Dear Colleague,

delivered by:

• Yoav Benyamini (The Technion,Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
  • "Uniform and Lipschitz classification of Banach spaces."
• Gilles Lancien ( Universite de Franche-Comte, Besancon Cedex, France)
  • "Szlenk indices. Applications to renorming theory and to the non linear classification of Banach spaces."
• Joram Lindenstrauss (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)
  • "Frechet differentiability of Lipschitz functions."
• Gideon Schechtman (The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel)
  • "Non-linear quotient mappings between Banach spaces."

The purpose of this meeting is to bring together adepts with common interest in the field. There will be opportunities for informal discussions. Graduate students and others beginning their mathematical career are encouraged to participate.

The conference fee will be USD 340. A reduced rate of USD 290 will be offered provided that a letter guaranteeing participation reaches the organizers before January 15, 2001. The conference fee includes all local expenses (room and board) and transportation between Prague and Paseky. The fee for accompanying persons is the same. Payment of the fee should be made in cash at the registration desk in Paseky, or it may be remitted by a bank transfer to

(a copy of the transfer slip should be presented at the registration desk at Paseky). Unfortunately, neither cheques nor credit cards can be used and will not be accepted.

The organizers may provide financial support to a limited number of students. Applications must be sent before  January 15, 2001.

If you are interested in what you need to travel to the Czech Republic, see this page.

In case of any difficulty please contact the organizers.

The village of Paseky lies in the slopes of the Krkonose Mountains in North Bohemia. Accommodation consists of rooms for two or three people. A single room can be arranged on demand if the capacity of the chalet allows. In such case additional USD 100 will be charged.

The vicinity of the chalet is suitable for wonderful hiking trips. Moreover, there are excellent facilities for various sporting activities such as soccer, mini-golf, fitness center, snooker, darts and sauna.

A special bus from Prague to Paseky will leave at 4 p.m. on  April 15, 2001. The bus from Paseky will arrive in Prague on  April 21, 2001 at 11.30 a.m.

In case of interest please fill in the enclosed preliminary registration form. The last announcement containing more details will be distributed in due time.

Due to the limited capacity of accommodation facilities the organizers may be forced to decline registration.

Kindly inform colleagues and students interested in this field.

We look forward to meeting you in the Czech Republic.

Mailing address:

Katedra matematicke analyzy
Matematicko-fyzikalni fakulta UK
Sokolovska 83
186 75 Praha 8
Czech Republic