Spring School on Analysis

- What am I if I will not participate? -
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Last Announcement

Dear Colleague,

We are very pleased to have learned that you are interested in our Spring School, which will be organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague.
The Spring School will be held at Paseky, April 27 - May 3, 2003. The village Paseky lies on the slopes of the Krkonose Mountains, in North Bohemia. Lodging is organized in double and tripple bedrooms in a chalet. There are excellent conditions for sport activities: walking trips in the vicinity, mini-golf, fitness centre and sauna.

Please note that it is absolutely necessary to wear slippers in the chalet!

The program will consist of series of lectures on

Variational Analysis

delivered by:

Alexander Ioffe		Technion University, Haifa, Israel
	Variational Analysis in Metric Spaces

Adrian Lewis		Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
	Eigenvalue Optimization and Non-Smooth Analysis

Boris S. Mordukhovich		Wayne State University, Detroit, USA
	Sequential Variational Analysis in Infinite Dimensions

Jean-Paul Penot		University of Pau, France
	Analysis of Value Functions

The conference fee is EUR 350. The participants, who have registered before January 15, 2003 will pay only EUR 300.
Payment should be made in cash at the registration board in Paseky, or it may be remitted by a bank transfer to

Komercni banka, Praha 1, Vaclavske nam. 42
account no. 38330-021/0100, v.s. 303-60-2037 (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.

A special bus from Prague to Paseky will leave at 4 pm on Sunday, April 27, 2003. All participants are kindly requested to meet at the entrance hall of the underground station Krizikova (line B).
To get there from the airport, take bus No. 119 to the underground line A, terminal Dejvicka, then take line A to Mustek and change to line B.
Alternatively, you can take bus no. 100 from the airport to Zlicin, which is terminal of metro line B. From there you can get directly to the Krizikova station.
From the railway station take line C to Florenc and there change to line B.
The bus from Paseky will depart on May 3, 2003 at 9am and will be getting to Prague at 11:30am

In case of any difficulty you should contact the organizers.

As the number of participants is strictly limited, please, confirm your participation in a short note (e.g. by e-mail or fax) till March 15, 2003.

We are looking forward meeting you in the Czech Republic.

Jaroslav Lukes Marian Fabian Jiri Outrata