Workshop Announcement:

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     Low Eigenvalues of Laplace and Schrodinger Operators
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                    May 22 to May 26, 2006

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

        http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/loweigenvalues.html


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will bring together 
people interested in eigenvalue problems for Laplace and Schrodinger
operators, for focused discussions and intensive investigation of
                                                                                
(1) sharp constants in the classical Lieb-Thirring inequalities, and

(2) optimal lower bounds for the gap between the two lowest 
    eigenvalues of Laplace and Schrodinger operators. 

The workshop is organized by
Mark Ashbaugh, Rafael Benguria, and Richard Laugesen.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/loweigenvalues.html

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 February 22, 2006. Applications are open to all, and
we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities,
junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily
undergraduate institutions to apply.

Before submitting an application, please read the ARCC
policies concerning participation and financial support
for participants.

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AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC):
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