The purpose of this conference is to expose recent developments in the theory of normal and almost normal surfaces, and their contribution to such problems as the recognition problem for the 3-sphere and the classification of group actions on 3-manifolds.

All members of the mathematical community are welcome to attend. There are no registration fees.

Warning! Davis in August can be extremely hot, though dry. Temperatures often reach 105 degrees. Bring sunscreen, swimsuits, and headgear. Evenings will generally be quite cool, so you will need sweaters as well.

To help defray the cost of travel, room and board, some funding is available for a limited number of participants. Graduate students and mathematicians at the beginning of their careers are encouraged to apply. Click here to access a Response Form which will act both as an application for funding and as an indication of participation. Please return the completed form as soon as possible, and not later than April 1st, 1996 for preference with funding. Applications received after April 1 will be considered for funding as available. We will be glad to help with local arrangments if requested. Please complete the application form to let us know you are coming and order appropriate amounts of coffee even if you are not requesting funding.

Click here to see a conference schedule, showing time and location of talks: SCHEDULE

Click here to see a more detailed description of the conference Topics

Click here to see information on travel and lodging: Travel and Lodging

If you are interested in carpooling from Berkeley, click here: Carpooling

Immediately following the conference, there will be a series of workshops at MSRI on the theory of 3-dimensional manifolds. MSRI is about a one hour drive from Davis. For information, click here: MSRI

Click here for some background references on the subjects covered in this conference. (Suggested additions welcome). Background and references.

Click here for infomation about a related conference on computational topology to be held at MSRI in 1997: Computational Topology

For more information, write to: Joel Hass
Department of Mathematics
University of California
Davis, CA 95616

telephone: (530) 752-1082
email: hass@math.ucdavis.edu

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