Workshop Announcement:

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                Generalized Kostka Polynomials
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                   July 18 to July 22, 2005

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

        http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/kostka.html


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, concerns Kostka
polynomials and their connections to various areas of mathematics.
Kostka polynomials and their generalizations have arisen in 
numerous ways such as in the context of symmetric functions,
combinatorics, representation theory, quantum groups and
crystal bases, statistical mechanics, algebraic geometry, and
Kazhdan-Lusztig theory. The goal of this workshop is to bring
together mathematicians who have studied Kostka polynomials
from different points of views, state the various connections
and open conjectures, and work towards their proofs. 

The workshop is organized by
Anne Schilling and Monica Vazirani.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/kostka.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 March 31, 2005. 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 ARCC
policies concerning participation and financial support
for participants.

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AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC):
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