Midwest Geometry Conference 2000

Midwest Geometry Conference 2000

(supported by the NSF, the University of Iowa, and the UI Office of International Programs)

The University of Iowa

Iowa City IA 52242 USA


November 17-19, 2000


Managing organizer: Tom Branson
Office phone: (319)335-0744
Secretary: (319)335-0714
FAX: (319)335-0627
e-mail: branson@math.uiowa.edu

A high-resolution version of the conference banner

Fourth announcement, 11/10/00
Registration form

Schedule of talks as of 11/14/00.
(All talks will take place in room W401 of the Pappajohn Business Building [PBB].)

Sessions:

Curvature and Conformal Problems

Organizers: Matt Gursky [Indiana], Larry Peterson [North Dakota], and Lihe Wang [Iowa]

Speakers:
Michael Eastwood [Adelaide, Australia]
Dan Knopf [Wisconsin]
Jeff Viaclovsky [MIT]

Mirror Symmetry

Organizers: Oguz Durumeric [Iowa] and Walter Seaman [Iowa and Penn State]

Speakers:
Brian Greene [Physics, Columbia]
Sheldon Katz [Oklahoma State]
Wei-Dong Ruan [Columbia and Illinois-Chicago]

Noncompact Geometry

Organizers: Palle Jorgensen [Iowa] and Gestur Olafsson [Louisiana State]

Speakers:
Rafe Mazzeo [Stanford]
Richard Melrose [MIT]
Henri Moscovici [Ohio State]

Physical Perspectives

Organizers: Tom Branson [Iowa] and Vincent Rodgers [Physics, Iowa]

Speakers:
S.J. Gates [Physics, Maryland]
S.G. Rajeev [Physics, Rochester]