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


Spring School 97 - Boundaries and Convexity in Banach Spaces

The Last Announcement


Dear Colleague,

We are very pleased to learn 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 20-26, 1997. The village Paseky lies in the slopes of the Krkonose Mountains, in the North Bohemia. Lodging is in two or three bed rooms in a chalet. There are excellent conditions for sport activities: walking trips in the immediate surroudings, mini-golf and sauna.

Wearing of slippers in the chalet is absolutely necessary!

The program will consist of the following series of lectures:

The introductory lectures of Professor Heinz Bauer on Abstract Boundaries and Korovkin Theory already announced will be given by Professor Francesco Altomare.

Moreover, it is not supposed to fill all the time by lectures; many informal discussions in a fruitful working atmosphere are expected.

The conference fee is $ 280,- (or an equivalent). Reduced rate of $ 250,- applies provided the registration form reached organizers before February 15, 1997. The conference fee includes all local expenses (board and lodging) and transport between Prague and Paseky. For the accompanying persons the conference fee is the same. The payment of the fee will be done at the registration desk at Paseky by cash, or it may be remitted by a bank transfer to

Komercni banka, Praha 1, Vaclavske nam. 42
Komer\v cn\'\i{} banka, Praha 1, V\'aclavsk\'e n\'am. 42
account No. 38330--021/0100, v.s. 810
(a copy of the transfer should be presented at the registration desk at Paseky).

Unfortunately, cheques cannot be used and will not be accepted.

A special bus from Prague to Paseky and back is booked for the beginning and for the end of the Spring School. The bus from Prague will depart April 20, 1997 at 4 p. m. from Prague. All participants are to meet at vestibule of metro station Krizikova (station of line B). To get there from the airport, take bus No 119 to the metro terminal Dejvicka, then take line A to Mustek and change the line. From the railway station take metro C and B to Krizikova.

Bus from Paseky will depart April 26, at 9 a.m. and will be getting to Prague at 11.30 a.m.

In case of any difficulty you should contact the organizers.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Czech Republic.

Jaroslav Lukes, Jiri Kottas


Mailing address:

Katedra matematicke analyzy
Matematicko-fyzikalni fakulta UK
Sokolovska 83
186 00 Praha 8
Czech Republic

Phone/Fax: 420 - 2 - 232 3390
E-mail: paseky@karlin.mff.cuni.cz