Mathematical Sciences Research Institute - Discrete Rigidity Phenomena in Additive Combinatorics

Organized By: Ben Green (University of Cambridge), Bryna Kra (Northwestern University), Emmanuel Lesigne (University of Tours), Anthony Quas (University of Victoria), Mate Wierdl (University of Memphis)

Parent Programs:

Ergodic Theory and Additive Combinatorics

Participant List:

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We explore environments in which rigid structural information can be deduced from rather soft combinatorial hypotheses. There will be a particular focus on finite and quantitative questions, although an important aspect of the workshop will be to explore connections with corresponding infinite and qualitative questions in ergodic theory, where as a general rule more is known.

Topics include (but are not be limited to) the following.

Freiman's theorem concerning the structure of sets with small doubling;
The Gowers Inverse Conjecture, concerning the structure of sets containing many parallelepipeds;
Finite versions of Ratner's theorem, concerning the structure of finite unipotent orbits in dynamical systems.

Tentative list of speakers:
Jean Bourgain
Manfred Einsiedler
Nikos Frantzikinakis
Hillel Furstenberg
Alex Gamburd
Bernard Host
Elon Lindenstrauss
Ryan O'Donnell
Alex Samorodnitsky
Tom Sanders
Peter Sarnak
Terence Tao
Luca Trevisan
Akshay Venkatesh
Avi Wigderson
Julia Wolf
Tamar Ziegler

Accommodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Rose Garden Inn. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-992-9005 OR directly on their website. Click on “Reservations and Availability” then click on “Corporate” at the bottom of the screen and enter the word “math”. Enter Group Code CGMS67 in the “Guest Comment” box, and provide requested information
The cut-off date for reservations is October 17, 2008.

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Durant. Please mention the workshop name and reference the following code when making reservations via phone, fax or e-mail: BQ0000. The cut-off date for reservations is October 3, 2008.

Registration: Please register on-line by the deadline of October 31, 2008 if possible.

If you are applying for funding, the funding deadline is September 03, 2008 (The funding section of the form follows the registration section of the form).

Funding: Students, recent Ph.D.'s, women, and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. Funding awards are made typically 6 weeks before the workshop begins. Requests received after the funding deadline are considered only if additional funds become available. Please see Travel funding rules

Important: Airline travel reimbursement restrictions

Lodging

Transportation from Oakland or San Francisco airports
Directions to MSRI

Visa information for foreign visitors

For more information:
Questions about this workshop should be sent either by email to

440@msri.org

or by regular mail to:

Discrete Rigidity Phenomena in Additive Combinatorics Mathematical Sciences Research Institute 17 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94720-5070. USA

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