THEMATIC PROGRAMS

Infinite Dimensional Lie Theory and its Applications Program

Workshop on Infinite Dimensional Lie Algebras and Groups:
Structure and Geometry

September 25 - 29, 2000

Overview

Topics of interest include:

• Gauge groups and groups of diffeomorphisms
• Kac-Moody Lie algebras and groups
• Extended affine Lie algebras and groups
• Virasoro algebras and groups
• Automorphisms of finite order and covering algebras
• WZW theory
• Differential and Kahler geometry of groups and their orbits
• Applications to soliton equations and automorphic forms

Organizers:

Victor Kac, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Olivier Mathieu, Lyon CNRS
Arturo Pianzola, University of Alberta

Speakers:

B. Allison, University of Alberta
G. Benkart, University of Wisconsin, Madison
V. Futorny, University of São Paulo
V. Kac, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
S. Kumar, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
J-H. Kwon, Seoul University
T. Larsson, Stockholm University
O. Mathieu, Lyon CNRS
K-H. Neeb, Universitãt Darmstadt
E. Neher, University of Ottawa
G. Papadopoulo, University of Basel
S. E. Rao, Tata Institute
M. Rosso, IRMA, Strasbourg
A. Rudakov, Norwegian University of Science & Technology
O. Schiffmann, Yale University
L. Scott, University of Virginia
P. Slodowy, Universitãt Hamburg
C. Teleman, Stanford University
E. Zelmanov, Yale University

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