Subject: please post, thanks Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 03:00:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Alejandro Adem To: dmd1@lehigh.edu ***Topology and Physics Program at MSRI, Spring 2006*** The Institute invites applications for membership during the 2005-2006 year. Please apply on-line at: http://www.msri.org/applications/forms/applicants/ NEW TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES IN PHYSICS (January 9 to May 19, 2006) The interplay between quantum field theory and mathematics during the past several decades has led to new concepts of mathematics, which will be explored and developed in this program. This includes: Stringy topology, branes and orbifolds, Generalized McKay correspondences and representation theory and Gromov-Witten theory. Program Committee: R. Cohen, R. Dijkgraaf, P. Horava, A. Klemm, J. Morava, H. Nakajima, Y. Ruan For more information on this program visit: http://www.msri.org/calendar/programs/ProgramInfo/229/show_program