From finf@renyi.hu Mon Nov 6 11:18:15 2000 Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 11:51:59 +0100 (MET) From: Conference on Finite and Infinite Sets To: Watson Steven Subject: Finite and Infinite, Conf. in Budapest Resent-Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:00:11 -0500 (EST) Resent-From: Stephen Watson Resent-To: AMCA Managing Editor Resent-Subject: Finite and Infinite, Conf. in Budapest FINITE AND INFINITE COMBINATORICS Budapest, Hungary, January 5 (Friday) - 10 (Wednesday) , 2001 2nd Announcement Dear Colleagues, The J. Bolyai Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are organizing a Colloquium on Finite and Infinite Combinatorics. The special occasion for this meeting is to honour the 70th birthdays of Professors Vera T. Sos and Andras Hajnal. Scientific program: Topics to be covered include (but are not restricted to): graph theory extremal graphs extremal families of subsets combinatorial optimization combinatorial number theory discrepancy theory infinite combinatorics set theory random graphs We are glad to report that the following distinguished speakers have already agreed to give plenary lectures (45 minutes): Noga Alon B. Bollobas Ron Graham Jaroslav Nesetril Saharon Shelah Miklos Simonovits Robert Tijdeman Vojtech Rodl has also expressed interest but could not confirm his participation. The invited talks (30 minutes) are organized in several sessions: Imre Barany (Session organizer); Bernard Chazelle, Sergey Konyagin, Gabor Tardos, Peter Komjath, Klaus Roth Bela Bollobas (Session organizer); Gyula O.H. Katona, Hans-Jurgen Promel, Oliver Riordan, Alex Scott, Andrew Thomason Zoltan Furedi (Session organizer); Endre Szemeredi, Janos Pach Istvan Juhasz (Session organizer); Matt Foreman, Kai Hauser, S. Todorcevic Michal Karonski (Session organizer); Alan Frieze, Jeong Han Kim, Alexander Kostochka, Tomasz Luczak, Boris Pittel Andras Sarkozy (Session organizer); Jean-Marc Deshouillers, Gregory Freiman, Michel Mendes-France, Imre Z. Ruzsa Eva Tardos (Session organizer); Andras Frank, Nati Linial, Laszlo Lovasz, Mike Saks Robert Tichy (Session organizer); Pierre Liardet, Yuri Bilu, Peter Grabner, Christoph Baxa, Guy Barat Some more invited speakers are Hikoe Enomoto, Ralph Faudree, Janos Korner, Bernt Lindstrom, but this list is not finite, yet. We are negotiating on the publication of a Conference Volume. Contributed talks: If you plan to give a contributed lecture, please prepare an at most one page abstract and complete the registration form. The deadline for submission is December 15. Please send your abstract to the above address or by e-mail (preferably in LaTeX format, subject: abstract) to finf@renyi.hu We appreciate if you use our template which can be downloaded from http://www.renyi.hu/~finf The length of the contributed talks is 20 minutes. Sports Event: A chess tournament (blitz = 5 minute games) will be organized for the honour of the great chess player, Andras Hajnal. If you can, please bring a chess clock. Registration: Please fill in the registration form at http://www.renyi.hu/~finf/register.html or the attached form and return it by e-mail (subject: registration), fax or mail. Also, please send a certified check/money order made payable to the J. Bolyai Mathematical Society before the deadline to our above address. (No personal checks or credit cards are acceptable.) Payment may also be made by bank transfer to: ABN AMRO Bank (Budapest 1853), SWIFT code: ABNA HUHB ABN AMRO account number: 10200830-32310243 "FINF" Registration fee Late fee (after November 20) Regular: USD 140 USD 180 Accompanying person: USD 40 USD 55 The regular registration fee is only applicable to those participants whose materials are received not later than November 20. The registration fee covers the conference materials, refreshments and receptions. The registration fee for accompanying persons includes refreshments and receptions. Location and transportation: The conference will be held in Hotel Olimpia in the Buda hills of Budapest. (Address: 1121 Budapest, Eotvos u. 40, Phone: (36 1) 395-6447, Fax: (36 1) 395-6452.) We regret that there will be no internet access at the conference site. The hotel has swimming pool, sauna, solarium, hairdresser, souvenir shop. The first talk of the conference begins at 10.00 a.m. on Friday, January 5, the last talk is scheduled for Wednesday. The conference site is reachable by public transportation from the center of Budapest in 40 minutes and 20 minutes by car. Accommodation: We have reserved a certain number of rooms at Hotel Olimpia. The rates are the following: - Single (small room with one bed): USD 40/pers. - Double-Alone (larger room with 2 beds): USD 50/pers. - Double-Share (same room shared by 2 persons) : USD 30/pers. - Triple-Share (larger room with 3 beds, shared by 3 persons or a family) : USD 30/pers. The prices include breakfast. It will be possible to have lunch and/or dinner at Hotel Olimpia for approximately USD 8 each. The first organized meal will be lunch on Friday. Accommodation and meals are to be paid upon arrival at the conference registration desk by cash or travelers check. Please complete the attached registration form and return it to the above address by mail or by e-mail (subject: registration) or register at our Web site: http://www.renyi.hu/~finf Also if you have a special request connected with your attendance please place it on this form. After acceptance of your registration, you will receive a third announcement in December, 2000. The conference e-mail address is: finf@renyi.hu We are looking forward to seeing you in Budapest. Sincerely yours L. Lovasz (C-Chair), G. O. H. Katona (Co-Chair), G. Y. Katona (Secretary) A. Kisvolcsey (Secretary) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% REGISTRATION FORM FINITE AND INFINITE COMBINATORICS You may register at the conference Web site at http://www.renyi.hu/~finf or by returning this form by e-mail to finf@renyi.hu (subject: registration) or by mail or fax to J. 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