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Introductory Workshop in Topological Aspects of Real Algebraic Geometry January 12, 2004 - January 16, 2004
To apply for Funding you must register by: September 22, 2003 about 21 years ago
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Organizers Selman Akbulut, Grisha Mikhalkin, Victoria Powers, Boris Shapiro, Frank Sottile, and Oleg Viro
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Description
The topological study of real algebraic varieties originated in the 19th century -- it was featured in Hilbert's 16th problem on the classification of real algebraic plane curves. This subject has recently grown in many directions, including higher dimensional real varieties, amoebas and tropical algebraic geometry, J-holomorphic curves from symplectic geometry, and enumerative real algebraic geometry. Some of these developments have led to advances important to applications and to the problem of real solutions to polynomial equations, including algorithms. This introductory workshop will feature survey lectures intended to introduce these topics and convey their interdependence to the mathematical public. This program will include the following talks. Oleg Viro: Topology of real algebraic curves Grisha Mikhalkin and Bernd Sturmfels: Tropical algebraic geometry and amoebas. Frank Sottile: Enumerative problems and real solutions to equations. Lalo Gonzalez-Vega: Real algebraic geometry in industry
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Jan 12, 2004
Monday
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Topology of Real Algebraic Varieties I
Oleg Viro (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  "Nash and beyond: putting real algebraic structures on topological objects"
Henry King
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  "Uniruled real algebraic 3-folds" I
Johannes Huisman
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  "Real solutions to polynominal equations and enumerative real algebraic geometry"
Frank Sottile (Texas A & M University)
Jan 13, 2004
Tuesday
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Topology of Real Algebraic Varieties II
Oleg Viro (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  "Upper bounds in enumerative real algebraic geometry"
Frank Sottile (Texas A & M University)
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  "Uniruled real algebraic 3-folds" II
Johannes Huisman
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  "Introduction to tropical geometry"
Grigory Mikhalkin (Université de Genève)
Jan 14, 2004
Wednesday
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Topology of Real Algebraic Varieties III
Oleg Viro (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  "The positive part of a tropical variety"
Bernd Sturmfels (University of California, Berkeley; Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften)
Jan 15, 2004
Thursday
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  Topology of Real Algebraic Varieties IV
Oleg Viro (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  "Topology of real flexible and real algebraic curves"
Severine Fiedler
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
  "Lower bounds in enumerative real algebraic geometry"
Frank Sottile (Texas A & M University)
Jan 16, 2004
Friday
02:00 AM - 03:00 AM
  TBA
Sanjay Lall
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
  "Real agebraic geometry in industry"
Laureano Gonzalez-Vega (University of Cantabria)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  "Dimers and Harnack curves"
Richard Kenyon (Brown University)
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
  "Topology of real algebraic sets in dimension four"
Clint McCrory (University of Georgia)