Workshop Announcement: ---------------------------------------------------------------- Moment maps and surjectivity in various geometries ---------------------------------------------------------------- August 9 to August 13, 2004 American Institute of Mathematics Research Conference Center Palo Alto, California http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/momentmaps.html ------------ Description: ------------ This workshop, sponsored by AIM and the NSF, will be devoted to the question of surjectivity of the Kirwan map for quotients in contact, hyper-Kaehler, and 3-Sasakian geometries. In the past thirty years, tremendous progress has been made in the study of moment maps, symplectic quotients, and the question of surjectivity. In recent years, similar questions have arisen in fields other than symplectic geometry: contact, hyper-Kaehler, and 3-Sasakian geometries. This workshop will explore phenomena that are well understood in symplectic geometry but are more puzzling in these new settings. The workshop is organized by Tara Holm, Eugene Lerman, and Susan Tolman. For more details please see the workshop announcement page: http://aimath.org/ARCC/workshops/momentmaps.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 May 9, 2004. 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. -------------------------------------- AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC): -------------------------------------- The AIM Research Conference Center (ARCC) will 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/