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IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING MEETINGS PROGRAMS: AMS Sectional Meeting programs do not appear in the print version of the Notices. However, comprehensive and continually updated meeting and program information with links to the abstract for each talk can be found on e-MATH. See http://www.ams.org/meetings/. Programs and abstracts will continue to be displayed on e-MATH in the Meetings and Conferences section until about three weeks after the meeting is over. Final programs for Sectional Meetings will be archived on e-MATH in an electronic issue of the Notices as noted below for each meeting.

Johan Håstad, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Odense, Denmark On efficient approximability of NP-hard optimization prob- Odense University lems. Nigel J. Hitchin, University of Oxford, The geometry of Note: This is a World Math Year three-forms. 2000 (WMY2000) event. Elliott Lieb, Princeton University, The quantum mechani- cal many-body problem and quantum electrodynamics: A highly successful but still incomplete theory. Pertti Mattila, University of Jyväskylä, What has Menger cur- vature given to complex and harmonic analysis? Curtis T. McMullen, Harvard University, The shape of the moduli space of Riemann surfaces. June 13–16, 2000 Alexei N. Rudakov, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Representations of E(3,6) and the related struc- Meeting #955 tures. First AMS-Scandinavian International Mathematics Meeting. Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin, Integrable Sponsored by the AMS, Dansk Matematisk Forening, Suomen systems in geometry. matemaattinen yhdistys, Icelandic Mathematical Society, Norsk Matematisk Forening, and Svenska matematiker- Dan Voiculescu, University of California, Berkeley, The samfundet. analog of entropy in free probability theory. Associate secretary: Robert M. Fossum Announcement issue of Notices: March 2000 Special Sessions Program first available on e-MATH: Not applicable Algebraic Groups and Representation Theory, Henning Program issue of electronic Notices: Not applicable Haahr Andersen and Niels Lauritzen, Aarhus University. Issue of Abstracts: None Complex Analysis in Higher Dimensions, Finnur Larusson, Deadlines University of Western Ontario, and Ragnar Sigurdsson, Uni- versity of Iceland. For organizers: Expired For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Differential Geometry, Claude R. LeBrun, State University sions: Expired of New York at Stony Brook, and Peter Petersen, Univer- For abstracts: Expired sity of California, Los Angeles. Discrete Mathematics, Iiro S. Honkala, University of Turku, Invited Addresses and Carsten Thomassen, Technical University of Den- Tobias Colding, Courant Institute, New York University, Em- mark. bedded minimal surfaces and applications to 3-manifold Dynamical Systems, Michael Benedicks, Royal Institute of topology. Science, Stockholm, and Carsten Lunde Petersen, Roskilde.

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Geometric Analysis/PDE, Gerd Grubb, University of Copen- Michael V. Berry, University of Bristol, Wave asymptotics hagen, and Bent Ørsted, Odense University. and borderland physics. Joint EWM and AWM Session, Lisbeth Fajstrup, Aalborg Haim Brezis, University of Paris XI and Rutgers University, University, Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Roskilde, and Christina The interplay between analysis and topology in some non- Wiis Tonnesen-Friedman, Aarhus University. linear PDEs. K-Theory and Operator Algebras, Soren Eilers, University Alain Connes, Collège de France, Noncommutative geom- of Copenhagen, and Nigel D. Higson, Pennsylvania State etry. University. David L. Donoho, Stanford University, will speak on inter- Linear Spaces of Holomorphic Functions, Peter L. Duren, Uni- actions among harmonic analysis, statistical analysis, and versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michael Stessin, State Uni- information theory. versity of New York at Albany, and Harold S. Shapiro, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Charles L. Fefferman, Princeton University, Unsolved problems of fluid mechanics. Mathematical Physics, Bergfinnur Durhuus, University of Copenhagen, and Kurt Johansson, Royal Institute of Tech- Michael H. Freedman, Microsoft Research, The physics of nology, Stockholm. computation. Mathematics Education, Claus