Memorial Conference for Garrett Birkhoff

April 1, 1997, Tuesday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Jefferson 250, Harvard University, Oxford St., Cambridge, MA

Speakers:

• Israel Gelfand (Rutgers)
  
• Walter Taylor (Colorado), Equations in algebra and topology; abstract and (PostScript, 180K)
  
• Gian-Carlo Rota (M.I.T.)
  

PROGRAM

Date: April 1st, 1997, Tuesday
Place: Jefferson 250,
       Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

10:00 a.m.
Speaker:Israel Gelfand
Title: Some problems in combinatorics. Solved and not solved.

12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. lunch

2:30 p.m. - 3:30p.m.
Speaker: Walter Taylor
Title: Equations in algebra and topology

3:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Tea

4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Speaker: Gian-Carlo Rota
Title: The many lives of lattice theory

For further information send e-mail to rota@math.mit.edu or
siu@math.harvard.edu