Workshop Announcement:

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     Symplectic four-manifolds through branched coverings
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                    May 14 to May 18, 2018

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     San Jose, California

        http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/symplecticfour


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to
studying problems in the topology of symplectic four-manifolds by
using connections with gauge theory, holomorphic curves, and algebraic
geometry. The focus will be on concretely building connections between
these areas and symplectic topology while working directly on specific
problems in symplectic topology posed throughout the workshop. 

The workshop is organized by
Tye Lidman, Daniel Ruberman, and Laura Starkston.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/symplecticfour

Space and funding is available for a few more participants.
If you would like to participate, please apply by filling
out the on-line form (available at the link above) no later
than November 14, 2017. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

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AIM Research Conference Center:
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The American Institute of Mathematics (AIM) hosts focused
workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. AIM
focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on
a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a
significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an
important new result, or investigating the convergence between
two distinct areas of mathematics.

For more information, please visit
http://www.aimath.org/workshops/upcoming/