Category: News Postings

Macaulay2 at IMA, July 2011

Anton Leykin writes:

Dear Macaulay2 user,
You are invited to apply to participate in a Macaulay2 workshop that will take place at Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) from Monday, July 25, 2011 through Friday, July 29, 2011. The default arrival/departure is Sunday/Friday (night). Activities will start Monday morning (possibly Sunday night).
The application form is accessible from the IMA website. The application deadline is March 31, 2011.
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Macaulay2 Workshop in Germany, Feb 2011

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”

Azumaya and Hochschild; algebra on TV

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 appointed Editor-Elect of the American Mathematical Monthly

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!

Springer books on sale

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.