Fall 1998 TGTC Schedule

Friday evening, October 16:

 
5:00 pm     Conference check-in in RLM 12.104

 
6:00 pm     Jacques Hurtubise, McGill University
                              Integrable systems and surfaces

 
7:30 pm     Complimentary buffet, Santa Rita Room, Texas Union

 
Saturday, October 17

 
8:30 am     Complimentary continental breakfast (in RLM 12.104)

 
9:30 am     Ken Stephenson, University of Tennessee
                              A "regular" pentagonal tiling of the plane

 
11:00 am     Margaret Symington, University of Texas at Austin
                              Symplectic Rational Blowdowns

 
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

 
2:00 pm     Helmut Hofer, Courant Institute

 
4:00 pm     Dave Auckly, Kansas State University
                              The Geometry of Balance

 
7:00 pm     Food (barbecue) and drink at the home of Karen Uhlenbeck and Bob Williams, 1111 Redbud Trail, Maps and rides will be provided.

 
Sunday, October 18

 
8:30 am     Complimentary continental breakfast (RLM 12.104)

 
9:30 am     Sheldon Katz, Oklahoma State University

 
11:00 am     Jon Wolfson, Michigan State University
                              The plateau problem for lagrangian surfaces