Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Unlikely intersections in algebraic groups and Shimura varieties ---------------------------------------------------------------- March 28 to April 1, 2011 Scuola Normale Superiore, Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi Pisa, Italy http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/zilberpink.html ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop will explore the recent conjectures on "unlikely intersections" due to Zilber, Pink, and Bombieri-Masser-Zannier, and related or analogous problems in model theory, diophantine geometry, and arithmetic dynamics. The workshop is organized by Jonathan Pila and Umberto Zannier. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/zilberpink.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 November 15, 2010. Applications are open to all, and we especially encourage women, underrepresented minorities, junior mathematicians, and researchers from primarily undergraduate institutions to apply.