convergence structures; 
Dimension theory and related fields; 
General topology and its applications in other areas of mathematics; 
Hyperspaces, set-valued mapping and their selections; 
Set theoretic methods in mathematics; 
Topological algebra (topological groups, functions spaces, etc...). 

Location:
According to legend, Erice, son of Venus and Neptune, founded a small town 
on top of a mountain (750 metres above sea level) more than three thousand 
years ago. The historian Thucydides (~ 500 B.C.), writing about events 
connected with the conquest of Troy (1183 B.C.) and the escape on the sea 
towards the West, said that the Elymi - historical founders of Erice - 
were survivors from the destruction of Troy. This inspired Virgil to 
describe the arrival of the Trojan royal family in Erice and the burial of 
Anchises, by his son Aeneas, on the coast below Erice. Homer (~1000 B.C.), 
Theocritus (~300 B.C.), Polybius (~200 B.C.), Virgil (~50 B.C.), Horace 
(~20 B.C.), and others have celebrated this magnificent spot in Sicily in 
their poems. 

>>From the 13th to the 19th century the town of Erice was under the
leadership of a local oligarchy, whose wisdom assured a long period of
cultural development and economic prosperity which in turn gave rise to
the many churches, monasteries and private palaces which you see today.

The beautiful Aegadian Islands can be reached by frequent regular boat
service from the Trapani harbour (20 to 90 minutes, depending on the
island). Splendid beaches are nearby at San Vito Lo Capo, Scopello, and
Cornino, and a wild and rocky coast around Monte Cofano: all less than one
hour's drive from Erice.

The conference halls as well as many rooms are situated in former
monasteries. The working conditions of the Majorana Centre are excellent.
Conference halls are equipped with technological devices for lectures;
there is a lot of room for individual work and discussions; drinks, fruits
and sandwiches are freely available in adjacent rooms; meals can be taken
in Erice restaurants of your choice (most of them have an convention with
the Centre, so that meals are included in the conference fee with the
exception of drinks).

One or two excursions will be organized during the conference. Possible
destinations are the cathedral of Monreale and Greek temples in Sagesta.

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