Category: News Postings

Amelia Taylor writes:

Dear Macaulay 2 user,
With funding from the Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft (DFG — the German Research Council), we are organizing a Macaulay 2 workshop, from Monday, February 28, 2011 through Friday, March 4, 2011 with Sunday, February 27 and Saturday, March 5 serving as the travel days. The workshop will be at the Courant Center for Higher Order Structures in Göttingen (www.crcg.de). Activities will start first thing Monday morning (possibly Sunday night).
The purpose of the workshop is to bring Macaulay 2 developers together with those who would like to share or develop their skills at writing packages for Macaulay 2 and those interested in developing the corresponding mathematical algorithms. Continue reading “Macaulay2 Workshop in Germany, Feb 2011”

We’re saddened to note the passing of two giants of twentieth-century algebra, Goro Azumaya and Gerhard Hochschild.
Azumaya, who introduced the idea of an Azumaya algebra and was a professor emeritus at Indiana University, died July 8 at the age of 90. He received his PhD in 1949 from Nagoya University under the direction of Shokichi Iyanaga.
Hochschild, who introduced Hochschild cohomology, died July 8 at the age of 95. He received his PhD in 1941 from Princeton University under the direction of Claude Chevalley. Among the institutions where he worked are the Institute for Advanced Study, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he spent most of his career and from where he retired. In 1979 Hochschild was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The next year he received the Leroy P. Steele Prize for “his significant work in homological algebra and its applications.”
On a lighter note, did you catch the theorem on an animated TV show last month? (Thanks to Ian Aberbach for this.)

Scott Chapman has been appointed Editor-Elect of the American Mathematical Monthly effective January 1, 2011. He will serve a five year term as Editor from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2016. His appointment was approved by the MAA Board of Governors at MathFest in Pittsburgh in August. Congratulations to Scott!

Lorenzo Robbiano points out that Springer is discounting some prices on some books. For example, Kreuzer–Robbiano’s “Computational Commutative Algebra 1 and 2” are discounted on sale at €39.54 instead of the usual €64.15/€58.50. The discounts don’t appear to be available in the US, but Lorenzo tells us they are valid in some areas until July 31 2010.

The organizers of the Frobenius Splitting conference in Ann Arbor have posted some group photos to the conference website.
Go see!

We received two links to pictures from the recent Midwest Algebra, Geometry and their Interactions Conference (MAGIC’10):
Pictures by Juan Migliore
Pictures by Adam Coffman
Enjoy!

A quick reminder from Amelia Taylor: applications for the Macaulay2 workshop at Colorado College are due March 1. Please consider applying and spreading the word to others who might be interested.

We’re saddened to announce that Eckart Viehweg, of the University of Duisburg-Essen, passed away on January 29 after a short illness.
Viehweg was a distinguished algebraic geometer who spoke at the 1986 ICM in Berkeley, and in 2003 was awarded the Leibniz prize with his wife, Hélène Esnault. Here are some photos of Viehweg from MFO, an obituary (English translation here), and a touching dedication to Viehweg in his last work with Esnault.

Graham Leuschke and Roger Wiegand are writing a book about maximal Cohen–Macaulay modules, and have made drafts of some chapters available online. They’re inviting comments and feedback.

We received the following from Dan Isaksen at Wayne State University:
The Department of Mathematics at Wayne State University invites applications for a possible tenure-track position, pending authorization, commencing in Fall 2010. Qualified candidates from any area of mathematics are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to applicants in the research areas of analysis and algebra. Applications should include a signed, detailed vita, description of current research interests, and four letters of recommendation, one of which should address teaching. Solid evidence of teaching at the undergraduate level is preferred to a statement of teaching philosophy.
There is also a possibility of a visiting position for the 2010-2011 academic year. A Ph.D. in mathematics or a related field and a strong interest in research and teaching are required for all positions.
Applications received by December 1, 2009 will be given priority. Upon final approval, the position will be posted at https://jobs.wayne.edu.
Wayne State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and members of underrepresented minority groups are especially encouraged to apply.