Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Bielefeld

The Department of Mathematics is hosting a meeting on

The aim of the meeting is to report on recent developments in the theory of algebraic groups and on related topics and to outline future directions.
Here is a list of the speakers along with the titles of the talks, as well as some abstracts:

• P. Abramenko (Bielefeld)
  Levi decomposition in groups of Kac-Moody type abstract
• T. Brüstle (Bielefeld)
  The Hall algebra approach to elliptic Lie algebras abstract
• J.M. Douglass (Denton)
  Weyl group invariants and the Borel-Moore homology of generalized Steinberg varieties abstract
• R. Farnsteiner (Milwaukee)
  Varieties of Cartan subalgebras of restricted Lie algebras abstract
• L. Hille (Hamburg)
  Nilpotent class representations abstract
• F. Knop (New Brunswick)
  The virtual spectrum of invariant differential operators on multiplicity free spaces abstract
• G.I. Lehrer (Sydney)
  Group actions on the cohomology of complex algebraic varieties and counting of rational points abstract
• P. Littelmann (Wuppertal)
  A Pieri-Chevalley type formula for K(G/B) and Standard Monomial Theory abstract
• G.A. Margulis (New Haven)
  Finiteness of volumes of arithmetic quotients and flows on homogeneous spaces
• G.J. McNinch (South Bend)
  Sub-principal homomorphisms in positive characteristic abstract
• G. Pfeiffer (Galway)
  Distributive coset graphs of finite Coxeter groups abstract
• E.B. Vinberg (Moscow)
  The dual horospherical Radon transform for polynomials abstract

See here for a detailed programme of the lectures.

The conference will take place at the Universität Bielefeld

Also available are:

• hotel information.
• travel and local information.
• a map of the university campus.

C. M. Ringel, G. Röhrle
Fakultät für Mathematik
Universität Bielefeld
Postfach 100131
D-33501 Bielefeld
Germany

E-mail: roehrle@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de
Tel: 0049 521 106 5014
Fax: 0049 521 106 6482