Michelsen, Odense, and Ronald L. Graham, University of California at San Diego, Martti E. Pesonen, University of Joensuu. Mathematics in the 21st century: Problems and prospects Stochastic DE and Financial Mathematics, Tomas Björk, Uni- (AMS-MAA Invited Address). versity of Stockholm, and Bernt Øksendal, University of Helmut H. W. Hofer, Courant Institute, New York Univer- Oslo. sity, Dynamical systems at the interface of symplectic geometry and three-dimensional topology. Richard M. Karp, University of Washington, Mathematical Los Angeles, challenges from genomics and molecular biology. Sergiu Klainerman, Princeton University, On the analysis California of geometric evolution equations. University of California, Los Angeles Maxim Kontsevich, Institut des Hautes Études Scien- tifiques, will speak on deformations, supermanifolds, and homotopical algebra. Peter D. Lax, Courant Institute, New York University, Math- ematics and computing. Simon A. Levin, Princeton University, Ecosystems as complex adaptive systems. László Lovász, Microsoft Research, Algorithms and their analysis: Classical mathematics and new challenges. Note: This is a World Math Year 2000 (WMY2000) event. David Mumford, Brown University, Modeling perception and August 6–12, 2000 inference in intelligent systems. Peter Sarnak, Princeton University, Some problems in num- Meeting #956 ber theory and related analysis. Associate secretary: Robert J. Daverman Saharon Shelah, The Hebrew University and Rutgers Uni- Announcement issue of Notices: May 2000 versity, Logical dreams. Program first available on e-MATH: May 24, 2000 Program issue of electronic Notices: October 2000 Peter W. Shor, AT&T Labs, will speak on quantum com- Issue of Abstracts: Volume 21, Issue 3 puting/quantum information theory. Yakov G. Sinai, Princeton University, From renormalization Deadlines in dynamics to renormalization in probability and statisti- For organizers: None cal physics. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Richard P. Stanley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sions: None Recent progress in algebraic combinatorics. For abstracts: Expired Dennis P. Sullivan, The CUNY Graduate School, String Invited Addresses topology. James G. Arthur, University of Toronto, The principle of Clifford Taubes, Harvard University, Bliss and ignorance functoriality. in 4-dimensions. Alexander A. Beilinson, University of Chicago, Some results Jean E. Taylor, Rutgers University, Applications of geo- on the geometric Langlands conjecture. metric analysis.

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William P. Thurston, University of California, Davis, will Social Events speak on three-dimensional topology and geometry. The new Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics in- Karen Uhlenbeck, University of Texas at Austin, Geomet- vites all participants to a Grand Opening and Reception ric partial differential equations: From Hilbert’s Twenty-third beginning at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 5. Two special Problem to nonlinear waves. lectures will be given and a formal ribbon-cutting S. R. S. Varadhan, Courant Institute, New York University, ceremony will take place at approximately 5:00 p.m. Re- Stochastic analysis and applications. freshments will be served. See more about IPAM’s visions for the future at www.ipam.org. Edward Witten, Institute for Advanced Study, will speak The UCLA Department of Mathematics invites all on the mathematical impact of quantum fields and strings. participants to a reception on Monday from 5:30 p.m. to Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard University, will speak on geom- 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. etry and its relation to physics. The Association for Women in Mathematics invites Don B. Zagier, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, will all participants to a reception on Monday evening from speak on number theory: Modular forms. 