A Yorkshire and Durham Geometry Day will be
held on Wednesday 5 October 2005 at the University
of Durham.
This will be a special day in honour of
All talks will take place in the above room.
The timetable is as follows: Professor Tom Willmore
who was professor of mathematics at Durham from 1965 to his retirement in 1984. There will be a short ceremony at lunchtime during which Room CM 221 in the department will be named after Tom.
11.00 Frederic Helein (Paris 7)
12:00 Buffet lunch Mathematics Department Common Room (Room CM211)
1.10 Ceremony in honour of Prof Tom Willmore.1.30 Francisco Urbano (Granada)
2.45 Fran Burstall (Bath)
3.45 Tea Break Mathematics Department Common Room (Room CM211)
4.15 Ulrich Pinkall (TU Berlin)
There will be an early evening meal in Durham, for all who are able to stay.
Travel: Durham is easy to get to by car and train. Click here for relevant information.
A taxi from Durham station takes about 5 minutes and costs about £3. If you intend to drive to Durham, please inform one of the Durham organisers, who will arrange for a car parking permit for you.
Yorkshire and Durham Geometry Days are jointly organised by the Universities of Durham, Leeds and York, and occur at a frequency of four meetings per academic year. Financial support is provided by the London Mathematical Society through a Scheme 3 grant, currently administered by the University of York. A record of previous meetings may be found here
The local organizers are: