A Symposium on the History of Functional Analysis

8～11 May 2015

            School of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China  

                                The first circular

I. Organization

Scientific Committee

Qu Anjing (School of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China)

Ueno Kenji (Seki Kowa Institute of Mathematics, Yokkaichi University, Japan)

Invited Speakers

Jochen Bruening (Geschäftsführender Direktor des Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrums für Kulturtechnik, Germany)

Fumiharu Kato (Department of Mathematics, Graduate School of Science, Kumamoto University, Japan)

Hiroshi Ishikawa (Department of Computer Science and Engineering,

Local Organizing Committee

Yuan Min (School of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China)

Zhao Jiwei (School of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China)

Wang Chang (School of Mathematics, Northwest University, Xi’an, China)

II. Program

Two days of scientific sessions are planned.

1. Plenary Invited Lectures

15 plenary lectures have been invited. The invited speakers will be announced in the second circular.

2. Language: English, Chinese

3. Tentative Schedule

May 8, Arrival, Registration, Getting Together

May 9—10, Scientific Program

May 11, Departure

4. Topic

The aim of the symposium is to provide a platform to the researchers from the history of functional analysis to meet and share some new methodologies in the field. Some senior scholars will give many useful and helpful advises for history of mathematics.

III. Practicalities

1. Transportation

Updated information will be given in the second circular.

(1) From Xi'an Xian-yang International Airport: Airport bus to the terminal “Xi Sao Men”(25 RMB), then take taxi to Northwest University (15 RMB).

(2) From Xi’an railway station: take taxi to Northwest University (20 RMB from old station;

2. Accommodation

Rooms will be available on campus or near the campus. Precise information will be given in the second circular.

3. Title and Abstract

Weexpect that you send the title and abstract of your talk by email to Dr. Wang Chang: heart_cw@126.com, before 1 April 2015. We accept *.doc and *.txt files.

4. Contact persons

Dr. Wang Chang, Northwest University, heart_cw@126.com