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Come join your colleagues at this festive occasion. Program Updates The time slots for the talks by Yakov Sinai and Jean Tay- lor have been interchanged; on Wednesday, Sinai will speak Toronto, Ontario, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and Taylor will speak from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Canada WMY 2000 High School Outreach Program University of Toronto An AMS-MAA committee consisting of Philip C. Curtis, UCLA; Robert L. Devaney, Boston University; and Frank September 22–24, 2000 Morgan, Williams College, is organizing a program for high school students and teachers and incoming college Meeting #957 freshmen in the Los Angeles area titled “Chaos Games and Central Section Fractal Movies”. In this two-hour session, attendees will Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander be challenged to play the chaos game, to investigate the Announcement issue of Notices: August 2000 iterated transformations that produce fractal images, and, Program first available on e-MATH: August 10, 2000 given that Hollywood is nearby, to produce mathematical Program issue of electronic Notices: November 2000 fractal movies. The goal of the program is to show the stu- Issue of Abstracts: Volume 21, Issue 3 dents that the forefront of mathematical knowledge is not Deadlines too far away and that they can use their current mathematical knowledge to comprehend some modern ideas in For organizers: Expired the subject. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Interested high school teachers and students and in- sions: Expired coming college freshmen should contact Donna Salter at For abstracts: July 14, 2000 the AMS for more information ([email protected]). There is no Invited Addresses charge for this program, scheduled for Sunday, August 6, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. John H. Conway, Princeton University, Title to be announced (Erdos Memorial Lecture). Activities of Other Organizations George Elliott, University of Toronto, Title to be announced. Association for Women in Mathematics Benson Farb, University of Chicago, Title to be announced. Carolyn R. Mahoney, California State University, San Mar- cos, will speak and lead a discussion on Demographic Yongbin Ruan, University of Wisconsin, Title to be an- Trends and Challenges for Mathematics, on Monday evening nounced. from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. The talk and discussion following Boris Tsyagan, Pennsylvania State University, Title to be will be of interest to a general audience. A reception will announced. follow. Special Sessions University of California, Los Angeles The UCLA Department of Mathematics is planning at least Analytic Number Theory (Code: AMS SS N1), John two workshops to be held just before the meeting begins. Friedlander, University of Toronto, and Steve Gonek, Uni- As it becomes available, more information will be posted versity of Rochester. at http://www.math.ucla.edu/newsevents/new/ Applied Categorical Structures (Code: AMS SS J1), Joan ams2000html. Wick Pelletier and Walter Tholen, York University.

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Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry (Code: AMS SS A1), Anthony Geramita, Queens University, and William San Francisco, Traves, United States Naval Academy. Computational Wavelet Analysis (Code: AMS SS H1), California Sebastian Ferrando and Larry Kolasa, Ryerson Polytech- nic University. San Francisco State University Discrete and Applied Geometry (Code: AMS SS L1), Asia Ivic October 21–22, 2000 Weiss and Walter Whiteley, York University. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Code: AMS SS B1), Meeting #958 Andres del Junco, University of Toronto, and Blair Madore, Western Section SUNY, Potsdam. Associate secretary: Bernard Russo Functional Differential Equations and Applications (Code: Announcement issue of Notices: August 2000 AMS SS D1), Anatoli F. Ivanov, Pennsylvania State Uni- Program first available on e-MATH: September 11, 2000 versity, and Jianhong Wu, York University. Program issue of electronic Notices: December 2000 Hamiltonian Systems (Code: AMS SS M1), Lisa Jeffrey, Issue of Abstracts: Volume 21, Issue 4 Velimir Jurdjevic, and Boris Khesin, University of Toronto. Deadlines Innovative Programs and Projects That Work in Undergrad- For organizers: Expired uate Mathematics (Code: AMS SS R1), Bathi Kasturiarachi, For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Kent State University. sions: June 21, 2000 Modern Schubert Calculus (Code: AMS SS K1), Nantel For abstracts: August 29, 2000 Bergeron, York University, and Frank Sottile, University of Wisconsin. Invited Addresses Nonabsolute Integration (Code: AMS SS C1), Patrick Steven N. Evans, University of California, Berkeley, Title Muldowney, University of Ulster, and Erik Talvila, Uni- to be announced. versity of Illinois, Urbana. Lisa J. Fauci, Tulane University, Title to be announced. Noncommutative Geometry (Code: AMS SS Q1), Ryszard Nest, University of Copenhagen, and Victor Nistor and Kristin Lauter, Microsoft Corporation, Title to be announced. Boris Tsygan, Pennsylvania State University. Thomas Wolff, California Institute of Technology, Title to Nonlinear Functional Analysis (Code: AMS SS P1), Sankatha be announced. Singh and Bruce Watson, Memorial University of New- foundland. Special Sessions Operator Algebras and Operator Theory (Code: AMS SS Algebraic and Geometric Combinatorics (Code: AMS SS A1), T1), Man-Duen Choi and George Elliott, University of Jesus De Loera, University of California, Davis, and Frank Toronto. Sottile, University of Wisconsin. Probability (Code: AMS SS S1), Neal Madras, Thomas Diagrammatic Morphisms in Algebra, Category Theory, Salisbury, and Donna Salopek, York University. and Topology (Code: AMS SS F1), David Radford, Univer- Pseudo-differential Operators, Wavelet Transforms and Re- sity of Illinois at Chicago, Fernando Souza, Los Alamos lated Topics (Code: AMS SS F1), M. W. Wong, York Univer- National Laboratory and University of Illinois at Chicago, sity. and David Yetter, Kansas State University. Representation Theory of Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras Geometric and Symbolic Dynamical Systems (Code: AMS SS (Code: AMS SS E1), Yun Gao, York University. D1), Arek Goetz, San Francisco State University, and Luca Set Theory and Set-Theoretic Topology (Code: AMS SS G1), Zamboni, University of North Texas. Franklin D. Tall, University of Toronto. Harmonic Analysis (Code: AMS SS C1), Christoph Thiele, University of California, Los Angeles, and Thomas Wolff, California Institute of Technology. History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS B1), Shawnee McMurran, University of Redlands, and James J. Tattersall, Providence College. Holomorphic Spaces (Code: AMS SS E1), Sheldon Axler and Alex Schuster, San Francisco State University.

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The Topology of 3-Manifolds (Code: AMS SS B1), Joan S. New York, New York Birman and Brian S. Magnum, Columbia University, and Columbia University Walter D. Neumann, University of Melbourne. November 4–5, 2000 Birmingham, Meeting #959 Eastern Section Alabama Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner University of Alabama, Birmingham Announcement issue of Notices: September 2000 Program first available on e-MATH: September 28, 2000 November 10–12, 2000 Program issue of electronic Notices: December 2000 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 21, Issue 4 Meeting #960 Southeastern Section Deadlines Associate secretary: John L. Bryant For organizers: Expired Announcement issue of Notices: September 2000 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Program first available on e-MATH: October 5, 2000 sions: July 18, 2000 Program issue of electronic Notices: January 2001 For abstracts: September 12, 2000 Issue of Abstracts: Volume 21, Issue 4

Invited Addresses Deadlines Paula Cohen, Université des Sciences et Technologies de For organizers: Expired Lille, France, Title to be announced. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: July 25, 2000 Brian Greene, Columbia University, Title to be announced. For abstracts: September 19, 2000 Sergey Novikov, University of Maryland, College Park, and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Title to be an- Invited Addresses nounced. Nick Alikakos, University of Tennessee and University of Alexander I. Suciu, Northeastern University, Title to be Athens, Title to be announced. announced. Ivan Cherednik, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Special Sessions Title to be announced. Vladimir Temlyakov, University of South Carolina, Greedy Algebraic Geometry (Code: AMS SS H1), Sorin Popescu and algorithms in nonlinear approximation. Lev A. Borisov, Columbia University. Xin Zhou, Duke University, Title to be announced. Arithmetic Geometry and Modular Forms (Code: AMS SS D1), Dorian Goldfeld, Columbia University, and Paula Cohen, Special Sessions University of Lille. Analytical Problems in Mathematical Physics (Code: AMS SS Arrangements of Hyperplanes (Code: AMS SS C1), Michael J. E1), Roger T. Lewis, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Falk, Northern Arizona University, and Alexander I. Suciu, Michael P. Loss, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Northeastern University. Marcel Griesemer, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Combinatorial Group Theory (Code: AMS SS A1), Gilbert Billiards and Related Topics (Code: AMS SS C1), Nikolai I. Baumslag, Alexei Myasnikov, and Vladimir Shplirain, Chernov and Nandor Simanyi, University of Alabama at City College (CUNY). Birmingham. Commutative Algebra (Code: AMS SS F1), Irena Peeva, Cor- Differential Operators and Function Spaces (Code: AMS SS nell University, and Luchezar Avramov, Purdue University. P1), R. C. Brown, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and Differential Algebra and Related Topics (Code: AMS SS E1), D. B. Hinton, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Li Guo and William Keigher, Rutgers University at Newark, Dynamics and Low-Dimensional Topology (Code: AMS SS G1), and William Sit, City College (CUNY). Alexander M. Blokh, Lex G. Oversteegen, and John C. Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations (Code: AMS SS J1), Mayer, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Zheng-Chao Han, Rutgers University. Integrable Systems and Riemann-Hilbert Problems (Code: Riemannian Manifolds and Their Limit Spaces (Code: AMS AMS SS N1), Xin Zhou, Duke University, and Kenneth SS K1), Xiaochun Rong, Rutgers University, and Christina McLaughlin, University of Arizona. Sormani, Lehman College, CUNY. Inverse Problems (Code: AMS SS A1), Ian Walker Knowles Symbolic Computation and Kleinian Groups (Code: AMS SS and Rudi Weikard, University of Alabama at Birmingham. G1), Jane P. Gilman, Rutgers University, and Mika K. Nonlinear Differential Equations and Applications (Code: Seppala, Florida State University. AMS SS H1), James R. Ward Jr., University of Alabama at

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Birmingham, and Wenzhang Huang, University of Alabama Gilles Pisier, University of Paris VI and Texas A&M Uni- at Huntsville. versity, Title to be announced. Nonlinear Methods in Approximation (Code: AMS SS K1), Michael Shub, IBM, Title to be announced. Vladimir N. Temlyakov, University of South Carolina. Gang Tian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Title to Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Applications be announced. (Code: AMS SS J1), Dehua Wang, University of Pittsburgh, and Yanni Zeng, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Special Sessions Operator Algebras and Their Representations (Code: AMS Combinatorial and Computational Methods in Commutative SS F1), Alan Hopenwasser, University of Alabama, and Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Vladimir Shpilrain, City Justin R. Peters, Iowa State University. College (CUNY), and Jie-Tai Yu, University of Hong Kong. Operators and Function Theory on Holomorphic Space Combinatorics and Graph Theory, Beifang Chen, Hong (Code: AMS SS M1), James L. Wang and Zhijian Wu, Uni- Kong University of Science and Technology, Jeong Han Kim, versity of Alabama. Microsoft, USA, and Che Bor Lam, Hong Kong Baptist Uni- Relations between Spectral Theory and Analytic Number versity. Theory (Code: AMS SS B1), Robert M. Kauffman, Univer- Geometric Analysis, Peter Li, University of California, Irvine, sity of Alabama at Birmingham, and Martin N. Huxley, and Luen Fai Tam and Tom Wan, Chinese University of Cardiff University, Wales. Hong Kong. Spectral and Transport Problems in Solid State Physics Integrable Systems, Jishan Hu, Hong Kong University of Sci- (Code: AMS SS D1), Peter D. Hislop, University of Kentucky, and Yulia Karpeshina and Gunter H. Stolz, Uni- ence and Technology, Wen Xiu Ma, City University of Hong versity of Alabama at Birmingham. Kong, Peter Olver, University of Minnesota, and Min Yan, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Wavelets, Frames, Sampling, and Time-Frequency Repre- sentations (Code: AMS SS L1), Akram Aldroubi, Vanderbilt Iterative Methods in Scientific Computation, Michael Ng, University. University of Hong Kong, and Robert Plemmons, Wake Forest University. Low Dimensional Topology, Iain Aitchison and Hyam Hong Kong, People’s Rubinstein, University of Melbourne. Mathematics of Learning Theory, Felipe Cucker and Republic of China Stephen Smale, City University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Baptist University Mathematics of Optimization, Kung Fu Ng, Chinese Uni- versity of Hong Kong, and Jong-shi Pang, Johns Hopkins December 13–16, 2000 University.

