Principal Investigator: Frederick Wilhelm
This award provides partial support for US participation in a Workshop in Global Riemannian Geometry to be held at the Instituto de Matematicas (Unidad Cuernavaca) Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (IMATE-UNAM Cuernavaca) in May 2008. The meeting will consist of two mini-courses taught by Detlef Gromoll, Gerard Walschap, and Karsten Grove, plus approximately eighteen research talks. The conference will be preceded by an additional mini-course reviewing basic Riemannian geometry to prepare student participants for the workshop.
The conference aims to disseminate knowledge of recent progress in Riemannian geometry among junior participants, to promote the involvement of female and minority researchers in the subject, to strengthen the presence of Riemannian geometry in Mexico, and to encourage collaborations between geometric researchers in Mexico, other countries of Latin America, the United States, Canada, and Europe. The workshop is receiving support from the Clay Mathematical Institute, CIMAT, CONACYT, the International Mathematics Union, and the IMATE-UNAM, as well as NSF. The conference web site is www.matcuer.unam.mx/e/dg/.
