2002-2003 Special Year in Algebra at UF

    In a major effort to stimulate research and education, the University of Florida mathematics department is conducting 5 special year long programs in various areas of its strengths. The academic year 2002-2003 will be the Year of Algebra. It will be highlighted by the celebration of the 70th birthday of Graduate Research Professor John G. Thompson. The general theme of the Year of Algebra is provided by the wider context of Thompson's monumental contributions: the beauty and power of group theory, and how it applies to problems of arithmetic via the basic principle of Galois.

    The Year of Algebra will feature a program in Galois theory and a program in group theory. There will also be a series of lectures on the history of algebra, accessible to anyone with an interest in mathematics. See the Math Dept Special Events page.

    The goal of the special year is to stimulate research and its dissemination at all levels. For the experts to exchange research ideas, for the young researcher to get into new important research problems, and for graduate and undergraduate students to learn about current research.

    We strongly encourage participation by students and recent PhDs and by mathematicians from under-represented groups such as women and minorities. They will be given priority for financial support.

    Funding for the Special Year in Algebra has been provided by the Department of Mathematics, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Office of Research and Graduate Programs of the University of Florida, the National Science Foundation, the National Security Agency and the Number Theory Foundation.

Galois Theory Program

G. Frey (Essen), M. Fried (U. C. Irvine) and K. Magaard (Wayne State) will be long term visitors during Spring 2003.

Group Theory Program

  • DATES CHANGED to March 6-12, 2003, Finite Groups 2003, an international conference on Finite Groups and Related Topics, organized by C. Y. Ho, P. Sin, P. H. Tiep and A. Turull.
Allen Herman, University of Regina, Canada, Naoki Chigira of Muroran Institute of Technology, Hokkaido, Japan and K. Sekiguchi, Kokushikan University, Japan will visit for the year. F. Lübeck (RWTH Aachen) will be a long term visitor during Spring 2003.

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