Meeting #961 Nonlinear Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equa- tions, Kai Seng Chou, Chinese University of Hong Kong, First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the Yanyan Li, Rutgers University, and Juncheng Wei, Chi- Hong Kong Mathematical Society. nese University of Hong Kong. Associate secretary: Bernard Russo Announcement issue of Notices: August 2000 Nonlinear Waves, Zhouping Xin, Courant Institute and Chi- Program first available on e-MATH: Not applicable nese University of Hong Kong, and Xiaoping Wang, Hong Program issue of electronic Notices: Not applicable Kong University of Science and Technology. Issue of Abstracts: None Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Susanne Brenner, University of South Carolina, and Jun Deadlines Zou, Chinese University of Hong Kong. For organizers: Expired Optimization and Applications, Kok Lay Teo and X. Q. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: July 15, 2000 Yang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University. For abstracts: September 1, 2000 Representation Theory, Jian Shu Li and Jinsong Huang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Invited Addresses Theoretical and Numerical Aspects of Nonlinear Conser- Jianshu Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, vation Laws, Tao Tang, Hong Kong Baptist University, and Title to be announced. Zhouping Xin, Courant Institute and Chinese University of Thomas Liggett, University of California, Los Angeles, Title Hong Kong. to be announced. Value Distribution Theory and Complex Dynamics, Chung Ngai Ming Mok, University of Hong Kong, Title to be an- Chun Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Tech- nounced. nology, and William Cherry, University of North Texas.

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Abdul-Aziz Yakubu, Howard University, and Gerasimos New Orleans, Ladas, University of Rhode Island. Braid Groups and Configuration Spaces (Code: AMS SS L1), Louisiana Daniel C. Cohen and Neal W. Stoltzfus, Louisiana State Uni- New Orleans Marriott and Sheraton New versity. Orleans Hotel Commutative Rings and Monoids (Code: AMS SS G1), Scott T. Chapman, Trinity University, and Evan G. Houston, Uni- January 10–13, 2001 versity of North Carolina at Charlotte. Computational Algebraic Geometry for Curves and Sur- Meeting #962 faces (Code: AMS SS B1), Mika K. Seppala, Florida State Uni- Joint Mathematics Meetings, including the 107th Annual versity, and Emil J. Volcheck, National Security Agency. Meeting of the AMS, 84th Meeting of the Mathematical As- Discovery Learning: The Moore Method in American Math- sociation of America (MAA), annual meetings of the Asso- ematics (Code: AMS SS D1), John W. Neuberger, University ciation for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), and the winter meet- of North Texas, and Judy A. Kennedy, University of ing of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL). Delaware. Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Discrete Geometry (Code: AMS SS Y1), Andras Bezdek, Announcement issue of Notices: October 2000 Auburn University. Program first available on e-MATH: November 1, 2000 Function Theory, Differential Equations and Functional Program issue of electronic Notices: January 2001 Equations (Code: AMS SS H1), Gary G. Gundersen, Univer- Issue of Abstracts: Volume 22, Issue 1 sity of New Orleans, Ilpo Laine, University of Joensuu, and Deadlines Enid M. Steinbart, University of New Orleans. For organizers: Expired Geometric Group Theory (Code: AMS SS A1), Stephen G. For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Brick and Igor Mineyev, University of South Alabama, and sions: August 8, 2000 Jon M. Corson, University of Alabama. For abstracts: October 3, 2000 Geometry and Topology of Low Dimensional Manifolds For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: Septem- (Code: AMS SS M1), Slawomir Kwasik, Tulane University, ber 15, 2000 and Thomas H. Lawson Jr., Howard University. Joint Invited Addresses Graduate and Postdoctoral Education in Arithmetical Algebraic Geometry: The Arizona Winter School (Code: AMS Jeffrey R. Weeks, Canton, NY, Measuring the universe SS V1), Douglas L. Ulmer and William G. McCallum, (AMS-MAA). University of Arizona. Joint Special Sessions Group Cohomology and Applications to Homotopy Theory and Representation Theory (Code: AMS SS J1), Alejandro History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS K1), Karen H. Adem, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Jon F. Parshall, University of Virginia, and David E. Zitarelli, Carlson, University of Georgia. Temple University. Integral Transforms (Code: AMS SS T1), Gestur Olafsson, Mathematics and Education Reform (Code: AMS SS X1), Louisiana State University, Gunter Lumer, University