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Host: University of British Columbia
Sponsor: PIMS
Homepage: http://www.pims.math.ca/sections/activities/gfa99.html
Organizers: Vitali Milman (Tel Aviv), Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann (University of Alberta)
Description:
Geometric Functional Analysis is concerned with geometric and linear properties of finite- and infinite-dimensional convex bodies. General framework and deep geometric, probabilistic
and combinatorial methods developed here are used in many areas outside the field, in Analysis, Geometry and many others.
Over the recent years, Geometric Functional Analysis noted several significant accomplishments. Marked by two Fields Medals by J. Bourgain, 94 and T. Gowers, 98; the Plenary Address at the European Congress of Mathematics, 96 by V. Milman, and two Plenary Addresses at the International Congress of Mathematicians, 98, by G. Pisier and M. Talagrand. Also, 4 invited lectures at the last two Congresses (Gowers, Odell--Schlumprecht, Milman, Tomczak) represented the spectrum of achievements from geometric purely infinite dimensional phenomena to high dimentional ones.
The present Workshop will concentrate on asymptotic theory of finite-dimensional normed spaces and related topics of convexity, probability theory, isoperimetric inequalities, random matrices and others. Also, new connections with the theory of infinite-dimensional Banach spaces, and its recently developed asymptotic aspects, will be touched.
This Workshop will bring the top researchers in the field together to exchange new ideas and present their recent results. Young researchers, postdocs and advanced Ph.D. students are also encouraged to attend. An emphasis will be placed on encouraging interactions between young researchers and the senior mathematicians attending the meeting.
Date received: May 06, 1999
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