Banach space theory: classical topics and new directions 4-8 September 2006 · Cáceres · Spain http://www.banachspaces.com

A Satellite Conference of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid 2006

The conference aims to contemplate the topic of Banach spaces from an open and broader point of view; so, in addition to classical Banach space theory, related topics of active research have been included. The main lines of the conference are: · Structure and geometry of infinite dimensional Banach and quasi-Banach spaces. · Infinite dimensional topology. · Asymptotic geometric analysis. · Categorical and homological methods. · Applications of descriptive set theory.

PROGRAM

During the mornings there will take place the invited lectures

MAIN SPEAKERS

S. Argyros, National Technical University, Athens, Greece. K. Ball, University College London, London, UK. J. Bastero, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. F. Bombal, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. G. Godefroy, Université Paris 6, Paris, France. N.J. Kalton, University of Missouri, Columbia (Missouri), USA. V. Milman, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. A. Naor, Microsoft Research, Redmond (Washington), USA. J. Orihuela, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain. A. Rodríguez-Palacios, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain. S. Szarek, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (Ohio), USA. E. Odell, University of Texas, Austin (Texas), USA. M. Valdivia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

J.M.F. Castillo, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain (Coordinator). W.B. Johnson, Texas A&M University, U.S.A. J. Lindenstrauss, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. B. Maurey, Université Paris 7, France. A. Pajor, Université de Marne-la-Vallée, France. A. Pelczynski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsawa, Poland. D. Preiss, University College, London, England. N. Tomczak-Jaegermann, University of Alberta, Canada.

CONTRIBUTED TALKS During the evenings there will be sessions of contributed talks of 15-30 min. People willing to deliver a talk are kindly encouraged to send a message to the organization (banach@unex.es) or visit the web site of the conference (http://www.banachspaces.com) and click the icon contributed talks. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 May 2006.

THEMATIC SESSIONS There is the possibility to group contributed talks in thematic sessions. People interested in organizing such sessions please send a proposal to the coordinator (castillo@unex.es).

PLACE The conference will take place in Cáceres, in the Complejo Cultural S. Francisco. The old town of Cáceres has been declared by the Unesco part of the World Heritage (at the home-page of the conference there is a link to perform a virtual tour). Cáceres is well connected with Madrid by either bus or train. The Complejo S. Francisco is an old palace of XIV siecle entirely reformed and kindly leased by the Diputación de Cáceres for this meeting. Information and pictures of the palace can be seen at the home-page of the conference.

REGISTRATION. There will be a registration fee of 100 EURO (150 EURO after 15 May 2006), with a reduced fee of 50 EURO for students. Click the icon registration at http://www.banachspaces.com to see the different possibilities of payment.

ACCOMMODATION. There is the possibility of housing at the Residence Diego Muñoz Torrero, placed in front of the Complejo S. Francisco, site of the conference. The price of is 30 EURO per day and person in a double room. There is also a combined offer registration fee + accommodation at the Residence + breakfast + lunch (not dinner) during all the Conference for a total of 300 EURO.

CONTACT Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda de Elvas s/n, 06071-Badajoz Spain Phone: +34 924 289 563 Fax: +34 924 272 911 e-mail: banach@unex.es

ORGANIZATION Javier Alonso, Patricia Arjona, Francisco Arranz, Manolo Báez, Carlos Benítez, Félix Cabello Sánchez, Carmen Calvo, Jesús M.F. Castillo, Rosa Díez, Manuel Fernández García-Hierro, Juan Antonio García, Ricardo García, Germán Giraldez, Eva López, Pedro Martín, Francisco Montalvo, Yolanda Moreno, Mª Angeles Mulero, Antonio Oyola, Carmen Ortiz, Paloma Pérez, Antonio Pulgarín, Mª Luisa Soriano, Jesús Suárez, Antonio Ullán, Diego Yáñez.

PREVIOUS CONFERENCES Since 1996, the Department of Mathematics of the University of Extremadura organizes the even years a Banach space conference in either Badajoz or Cáceres. The proceedings of Conferences I-IV have appeared in Extracta Mathematicae, and can be found in the journal web-site http://unex.es/extracta/extracta.html. The proceedings of the V Conference will be published by the Cambridge University Press as a volume in the Lecture Notes Series of the London Mathematical Society. All information about the V Conference (Cáceres 2004) and its proceedings can be found at the web-site

http://www.banachspaces.com/banach04/