Workshop Announcement:

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            Rational curves on algebraic varieties 
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                     May 7 to May 11, 2007

  American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center

                     Palo Alto, California

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


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Description:
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This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted 
to rationally-connected varieties.  The workshop will focus on the
following tools:

--deformation theory of curves and combs
--constructions of free curves with desired properties
--moduli spaces of stable maps
--singularity theory and rational-chain connectedness

One main goal will be to present and discuss state-of-the-art
techniques in each of these areas. 

The workshop is organized by
Brendan Hassett and Sandor Kovacs.

For more details please see the workshop announcement page:
http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/rationalcurves.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 January 21, 2007. 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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The AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC) hosts focused
workshops in all areas of the mathematical sciences. ARCC
focused workshops are distinguished by their emphasis on
a specific mathematical goal, such as making progress on a
significant unsolved problem, understanding the proof of an
important new result, or investigating the convergence between
two distinct areas of mathematics.

For more information about ARCC, please visit
http://www.aimath.org/ARCC/