of Naomi Fisher, University of Illinois at Chicago, William H. Mons-Hainaut, and Frank Neubrander, Louisiana State Barker, Bowdoin College, Jerry L. Bona, University of Texas University. at Austin, and Kenneth C. Millett, University of California, Santa Barbara. Integrals and Series throughout Mathematics (Code: AMS SS E1), Victor H. Moll, Tulane University, and George Boros, AMS Invited Addresses University of New Orleans. Michael J. Hopkins, MIT, Title to be announced. Interaction of Inverse Problems and Image Analysis (Code: AMS SS Z1), M. Zuhair Nashed, University of Delaware, and János Kollár, Princeton University, Title to be announced Otmar Scherzer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. (AMS Colloquium Lectures). Model Theory (Code: AMS SS AA1), Steven A. Buechler AMS Special Sessions and Sergei Starchenko, University of Notre Dame. Analysis on Infinite Dimensional Spaces (in honor of Leonard Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Applications (Code: Gross) (Code: AMS SS N1), Hui-Hsiung Kuo and Ambar N. AMS SS W1), Ralph A. Saxton, University of New Orleans, Sengupta, Louisiana State University. David H. Wagner, University of Houston, and Katarzyna Analytic Number Theory (Code: AMS SS P1), Dorian Saxton, Loyola University. Goldfeld, Columbia University. Operator Theory on Function Spaces (Code: AMS SS Q1), Asymptotic Behavior of Difference Equations with Applica- Zhijian Wu, University of Alabama, and Dechao Zheng, tions (Code: AMS SS F1), Vlajko L. Kocic, Xavier University, Vanderbilt University.

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PDE Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology (Code: Special Sessions AMS SS U1), J. M. Cushing, University of Arizona, Eric T. Algebraic Geometry (Code: AMS SS C1), B. P. Purnaprajna, Funasaki, Georgia Southern University, Shandelle M. Henson, College of William and Mary, and Anna Maria University of Kansas. Spagnuolo, Texas A&M University. Commutative Algebra (Code: AMS SS A1), Craig Huneke and Partial Differential Equations and Geometric Implications Daniel Katz, University of Kansas. (Code: AMS SS R1), Vladimir E. Shklover, Northwestern Number Theory (Code: AMS SS D1), Ken Ono, University University. of Wisconsin at Madison, Cristian Popescu, University of Representation Theory of Finite and Algebraic Groups Texas at Austin, and Tonghai Yang, Harvard University. (Code: AMS SS C1), Zongzhu Lin, Kansas State University, Progress in Numerical Linear Algebra (Code: AMS SS E1), Daniel K. Nakano, Utah State University, and Cornelius Ralph Byers, University of Kansas. Pillen, University of South Alabama. Set-Theoretic Topology and Boolean Algebra (Code: AMS SS Stochastic Analysis and Applications (Code: AMS SS S1), B1), William Fleissner, University of Kansas. Padmanabhan Sundar and Guillermo S. Ferreyra, Louisiana State University. Las Vegas, Nevada Columbia, South University of Nevada, Las Vegas Carolina April 21–22, 2001 University of South Carolina Meeting #965 Western Section March 16–18, 2001 Associate secretary: Bernard Russo Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Meeting #963 Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Southeastern Section Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Deadlines Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced For organizers: September 21, 2000 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Deadlines sions: To be announced For organizers: August 16, 2000 For abstracts: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Special Sessions sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Finite Element Analysis and Applications (Code: AMS SSB1), Jichun Li, University of Texas at Austin and University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Lawrence, Kansas Geometric and Computational Group Theory (Code: AMS University of Kansas SS A1), Eric M. Freden, Southern Utah University, and Eric L. Swenson, Brigham Young University. March 30–31, 2001 Meeting #964 Hoboken, New Jersey Central Section Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander Stevens Institute of Technology Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced April 28–29, 2001 Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Meeting #966 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Eastern Section Deadlines Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner For organizers: August 30, 2000 Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced sions: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

