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Optimal Configurations on the Sphere and Other Manifolds

in conjunction with the 25th Annual Shanks Lecture and Conference

May 17-20, 2010

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Mathematics

Host: Vanderbilt University, Department of Mathematics
Sponsor: Shanks Endowment, the National Science Foundation, and Vanderbilt University
Homepage: http://www.math.vanderbilt.edu/~optimal2010/
Email: optimal2010@vanderbilt.edu

Abstracts

Organizers: Organizing Committee: Henry Cohn, Microsoft Research; Doug Hardin, Vanderbilt University; Edward Saff, Vanderbilt University; Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University

Deadline for abstracts: April 19, 2010

Description:
The aim of this conference is to bring together mathematicians and scientists for the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the structure of particle systems under a variety of physical constraints. These include, for example, classical ground states for interacting particle systems, best-packing, random packings, jammed states, granular and colloidal systems, as well as minimal discrete and continuous energy problems for general kernels.

Speakers: Christine Bachoc, Université Bordeaux; Mark Bowick, Syracuse University; Henry Cohn, Microsoft Research; Noam Elkies, Harvard University (Shanks Lecturer); Charles Radin, University of Texas; Ian Sloan, University of New South Wales; Neil J. A. Sloane, AT&T; Salvatore Torquato, Princeton University; Steve Zelditch, Johns Hopkins University

Mail Address:

Optimal 2010,
Vanderbilt University,
Department of Mathematics,
1326 Stevenson Center,
Nashville, TN 37240-0001

Submitted by: Joan Settle, Conference Assistant
Date received: September 08, 2009


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