SUP-symposium May 27th and 28th 2004

As part of the Strategic University Programme in Pure Matemathics (SUPREMA), there was a joint workshop for the research groups in algebra, analysis and geometry/topology on Thursday May 27th and Friday May 28th at Thorbjørnrud Hotel at Jevnaker, near Hadeland Glassverk, 67 km north of Oslo.

Three series of lectures aimed at a broad mathematical audience were given by:

Franc Forstneric (University of Ljubljana):

Holomorphic and Algebraic Mappings from Affine Manifolds

Nigel Higson (Pennsylvania State University):

Tangent Groupoids and Index Theory

Wolfgang Lück (Universität Münster):

A Panorama on L²-Invariants and Their Applications

Notes related to Higson's lectures are available here:

• Lectures on Operator K-theory and the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem by Nigel Higson and John Roe;
• Groupoids, C*-algebras and Index Theory by Nigel Higson.

Links to the slides from Luck's lectures are available here:

• A Panorama on L2-Invariants and Their Applications (PDF format) by Wolfgang Luck;
• Same in DVI format.

All lectures were in the Auditorium. The joint departure was Thursday May 27th at 09.00, from the crossing of Slemdalsveien, Harald Hårfagres gate and Valkyriegata, near the Taxi station, right next to the Majorstuen T-bane stop.

Programme

Thursday dinner menu

• Breast of duck with asparagus and farro (spelt) salad
• Turbot (piggvar) with herbs, carrot puré, celery pasta and orange sauce
• Tiramisu with mocca sauce
• Selected wines

Friday dinner menu

• Salmon marinated in tea and pepper, with dill jelly
• Lamb with garlic and chili
• Chocolate "Nemesis" with sour cream
• Selected wines

There were three daily coffee breaks, one with cake, and fresh fruit available throughout.