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Deadlines For organizers: September 28, 2000 Chattanooga, For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced Tennessee For abstracts: To be announced University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Invited Addresses October 5–6, 2001 Alexander Barvinok, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Southeastern Section Title to be announced. Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Robert Calderbank, AT&T Laboratories Research, Title to Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced be announced. Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Alexei Miasnikov, City College (CUNY), Title to be an- Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced nounced. Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Frank Sottile, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Title to be announced. Deadlines For organizers: March 5, 2001 Special Sessions For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Analytic Number Theory (Code: AMS SS A1), Milos A. Dostal, sions: To be announced Stevens Institute of Technology, and Werner G. Nowak, For abstracts: To be announced Vienna, Austria. Williamstown, Lyon, France July 17–20, 2001 Massachusetts First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the Williams College Société Mathématique de France. Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner October 13–14, 2001 Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Eastern Section Program first available on e-MATH: Not applicable Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Program issue of electronic Notices: Not applicable Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: None Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Deadlines Issue of Abstracts: To be announced For organizers: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- Deadlines sions: To be announced For organizers: March 13, 2001 For abstracts: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced Columbus, Ohio For abstracts: To be announced Ohio State University Special Sessions History of Mathematics (Code: AMS SS A1), Glen R. Van September 21–23, 2001 Brummelen, Bennington College, Della D. Fenster, Rich- Central Section mond University, and James J. Tattersall, Providence Col- Associate secretary: Susan J. Friedlander lege. Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Number Theory, Holomorphic Dynamics, and Algebraic Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Dynamics (Code: AMS SS B1), Robert L. Benedetto, Uni- Issue of Abstracts: To be announced versity of Rochester, John W. Milnor, IMS and SUNY, Stony Brook, and Kevin M. Pilgrim, University of Missouri at Deadlines Rolla. For organizers: February 21, 2001 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced

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Deadlines San Diego, California For organizers: To be announced San Diego Convention Center For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced January 6–9, 2002 For abstracts: To be announced Joint Mathematics Meetings, including the 108th Annual Meeting of the AMS, 85th Meeting of the Mathematical As- sociation of America (MAA), annual meetings of the Asso- Boston, ciation for Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the National Association of Mathematicians (NAM), and the winter meet- Massachusetts ing of the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL). Northeastern University Associate secretary: John L. Bryant Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced October 5–6, 2002 Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Eastern Section Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Issue of Abstracts: To be announced Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Deadlines Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced For organizers: April 4, 2001 Issue of Abstracts: To be announced For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced Deadlines For abstracts: To be announced For organizers: March 6, 2002 For summaries of papers to MAA organizers: To be an- For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- nounced sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Montréal, Québec, Canada Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Uni- versité de Montréal May 3–5, 2002 Eastern Section Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: To be announced Program issue of electronic Notices: To be announced Issue of Abstracts: To be announced

Deadlines For organizers: October 3, 2001 For consideration of contributed papers in Special Ses- sions: To be announced For abstracts: To be announced Pisa, Italy June 12–16, 2002 First Joint International Meeting between the AMS and the Unione Matematica Italiana. Associate secretary: Lesley M. Sibner Announcement issue of Notices: To be announced Program first available on e-MATH: Not applicable Program issue of electronic Notices: None Issue of Abstracts: None

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