Swiss - Russian Summer School in Mathematics

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Swiss universities, including the University of Geneva, are part of the world class in mathematics. The excellence of main Russian institutions and researchers in this field is also well-known.In its role as Leading House for Swiss-Russian Science & Technology Collaboration, UNIGE promotes collaboration between Swiss and Russian institutions.

Thus, mathematics is a natural choice for the first Swiss-Russian Summer School supported by the Leading House.The precise topics of this summer school are still being defined. A preliminary selection includes an Introduction to Stochastic Loewner Evolution, Tropical Geometry and Applications, Dynamical Systems, Amenability in Group Theory, Inequalities, Eigenvalues and Planar networks, Hilbert Schemes and Heisenberg Groups.

Period
23-06-2014 - 04-07-2014 (2 weeks)

Target group
The course is aimed at PhD students or excellent advanced Master's students. It will be taught in English.



Course aim
A preliminary selection includes an Introduction to Stochastic Loewner Evolution, Tropical Geometry and Applications, Dynamical Systems, Amenability in Group Theory, Inequalities, Eigenvalues and Planar networks, Hilbert Schemes and Heisenberg Groups.

Credits
0.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
CHF 0: Tuition fees are waived for this course for Swiss and Russian participants; participants from Russia may receive support for travel costs and housing.

Course leader
Professor Anton AlekseevVice-President, Section of MathematicsFaculty of Sciences, University of Geneva

University of Geneva
Address: Blvd du Pont d%5C'Arve 40 R 050
Postal code: CH-1211 Geneva 4
City: Geneva
Country: Switzerland
Website: http://www.unige.ch
E-mail: gss@unige.ch
Phone: +41 22 379 80 90