2nd Annual
Bloomington Geometry Workshop
Indiana University, Bloomington
April 12-14, 2002 
 

The geometry group at Indiana University will again host an April workshop with the help of
the Department of Mathematics and the National Science Foundation.
The aim of the gathering is to foster interaction among mathematicians having diverse geometric interests.

Schedule of talks:

The workshop opens on Friday April 12 at 4:00 pm with an expository lecture:

• Robert Bryant (Durham)
  Finsler Geometry and the Calculus of Variations
  Swain Hall East 140

Saturday:

• 8:30-9:30 am Coffee, Tea, Bagels, Pastries, Fruit
  Cora Hennel Room (Mathematics Department Lounge) Rawles Hall



• 9:30-10:30 am Amie Wilkinson (Evanston)
  Chaotic regions in Diff(M)
  Swain Hall East 140



• 11:00-12:00 am Matthias Weber (Bloomington)
  Hermite Polynomials, Electrostatics, and Helicoids
  Swain Hall East 140



• 2:00-3:00 pm John Sullivan (Urbana-Champaign)
  The Ropelength of Knots and Links
  Swain Hall East 140



• 3:30-4:30 pm Benson Farb (Chicago)
  Volume, degree and nonpositive curvature
  Swain Hall East 140



• 6:00 pm Dinner
  (Location to be announced)
  Swain Hall East 140

Sunday:

• 8:30-9:30 am Coffee, Tea, Bagels, Pastries, Fruit
  Cora Hennel Room (Mathematics Department Lounge) Rawles Hall



• 9:30 am Jianguo Cao (South Bend)
  Rigidity for higher dimensional graph-manifolds
  Swain Hall East 140



• 11:00 am Robert Bryant (Durham)
  Three remarks about special Lagrangian geometry in dimension 3
  Swain Hall East 140



• 1:30 pm Problem Session
  

NSF support:
We have NSF support to apply towards participants' travel and local expenses during the conference. We should be able to cover most expenses for registrants from the Midwest region.

• Restaurants and Coffee: There are many restaurants near the University, with a wide variety of cuisines including: Afghan, Burmese, Eritrean, Indian, Moroccan, Thai, and Tibetan. Most have fare amenable to vegetarian diets, and one can find a decent cup of coffee in town.
   
• Entertainment: The internationally recognized Indiana University School of Music presents Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor on both Friday and Saturday nights (4/13-14). Alternatively, one could take in the 1999 Tony Award-winning musical Parade by Uhry & Brown, a production of the renowned IU Theatre & Drama department.

Accommodations:
Blocks of rooms have been set aside at

• The Indiana Memorial Union, a pleasant and convenient hotel on campus. Call 800-209-8145 before March 29 and mention `Geometry Workshop'. (Rates $85-100 + $8 for additional occupant.)
• The Ramada Limited, located approximately 2 miles from Mathematics Department. Call 812-339-1919 before March 15 and mention `Geometry Workshop' for a special (single) rate of $40 + tax.

• The College Motor Inn (Near town square, 1 mile from Math Dept, inexpensive: 812-336-6881).
• The Hampton Inn (2 miles from Math Dept, $89, 339-2100).
• The Days Inn (2+ miles from Math Dept, single $69: 812-336-0905).

Location:
The mathematics department is housed in Rawles Hall at the intersection of 3rd Street and Woodlawn Avenue.
The red star on this map indicates this location. Click for detailed information on travel by plane and car.

All talks will take place in Swain Hall East, Room 140, the building immediately west of Rawles Hall.

Contact information:
Please contact one of the organizers with any questions:

• Bruce Solomon solomon@indiana.edu
• Chris Judge cjudge@indiana.edu