Summer School on Dynamical Systems and Number Theory, Graz, 2007
July 9-13, 2007
Technische Universität Graz
Institut für Mathematik
Steyrergasse 30
A-8010 Graz, Austria
This summer school is organised as a part of the National
Research Network
``Analytic Combinatorics and Probabilistic Number Theory'' supported by the
Austrian Science
Foundation.
The purpose of the summer school is to introduce and enlighten the
powerful interplay
between dynamical systems and number theory. The
four courses focus on different recent research developments in that
direction. The summer school is therefore designed for PhD-students
and young Post-Docs with some background
in ergodic theory and number theory.
(Preliminary) notes for the Tom Ward's lectures are available
here.
The slides of Doug Lind's lectures are available
here.
The (preliminary) program of the school is available
here.
We have collected some informations that might be useful during your
visit to Graz on this sheet.
The poster of the summer school is available here:
small version (74Kb)
full size version (940Kb)
Applications for participation in this summer school should be
sent by email to
.
The application includes a CV, a short description of research
interests and a letter of recommendation.
The Summer School can offer support for
accommodation
(hotel including breakfast, Sunday July 8 to Saturday, July 14, 2007) for a
limited number of participants. It cannot give any support for travel
expenses. Please indicate in the application for participation,
whether you also apply for support.
- April 30, 2007: Application for support
- May 15, 2007: Decision about support
- June 15, 2007: Application for participation (without support)
Participants will
be accomodated in Hotel
Academia.
For directions from the railway station to Hotel Academia, see
here.
Hotel Academia is located very close to the
tramway station "Schönbrunngasse" of line number 1. In order
to go to the venue of the summer school, take this tramway in
direction "Eggenberg/UKH" and exit at
"Kaiser-Josef-Platz/Oper". Then follow
"Mandellstraße", until it changes its name to
"Petersgasse". The campus is then on the right. The walk takes
approximately 10 minutes.
Otherwise exit the tramway at "Jakominiplatz" and
change to line number 6 in direction "St. Peter". Exit
at "Neue Technik". Then follow
"Steyrergasse" uphill to your left, until you reach
number 30.
Each possibility by tramway takes around 20 minutes.
If you intend to use the tramway for commuting, we recommend buying a
seven-day ticket for 9.20€.
For more information on the public transportation system (including
schedules of all tramway and bus lines) we refer to the homepage of "Grazer
Verkehrsbetriebe" (in German).
It takes around 40 minutes to walk from Hotel Academia to the campus.
For orientation we refer to the
online map of Graz.
For Wednesday afternoon we plan an excursion to nearby Mount
Schöckl. We will go by bus to a trail-head, hike up to the
summit (approximately 2 hours), after a rest on the summit we return
on a shorter path (45 minutes) and take the bus back to Graz
(around 8 pm). From the summit one has a nice view over the
surrounding area. There are several restaurants, as well as a
"summer toboggan run". The hiking tour follows a broad and
simple path, nevertheless sports shoes or hiking boots are recommended
for this tour. The costs for this excursion are 10€.
With approximately 230.000 inhabitants,
Graz is the 2nd largest
city of
Austria,
situated in the region of
Styria,
180 km (110 miles) south-west of Vienna.
It has four universities (the
University,
the University of Technology,the Medical University of Graz,
and the
University of Music and
Dramatic Arts),
a pleasant old center that is not yet overcrowded by tourists.
The airport of Graz
can be reached via
Düsseldorf,
Frankfurt,
Munich,
Vienna,
Zurich, ... and some other "hubs".
By train,
it takes 2 hours and 40 minutes from Vienna.