Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Small Ball Inequalities in Analysis, Probability and Irregularities of Distribution ---------------------------------------------------------------- December 8 to December 12, 2008 American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center Palo Alto, California http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/smallballineq.html ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to a theme common to Irregularity of Distributions, Approximation Theory, Probability Theory and Harmonic Analysis. In each of these subjects, there are outstanding conjectures in dimensions three and higher that stipulate that functions which satisfy certain conditions on its mixed derivative are necessarily large in sup norm. This workshop will survey these conjectures, seeking both commonalities and differences, describe recent advances, and discuss proof techniques and strategies. The workshop is organized by William Chen, Michael Lacey, Mikhail Lifshits, and Jill Pipher. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/smallballineq.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 August 8, 2008. 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 AIM policies concerning participation and financial support for participants. -------------------------------- AIM Research Conference Center: -------------------------------- 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/research/